Unfortunately, the show did need to end. Thematically, the show had reached it's conclusion. And Lois' brilliant speech (damn it guys, we will not get into this again), proved this, as did Malcolm, you know, attending college.
"The best thing about Childhood is, at some point it stops."
And it did. And thus Malcolm in the Middle ended. It needed to, as much as the seventh season was a return to form, the family was split up and the show had nowhere left to go.
And on a superficial note, Frankie was no longer attractive.:tongue: