Family Reunion from Hell

One or more characters attend a family reunion and have a terrible time.

Malcolm in the Middle

Appearances

• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 1, episode 29, "The Big Sandwich" (1960). Mr. and Mrs. Gillis spend a miserable weekend at a family reunion with a bunch of jerks.
• 3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 4, episode 11, "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons" (1999). Dick receives a letter in the mail inviting him to a Solomon family reunion in Indiana. The letter was meant for another guy named Richard Solomon, but Dick decides they should all go to the family reunion anyway. When they arrive, it quickly becomes clear that there's some bad blood between Richard and the rest of his family, and some of the other family members are harboring resentment towards him.
• Malcolm in the Middle: Season 4, episode 3, "Family Reunion" (2002). Hal's family has a reunion for his father's birthday, and from the moment they arrive, his relatives insult and belittle Lois. When she gets so upset that she locks herself in the bathroom and cries, the boys take a stand by commandeering the golf cart their grandpa got for his birthday and driving it over the catered dinner table and into the pool.