[This story contains some spoilers for Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair.]
A couple minutes into Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, there’s an establishing shot of the outside of Hal and Lois’ house. It’s a familiar one from the original run of Malcolm — peeling paint, unkempt front yard, the usual eyesore.
Then, in a quick cut, an HGTV-worthy makeover: It’s nice now. For series creator Linwood Boomer, that shot represents Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) having made it through the travails of raising five sons, all of whom are out of the house now.
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“I thought it was obvious — when you don’t have the kids around fucking destroying everything, you can actually have a nice house,” Boomer tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s not pointless to paint.”
Chaos will eventually reign, of course:
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