7. Malcolm Holds His Tongue

Malcolm decides to keep his opinions to himself, but he becomes so repressed that he is hospitalized with a peptic ulcer. Reese must enlist Craig to drive him and his girlfriend, Alison, to a concert. When Reese learns that Craig wants to go on a hayride date and will not let him renege, Alison ditches Reese to go to the concert alone, and he is forced to spend the evening with Craig. Hal starts practicing race-walking, and ends up having talents for it, until he makes a fierce rival, Wheeler. Hal makes a run at beating this "common jogger", after learning Wheeler's dirty secret. Francis receives an expensive pair of boots from Hal and, over Piama's objections, soaks them in water and wears them for days on end to make them fit perfectly.