In this episode, Malcolm faces a tough choice between Harvard and a dream job while struggling to craft his valedictorian speech.
Reese moves in with Craig and takes up a janitorial job, leading to chaos as the boys try to cover up past misdeeds.
In the aftermath, Reese and Craig bond, Dewey and Jamie continue their mischief, Francis keeps his job secret, and Hal and Lois confront a surprise pregnancy.
Meanwhile, Reese moves in with Craig and becomes an assistant janitor at the high school, and the boys destroy the evidence of their faking an X-ray of Lois having cancer to distract her from their bad report cards from years ago.
Malcolm discovers that Lois has been pushing him to become President of the United States his whole life after Reese's plan to create the worst mess ever backfires.