Yes No Maybe: A Malcolm in the Middle Podcast

Ken. Kwapis. Director of classic Malcolm episodes like Rollerskates, Water Park, Family Reunion, If Boys Were Girls, Hal Quits, New Neighbors... WE COULD GO ON!!

Ken also directed all four episodes of the REVIVAL series "Life is Still Unfair" airing on April 10, 2026. If you heard us call it a reboot in the past.... no you didn't.

We were beyond thrilled to talk to Mr. Kwapis about his directing style, his take on Malcolm as a show, and how he felt directing the newest iteration of the series.
We can't thank him enough (though we do many times this episode) for coming and talking to two absolute dorks like us.
We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did <3

Whether you like it or not, Malcolm has a girlfriend. On today's episode of Yes No Maybe, Ryan and Willa discuss a (at risk of diluting the term) CLASSIC episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Malcolm is head over heels in love, Dewey hijacks a surprise party and tarnishes his relationship with the only friend he's ever had, and Francis finds himself absorbed in a small-town conspiracy that he glimpses through the bars of a local jail.
Maybe a top 5 episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Just firing on all cylinders. This is why we do the podcast, folks. Man. What a ride. What a show! Ours and theirs.

On this standout episode of Yes No Maybe, your favorite sibling duo spend the first ~2 minutes of the episode talking about Christmas because they recorded this episode over a month ago.

BUT THEN! They get into a fun ep that finds Lois joining a book club with a couple of alcoholic women, Hal and the boys caught in a standoff, and Francis encountering a sadistic, power-hungry trucker named Roy who makes helpless Francis play sick games for his own twisted enjoyment. It's a fascinating, psychosexual (not sexual) ritual that the siblings have fun deconstructing.

Anyway, you know what you're getting into. We're brother and sister. We talk, we laugh, we usually peter out towards the end... it's all according to plan.

Please enjoy this episode! Fun to record. Fun to do this podcast in general! Except when I have to write descriptions. Who's even reading this?

We're joined for a discussion of this barn-burner by Victor Z. Isaac, aka the iconic krelboyne Kevin, who makes his Malcolm in the Middle debut in this classic ep. Victor takes us behind the scenes of life on Malcolm, and along the way we go deep on the themes and craft of 302. And yes, we talk reboot. Come on. You think this is our first rodeo?

A HUGE thanks to Victor for being on the podcast. It was a huge deal for us and we had a really great time. Please enjoy!!

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programing for this special 1 YEAR CHECK IN, where Willa and I talk about where we started, where we are, and where we're going. We also give a lot of fun tidbits of BTS given to us by various crew members who worked on Malcolm in the Middle. What is this episode? Good question. Technically it's a buffer episode before our interview episode with Victor Z. Isaac next week, but also it's just a way to say hello and thank you guys for sticking with us through this amazing year.