Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)

Grandma Sues (2003)

Jane Kaczmarek: Lois

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• Hal : [to Ida]  You're suing us?

  Lois : Hal, keep it down. The boys are in the house!

  Grandma Ida : Don't be so dramatic. I'm suing insurance company.

  Hal : Our insurance company!

  Grandma Ida : You don't think I have a case? You don't think I have pain that I have suffered? For years, I have suffered in silence.

  Francis : You useless, miserable, money-grabbing old hag!

  Grandma Ida : Keep talking, tough boy. I sue you too.

• Hal : She can't get away with this! I've had it, I'm going to toss her out on her cage!

  Lois : Hal, we can't do that. She's my mother! My twisted, horrible monster of a mother.

• Hal : [When it's revealed that Lois is pregnant]  Oh, God, this is awful!

  Lois : This can't be right. This must be some sort of mistake!

  Hal : What are we going to do?

  Lois : I don't know. We can't afford the children we have!

• Lois : [to Ida]  Mom, we need to talk. We just got some interesting news from the doctor.

  Hal : Yes, uh, it's very good news. Well, kind of good news. Extreme news.

  Lois : I'm pregnant.

  Grandma Ida : You're joking.

  Lois : Believe me, we were as surprised as... as you are. You know, we're already stretched to the limit financially, and obviously, another baby is gonna make things even harder for us.

  Hal : Yes, so in light of that and the burden it's going to put on us, don't you think that certain actions should be re-examined?

  Grandma Ida : Yes, yes of course.

  [Hal & Lois breathe a sigh of relief] 

  Grandma Ida : You should settle.

  Hal : What?

  Lois : Mom!

  Grandma Ida : It's for your own good. You can't keep your legs closed for 20 minutes, at least take good advice when you hear it.

• Lois : What are we going to do? We're in debt up to our eyeballs as it is.

  Hal : Well, we're just going to have to cut back. No more vacations, stop going out to fancy restaurants for birthdays and it wouldn't kill us to stop wearing designer labels.

  Lois : Hal, whose life are you leading? We don't do any of that stuff.

• Francis : [to Malcolm]  Mom made me promise not to tell you. For some reason, she was trying to protect Grandma.

  Malcolm : What does Grandma have to do with Mom being pregnant?

  Francis : What?

  Piama Tananahaakna : [to Lois]  You're pregnant?

  Dewey : [screams]  Nooooooooo!

  Francis : [to Lois and Hal]  You're having another kid? What is wrong with you two? You have enough problems as it is!

  Lois : I can't believe you boys. This is how you react to wonderful news? This is a blessing! You should be ashamed of yourselves!