Mike & Molly

When teacher Molly Flynn hears Officer Mike Biggs' "share" at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, she's instantly smitten and invites him to come speak to her fourth grade class.

When Molly gets a cold before her first date with Mike, she takes some cold medication to help her feel better...with disastrous results.

Mike gets his ego hurt during a bowling date with Molly.

Mike and Molly get their signals crossed when she invites him in after a date and he turns her down.

Mike invites Carl on a double date when Carl becomes jealous of the time Mike is spending with Molly.

When Mike invites Molly over to his apartment, his plans for romance are interrupted by an untimely call from his mom, Peggy.

Mike comes on too strong after spending the weekend with Molly, and takes Carl's advice to play it cool.

Molly gets annoyed when she spends all of her time at Mike's apartment, and insists he spend a night at her place.

Molly becomes jealous when Mike introduces her as his "friend" to a woman who is clearly flirting with him.

When Mike's overbearing mother buys Molly a new hat as a gesture of goodwill, Molly feels obliged to invite her to spend Thanksgiving with her family.

When Carl borrows Mike's apartment for a date, Mike spends more time at Molly's house and ends up bonding with her mom and sister.

Mike has no idea what to buy Molly for their first Christmas together.

When Mike falls ill during a night out with Molly at the opera, Mike's mom and Molly clash over who can take better care of him.

When Vince tries to strike up a friendship with Mike by inviting him to a big basketball game, Molly isn't pleased with their newfound bond.

When Mike's mom, Peggy, needs gallbladder surgery, she shocks Molly by asking her to take care of her dog. Meanwhile, Molly is thrown when Mike starts talking about being buried next to her when he dies.

Mike's big plans for his first Valentine's Day with Molly are thrown into jeopardy after he accidentally runs into Molly's ex-boyfriend.

When Mike decides that the couch is his new best friend, Molly goes out on the town with her sister, Victoria.

Mike and Carl get on each other's nerves after working too many double shifts together during a snowstorm.

When Peggy and Molly have lunch together, Mike worries that his mom is telling Molly unflattering stories about his childhood.

Mike breaks tradition and invites Molly to join him and Carl at opening day for the Chicago Cubs.

When Samuel loses his job and apartment, Mike offers to let him stay at his place...with interesting results.

When Joyce invites Vince to attend her high school reunion, Vince confesses to Mike that he never graduated high school, and convinces Mike to help him study for his GED.

Victoria panics as her 30th birthday approaches, and drags Mike and Molly into her "life crisis".

Mike feels pressured when Peggy's new boyfriend asks whether he and Molly hear wedding bells in their future.

After their engagement, trouble arises when Molly wants to start planning their wedding, while Mike wants to go fishing with the guys.

Mike's mom, Peggy, is in for a big surprise when she celebrates her boyfriend, Dennis's, birthday.

When Mike moves in with Molly and her family, he has to adjust from life in his bachelor pad to a house full of women.

Molly wants to save money for their wedding, but Mike is lured into buying Vince's 1957 Chevy Bel Air.

Despite Mike's good intentions, he adds fuel to the fire when Molly and her family get in a fight.

Billy's spooked when Molly's boss invites them to a party on Halloween, a holiday he dreads.

Carl tries to get a date with an attractive woman he meets at the diner.

When Mike encourages his mom, Peggy, to get a job, he never imagines how it will interfere with Molly's life.

Mike starts cheating on his diet as Thanksgiving Day approaches, but attempts to hide it from Molly.

When Molly is swamped with Thanksgiving preparations and wedding planning, she asks Mike to help, with mixed results.

When Molly gets disappointing news at work, she is thrown into a funk that threatens to ruin Christmas.

Carl is confronted with his fear of commitment when he and Christina attempt to take their relationship to the next level.

When Victoria is arrested for various driving violations, Molly and Joyce ask Mike to help spring her from jail.

Joyce drives Vince crazy with jealousy when she agrees to have dinner with her ex-boyfriend.

When Mike realizes he forgot to make dinner reservations for Valentine's Day with Molly, he gloms onto Carl's elaborate plans with his girlfriend Christina.

When Molly learns that Mike hasn't had a birthday party since he was 9 years old, she decides to throw him a surprise party. Meanwhile, Samuel dates a girl he met through an online dating service.

Mike is worried when Molly suggests that they write their own wedding vows, until Carl tells him to write vows like he's describing how much he loves lasagna.

When Peggy goes out of town, she leaves her dog, Jim, with Mike and Molly, saying it will be good practice for having kids.

When Mike and Molly meet with the priest at Peggy's church, Molly's forthright nature winds up costing them their wedding chapel.

Molly's dieting goes into overdrive when her wedding dress doesn't zip during her final fitting.

When Mike's dad comes to town early for his son's bachelor party, Peggy decides she should attend Molly's bachelorette bash, and proceeds to turn it into a raucous affair.

With only two days to go before the big day, Mike and Molly stage their wedding rehearsal, with disastrous results.

Mike and Molly encounter many speed bumps before they can finally make the trip down the aisle on their wedding day,.

