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> "Eddie Bernard" <spambox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Over the hills and far away in alt.tv.malcolm-in-themiddle, Santa Claws
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>> > Where in season 4 is Malcolm learning to drive?? I don't remember
>> > this at all. If he was it would mean whichever state this is, driving
>> > age is 15... are there any?
>>
>> I'm not sure if he's actually learning, but in the first episode, IIRC,
>> there are specific mentions to him raising the money for the insurance.
>> Unless I'm getting confused. In the 2nd episode as well, he actually
>> drives Hal's car when he's attempting to smash it into Lois' car.
>
> This is 2 different episodes. Episode "Reese's Job" in season 3 had
> Reese taking a fast food job to pay for auto insurance. It was the
> "Humilithon" episode of season 4 where Malcolm wanted to essentially be
> removed from his loathful high school experience on his first day by
> getting in trouble from sma****ng Hal's car into Lois's and get sent to
> military school like Francis. If you haven't seen that one yet I won't
> spoil it.
Yes, I've seen both of these but I'm clearly merging the two into a single
storyline ! Good episode. I didn't quite catch all the gags as I was
distracted throughout by a noisy family, but I'll catch the repeat on
Friday for it to entirely settle down. I could have sworn there is some
mention of Malcolm learning to drive in the first episode of season four
though. Unless again I'm thinking of another one !
>> > Now to complicate the issue I remember Reese taking his first and
>> > only driving lesson in season 3. In season 4 they point out that his
>> > public defender wouldn't even try the insanity plea, so he has no
>> > license. Malcolm is pissed because he figures there is no chance he
>> > will ever be allowed to drive after that...
>>
>> Yes, Reese never passed his test. He probably was never allowed to take
>> another lesson again by his parents after the way things turned out in
>> that episode !
>
> Hard to tell. In many cases here in the US, if a juvenile commits a
> crime serious enough - especially one involving a vehicle - that can be
> banned from driving till age 21.
Entirely possible that it's happened to Reese then. In many ways it's
quite a clever way of them completely avoiding the extra problems and
issues that would be created if Reese could drive.
> And for the record, Reese actually passed the test, but sadly for him it
> wasn't official since it was after he was on the run and all. ;)
That's true. I laughed a lot throughout that episode - and then the
driving through the cones finished off with the parallel parking was just
the icing on the cake :-)
>> > The truth is I think they tried to keep the characters ages vague in
>> > the early seasons, and they have no choice but to contradict
>> > themselves now.
>>
>> I think that's probably the best way of looking at it. Yes, they've
>> tried hard and have usually been pretty good with the character ages
>> and history, but some of that continuity is not following now, so
>> they're making minor corrections. Their prerogative, I suppose :-)
>
> They don't want to be too definite so they don't get caught in direct
> missteps. The way they're doing it now, fans like us can have
> discussions like this. ;)
I guess they really don't like their fans then if they enjoy driving us
insane in never ending debates about their ages !
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