<Tr> <Th> 76 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "Stereo Store" </Td> <Td> Bryan Cranston </Td> <Td> Matthew Carlson </Td> <Td> March 16, 2003 (2003 - 03 - 16) </Td> <Td> 06 - 02 - 414 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Hal gets a second job at "U-Buy It ." Meanwhile Jessica (Hayden Panettiere), a girl from Malcolm's school, babysits Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey while Hal works the night shift, and she ends up embarrassing them in front of her friends, and in the end, they have Dewey to be the bait and having him eavesdrop on the conversation between Jessica and her friends, then using the gossip information to blackmail her into cooperation . Meanwhile, Francis accidentally hires a film crew to shoot a porno at the Grotto, and tries to hide the truth from Otto and Gretchen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 77 </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "Hal's Friend" </Td> <Td> Jeff Melman </Td> <Td> Dan Kopelman </Td> <Td> March 30, 2003 (2003 - 03 - 30) </Td> <Td> 06 - 02 - 415 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Hal meets with an old high - school friend, Larry (Joel Murray), who hasn't changed in all the time since they've seen each other . Meanwhile, Malcolm tries to make Dabney stand up for himself when his overprotective and control - freak mom won't let him use his new paintball gun because it's "violent", as they celebrate Dabney's birthday with the rest of the crowd . However, Dabney takes this to heart and finally stands up for himself at a Paintball facility by pretending his bullies are his overbearing mother and fires at them with paintballs . When the mother confronts Malcolm and Stevie, Dabney shows up more assertive than before and lets his mother know there will be changes from now on . </Td> </Tr>

Malcolm in the middle season 4 episode 7