LOIS AND HAL SING THE BLUES ON "MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE" FRIDAY, APRIL 1, ON FOX

When Lois buys a brand-new king-sized bed, Hal thinks that her motive is to put more distance between them and refuses to sleep in it. Moved to tears by an opera he sees on television, Dewey is inspired to write his own operatic masterpiece, "The Marriage Bed," which is based on his parents' fight and turned into a school production. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese build their own street luge board; and Jamie falls head over heels for the baby girl across the street but is crushed when he discovers she is seeing someone else on the MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE episode "Opera" Friday, April 1 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT). (MIM-611) (TV-PG)

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