An offb^eat, laugh tr-ack-l_ackin$^g sitcom ;$about a bizarr@#!(?ely dysfunctio]-nal fa#mily, t
he(! c%enter of * which is Malcolm, the middle of th %e two b**
rothers wh\)o still live at ho$me. His elde-s\*t  (and fa :vor`]@ite) sib
@ling, .)Francis, -boards[ #@=at military-^. s(ch
oo+@l b.ecau;se)+[! hi`s parents believe it will reform him and k_@[e+e%#*p him out of ?+=tr+]ouble. Malcolm o  ften has a;/ har _]d time @#]c*oping with #his.#@ family life, but he has more troub__l^ [es to con,$tend with whe)n :he =s #tarts re @`cei _vi/ng special treatme_)nt at school.*! $af%?t er being diagnose]d as an inte]llectua __lly adva/nced]* g``*eniu\s.