lavishly anymore. chew it. >> by the 21st century, america's shaky economy begins to shrink the middle class and we see that represented in sitcoms like fox's "malcolm in the middle". >> remember last year we were saving for disneyland. >> we're going to disneyland? >> no, it's like that except this time we're just trying to keep the house. >> "malcolm in the middle" is a fascinating show in terms of class because it's about trying to give your kid as good life when you can't pay for it. >> this is genius and he does not want to be a genius. >> malcolm may not look different than the rest of us but he is very different in his brain. >> despite all that craziness going on in that house, malcolm living up to his potential was one of the greatest dreams this family had. >> i got accepted into harvard. we don't though how we'll pay for it but we got to find a way. it's my dream school. it's 2,000 miles away from mom.