Molly is forced to make an important decision when she reaches a crossroads at her career.

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.

Mike becomes concerned with Molly's state of mind, so he suggests she see a therapist and she begrudgingly agrees.

A suddenly supremely confident Molly doles out advice to friends and family, including Samuel who contemplates doing stand-up comedy, and Harry whom she counsels to stand up to his protective mother.

When Victoria brings around a new boyfriend, the family debates whether she's finally found Mr. Right.

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 sees Carl attempting to sneak out of Victoria's room late at night and has to decide whether to tell Mike about it.

After Peggy's bathtub crashes through the ceiling, Mike showers her with requests to go see a doctor.

Molly is ecstatic to be accepted into a prestigious eight-week writer's workshop, but Mike isn't thrilled about having his wife gone for the entire summer.