The essential episodes of Mike & Molly
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Mike & Molly — each pick states its reason.
- 01
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.
- 02
When Molly gets a cold before her first date with Mike, she takes some cold medication to help her feel better...with disastrous results.
- 03
Mike gets his ego hurt during a bowling date with Molly.
- 04
Mike and Molly get their signals crossed when she invites him in after a date and he turns her down.
- 05
When Mike invites Molly over to his apartment, his plans for romance are interrupted by an untimely call from his mom, Peggy.
- 06
Victoria panics as her 30th birthday approaches, and drags Mike and Molly into her "life crisis".
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
Molly is nervous about Mike attending a celebratory party her publisher puts on for her and Peggy.
- 11
Mike blames Molly for Peggy's heart attack following a heated argument and now Molly wants to make amends.
- 12
Mike becomes hypervigilant after his wallet is stolen from the squad car while taking a nap.
- 13
Molly is shocked when Joyce reveals she's leaving the house to Victoria in her will.
- 14
Molly's leisure activities between novels become an issue with Mike as he wants her to be the perfect homemaker.
- 15
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.
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