Graduation
- Épisode diffusé le 22 mars 2007
- TV-PG
- 23min
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueHaving been denied a very lucrative job in a software company, Malcolm accepts the vision his parents have for him. The first US president that will actually keep in mind the best interests ... Tout lireHaving been denied a very lucrative job in a software company, Malcolm accepts the vision his parents have for him. The first US president that will actually keep in mind the best interests of poor people like his own family.Having been denied a very lucrative job in a software company, Malcolm accepts the vision his parents have for him. The first US president that will actually keep in mind the best interests of poor people like his own family.
- Francis Wilkerson
- (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson)
- Loan Shark
- (as Enzo Stussi)
- Craig Feldspar
- (as Dave Higgins)
- Teacher
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesBoth the series finale and pilot fade out to Citizen King's "Better Days".
- GaffesReese tries to make a mess that will take 30 days to clean up, but instead he could have just made a huge mess on the 29th day, so they would have to keep him the extra few days.
- Citations
Malcolm: You know what? I'm glad, this is appropriate, now my life looks exactly how I feel. How could you screw me over like that?
Lois: Because you were gonna take that job and we are not gonna let you throw your life away.
Malcolm: How is being rich throwing my life away?
Lois: Because, it's not the life you're supposed to have, the life you're supposed to have is you go to harvard and you earn every fellowship and internship they have, you graduate first in your class and you start working in public service either district attorney or running some foundation and then you become governor of a mid-sized state and then you become president.
Malcolm: ...What?
Lois: Of the United States!
Malcolm: Dad!
Hal: I'm sorry son, It's true.
Francis: [Reese and Stewie nodding at Malcolm] Thought you knew.
Hal: Our expectations started much smaller but you just kept upping the ante.
Malcolm: What if I don't wanna be president?
Lois: It's too late for that, you're gonna do it.
Malcolm: Oh, really? have you decided my position on capital-gains tax cuts? What are my foreign policy objectives?
Lois: That doesn't matter, what does matter is that you'll be the only person in that position who will ever give a crap about people like us. We've been getting the short end of the stick for thousands of years and I for one am sick of it. Now you are going to be president mister and that's the end of it.
Malcolm: Did it ever occur to you that I could have taken this job, gotten really rich and then bought my way into being president?
Lois: Of course it did, we decided against it.
Malcolm: What?
Lois: Because then you wouldn't be a good president, you wouldn't have suffered enough.
Malcolm: I've been suffering all my life!
Lois: I'm sorry ,it's not enough. You know what it's like to be poor and you know what it's like to work hard, now you're gonna know what it's like to sweep floors and bust your ass and accomplish twice as much as all the kids around you, and it won't mean anything because they will still look down on you, and you will want so much for them to like you and they just won't and then it'll break your heart, and that'll make your heart bigger and open your eyes and finally you will realize that there's more to life than proving you're the smartest person in the world. I'm sorry Malcolm, but you don't get the easy path, you don't get to just have fun and be rich and live the life of luxury.
Hal: That's Dewey.
Dewey: [happily] Really?
Malcolm: This is unbelievable, You actually expect me to be president. No, no, I'm sorry, you expect me to be one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States?
Lois: You look me in the eye and you tell me you can't do it.
- ConnexionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 20 Best TV Finales of the Century (So Far) (2022)
- Bandes originalesBetter Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)
(uncredited)
Written by Dave Cooley and Matt Sims
Performed by Citizen King
I found the final episode kind of decent but the message in Malcolm's graduation did not land for me. For the show's run they often made light humour of their poverty. It was part of the funny family dynamic. Therefore there was no big emotional payoff when Malcolm is supposed to become President to help poor people like his family. If they had some serious moments focusing on their limited means then that might have worked. Also the simple ending worked with Dewey and Jamie now in the house and Malcolm and Reese moving on with their lives. No need to do anything huge or outrageous. Great show.
- Kingslaay
- 6 avr. 2022