Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)
Health Insurance (2005)
Bryan Cranston: Hal Wilkerson
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Quotes
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Hal : [Hal is obsessed with his sons' safety after he learns that his family's lapsed health insurance cannot be re-activated until after the weekend] What does it take to keep you boys safe?... What's the matter with you boys. Don't you realize you could get killed?
Reese : Dad, I'm not gonna die.
Hal : What?
Reese : I'm seventeen.
Hal : And so you can't die?
Reese : I just don't see it happening.
Hal : I got news for you, Reese. Seventeen-year-olds die all the time.
Reese : [scoffing] Come on, Dad. That's just somethin' they tell you to so you stay off drugs.
Hal : That's it! You're all grounded, in your room, for the rest of the weekend.
Malcolm : You can't do that.
Dewey : I know I'm gonna die, Dad.
Hal : Nobody is dying in this family until the start of business Monday morning.
Dewey : [Hal locks the boys in their room] Dad, why are you doing this?
Reese : We're gonna call child welfare, and this time they'll come.