History Heartwarming / MalcolmInTheMiddle

* In the "Christmas" episode where Lois, after years of being fed up with them ruining Christmas, decides to cancel Christmas for the family unless the Boys behave at an impossible level. When the boys reach their boiling point and sneak into the garage where Lois kept all of their gifts so they can just get them already, they come to realize that not only did Lois get exactly what they wanted, but in some cases, even better. The boys learn that their mom, despite how hard ass she can be, really did try this year and are ashamed of themselves for thinking otherwise, even regretting painting a mural of Lois killing santa. Elsewhere, Lois is crying hysterically for ruining Christmas for everyone, especially the boys, despite Hal's best efforts, and soon move to grab the presents, only to find the boys attempt to cover everything up. Instead of being angry, Lois decides that what they have is good enough and decide to use what they have for Christmas, leading the family actually having one of the best Christmas they have ever had.

* In the "Christmas" episode where Lois, after years of being fed up with them ruining Christmas, decides to cancel Christmas for the family unless the Boys behave at an impossible level. When the boys reach their boiling point and sneak into the garage where Lois kept all of their gifts so they can just get them already, they come to realize that not only did Lois get exactly what they wanted, but in some cases, even better. The boys learn that their mom, despite how hard ass she can be, really did try this year and are ashamed of themselves for thinking otherwise, even regretting painting mural of Lois killing santa. Elsewhere, Lois is crying hysterically for ruining Christmas for everyone, especially the boys, despite Hal's best efforts, and soon move to grab the presents, only to find the boys attempt to cover everything up. Instead of being angry, Lois decides that what they have is good enough and decide to use what they have for Christmas, leading the family actually having one of the best Christmas they have ever had.

* The first poker episode with Hal and Abe's group of friends eventually turns into the group comparing themselves amongst each other in assorted random categories. Hal always loses badly in these comparisons (EX: the group all check to see which one has the most accurate watch, with all of them only being off by a few seconds, whereas Hal's watch doesn't even have a second hand so he's not sure), which only further wounds his pride on being in a group of far more skilled poker players with far more money. Eventually, the topic becomes how often each has sex with their wives. At first, it seems like Hal will be humiliated again, as after each man answers with a number between three and five, he glumly says two...except he didn't realize they were talking about how many times per week. Correcting his answer to *fourteen*, every other guy in the group immediately becomes impressed with him, and even a little envious, as it becomes clear that the reason why he's not as successful as them is at least partially because of how much time he's spending in the bedroom. For the first time, Hal feels like he's really part of the group.

** When Stevie lapses into a depression after Kitty walks out on him, Abe finds him sulking in his own depression not caring he's being soaked by the sprinklers. Abe breaks out of his own depression and gives a passionate speech to Stevie saying he's proud of how much Stevie has been able to overcome and he knows he can work through this, and that while he doesn't think he can help Stevie that much, he'll try his best in any way he can. Cue HesBack from Stevie.