Malcolm skips the family dinner to go to a party, hoping to "get lucky" with a girl he likes. However, he ends up getting "stinking drunk" after feeling like a coward.

First aired on November 23, 2003, this episode is a fan favorite because it showcases Reese’s hidden culinary genius.

While several shows have a "Season 5, Episode 4" titled or themed around Thanksgiving, the most notable is , titled simply " Thanksgiving ". Another highly popular entry is Bob's Burgers , with the episode " Dawn of the Peck ". Malcolm in the Middle – "[S5E4] Thanksgiving"

A drunken Malcolm returns home and interrupts the sophisticated dinner. In a moment of high tension, he insults Lois's parenting only to end up vomiting into the turkey .

Reese becomes a "fanatical despot" in the kitchen, enlisting Hal and Dewey to help him prepare a sublime, professional-grade Thanksgiving feast. His masterpiece is the Turkey-Monkfish —a monkfish stuffed inside a turkey.