I liked the episode very much. A trip to a water park, Malcolm vs. Reese and Francis vs. Spengler in epic battles all the while Lois and Hal and Dewey and the sitter try to have some quality time - both with bitter endings. Had a couple of good laughs out of it and the story of Dewey chasing the balloon until it pops and leaves him somewhere completely different than where he has started has a philosophical quality to it. That is phantastic writing imo.
@Cursedchico: maybe you should just stop watching the show altogether because there will be A LOT more scenes where the mother screams at their kids. Giving bad reviews for this is like disliking water because it's wet. Also, there is so much good stuff here that you could enjoy instead of putting it down. I'll give this episode 10/10 because I don't like your review.
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