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For Malcolm's previous love interest, see Jessica (Traffic Jam).

Jessica, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere, is Malcolm's Love interest.

Biography[]

Jessica was introduced as a babysitter to the boys that Hal hired while Lois was gone and has shown how manipulative she was towards them. In later seasons, it's revealed that her father went to jail and she was living with the Wilkerson's house for a while, this revealed her parents are divorced. Despite that, Jessica has also shown that she was a caring friend to Malcolm when she was convinced that Vicki, a beautiful, brainy teen, was just using him. She convinced him to break up with Vicki, claiming that she had feelings for him herself, though he was mad at her after realizing that she tricked him once more. She then told him that she was on his side and that their relationship could lead anywhere and then kissed Malcolm. She then said, "Yeah, nothing," revealing it as just another trick. With Stevie's return, she was not present at graduation.

It was also shown that Jessica had dated a tall, muscular Asian guy named Mike, whom Dewey took advantage of so he can torture Reese more and get him beaten up.

Episode Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • Hayden Panettiere was credited as a guest star in all her appearances.
  • To prepare for her role as Jessica, Hayden had to stop brushing her hair leaving it all messy.
  • Despite tricking Malcolm a lot of times, Jessica had genuine feelings for him, and went out of her way to help him out. She found out that Vicki, despite being a genius underneath, was indeed using Malcolm and lying to him about not wanting to be seen in public in order to maintain her popularity.
  • Her favorite pastime is tricking Reese, due to his dim-witted and love of destruction
  • Her male counterpart is possibly Jason.
  • Jessica is actually the closest Lois had to experience life raising a girl and the boys having to deal with a manipulative sister.
  • Jessica was supposed to return in Stevie in the Hospital where she would have been the one to convince Malcolm to visit Stevie despite his own fears of seeing his friend die and in Graduation where she would have sat with the Wilkersons and Stevie.
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