Plot summary
Hal and Lois go out of town to a convention, where Hal keeps picking fights with a coworker who stole his idea. Lois tells Hal that he has a choice to either fight the man and they will both be arrested, or he can take his anger out on her with sex; he picks the latter. Malcolm and Reese compete for the attention of their babysitter Patty ( Melody Perkins ), Francis' friend from grade school. She finds Dewey adorable and gives him affection, while ignoring the others.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Malcolm in the Middle season 2. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.