Over the hills and far away in alt.tv.malcolm-in-themiddle, Mediajock came
to play...
> "Eddie Bernard" <spambox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> But if he's 15 by the start of season three, then surely he's a year
>> behind for high school ? I don't know how the cutoff works for
>> American schools, but in the UK if you turn four in the summer, you
>> start school in the September. If the USA works in a similar way, then
>> if Reese's 15th birthday is in the summer, then he's a year behind ?
>> In the first year of high school, everyone is at least 14 and most will
>> have their 15th birthday during the year.
>
> I'm sure Reese has turned 16 for Season 4 (though they don't come right
> out and say it). Given the "Reese Drives" aired in January 2002, he
> would either have just turned 15 or 15.5 by then. If he did turn 15 in
> the summer of 2001 (thus born in summer 1986), he might have been a year
> behind in school, something that isn't too impossible given Reese's
> academic performances.
Certainly possible yes, but you'd think if it was a definite inclusion it
would have been mentioned by now. Either it is a continuity error, or
Reese's birthday is effectively just days before the school year cutoff,
making him also one of the youngest in his year. Season 3 opener, aged 14.
Season 3 episode 2, aged 15. Ditto for season 4.
If that's the case, then we'd have to assume the driving age in their
state really is 15, or he wouldn't be able to make it to 15.5 for the time
of "Reese Drives."
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Thanks for the background.
> Again, a fuzzy little undefined gray area of MITM they don't want to
> overexplain for fear of getting hanged either way.
Surely someone at the production company must have this worked out though,
for continuity purposes if nothing else ? They do want all writers
singing from the same hymn sheet.
>> If Malcolm is 14 just shortly into season 4 (so 13 at the beginning),
>> then Dewey must be 10 as per "Flashback." But if we assume that...
>> episode 4.1: still during the summer holidays; Malcolm 13, Dewey 10.
>
> I still put my money on 15 and 11.
You're probably right; I'm still trying to get it straight in my head. He
must be 14 at the start of the season, else he wouldn't make it into that
year for high school, and must turn 15 later on, in the episode "Forwards
Backwards" as you mentioned.
Reese's age is pretty much sorted for sure - 16 for season 4, and that
leaves Dewey. As you say, he must be 11 to make it into middle school for
season 4, but still one of the youngest in his school year.
Is that the final answer ? :-)
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