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Malcolm episode imagines Lois raising daughters instead of sons
In a season four episode of Malcolm, Lois imagines her four sons as daughters while she is pregnant with her fifth child.
She hopes for a girl after a shopping trip with Malcolm, Reese and Dewey reminds her how difficult her sons can be.
In her daydream, Malcolm, Reese and Dewey become Mallory, Renée and Daisy, while Francis becomes Frances.
The girls first seem polite and happy to shop, but arguments and secrets soon bring back the chaos Lois knows.
The episode’s premise came from an idea by 11-year-old Alexandra Kaczenski, which series creator Linwood Boomer developed into an episode.
Nahnatchka Khan wrote the script, and Alexandra received a story credit.
The episode and all seven seasons of the original series are available to stream on Disney+.
A season-four episode of Malcolm imagines Lois raising daughters instead of sons.
In the episode, Lois is pregnant with her fifth child and hopes it will be a girl.
Her imagined daughters initially behave politely, but arguments and secrets bring back the family chaos.
The episode’s premise came from an idea by 11-year-old Alexandra Kaczenski.
It first aired in the United States on February 9, 2003.
- Who
- Lois imagines her four sons as daughters.
- What
- The Malcolm episode If Boys Were Girls depicts Lois imagining a different family.
- When
- It first aired in the United States on February 9, 2003.
- Where
- The episode is set in Lois’s imagined family; the article does not state a specific location.
- Why
- Lois hopes her fifth child will be a girl and is frustrated by her sons’ behavior.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
11-year-old Alexandra Kaczenski came up with the idea of Lois having four daughters instead of sons.
If Boys Were Girls first aired in the United States.
- Episode
- If Boys Were Girls
- Series episode
- Season 4, episode 10
- First US broadcast
- February 9, 2003
- Idea credited to
- Alexandra Kaczenski, age 11
- Lois’s imagined daughters
- Mallory, Renée, Daisy and Frances