LOIS' CLAWS COME OUT WHEN KITTY COMES BACK ON "MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE" SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, ON FOX

When Stevie's mother Kitty returns, she asks Lois for help getting her estranged husband Abe back. Lois tells Kitty that leaving her husband and child, along with the promiscuous acts that followed, is unforgivable and "creepy." Abe demands that Lois apologize to Kitty for calling her creepy, but Lois refuses and causes a feud with the Kenarbens. Meanwhile, Francis comes home and puts Dewey through the torturous "Brotherhood Initiation" on the MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE episode "Kitty's Back" Sunday, Dec. 12 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (MIM-604) (TV-PG D, L)

Cast: Jane Kaczmarek as Lois, Bryan Cranston as Hal, Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Christopher Masterson as Francis, Justin Berfield as Reese, Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey and Craig Lamar Traylor as Stevie.

Guest Cast: Gary Anthony Williams as Abe Kenarben and Merrin Dungey as Kitty Kenarben.