They walk in and see Oliver and Eleanor kissing and Ben uses that to make a dig at Devi. As punishment, Principal Grubbs makes them do unpaid labor, which includes moving things into the IT classroom. Shapiro sends them to the principal's office. In class he gets in a discussion with Devi about blood on her knee and Mr. Walking out the classroom, Ben asks her to give up and calls her the UN which means 'Unfuckable Nerd'. Shapiro, who asks them to set aside their rivalry for the good of the class.

After class he and Devi get called by Mr. Throughout the Series Season 1 First Days of Sophomore Year īen looks disgustingly at Devi and Jonah, when she talks to Jonah about smelling great.

Ben and Devi even created a pact in 6th Grade that divided all the academic clubs between them, so that they would not steal the spotlight from the other. Neither parent spends much time with him and his main connection at home appears to be his housekeeper, Patty.įrom an early age, he has had a fierce academic rivalry with Devi. His father Howard Gross is an influential entertainment lawyer and, while it is unclear whether his mother Vivian Gross has a career or is a stay-at-home mom, Season 1 of the show indicated that her primary focus was on attending retreats that deal with topics such as self-actualization. History Biography īen Gross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. This is shown when he wanted Aneesa to be like another version of Devi during the debate about The Great Gatsby in. When Devi chooses to be in a relationship with Paxton over him, he appears heartbroken, truly upset, and not over her despite the fact he was dating Aneesa at the time. His abandonment issues gain a further focus during Season 2, as shown by how when Devi was cheating on him with Paxton, and in the end going out and choosing Paxton over him. He appears to have abandonment issues as seen how he had a breakdown in Nalini's office after she mentioned how her family is always together. His home life is quite lonely, as his parents are regularly absent and constantly taking various trips, vacations, and retreats where they leave their son behind with their housekeeper, pressuring him to repress his emotions all the time, and mostly having the company of no one. Most of the time he has a stubborn personality, but he can also be kind, caring, well-mannered and polite.Įven though in the beginning of Season 1 he acts in a condescending way towards Devi and his other peers, after he sees Paxton paying attention to Devi, he realizes he has a crush on Devi and is more friendly and kind towards her by taking her in after Devi's fight with her mother and also encouraging Devi's friends Fabiola and Eleanor to mend their friendship with Devi. He's ambitious and seems to want to be a lawyer when he grows up, following in his father's footsteps. He has short brown hair and blue eyes.īen is usually well-dressed wearing button-down shirts, pants, and shoes.īen Gross is a perfectionist who cares a lot about school and his grades.

However, Ben is actually 5 feet and 7 inches tall. 4.7.3 Pursuing Devi Again hi guys should i declare my major right now -yes do it!!īen Gross is short as mentioned by Nalini who thinks that he is 5 feet and 2 inches tall.While Frankie didn't mention who these writers were, he did confirm this: 'So really for the last couple of years, Bryan Cranston and these two writers are putting together a script and figuring out what it could be. Linwood did say however, he'd 'give his blessing' under one condition: two specific writers were involved. 'Everybody was like 'we've got to do it',' he said.įrankie revealed they even went so far as to contact the creator of the show Linwood Boomer, who said a reboot would be 'amazing' but he didn't have the time. 'I think I Tweeted 'I'd love to know where Malcolm and his family are now,'' which led to the cast talking. 'It was really interesting to watch because I really got to watch it as a viewer,' he explained.įrankie said his perspective of the show completely changed. Speaking on actress Mayim Bialik's podcast Breakdown, the star admitted that he watched the show for the first time ever about 10 years ago. In December 2023, Frankie Muniz, the star behind the titular character, confirmed a reboot could be possible under one condition. While the show ended in 2006, Malcolm's story might not end there.

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