One of my favorite scene from Malcolm In The Middle - "Empathy" 

I lost it at that point. Sounds like my parents with me or my sib when they found our weaknesses

I think it's kind of heartwarming in a way.

Better that than being slap in the face isn't it? xD

NoobieLandCity maybe uncommon view here but out of the times I was hit, slapped, taken to the ground, fucking fingers smashed in car doors on purpose for effect. I actually cared more and hated punishment when my parents took shit from me that I cared about... physical shit u get past and u learn it’s unattached from how someone cares about you but when your parents put you down for something you genuinely care about and tell you that you are the dumbest fucking cancer cell to waste space on their dime... yeah, think it fucks with you more :) just saying man

hahahaha

Dude both of those options takes alot of money from your pocket, but im with you, my wet dream was a sketch seeing him cooking something for gordon ramsey then falling in love with his modus vivendi.

Me too. I think given the fact that Lois had realized that no matter how much she tries to make Reese change, he will still be the same degenerate troublemaker he is. In giving up on him, it showed she had no hope for Reese changing and just simply wanted him out of her life. Hence it's why Lois was more focus on forcing herself on Malcolm's future since like Dewey, he's the only other Wilkerson son that will amount to success. She originally had planned to make Francis the President of the US, but he rebelled against her plans early on and started living a similar life to Hal's own. His current job is sorting out computer chips at Amerisys and only Hal found out about the job. Francis admits he loves his job there, but also equally enjoys tormenting Lois by telling her that he's unemployed.

Clorox Bleach honestly it was a realistic ending that made it good. For example Not every talented college basketball star will make it to the nba.

@@ladyfire44 how did you know their last name

@@BloodyBraces ikr

trika91 compared to Reeses skill level it makes sense. Also Lois isn't big into housework. She dies it because she loves her family.

hell. flank steaks today are expensive. Back in the 90s. i would get them for 1.99 a pound.

God, I watched this show so long ago. But they were always a very self-aware, realistic bunch, weren't they?

Reese is a natural cook, probably from concocting disgusting and horrific mixtures to put in water balloons he knows what tastes terrible and would poison you and what doesn't. Lois is a good cook herself since the boys aren't apprehensive about her meals just the Leftover casserole that had a leftover Leftover Casserole at the bottom, but Reese's sheer talent in comparison spoiled the family. Anything that Lois makes from then on will seem amateur at best.

Boco Corwin of course Lois would want Reese to do the cooking if he’s good at it, that’s one less chore she has to do and she gets to eat something delicious.

Except malcolm failed to play a guitar

@@byronalwardgrant7201 What? No he didn't. He played fine, and figured out how to play the guitar, read music, and re-write the meowmix song in only a few days. He's every bit as gifted with music as he is with everything else. He just gave up though.

TrueMetis He’s technically capable of playing the guitar, but he’s not gifted

@@Chrjstheshadow I mean he clearly doesn't enjoy it all that much and it shows, but I can't consider anyone who picked up guitar that fast anything but gifted.

What about Jamie and "fetus" ?

No one gives a shit

OMG you are right

You are both WRONG! why the hell would Walter not want Jesse to cook? Ever forget the very famous “Jesse,we need to cook”

"Just kill me now, because there is no way i'm doing one more cook for you psycho fucks!!!"

That’s the night he has the dream

It’s because he’s the dumbest member of the family. He’s so dumb, he once “turned off” his brain in front of Malcolm when giving him relationship advice. Basically he’s too dumb to know right from wrong.

@@stephenking5852 Or maybe he's too much like Ida to care. Remember Reese shares the same traits as her and why she and Victor liked him the most.

@@stephenking5852 Dumb people can't be excellent cooks or pastry chefs. Baking is a science.

@@stephenking5852 dont forget about him turning his brain off to excell in army basic.lol

@@stephenking5852 There's no nice way to say it, he's an idiot. His destructive nature only causes more problems. He could make good use of his talents...like becoming a Chef, but he'd much rather cause chaos and destruction. At least he's a Janitor and not in jail.

