History Recap / MalcolmInTheMiddleS2E13NewNeighbors

* BlatantLies: When caught with her pants down by Malcolm and Reese and [[NakedFreakOut her yelling]] only calls the neighbourhood's attention to what is going on in her back yard, Tina says that Hector was teaching her how to swim. Yeah right, with both naked on the bubbling jacuzzi when there was a perfectly nice pool right by.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The family is embarrassed out of the neighborhood and Mike (the only nice family member) divorces Tina.

* SanitySlippage: Reese really starts to lose it as a result of Emily's constant attempts to bite him. Near the end of the episode, Reese goes off on his tangent about wanting to get Tina and Mike arrested, which will lead Emily to be put into foster care until she bites her foster parents so much they'll abandon her and she'll be found by hillbillies.

* TheSilentBob: Hector never says anything in the scenes he appears on; he just reacts: fed up/annoyed when Tina yells at him for not picking up the can right; very happy when she complements his dashing Latin looks. Sometimes not even that, as when Tina yells at him for not digging the holes in the right spot (he just keeps up with his work). The one time he almost talks is when Tina and him are inside the jacuzzi and he warns her that Malcolm and Reese are there by flashing his eyes standing at the spot they're at.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Mike is the only one of the new neighbours that is not evil, in deep contrast with his family - who, by the way, abandoned him when they left town humiliated by Tina's cheating.

-->'''Tina:''' Damn it! Damn it, Hector, not over there! Are you deaf, or stupid or both? Could you please try to be a little less useless? Where is the sun, do you see the sun? I told you to dig the holes over there! [[LazyMexican God, you people drive me nuts with your laziness!]]
-->'''Lois:''' What is the matter with you?
-->'''Tina:''' Excuse me?
-->'''Lois:''' You can't talk to him like that! He's a human being, you talk to him like he's some kind of animal!
-->'''Tina:''' I will deal with the help the way I want to!
-->'''Lois:''' He is not The Help! He's not a servant or a slave, he's a professional! ''(Hector is blowing a can across the yard with a leaf blower.)'' He's a person with a skill, a skill you do not have, which is why you hired him! ''(Looks at Hector.)'' [[{{Hypocrite}} Oh, for god's sake, just pick it up!]]

* BlatantLies: When caught with her pants down by Malcolm and Reese - and [[NakedFreakOut her yelling]] only calls the neighbourhood's attention to what is going on in her back yard -, Tina says that Hector was teaching her how to swim. Yeah right, with both naked on the bubbling jacuzzi when there was a perfectly nice pool right by.

* OhCrap: Lois's expression as Hal disturbingly gives an accurate idea of the psychology behind being a peeping tom indicates she's figuring out ''something'' about her husband.

* ShoutOut: The cadets do a rendition of "Candyman".

* TokenGoodTeammate: Mike is the only one of the new neighbours that is not evil, in deep contrast with his family - who, [=BTW=], abandoned him when they left town humiliated by Tina's cheating.

-->'''Malcolm:''' I know it's stupid but I'm too desperate to care.

* BizarroWorld: Tina's family would be Lois's family, if Lois didn't really love Hal and had no parental skills whatsoever, and Reese, Malcolm and Dewey were pathologically evil (and the latter were a girl). The only one that would remain essentially the same would be Hal, while Reese and Malcolm would be [[ComposuteCharacter one person]] as Josh.

* BizarroWorld: Tina's family would be Lois's family, if Lois didn't really love Hal and had no parental skills whatsoever, and Reese, Malcolm and Dewey were evil (and the latter were a girl). The only one that would remain essentially the same would be Hal.

* ForbiddenFriendship: Lois forbids members of her family from hanging out with Tina's family, and vice-versa. Most of Lois's family obliges, since (almost) all of them are evil. There's one exception, though: Hal and Mike, who continue their friendship in secret. The rest of the family only discovers they continued to be friends all along at the very end of the episode, but nothing happens to Hal - none of the others had a beef with Mike, anyway, and he was all alone after his humiliated family had to leave town and abandoned him.

* BizarroWorld: Tina's family would be Lois's family, if Lois didn't really love Hal and had no parental skills whatsoever, and Reese, Malcolm and Dewey were evil (and the latter were a girl).

* ForbiddenFriendship: Lois forbids members of her family from hanging out with Tina's family, and vice-versa. Most of Lois's family obliges, since all of them are evil. There's one exception, though: Hal and Mike, who continue their friendship in secret. The rest of the family only discovers they continued to be friends all along at the very end of the episode, but nothing happens to Hal - none of the others had a beef with Mike, anyway, and he was all alone after his humiliated family had to leave town and abandoned him.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Malcolm tries to convince everyone that he isn't a peeping tom because there's nothing interesting about the neighbors, Hal suddenly explains in big detail that being a peeping tom is more about the thrills than the interest. This makes everyone turn their attentions to him instead.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Mike is the only one of the new neighbours that is not evil, in deep contrast with his family.

* RewatchBonus: The plot actually left a clue that Tina was cheating on Mike before the scene where we catch her in the act with Hector: that's when she asked Lois whether the latter's doctor would write her a prescription [[PlayingSick "for neck pain, for back pain or for whatever will get him to write the prescription"]].

* RewatchBonus: The plot actually left a clue that Tina was cheating on Mike before the scene where we catch her in the act with Hector: that's when she asked Lois whether the latter's doctor would write her a prescription "for neck pain, for back pain or for whatever will get him to write the prescription".

* BlatantLies: When caught with her pants down by Malcolm and Reese - and her yelling only calls the neighbourhood's attention to what is going on in her back yard -, Tina says that Hector was teaching her how to swim. Yeah right, with both naked on the bubbling jacuzzi when there was a perfectly nice pool right by.

* ModestyBedsheet: When Hector and Tina are in the jacuzzi, we only see him [[ShirtlessScene upfront with his torso]] - she's standing right in front of him but [[ToplessnessFromTheBack showing her back to the camera]]. When they're caught with their pants down, first she tries to reach for a towel (in the process accidentally hiting his head with the chair where it was put), then she hides behind him.

* RewatchBonus: The plot actually left a clue that Tina was cheating on Mike: that's when she asked Lois whether the latter's doctor would write her a prescription "for neck pain, for back pain or for whatever will get him to write the prescription".

* ModestyBedsheet: We only see Hector upfront with his torso when he's with Tina in the jacuzzi. When they're caught with their pants down, first she tries to reach for a towel (in the process accidentally hiting his head with the chair where it was put), then she hides behind him.

* SceneryCensor: When Tina is caught with pants down, first she tries to reach for a towel (in the process accidentally hiting Hector's head with the chair where it was put), then she hides behind him.