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A very grown-up Malcolm turns to the camera at the beginning of the Malcolm in the Middle<\/em> revival and, weirdly, has nothing to complain about.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I look different, but, hey, everything about me is different. I\u2019m happy. I\u2019m successful,\u201d he says. \u201cMy life is fantastic now. You want to know how I did it? All I had to do is stay completely away from my family.\u201d<\/p>\n That is going to be very hard to do in Hulu\u2019s four-part Malcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair<\/em>, which reunites one of the zaniest and most chaotic families on prime time. The episodes are also available on Disney+.<\/p>\n Twenty years after the last episode aired, we learn that Malcolm \u2013 a nervous, sputtering Frankie Muniz \u2013 is now a father of a teen and desperate to shield her from his dysfunctional parents and siblings.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot go back to the way I was before and I\u2019m not going to risk you,\u201d Malcolm tells her. \u201cYou have to think of it like they\u2019re the full moon and we\u2019re werewolves.\u201d<\/p>\n 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 \u201cshameless cash grab\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n