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2. Watching the Baby

When an exhausted Lois falls asleep, Hal goes out for diapers, only to be branded a shoplifter; three beautiful girls use Malcolm, Reese, and Stevie to embarrass their prom dates.

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Attractive, popular girls: Joanne ( Caitlin Crosby ), Kelly (Michelle Durham) and Val ( Kat Graham ), want to be seen with Reese, Malcolm, and Stevie as revenge on their boyfriends, so the boys stick Dewey with babysitting Jamie. Dewey tells Jamie an elaborate story in which their parents are secretly wealthy and have a hidden "secret good house" in their closet, where they also own a robotic version of Francis as a slave. Forced to work at the Lucky Aide when he can't pay for Jamie's diapers, Hal discovers that Craig tyrannically lords over the graveyard-shift employees with his night manager position, forcing them to adhere to his rules and wants while he does nothing but reap the benefits, so Hal helps them rebel.

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