LOIS KEEPS REESE OUT OF HARM'S WAY ON "MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE" SUNDAY, JULY 23, ON FOX

When four popular high school girls play an evil prank on Reese by pretending he has a secret admirer and then dropping a pig off at his front door, Lois comes to his rescue. She plots her revenge on the four unsuspecting girls and wreaks havoc on their adolescent lives. Meanwhile, Hal realizes Lois is at a dangerous emotional place, so he decides to get some distance and stumbles upon the idea for making his own pitching machine out of stuff in the garage on the "Lois Strikes Back" episode of MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Sunday, July 23 (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (MIM-716) (TV-PG)

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.