Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an episode in years but I was surprised to read that the premise of the new series is Malcolm is estranged from the family. That sounds sort of heavy? I just remember them being a typically zany sitcom family..
The original was fairly dark as far as sitcoms go. It feels like that would have been a natural progression for a reboot. Malcom thinks he has his life together now that he got that pesky family out of his hair but later realizes what he’s been missing all these years.