It looks like Hal and Lois are at the same house, but itās a home transformed! A fresh paint job, green lawn, beautiful brick stepsā¦ I guess having grown up children will do that?
The exterior isnāt the only part of the house thatās changed! A paint job and new furniture have the dumpy old house looking recognizable. I like that the new pillows are the same pattern as the old couch (which I miss).
Malcolm:Ā My life is fantastic now.
Malcolm standing in an office, presumably where he works. Marketing perhaps, based on the whiteboards behind him? What do yāall think?
Malcolm:Ā All I had to do is stay away from my family.
Kelly (left, played by Vaughan Murrae), Francis, Lois, and Piama are dragging somebody along the floor, who is incapacitated. Based on his hair color, Iām guessing Dewey?
It looks like the kidsā room has gotten an upgrade too. Fresh paint, new colors, and is the rainbow colored toy chest a hint at something, perhaps Kellyās gender identity? (They are confirmed as non binary.)
Malcolmās daughter Leah (left, played by Keeley Karsten) and his girlfriend Tristan (right, played by Kiana Madeira) are laughing about something.
Is it possible theyāre meeting for the first time here? Iāve seen speculation that Tristan is Leahās mother, but they donāt look alike to me, and if Malcolm has been with Tristan for 15 years, wouldnāt they be married by now? (Though maybe I shouldnāt assume.)
Lois:Ā Malcolm has been intentionally hiding himself from this family for years!
Lois points out Malcolmās avoidance of the family, which is a bit funny to me. If heās been no contact with the family for 10+ years, as the premise suggests, why are they just now catching on that heās avoiding them?
Francis and Piama looking good! Glad to see theyāre still together. Do we think they have kids? I hope so and I hope theyāre all girls. We already know Malcolm has a daughter and I think it would be a good gag if all the boys wind up having girls.
Reese:Ā By comparison, Reese looks pretty good.
Reese is in bed with Hal forā¦some reason! Based on his dialogue here, itās implied that his life isnāt going so great, though this could be a misdirect. It may not even be Malcolm heās comparing himself to here.
Is Reese living back at home or does he just visit so much that he watches his dad sleep?
Unknown Guy:Ā OPEN FIRE!!
Some Army looking dude in all pink shoots pink confetti in Loisās direction. Based on his getup, he may be from Francisās military school days or Reeseās brief stint in the Army. Or he could be entirely unrelated to anything from the original show.
Whatās with the confetti cannons, though? It appears, based on this teaser, that there is an anniversary event planned for Hal and Lois, but why all the pink? Is there some sort of gender reveal happening at the same time?
RETURN OF THE GENTLEMEN CALLERS!!
Lois comes stalking into the bathroom where Malcolm is hiding. Good luck with that, buddy!
Hal and Lois are still hot for each other! We love to see it.
Tristan:Ā You canāt spend the rest of your life hiding and denying your family even exists.
Malcolm:Ā It worked perfectly until they showed up!
Malcolm, Tristan, and Leah are on their way somewhere. It seems like Malcolm is having none of Tristanās advice, though maybe heās being forced to attend the 40th wedding anniversary by Leah and Tristan anyway.
Leah kicking somebody, I assume Malcolm, into the backseat. It seems she has some of that Wilkerson chaos in her blood! ;)
Speaking of Wilkerson chaos, Hal brains somebody with what looks like some kind of instrument. What do we think this guyās offense was?
The final shot is a big group scene! Nearly everybody is present - Kelly, Jaime (played by Anthony Timpano), and Reese on the right, with Lois and Hal in the back, Francis and Piama in the center, and Leah, Malcolm, and Tristan on the right. There appears to have been some sort of explosion, which Hal and Francis got the worst of, though Reese and Malcolm have some remnants on their clothes. Still no Dewey thoughā¦are they saving Caleb Ellsworth-Clarkās reveal?
I love thinking I’m a hater and then meeting a real hater and going wow that does not look fun actually. Going back to my lukewarm hater ways. Performative haterdom. I couldn’t name five hater bands.
look I’m not gonna pretend I know anything about electronics, but sometimes a plug is so big it blocks another socket, and I’m always like “who the fuck do you think you are”
fascinated by rhea seehorn calling both Helen & writing the ālove of [Carolās] lifeā. it certainly puts a more perverse twist on the hiveās excitement about her work, because, through Helen, they also know what writing means to her. itās her entire life. Helen thought that Carol knew how to please her audience, and now her audience is the entire world, who will undoubtedly be amused by no matter what the only creative writer left has to create.
