Folks,
Usually when a show starts to make a running mount toward the proverbial
shark I start imagining ways to sort of make it more unique and put some
color back into it. MITM has taken longer than most shows to do this, so
I
never really had to do this before.
But now I just can't help myself. So I have come up with a few suggested
episode plots they could use for the future.
Eighteen - With Francis emancipated and Reese in Afghanistan, this renders
Malcolm the first Wilkerson sibling to reach the legal age of majority
while
still living at home. But wait - hold everything! He isn't an adult yet.
How could that be you may ask? The four points of the law known as
L-O-I-S.
She is of the persuasion that it isn't enough for anyone (especially one
of
her sons) just to reach legal age to be an adult - they have to "earn" it.
So she devises an "adult license" test that Malcolm must pass to actually
gain adult rights such as voting, opening own mail, etc. Malcolm usually
has no problems taking tests, but Lois's mere looming presence helps to
ensure that the otherwise perfectly able and capable Malcolm must live at
home under rules till he matures enough to get his adult license.
Clip Show #3 - you know they will just have to do one. For this one I
propose a somewhat unique twist that would actually have Mizz Kacz make up
for her absences that necessitating the other Clip Shows: She would
appear
in the wrap arounds with the plot having her encountering the flighty,
overprotective, and well-to-do parents of Craig Feldspar. It is revealed
they are so wealthy that Craig has been sponging off of them - you didn't
think he could afford HDTV's and rare comic books just off his Lucky Aide
salary and insurance settlements did you? Anyway, the three parental
harpies get to talking and, as retold in the clips, Lois spills the beans
on
all the misfortune Craig has had as a consequence of Wilkersonian
involvement. She is doing this of course with the intention of bragging
on
Craig and his selflessness, but Maw and Paw Feldspar hear this and are
very
concerned for their son's well being, so they simply ban him from all
contact with the Wilkersons or else they will cut him off. But, in the
end
the Feldspars get to witness firsthand their son's sacrifice as Craig
comes
to the rescue one more time and they have a change of heart. (They have
to
as the incident causes the health insurance premiums Craig's parents pay
on
him go up.)
Unholy Terror - the once underachieving Reese amazes everyone by doing
what
no one else could do yet as he finds Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. (Yes
it's a little too current-eventsy for MITM but they could put a comedic
spin
on it.) Reese manages to hold the Al-Queda leader captive by employing
his
usual bully tactics that can even make OBL wobble at the knees. All seems
to be well until US "intelligence" discovers Reese's age fraud and
dispatches for his immediate discharge and return home. They find Reese
and while they seize him, Bin Laden manages to get away, again.
Lottery - The Wilkersons cannot believe their good fortune when they hit
the
Giga-Greenbacks multistate lotto for $400,000,000! Of course the kids get
nothing and are still expected to work and lice at home. Hal jokes that
now
they can actually afford 8 or 10 more kids, but Lois is through and wants
to
live the life she has always wanted. So H&L manage to spend to oblivion
until it dawns on them to actually LOOK at the ticket. Hal discovers to
their horror that when he thought he was playing the kids' birthdays, he
apparently forgot all of them six ways from Sunday and they didn't match a
single number. Lois is in debt and deprived of her lavish lifestyle, so
with no other avenue for solace she grounds all the kids for being born on
all the wrong days.
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