Yeah but then when it happens to you it sucks. So thats why its important so that you don't do things like that.

@@eboooo I mean, if you have no empathy you just don't care about those things and the fact that you have no empathy won't really stop others from having empathy, it's actually really deep 🤔

Good people who aren't interested in hurting others (and being hurt by them in return) actually value empathy

SirJester200 I have no empathy at all. I've had to go to 2 funerals so far this year and not once have I been able to feel anything. I have an understanding of the word but absolutely no idea what it feels like. It honestly is the worst thing that could happen to you. Empathy is what makes us feel and connect with one another.

You might not want empathy but you want everyone else around you to have it.

Except that Lois had already planned for not only Malcolm and Dewey's futures, but also Francis and Jamie's. For Francis, she had planned for him to take on a Chief Justice role in the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, he rebelled by quitting school and living a life similar to Hal's own much to Lois' dismay. For Malcolm, it was a US President. Lois planned for Dewey to be a rich musician. It's unknown for Jamie, but I'm guessing that she has plans for him to be a congressman. Out of her sons, Reese is the only one that Lois didn't plan for his future. This is because no matter how much she tries to get him prepared for the real world by rehabilitating him, Reese will still be the same degenerate delinquent he is. Hence, Lois gave up on trying to make something out of him.

no walter is the main cook

@@ladyfire44 Her solution with Reese sounds horrible until ya remember who/how Reese is. Still a little manipulative and controlling on her part though deciding her kids entire futures.

There was one point in Clip Show 2 that she confesses that she used to be a caring and loving mother to Francis. Lois had gone to the hospital for a Staph infection caused by Reese's uncontrollable kicking and she was concerned over him worrying about her believing Hal was ineffective as a parent without her. By the time she made a speedy recovery and brought Reese home, Lois discovered that Francis didn't care that she was gone and Hal was caring for him just fine. After this, she decided to make his life a living Hell by being an overbearing control freak. Francis responded by being rebellious around her.

If they were Heisenbergs sons they could be the biggest drug cartel ever with all their skills

meth joke

Edward Hernandez chill.

calm down jaremi it's never that serious

Edward Hernandez Why are you bad

Foreshadowing lol

Why is it stressful? 3 years late, but I am curious.

@@vovlasc9817 I have to be in the exact right mood to watch shows where a large amount of the characters make terrible decisions and then things go wrong to cartoonish proportions. I can handle it a little better if the characters are animated because it's a degree removed, but seeing live action shows where characters keep making terrible mistakes and ruining stuff can be a bit much for me.

@@guytorie oh yeah, I guess that hasn’t really bothered me. Thanks for the reply, always good to understand different views.

@@vovlasc9817 Sure thing, thanks for asking!

This also happens to me, try reminding yourself its all staged and that every scene, every Word, every character is scripted

We saw Reese being motivated in something he liked to do in his brief stint in the cooking class of Reese Cooks, making a delicious Thanksgiving meal in Thanksgiving(which Malcolm ruined), was living in his own apartment in Reese's Apartment and his brief stint in the military in Reese Joins the Army. However, this never lasted long because of who he is inside. The problem was that Reese didn't care about his future at all. He was very undisciplined, destructive and that he only saw cooking as a hobby. Hal accepted Reese was hopeless a long time ago, but Lois refused to accept it. It took three tries for her to finally give up on him mainly due to the fact of how hardheaded and stubborn she was. No matter how much Lois tried to motivate Reese and get him ready for the real world, he's still going to be the same delinquent he is. Remember his role model aside Francis(before his maturing in late season 3 and season 4), is Ida and he has a lot of her greedy and selfish traits. Maybe like Craig, Reese did accept that his life would be nothing more than a pile of garbage. It doesn't mean he can't enjoy every single moment of it. Hal knew this, which is part of the reason why he secretly made a deal with Mr. Hodges to let Reese have a job as an assistant janitor at his former school. He knew that Reese would be happy in a place where he can enjoy the simple things in life. Being a janitor did that for him and more

@@ladyfire44 Exactly there's no changing Reese

Malcolm as president. Reese as chief. Dewey as musicians. Frances as a farmer. I'm not sure, jamie.

