The Best Episodes Written By Brian Keith Etheridge

Mickey tries to quit smoking. Meanwhile, Ben meets a new friend.

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).

In an attempt to avoid a date with a nerdy co-worker, Sarah asks Aaron to bid on her at a charity bachelorette auction. Meanwhile, Ben accidentally uses a suggestive phrase with a co-worker getting himself accused of sexual harassment. Elsewhere, Fitz thinks he's in the clear to spend one last night partying before becoming monogamous, but when he finds out his girlfriend feels differently, he must scramble to cover up incriminating photos from his wild night.

When Dana's plans for a new game are threatened by her ties to MQ, Brad devises a long con to help her. Jo throws Poppy a party.

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 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.

Mike, Samuel and Carl go on a road trip to Memphis, Tenn., to meet Carl's mother.

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.

When Mike reaches a weight-loss goal -- his personal best -- he decides to celebrate by indulging in a slice of pie.

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.

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.

Molly accepts a job as a forklift driver at Vince's warehouse when she decides to take a break from writing her novel.

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.

After Peggy's bathtub falls through the ceiling, Mike wants Peggy to go to a doctor.

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.

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 meets the friend of her dreams when Peggy's childhood pal (Kathy Bates) visits, but Peggy isn't fond of sharing.

Molly tries to win some extra cash during a trip to a riverboat casino with the girls; Vince and Mike watch college basketball with the guys.

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.