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* [[Lean and Mean]]: Malcolm, as a result of stress, [[Girly Run|running everywhere]], and [[Forgets to Eat|existing on a diet of coffee]].
* [[Leave Him to Me]]: Malcolm directs Simon Foster to steer clear of Linton Barwick. "I'll deal with him."
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: The [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8105227.stm MPs expenses scandal] revealed two beautiful examples:
** Simon Foster avoids watching a hotel's porn channel for fear that it will "show up in the register of interests". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7970731.stm Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband wasn't quite so careful].
** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/may/08/mandelson-expenses-in-the-loop Lord Mandelson's claims] for gardening expenses revealed he had been through a "diplomatic crisis" with a neighbour over neglect of his garden. His predicament was eerily similar to Simon Foster's as he struggled with Paul Michaelson (Steve Coogan) and his collapsing garden wall.
* [[Made From Real Girl Scouts]]: Jamie assures Malcolm that he will be gentle with Simon and Toby: "Oh, you know me, Malc. Kid gloves... but made from real kids."
* [[Married to the Job]]: Chad and all the young Whitehouse staffers. And Malcolm for that matter.
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