How Malcolm in the Middle reboot Life’s Still Unfair came into being – and keeps the crazy

That is going to be very hard to do in Hulu’s four-part Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, which reunites one of the zaniest and most chaotic families on prime time. The episodes are also available on Disney+.

Twenty years after the last episode aired, we learn that Malcolm – a nervous, sputtering Frankie Muniz – is now a father of a teen and desperate to shield her from his dysfunctional parents and siblings.

“I cannot go back to the way I was before and I’m not going to risk you,” Malcolm tells her. “You have to think of it like they’re the full moon and we’re werewolves.”

Original series creator Linwood Boomer and his co-producer wife, Tracy Katsky Boomer, batted ideas on how to get the gang back together for years. Neither was willing to make just anything for a “shameless cash grab”.