Mike is inspired by their honeymoon trip to Paris to change his life and travel the world, while Molly worries how their family and friends fared at home without them.

When Vince throws out his back, Joyce conveniently disappears, leaving Mike and Molly to care for him. Meanwhile, the newlyweds struggle to write personalized thank-you notes for their wedding gifts.

Molly gets frustrated when she reviews her wedding photos and sees that Mike either has his mouth open or his eyes closed in every single one. Meanwhile, Carl gets jealous when Christina's ex-husband comes back into the picture.

Mike and Molly decide the time is right for them to start trying for a baby. Meanwhile, Carl gets upset when he learns that Molly is still spending time with Christina after their breakup.

Mike is forced to set up his mom with his boss, despite his many reservations.

With the house feeling too cramped and crowded, Molly plans a family yard sale. Meanwhile, Mike and the guys take Carl on a fishing trip to help him forget his breakup with Christina.

When Mike gets sick for Thanksgiving, Molly is excited that she doesn't have to cook - until Vince invites his brother to town for a homemade Thanksgiving meal.

When Mike gets nervous after Molly doesn't get pregnant following weeks of trying, he turns to Carl and Samuel for advice.

Molly encourages Mike to go after a detective position, but the stress of taking the qualification exam takes a big toll on their relationship.

Even while portraying Santa, Mike cannot contain his frustrations over Molly's Christmas spending and warns unsuspecting children about the dangers of maxing out credit cards to buy toys. Later, while Molly's family enjoys holiday festivities at home - complete with Christmas carols on Victoria's new karaoke machine - Mike and Molly get roped into spending Christmas Eve at church with Mike's mother and boss.

In an effort to boost their chances of getting pregnant, Molly encourages Mike to join her in giving up caffeine and eating healthier, causing them both to have major withdrawals.

Mike prepares to spoil Molly for her birthday, but his plans go awry after he eats psychedelic gelato made by Victoria's friend Tom.

Mike begins transforming the basement into a living area for him and Molly to live in, but the construction work is more than he - or his eyebrows - can handle. Meanwhile, Carl invites Samuel to live with him.

Mike and Molly encourage Harry to take Victoria on a date for Valentine's Day, and everyone is shocked when she accepts. Meanwhile, Carl convinces Samuel that they will be able to meet women at the laundromat during the holiday.

Mike studies male fertility and visits a clinic to ensure that his swimmers are up to the task of starting a family with Molly. Meanwhile, Vince gets a new job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.

Molly enjoys a shopping spree at the mall after Mike storms off over a disagreement.

Carl and Samuel host a St. Patrick's Day party in hopes of meeting women. Meanwhile, Molly reveals juicy secrets from her previous St. Patrick's Day excursions to Mike.

Molly joins her sister on a spring break road trip to party with Victoria's friends from junior college. Meanwhile, Mike pulls strings with his boss to get special overtime assignments in hopes of making extra money.

Mike's birthday wish is to have his wife and mother get along, but Molly and Peggy butt heads more than ever as they try to plan his birthday party together. Meanwhile, Samuel and Carl compete for the same woman.

After learning that Joyce gave up her artistic talents when she became a mother, Molly decides that she and Mike need to pursue new hobbies before becoming parents, so they take up roller skating.

Mike goes on a junk food binge to cope with missing Molly while she is out of town for a teacher's conference. Meanwhile, Carl contemplates leaving Chicago after learning heartbreaking news from James.

Molly is so focused on directing a school recital that she doesn't realize a fellow teacher is hitting on her. Meanwhile, Vince convinces Mike to join him in an unusual money-making scheme.

In the Season 3 finale, Mike's mom dumps Capt. Murphy, who retaliates by sending Mike and Carl on a detail at a Renaissance Faire, where a tornado approaches while Mike and Molly each try to reach the other with important news.

When Molly finds herself at a crossroads with her career, she makes a huge decision to leave teaching to become a writer.

Molly decides writing a crime novel will be her new career, so she goes on a ride-along with Mike to research a book she wants to pen.

Molly has a "mind-blowing" experience when she goes to Victoria's workplace, a funeral home, to research her novel. Meanwhile, Mike sneaks a peek at Molly's writing when she's out.

Molly meets her literary idol, J.C. Small, a cynic who advises her to write about things in her life that she wouldn't want people to know. Meanwhile, Mike invites his mother over for dinner in an effort to cheer her up.

Molly believes her suspicious next-door neighbor is up to no good and recruits Joyce to help her spy on him. Meanwhile, the guys get together for a poker game and end up sharing their dreams and aspirations.

Molly needs to adjust her spending habits on shoes if she wants to maintain harmony in her marriage.

Mike decides he needs to live everyday like it's his last after being shot during a robbery. As a result, he tells Carl it's time for him to quit the police force.

Molly decides to take a break from writing her novel and accepts a job as a forklift driver at Vince's warehouse, with mixed results.

Molly is determined to get Mike out of his routine and tells him to embrace doing anything they want in life.

Following a dramatic argument with Joyce over money, Mike and Molly move into Mike's childhood room at Peggy's.

