Malcolm in the Middle2000

Lois:
[tensions have been mounting as Hal learns of a possible health problem, and the boys misbehave rather spectacularly] How dare you defy us like that?

Malcolm:
Well we wouldn't have had to if you hadn't been ridiculously hard over a little mud on the floor.

Lois:
You two are the most ungrateful, badly behaved, inconsiderate boys ever born. How could you be so heartless?

Reese:
What is heartless about going to a party with a bunch of slutty girls?

Malcolm:
[whispering] Be cool.

Hal:
[almost out of control] You were at a party? While we were here worrying?

Dewey:
[oblivious] Can I have a napkin?

Hal:
[he throws the napkin toward Dewey, still focusing on Malcolm and Reese] I cannot believe you two.

Lois:
[losing it completely] All right, that's *it*! You're grounded for the rest of the school year.

Reese:
You can't do that.

Malcolm:
You're crazy!

Hal:
[enraged] You do *not* talk to your mother that way, **ever**! You will show her nothing but the love and respect she deserves, whether I am here or not.

Reese:
This family sucks. You are ruining our lives. I wish you were dead. [Lois is stunned, speechless, and she and Hal leave the kitchen]

Malcolm:
What was that all about?

Reese:
I don't know. She usually just says, 'I'm taking you with me.'