Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)

Red Dress (2000)

Jane Kaczmarek: Lois Wilkerson

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Quotes 

• Lois : In your room

  [evil voice] 

  Lois : NOW!

• Lois : [entering the boys' room]  What did you do?

  Malcolm : What?

  Lois : Don't give that look. What did you do?

  Malcolm : Nothing.

  Lois : Well, I suppose you wouldn't mind if I... took a look in here!

  [opens a drawer] 

  Malcolm : Mom, I'm telling you. we didn't do anything.

  Lois : [notices the curtains are closed]  If you've broken another window, it's coming out of your...

  [opens curtain] 

  Reese : Are you done? Wanna frisk me?

  Lois : You just consider yourselves lucky.

  [leaves then immediately returns, then closes door] 

  Dewey : [tied up on back of door]  That was close.

  Malcolm : Either she's losing her touch, or we're getting better.

• Lois : [while talking to Francis on the phone]  I cannot believe you, Francis. You think you are so clever turning them against me, don't you?

  Francis : No, Mom.

  Francis : We did not send you to military school so you could undermine my authority long-distance.

  Lois : Then why did you send me?

  Lois : Well, it was not so you could undermine my authority. And if I'm not mistaken, you are undermining my authority!

• Ed : Hi, Lois.

  Lois : Look, Ed. It's 9:00. I'm a little busy right now.

  Ed : Well, you see, there is the problem. It's 9:00 at night and I keep hearing screaming. Now this didn't sound like your normal screaming. It sounded more like killing screaming. Now, I'm not one to complain...

  Lois : That's why we like you.

  [shuts the front door in his face] 

• Lois : [after she discovers her red dress in the toilet burnt]  Fire? Fire? Fire?

  Malcolm : Mom, what...?

  Lois : This is the most stupid, irresponsible dangerous thing you have ever done! Is this what you want? Where we have to identify your charred little bodies through their dental records? I want a straight answer. Who did this?

  Reese : Malcolm did it.

  Malcolm : Reese did it.

  Reese : I didn't do it!

  Malcolm : I didn't do it!

  Dewey : We're going to the dentist?

• Francis : [to Lois]  You're spending your anniversary at home, fixating on a stupid dress. Is that what you wanted to do tonight?

  Lois : What am I supposed to do, Francis? Let it go?

  Francis : Yes. That's exactly what you should do. Let it go. But you can't because you can never let anything go.

  Lois : I can too let things go.

  Francis : Fine.

  Lois : I can.

  Francis : Fine.

  Lois : I can!

  Francis : Okay. Just forget I said anything.

• Lois : [to Francis]  I cannot talk to you anymore. Ooh, you make me so mad, sometimes I just want to break your neck! Did you get the cookies I sent you?

  Francis : Yeah, they were great.