I want to see him at a cooking academy where he's battling the other students and teachers in cooking competitions and having raunchy misunderstandings with the ladies.

Yeah true but although not sure that would have made a difference on Reese haha

Snoopdog wouldn't eat then, get it?

The RV is off limits!

Yeah wtf hal

Too far

No no. They never said anything about not being able to distill chemicals

Ben Wasserman no more cooking Mr. Heisenberg

Nah he poisoned a kid, it’s the same thing here

Of course. There is no Heisenberg without cooking.

Worked how? He doesn’t feel empathy or care for other people He just knows that getting caught for committing crimes may have consequences Unless you can buy or veto authority. He’s going from sociopath to narcissist Bully to secret slob. And he still doesn’t care about other people.

@@nadiashireensiddiqi you are completely wrong if this is about Walter White. Walt obviously has empathy, he still cared otherwise he'd of let Jesse die or wouldn't have tried to save Hanks life. Not everyone who does bad things or commits crimes are psychopaths who lack empathy.

😂😂😂

Idk why, but that was one of the funniest scenes in BB to me. You could just sense the frustration in that pizza throw.

Apparently, he nailed that scene on the first take. Flawless execution.

I’d say Francis is a natural leader. He just used his ability to get into trouble. Didn’t seem to matter what was going on, he was at the head of it

@@Nevertoleave he also seemed to have an odd moral compass. He had no problem challenging authority if it was for the right reasons, then if you leave him on his own with no authority on him, he would do stupid crap non stop. Maybe he could have been a politician or union leader.

@@laurocoman Union Leader for sure . . . so accurate

Its reese though, he doesn't realize anything.

George Liapes why did you write it like that

Memes. that is all (the last line was poorly written though)

Bruce Dutton it’s my calling card

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first name Same here. I guess it sort of fits his character that he wouldn’t be ambitious at all, but I’d have loved to see him pursue cooking. Maybe they should do a revival series and he can be a prison cook.

At the very least him being a school lunch worker would have been a nice call back to that.

The problem is that Reese only saw cooking as a hobby, was very undisciplined and destructive. Hal accepted he was hopeless a long time ago, but Lois refused to accept it. It took three tries for her to finally give up on Reese mainly due to the fact that she was hardheaded and stubborn. No matter how much Lois tried to motivate him and get him ready for the real world, he's still going to be the same delinquent he is. Remember Reese's role model aside Francis(before his maturing in late season 3 and season 4), is Ida and he has a lot of her greedy and selfish traits. Maybe like Craig, he did accept that at 18, his life would be nothing more than a pile of garbage. It doesn't mean Reese can't enjoy every single moment of it. Hal knew this, which is part of the reason why he secretly made a deal with Mr. Hodges to let Reese have a job as an assistant janitor at his former school. He knew that Reese would be happy in a place where he can enjoy the simple things in life. Being a janitor did that for him and more.

BBT'S shit

You have to realize reese is a full fledged sociopath. He doesn't feel empathy, unless it pertains to himself; hence why he felt bad when the kitchen was off limits to him

Yeah, I know. When I was a child, I just thought Reese was a dumb bully but was still good at heart, as there were occasionally, sweeter episodes where he would be thoughtful e.g. when he tried to stop Dewey from wearing a girl's bag to school as he'll likely get beaten up, or be caring to Malcolm when he was tricked into thinking he was gay. However, when I re-watched the series a bit older, I realised he is a sociopath, he just shows sympathy on very rare occasions when something touches him. I don't know if you've seen Futurama, but I had the same realisation with Bender on that show. It's an interesting experience re-watching an adult show you saw as a child, you tend to realise a lot of new things about it that went over your heard before.

