7.2
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Finley is a fictional character portrayed by Arjay Smith in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Sleepover (season 1), they were 16 years old.
They appear in 10 episodes out of a total of 151 aired

Finley

by Arjay Smith

character

Episodes10

  • 8
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    Sleepover
    episode S1.E6 february 2000
    Malcolm stays overnight at Stevie's house. He convinces Stevie to sneak out of the house with him and they go to an arcade downtown, but Stevie's wheelchair is stolen, and they have to team up to find his wheelchair while dragging Stevie in a cart. Meanwhile, to prove that he is mature, Lois challenges Reese to give Dewey a bath and put him to sleep in exchange for being allowed to stay up late to watch a scary movie, but the task proves more difficult than he expected, just as Lois thought it would. At the academy, Francis is hazed by a group of students, but tells them their tricks are amateurish to what Lois did to him, and the students decide to worship Lois.
  • 7.8
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    The Bots and the Bees
    episode S1.E14 may 2000
    Lois takes off to visit Francis at the academy, which might make his recent appendectomy just a little more painful. Without Lois, Hal devolves to his former bad boy personality, which turns the robot Malcolm builds with his Krelboyne colleagues into a much more destructive power than expected.
  • 8.5
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    Traffic Jam
    episode S2.E1 november 2000
    As the family drives home from the water-park, they get stuck in a traffic jam. While each family members tries to deal with heat, stress and boredom in their own way, Dewey is roaming the country on his own.
  • 8
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    Dinner Out
    episode S2.E4 november 2000
    Commandant Spangler announces his mother's visit and Francis uses the opportunity to organize a dance, for which he invites some local girls, which ends up to be a very different experience then the cadets expected. Meanwhile the Kenarbans invite the whole family to a nice dinner that turns into an evening of conflicts, as the families get to know each other better.
  • 7.6
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    Robbery
    episode S2.E7 november 2000
    The night shift at Lucky Aide is held hostage by two robbers, since Craig does not want to give up the combination for the store's safe. Francis tries to help a heartbroken friend at the academy, while Hal and the boys fight nature at home.
  • 8.3
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    New Neighbors
    episode S2.E13 january 2001
    A new family moves into the next house and the family tries to make friends with them. As it turns out, all but the two men despise each other, which leaves them living their new-found friendship in secrecy. Francis finds Commandant Spangler emotionally devastated, questioning his own accomplishments, comparing himself to a prominent visitor to the academy.
  • 8.2
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    Traffic Ticket
    episode S2.E16 february 2001
    When Lois is arrested for having 16 unpaid parking tickets, she makes Francis pay for them and fights the cop in court for falsely accusing her of something she never did.
  • 7.7
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    Surgery
    episode S2.E17 february 2001
    Francis organizes a hunger strike to get back the academy's TV, taken away by Commandant Spangler. Meanwhile Malcolm has to go to the hospital, leaving him in the children's ward and the family without their genius middle son.
  • 7.7
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    Houseboat
    episode S3.E1 november 2001
    The family takes a vacation with the Kenarbans, sharing a houseboat. And while Steve's parents are caught in a fight, Reese and Steve socialize with some cheerleader from a nearby spirit camp, Malcolm is stuck with Hal fishing. At the military academy, Eric turns eighteen and leaves for Alaska, inspiring Francis to do something about his situation too.
  • 6.4
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    Clip Show #2
    episode S4.E17 april 2003
    As Lois and Hal write their wills in preparation for the baby's birth, they recall various colorful incidents with their four current children.