Todd Giebenhain

Leonard is pleasantly surprised when his mother, Beverly, comes to visit and she’s genuinely kind toward him – until he finds out the real reason why she’s there; Meanwhile, Denise and Stuart overstay their welcome at the Wolowitz house.

When Francis is left in charge of his brothers, mayhem ensues, and Malcolm gets hurt, requiring hospitalization.

Reese flips burgers to earn his keep; Malcolm meets his academic match; Dewey is promised a puppy if he can keep a goldfish alive.

Hal, Malcolm and Reese wander into a desert artillery range after being banned from a casino for counting cards.

On Monday morning, Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) and his brothers convince their ailing mother (Jane Kaczmarek) that it's Sunday.

When Hope starts imitating the dogs at her day care, Jimmy decides to enroll her in an expensive, high-end center. But the blemish on Burt’s record needs to be expunged before Hope has any chance of getting accepted. However, when trying to turn Burt’s past around the rest of the family ends up in a bind of their own and must pull together to straighten things out with the law.