For what its worth they probably had "hardheaded, misguided middle child who breaks the rules like Bart Simpson" in their minds when they cast Reese and not sociopath.

Lunar Village I don't think so, Reese displays sociopathic tendencies right from season one, they're just more pronounced a bit later as there are episodes focused on him. The Simpsons had a really big influence when it came out, so I wouldn't be surprised if this show's creators took inspiration from Bart for him, and maybe took some of the more sociopathic traits from Cartman in South Park, or something like that. I think Reese is a great character by the way, the diverse and unique characters on this show are part of what make it good, and he really fits into the show's theme of life being unfair and the world being a battleground for survival. Plus, it's quite interesting seeing kids grow up with a sociopath, it feels like it's never been done before. This show is edgy and I think it helped push the envelope of what could be done in a TV sitcom, I think this family is in contention for the most dysfunctional one ever displayed on a TV sitcom.

I don't think he's a full fledged sociopath because he does care about his family. He beat up a lot of kids for making fun of Malcolm . I think it goes with the theme of bullies tend to be dumb and that eventually they get their comeuppance for being stupid. Reese becomes a janitor and lives with Craig. The last scene has him buying a thoughtful gift for Craig if I remember correctly.

Slim Karrigan premonition from the great Heisenberg. 😂

...... Your damn right😎

Great foreshadowing back there

That aged well.

lmao

He did it for himself... And he liked it.

And Reese is still in trouble.

David Brewer-McCoy I will

David Brewer-McCoy I liked the episode where he joined the army.

he's in every episode, a 'compilation of all his scenes' would essentially just be every single episode and over 50 hours long

Noah Animations I love how you just didn't do it. like not even one part.

Yeah, he's my favorite of the brothers. When I first saw him, I thought he was the kid from Unhappily Ever After.

0:11 "oh i'll give you trophy mister."

I’m so upset that this wasn’t top comment, I had to scroll for ages “tree frog” voters - terrible senses of humour. Just awful.

Robert Hill one of the best scenes ever 😂

Hal didn’t really define “empathy” correctly Empathy is to understand and share the feelings of another And it’s obvious that a jackass like Reese doesn’t have that

I watched this show as an adult for the first time and completely understood her frustration lol

omg same! 😅

As an eldest daughter who had to babysit my sister's and step siblings, Lois was my hero.

It depends on the episode. Sometimes, she's a caring mom who goes to extremes because her kids are extreme & she sometimes makes mistakes because she's trying to keep up. In other episodes, she's just a cruel control freak for no reason. Like when she spanked Malcolm in public because he accidentally got caught between promises to two different & could only uphold one & she was butthurt that the one he made to her didn't automatically take priority. Or when she took their beds & most of their belongings & donated them to charity because she caught them taking gifts. From charity. For poor people. Because they're poor. Because of her refusal to accept charity. She called it stealing but the stuff was free & they were trading it for items of approximately equal value despite having no obligation to do so & despite being poorer than most of the people it was meant for. Or the time she admitted to intentionally sabotaging Dewey's dreams out of spite. Or the time she admitted to intentionally ruining Malcolm's child out of some delusion that suffering would turn him into a good president even though he didn't wanna be president. It's a shame because she's great in episodes where she's just trying her best. Like the one that shows how insane her kids were when they were even younger. And the one where she cancels Christmas in a desperate attempt at getting her kids to finally behave but she secretly feels like a monster for doing it.

Forbiddening

Hurted

@@puckered6036 1. Isn't Spanish? Why would that matter? This is English, isn't it? 2. My comment is from over 2 years ago. Literally no follow-up, literally no insults or mockery. To think it's more than safe to say that I'm not in a state of mind that requires one being told to relax (as if that's ever even worked anyway). 3. Again, my comment is from *over 2 years ago.* Why can't people let dead threads stay dead?

mike spence I know, watching clips has made me want to rewatch this series!

