高中生莎蒂(索菲·撒切尔 Sophie Thatcher 饰)和妹妹苏伊尔(维维恩·莱拉·布莱尔 Vivien Lyra Blair 饰)沉浸在丧母之痛中,但却无法从身为心理治疗师的父亲威尔(克里斯·梅西纳 Chris Messina 饰)身上得到任何安慰。某天一名绝望的病患(大卫·达斯马齐连 David Dastmalchian 饰)前来拜访威尔寻求治疗,却意外带来骇人的超自然生物,一连串不合理的事件接连发生,恐惧将吞噬他们一家人。
An offbeat, laugh track-lacking sitcom about a bizarrely dysfunctional family, the center of which is Malcolm, the middle of the two brothers who still live at home. His eldest (and favorite) sibling, Francis, boards at military school because his parents believe it will reform him and keep him out of trouble. Malcolm often has a hard time coping with his family life, but he has more troubles to contend with when he starts receiving special treatment at school after being diagnosed as an intellectually advanced genius.