Malcolm in the Middle, Tutoring Reese

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Francis comes home for a visit from military school, but he doesn't exactly get a warm welcome. As soon as he's in the door, Mom tells him to go fix the roof because Dad is afraid of heights. When Francis refuses to do it, Mom kicks Francis out of the house. Francis decides to live in the basement of his friend's house. And this place is a dump. There are holes in the walls and a dead rat which makes the whole place stink.

While Francis enjoys life at the Dead Rat Hotel, Malcolm is busy trying to keep Reese from failing school. Malcolm helps Reese study for a big test, but Reese still ends up with an F. The next test is do-or-die for Reese. If he doesn't do well, he'll have to go to the "special class" - and we all know what that means.

So, they come up with a plan for Reese to cheat by getting the genius Malcolm to take the test for him. Malcolm writes the test for Reese, but Reese still gets an F. How is that possible? Well, it turns out that Reese's teacher really is out to get him. The teacher has been failing Reese because he doesn't like the way Reese picks on other kids all the time. So Reese isn't as stupid as everyone thinks - his teacher is just a jerk. When Mom finds this out, she threatens to turn the teacher in if he doesn't fix their roof. The teacher is soon joined on the roof by Francis who agrees to help out after one too many nights in his friend's dark, damp, rat infested basement.

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