Yeah. They don't try to get to him the right way, he doesn't show empathy for others but would understand how bad it is if he can see himself as the one suffering.

Exactly.

When he got a job as a sales representative for the company using the phone! He stopped a man from committing suicide then convinced him to buy things! His colleague replied "Just give him the TV"

I still think he wouldn't have gotten the idea even if Lois had asked him how he'd if he had gone through the same food poisoning that others had. Hal knew that because Reese lacks empathy and thus told her to save her words. That is why he hit Reese where it hurt him the hardest. Hal knew that being in the kitchen and cooking for his family is his weakness. He calmly punishes Reese by banning him from the kitchen and cooking meals for a month. In turn he was crying over his lost privilege and Lois is impressed over Hal's take on punishment

You do realize this is Reese lol nobody could teach him a thing his brain doesn't work lol.

Astonishing. An actual creative Breaking Bad reference for a change.

No. It has a very simple answer. Empathy is useless in game theory(not the youtube channel the other one) There is no point in having it till everyone has it. If he is asking why would you want empathy the most logical reason would be it would make his life in society easier If he won't be asshole people might help him. He does not actually get any benefit from empathy if he can act like he has empathy. If the option was "why would you want everyone including you to have empathy" Then there could be better answer.

@@pravinrao3669 shutup nerd

@@pravinrao3669 but there is a point in having it when nobody else does bruh. that’s what makes you genuine; when you do things for yourself. empathy or no empathy, but where is it coming from? a natural place? or a place of denial. THATS WHAT MATTERS. you shouldn’t help or not help based off other people’s confusion and insecurities but thags what’s so hard to remember in the moment when you have to think about it and aren’t given time to think

Apparently, only to the ones who need to question it 🤔😅

Not really, it's the foundation of what makes us human, that's why the narcissistic, physcopathic and sociopathic disorders are so frowned upon, it makes the person lose that touch that connects us all, through emotion. Without empathy you're alone in a dead sea of forever foreign people. It's not that deep of a problem, you see the effect that no empathy has on the poor souls born with the aformentioned disorders, it's not something you'd wish on your worst enemy. PS: Plus not to mention that we are still animals, we have reason but emotions play a huge role in our decision making, we are not computers, I don't see how the "most logical and effective route" arguments for not wanting empathy work when in a world without empathy your work is a shallow shell of nothingness that will wither in the dead sea of unhearing unconnected ears, to vanish once you perish from this world, nothing to hold your legacy, no one to hold your memory.

No, it's something you have to learn. Infants are all about demanding things. There isn't a lot of giving going on there. I'm sure it shows up in some of those "psychosocial development stages of children" guides out there.

@@Thalanox I don't think it's taught, since if empathy could be taught like that, then psychopaths could be treated quite easily. I think it's just more difficult for some people to recognize/relate to emotional pain rather than physical pain, hence why most people cringe when they see things like the amputation scene from 127 hours, but you frequently see people insulting one another.

It's a dangerously incomplete definition of empathy, and that "philosophy" is precisely what's destroying the world. Just because you're comfortable with the scraps you have right now doesn't mean that you're not being tortured and robbed. You have a much better chance of being a professional athlete than ever being in that club. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rvskMHn0sqQ.html

^^^spotted the 12 year old who watches South Park too much

Brian Vasquez as you get older depending on whatever the fuck you do in your life good or bad you start to feel no empathy. If one is raised to be a banger that person will feel no empathy. If raised to be the next mother terrisa then that person can feel it no problem. When I was younger I could feel it a lot more easily. Now as a 20 year old man I can't feel it at all. My point being is if you've done enough bad things eventually that part of the brain just turns off completely.

Ikr. Sounds like something Walt would say to Jesse for pissing him off.

Nicole Zambrano I would say he's a psychopath.

@@HasufelyArod Nah, if he were a psychopath he wouldn't be as impulsive. He's definitely a sociopath.

Your damn right😎🎩