Mike & Molly: Every Season Finale, Ranked According To IMDb

CBS was known throughout the 2000’s for their stellar Monday Night Comedy line-up’s that dominated not only in viewings but during award season as well. Sitcoms that were lucky enough to earn a slot in the designated 8p.m.-10p.m. time frame were shows such as How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two & a Half Men, and many, many more.

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However, one show that can get lost among the other greats is Mike & Molly, the sitcom that centered around the simple premise of a cop and a school teacher falling in love, getting married, and spending their lives together living in Chicago with the rest of their family. While the sitcom never got as much love as some of the other notable CBS comedies, the show still managed to produce one hilarious episode after another during its six-year run.

6 Windy City, Season 3 (6.6)

Mike had the unfortunate pleasure of mixing work with business when his Police Captain decided to start dating his mother for most of season 3. However, at the conclusion of the season, Peggy decided to dump Captain Murphy out of the blue which sent the Captain into a deep, spiraling depression. Unlucky for Mike, the Captain’s depression only made him angrier and scarier and he took his feelings out on Mike by making him and Carl stand duty at the Renaissance Fair port-a-potties.

When the Captain finally presses Mike for more information on why his mother broke up with him, Mike disturbingly admits that his mother is an ‘animal’ (sexually) and that the Captain is too gentle with her… prompting the Captain to show up at Peggy’s door-step in the middle of a tornado and win her back.

5 Eight is Enough, Season 4 (6.9)

The writers decided to switch things up with Molly’s character during season 4 when they had her spontaneously quit her job as a school teacher in the very first episode. For the rest of the season, Molly had pursued a career as a writer and, unfortunately, had been failing at it rather miserably. That’s why Molly was so ecstatic during the season 4 finale when she gets accepted into a prestigious writing workshop… however, Mike (while happy for his wife’s success) isn’t exactly thrilled about the fact that the writing workshop is for 8 weeks.

To make matters even worse, the workshop isn’t in Chicago and Molly didn’t talk to Mike about it at all. Mike spends the episode pouting about the fact that his wife kept an important secret from him, but he ultimately realizes what a great opportunity the workshop would be for Molly and he tells her that he wants her to go.

4 Peggy’s New Beau, Season 1 (7.0)

The season one finale had an ending that most fans could have predicted from the very first episode (with Mike asking Molly to marry him) but it certainly came in a roundabout manner. Mike and Molly start off the episode by being introduced to Peggy’s “friend from church” who then pries too far into the young couple’s relationship when he asks if they’re planning on getting married soon. The question creates an awkward distance between Mike and Molly (they haven’t discussed the topic of marriage yet) with Mike dragging his feet about possibly settling down. However, after a firm talking too from Carl’s grandmother, she makes Mike see that he’s just being a nervous fool, making Mike realize how much he truly loves Molly and proposing to her in front of her entire 4th grade classroom.

3 The Wedding, Season 2 (7.3)

Only one year after they got engaged Mike and Molly were all set to tie the knot. The only problem – they exist inside of a sitcom, meaning that absolutely everything went wrong on the wedding day. Mike’s divorced parents spent the night together after being separated for over 20 years, with Peggy then dumping the poor guy right before the wedding starts; Carl proposes to his girlfriend Christina after he tells her that he loves her and she doesn’t say it back; Molly’s hairdresser ruins her hair and their car breaks down on the way to the wedding (with her tardiness prompting Mike to think that she ran off and changed her mind about wanting to marry him). But, in the end, every problem was neatly resolved and Mike and Molly ended up having themselves a lovely wedding.

2 The Bitter Man and the Sea, Season 5 (7.4)

The season 5 finale of Mike and Molly came with a bit of family drama. Carl had spent most of the season dating Victoria, but the two had a sour and messy break-up in the episode prior to the finale. So, when the entire family (Carl included) had planned to take a cruise together for the finale, the situation became incredibly awkward since Carl was still a part of the trip but no longer dating Victoria. Because of the awkwardness, Mike is forced to un-invite Carl from the trip altogether, causing a rift between the two partners when Carl gets offended and can’t believe that his best friend is taking his ex-girlfriend’s side (when really he was just trying to keep his wife happy). Sadly, the episode ends with bad blood between the two partners that carries over into the season 6 premiere (where they ultimately resolve their issues and make up).

1 I See Love, Season 6 (8.7)

The highest-rated episode for the whole show was the series finale and it gave fans everything they could’ve hoped for from the family-comedy. Mike and Molly had spent nearly the entire series trying to get pregnant, with no luck, and had finally decided to adopt a baby instead of wait to make their own. During the finale, Mike and Molly (as well as Carl and the family) sit in the waiting room as they prepare for their child to be born and the entire group reminisces about how they all got to where they are now. The series concludes with Carl and Victoria deciding to get back together and Mike and Molly’s adopted-child being born… only for Molly to reveal in the final moments that she herself is finally pregnant with Mike’s child.

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