Plot summary
Ida brings a wealthy Chinese man, Mr. Li ( James Hong ) to whom she is engaged to the family's house for a dinner, informing them of her plans to fly to Hong Kong to live with him. Malcolm gets his tongue pierced, but it swells up, and he must hide it and the resulting lisp from Lois until the wedding ends. Reese smashes Dewey's new toy in front of him, so Dewey pretends Reese does not exist. Malcolm discovers that Ida is making Mr. Li drink opiate -laced tea to drug him, changing his mood and allowing her to take advantage of him and get his money. Meanwhile at the ranch, Otto hires an acting troop to stage a murder mystery, but the actor's over-dramatic performances are causing more chaos than expected.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Malcolm in the Middle season 5. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.