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8. Army Buddy

When Reese's female army buddy comes to visit, Reese struggles to understand his attraction to someone he considers his best friend; Hal becomes jealous of Lois' orthotic shoe inserts.

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Abby Tucker ( Larisa Oleynik ), a girl Reese befriended in the Army, visits the family house, and Reese assumes she has feelings for him, only to discover that she's a lesbian with a crush on Lois. Meanwhile, Lois finds renewed energy with orthotic inserts for her shoes, Hal fears she will not look to him for support anymore and plots to destroy the inserts. Malcolm owes Dewey $10 and gives him a box of junk to pay it off. When one of the comics inside turns out to be rare and valuable, Dewey forces Malcolm to do embarrassing things in order to get the money back.

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