An offbeat, laugh-track-less sitcom about a bizarrely dysfunctional family. The center of which is Malcolm, the middle brother who still lives 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 struggles to cope with his family life, but he has more problems when he starts receiving special treatment at school after being diagnosed as an intellectually advanced genius.