Mike asks Carl to replace him as Molly's dance partner at a salsa class, but gets jealous when he realizes they're having way too much fun.

Molly grudgingly goes to a therapist at Mike's urging.

Confident Molly offers her wisdom to Samuel who now wants to be a standup comic. Meanwhile, Molly's advice to Harry causes him to challenge his protective mother.

Victoria brings home a new boyfriend and the entire family wonders if he's finally "the one".

Molly meets the best buddy of her dreams when Peggy's childhood friend comes to town, but Peggy is not keen on sharing.

Molly looks to win some extra cash when she and the girls head to a riverboat casino for the weekend. Meanwhile, Mike and Vince try to enjoy some college basketball when the guys come over to watch TV.

Carl, Mike and Samuel take a road trip to Memphis to meet Carl's mother for the first time.

Mike learns a lesson after his car breaks down and he's forced to decide whether or not to accept a loan from Carl to fix it.

Mike and Carl arrest Molly's literary hero, J.C. Small, for a DUI.

Molly catches Carl coming out of Victoria's room late at night, leaving her questioning whether or not she will tell Mike.

Mike wants Peggy to see a doctor after her bathtub falls through the ceiling.

Molly gets accepted into an elite eight-week writer's workshop in Iowa but faces a big decision when Mike asks her not to go.

Molly returns home after eight weeks at a writers' workshop with great news: she's getting published and scored a big book advance.

Molly has writer's block, and she might lose her big advance if she doesn't cure it fast.

Mike assures Molly he'll be home in time for Christmas Eve dinner until he and Carl end up in the back of a stolen truck. Meanwhile, Molly is upset with Vince for trying to change the family's Christmas traditions.

Guys-only fishing trip changes when Carl invites Victoria, much to Mike's dismay.

Molly's work on numerous drafts of her book begins to annoy Mike and the family.

Guilt sets in for Mike when he flirts with a rookie cop and she reciprocates.

Samuel contemplates moving back to Africa when he receives a letter from his parents saying they're struggling financially.

Molly urges Mike to go to the doctor when she learns he hasn't been in over a decade.

Molly faces a dilemma when her publisher asks her to make a provocative change to her book.

Mike is forced to arrest Joyce for a DUI after she refuses to take a breathalyzer at a checkpoint.

Mike and Molly are excited to finally have the house to themselves for the whole weekend.

Molly plans a party after hearing that Peggy is suddenly retiring.

Molly's excited her book is finally out and available for purchase, but worries obsessively that no one will buy it.

Peggy makes Molly do chores in exchange for sharing tantalizing stories from her past for Molly's second book.

When Mike hits a personal best weight loss goal, he makes the risky decision to indulge in a slice of pie.

Molly is nervous about Mike attending a celebratory party her publisher puts on for her and Peggy.

Molly surprises Peggy by reuniting her with her estranged sister, Rosemary, when they take a road trip to Peggy's hometown of Mudlick. Also, Vince and Mike experience father-son bonding when they work together to fix the water heater.

When a despondent Kay returns to town, Peggy is thrilled to welcome her back to coexist in her mundane existence. However, Molly is determined to find a way to restore Kay's joie de vivre. Also, Mike and Carl work crowd control at a rally for public breast feeding.

Mike meets his Aunt Rosemary for the first time and is instantly smitten by her warmth and positive attitude - which is the polar opposite of his mother.

Molly gets angry at Mike for not listening to her vent about writing with Peggy and they go their separate ways for a day.

After Carl has a near-death experience while on duty, he tells Mike he's going to propose to Victoria.

Mike is forced to uninvited Carl to his anniversary cruise after Carl's nasty break-up with Victoria.

Mike and Carl go to couples counseling to try and reconcile their partnership. Also, Molly decides to do a promotional radio interview on her own after Peggy decides not to participate.

Molly hopes a fitness tracking device will encourage Mike to be more active and take better care of himself, but Mike has other plans for it.

Mike blames Molly for Peggy's heart attack following a heated argument and now Molly wants to make amends.

Mike becomes hypervigilant after his wallet is stolen from the squad car while taking a nap.

Molly is shocked when Joyce reveals she's leaving the house to Victoria in her will.

Molly's leisure activities between novels become an issue with Mike as he wants her to be the perfect homemaker.

Mike brings home a stray puppy for the weekend but Molly has difficulty warming up to it.

Mike is upset when Vince bails on finishing a Do-It-Yourself project they started together.

Molly brings home a pregnant former student she discovers is homeless.

When Mike and Molly realize Frannie (Juliette Goglia) doesn't have a plan in place for after the baby is born, Molly decides to help by reuniting her with her estranged sister, Maura (Jessy Hodges).

Mike and Molly need everyone to be on their best behavior when the adoption agency schedules a home visit.

Carl convinces Mike to go with him to see his psychic and Peggy drags Molly to her church to pray for something they've all been waiting for.

Mike and Molly and the family have an impromptu gathering to reminisce about everything that has gotten them to this point, complete with a final fight between Joyce and Peggy.