Reese, having deserted the army is trying to find his way home. Lois discover his fate and goes in search - eventually to the Middle East. After cornering him with the help of some locals he is dragged back home by his ear. Meanwhile Malcolm and Dewey try to honor his probable death by doing something Reese would do.

An offbeat, laugh track-lacking sitcom about a bizarrely dysfunctional family, the center of which is Malcolm, the middle of the two brothers who still live at home. His eldest (and favorite) sibling, Francis, boards at military school because his parents believe it will reform him and keep him out of trouble. Malcolm often has a hard time coping with his family life, but he ha...