Molly gets upset when she reviews her wedding photos because in every picture Mike's mouth is open or his eyes are closed. Meanwhile, Carl gets jealous when Christina's ex-husband comes back into her life.

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.

With Molly's encouragement, Mike decides to take a shot at becoming a detective, but the stress of readying for the exam begins to impact 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.

On Valentine's Day, Mike and Molly play Cupid and prod Harry into asking Victoria out on a date, and to everyone's surprise she accepts. Meanwhile, Carl has a list of reasons why hanging out at the coin laundry on the holiday will help Samuel and him meet single women.

Wannabe-parent Mike takes a crash course in male fertility and heads to a clinic to ensure that he's potent enough to make a mother out of Molly. Meanwhile, Vince starts a job as a door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salesman.

After their verbal brawl at the mall, Mike goes off in a huff, so Molly goes off on a shopping spree.

Carl and Samuel hope for a little luck o' the Irish when it comes to picking up women at their St. Patrick's Day party, while Molly does a little Erin go bragging when she tells Mike about some of her holiday shenanigans.

Molly joins Victoria and her junior-college friends on a spring-fling getaway, while Mike works the Captain for some overtime assignments to earn some extra cash.

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.

When Molly finds herself at a crossroads with her career, she makes a huge decision.

When Molly decides to start a career as a crime novelist, she goes on a ride-along with Mike to research her first book.

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.

Budding author Molly meets her literary idol, whose cynical advice is to focus on what she wouldn't want people to know about, while Mike tries to cheer up his down-in-the-dumps mother by having her over for dinner.

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.

Determined to change Mike's normal routine, Molly encourages him to try new things.

After fighting with Joyce about money, Molly and Mike move into Mike's childhood bedroom at Peggy's place.

Mike asks Carl to fill in for him as Molly's dance partner, but gets jealous when he thinks they are having too much fun.

At Mike's urging, Molly begrudgingly goes to a therapist (John Michael Higgins).

Samuel wants to be a standup comic; Molly offers advice to Harry which leads to him challenging his protective mother.