Pilot (Malcolm in the Middle)

Malcolm, the hero ( original title: Pilot ) is the first broadcast episode of the U.S. comedy series Malcolm in the Middle. The first broadcast of this episode on January 9, 2000 saw an average of about 22.4 million viewers, making Malcolm in the Middle since The Simpsons reached the largest audience share of a series premiere on the U.S. network FOX. On 24 September 2001, the German -speaking Original Air Date was on the ProSieben.

Action

The sequence starts with the fact that Malcolm spent sitting on his bed to the viewer and his brothers imagines (see also breaking through the fourth wall ), at the end he said: " Do you know what is the best part of childhood? At some point it ceases to happiness. " Then follows as in every episode of Malcolm in the Middle after an intro of the opening credits.

The main story begins with Malcolm and his brothers have breakfast together, while his mother Lois shaved her standing there naked man Hal. She tells Malcolm that he should come home right after school because she has arranged to meet him with Stevie, a disabled boy who is in a wheelchair and is highly gifted. However, Malcolm is not thrilled about it and complains to his mother, however, looks quickly that he has no choice.

After Malcolm went to school, he is asked by his teacher in art class to go to the director of the school. When he does, expect him there Caroline Miller, another teacher at the school, and carries with him an intelligence test, the Malcolm solves brilliantly.

A few hours later the same day Malcolm and Stevie meet in his room and talk to each other. Malcolm notes here that Stevie and he did not have a lot in common, as this is forbidden by his parents much. Ultimately, they find common ground in the fact that she likes to read comics.

At one the following Saturday morning to ring the teacher who has performed with Malcolm the intelligence test, at the family home. As Lois opens the door, she thinks first, the teacher wanted to send Malcolm to a special school, which is, however, denies this, and ultimately admitted to explain what is really their concern.

A few days later, the family sitting at the dinner table and breakfast typically hectic. When the male family members are just going to get up, Lois wants something to persuade them. She then told that a teacher of Malcolm have done a test with him and I have found an IQ of 165. After she has told that he must now go to the gifted in a special class, this also is upset and does not want to change his class.

Finally, Malcolm changed but the class and is already on the first day about it except, as he says, all in this class are idiots and he was not like that. When he is later in the break in the schoolyard, he is not respected by the rest of the students of the school and treated as an outsider, so he goes to his new classmates Stevie to get together to spend with this the break. Then a paper ball to him is Dave Spath, a school bats, thrown at his head, which is why Malcolm instigates a fight by insulting him, whereupon he goes to him and wants to beat him. When he strikes the blow, but is thrown to him by Malcolm Stevies pudding face. As he swings back after the second time, Malcolm can bend, causing Dave's hand touches Stevie's head slightly. After about standing students are appalled that Dave a " cripple " suggests Stevie purposely leaves fall along with his wheelchair. Then Stevie is highly helped by some other students again and Dave insulted by his friends.

While the credits roll, Malcolm told in the front yard of his family while he is sitting on an upturned dustbin, under which his brother Dewey is how the day is still run as, inter alia, now stands as a hero on his new class and his family.

Instrumentation and synchronization

Awards

In 2000 won for the episode director Todd Holland in the category Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and screenwriter Linwood Boomer for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series a Primetime Emmy Award and Nancy Morrison the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Half Category - Hour Series. Followed in 2001 for Holland the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series.