Lois: Okay. You boys take care of your dad. I'm going to go see Mr. Pinter and beg for my job back.
Malcolm: What? Mom, wait. You don't have to do that.
Lois: Yes, I do. I don't want to, shouldn't have to, but guess what? I do. But I want you boys to understand something. I am not going back on anything I said before.
Malcolm: [to camera] She's completely going back on it, but I'm not going to kick her when she's down.
Reese: You're totally going back on it.
Lois: No, I am not. Everything I said before still goes. You know, sometimes bad things happen and you don't understand why and you just have to trust that there's a good reason for it. [to the heavens] Sure, it's easy to work in mysterious ways when you have a job.