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Grandma Sues

‘Grandma Sues’

Season 4, Episode 9 -  Aired February 2, 2003

Malcolm is forced to sleep in a tent in the backyard when Grandma Ida (Cloris Leachman) visits at the same time as Francis and Piama. Lois and Hal receive some surprising news just as Ida decides to sue them after tripping on a leaf.

Quote from Ida

Lois: Call when you get home, Mom.
Dewey: We'll miss you.
Ida: Even the little one lies.

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Quote from Ida

Lois: Just use your tongue as leverage.
Ida: Enough! I had better food in refugee camp.

Quote from Malcolm

Malcolm: You're eating dinner? Nobody even called me!
Reese: What happened to your face?
Malcolm: An owl flew into my tent. If I knew I was missing dinner, I would have grabbed the snake out of his beak.

Quote from Reese

Francis: You know, my parents don't come home for another half an hour.
Piama: You're dreaming.
Francis: Come on! I'm going crazy. [kisses Piama's neck]
Piama: Okay.
Francis: Hey, guys, I'm going to go show Piama the posters in your room for a while.
Dewey: Have fun.
Reese: Good idea. [Francis and Piama exit]
Dewey: [sighs] I thought they'd never leave.
Reese: Tell me about it. [removes box from under couch] Okay, it's still good. I'll get the gift wrap. [removes car from pants] You write the card.

Quote from Francis

Piama: There's no lock?
Francis: With my brothers? They just got the door back a few months ago. [kisses Piama]
Piama: I don't know, Francis. This feels weird. In your brothers' bedroom.
Francis: No. This room is fine. I've had plenty of girls in here-
Piama: Quit while you're ahead.
Ida: [o.s.] That's good enough. No one's going to eat off it.
Francis: Okay, maybe not in here.

Quote from Lois

Lois: No, no, no, no, no, sorry, Malcolm. You can't come in right now.
Malcolm: What are you talking about? I live here.
Lois: Sorry, you just can't.
Malcolm: Now I can't even go into my own house? Why am I always the one singled out for abuse? Reese and Dewey are in there.
Lois: No, they're not. Francis and Piama took them miniature golfing.

Quote from Lois

Francis: Mom made me promise not to tell you. For some reason, she was trying to protect Grandma.
Malcolm: What does Grandma have to do with Mom being pregnant?
Piama: What, you're pregnant?
Dewey: No! [screams]
Francis: You're having another kid? What is wrong with you two?! You don't have enough problems as it is?!
Lois: I can't believe you boys. This is the way you react to wonderful news?! This is a blessing! You should be ashamed of yourselves!

Quote from Malcolm

Francis: I can't believe it. Another baby? They're nuts!
Reese: None of us gets enough of anything as it is. Now we're going to have to split it five ways?
Dewey: What are you guys complaining about? All I ever had was being the youngest. Now I won't even have that.
Malcolm: You guys don't get it. You're only looking at this in the short term. We're screwed for life. And I actually had some potential. I could have gone to college.
Piama: Listen to you guys. Nice family this kid is going to be born into.
Malcolm: Hey, we're allowed to be upset. We're the ones getting left out while every resource this family has is going to our baby brother.
Dewey: Brother?

Quote from Lois

Reese: Mom, Dad, we just want to tell you that we were sorry for the way we acted about the baby.
Malcolm: Yeah. We figured it out. Reese and I can double up in the bed again.
Dewey: And I could sleep with the baby. It'll be fun having a busy box again.
Francis: Yeah, and I could probably send home 30 bucks a week to help out.
Lois: Thank you, boys.

Quote from Malcolm

Malcolm: [to camera] Francis and Grandma are finally gone, and everything's back to normal. Well, not exactly normal. Dad told us that during the first trimester of pregnancy, women sometimes get a tiny bit hormonal.
Hal: Quick, boys! Someone left the cap off the toothpaste! [boys scream]

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