Mike & Molly season 4
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{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 4
| bgcolour = #66BBEE
| image = Mike and Molly season 4.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Billy Gardell
- Melissa McCarthy
- Reno Wilson
- Katy Mixon
- Nyambi Nyambi
- Rondi Reed
- Louis Mustillo
- David Anthony Higgins
- Swoosie Kurtz
}}
| num_episodes = 22
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{start date|2013|11|4}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2014|5|19}}
| prev_season = Season 3
| next_season = Season 5
| episode_list = List of Mike & Molly episodes
}}
The fourth season of the television comedy series Mike & Molly began airing November 4, 2013, on CBS in the United States. The season is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with series new show-runner Al Higgins who replaced Mark Roberts serving as executive producer along with Chuck Lorre. On March 27, 2013, CBS announced that Mike & Molly would return for a fourth season of 22 episodes to air mid-season.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/27/the-good-wife-elementary-person-of-interest-2-broke-girls-ncis-la-the-mentalist-mike-molly-blue-bloods-renewed-by-cbs/175317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330061734/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/27/the-good-wife-elementary-person-of-interest-2-broke-girls-ncis-la-the-mentalist-mike-molly-blue-bloods-renewed-by-cbs/175317/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2013|title='The Good Wife', 'Elementary', 'Person Of Interest', '2 Broke Girls', 'NCIS: LA', 'The Mentalist', 'Mike & Molly', 'Hawaii Five-0' & 'Blue Bloods' Renewed by CBS|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 27, 2013|accessdate=March 27, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/05/15/cbs-fall-tv-lineup-2013/|title=CBS Fall Schedule Revealed: Thursday Comedy Block Expands, Person of Interest, Hawaii Five-0 on the Move, Mike & Molly Held to Midseason|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|work=TV Line|date=May 15, 2013|accessdate=May 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/05/mike-molly-season-4-holding-until-midseason---heres-why.html|title='Mike & Molly': Season 4 holding until midseason - here's why|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=Zap2it|date=May 15, 2013|accessdate=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607113553/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/05/mike-molly-season-4-holding-until-midseason---heres-why.html|archive-date=June 7, 2013|url-status=dead}} On October 9, 2013, it was announced that the fourth season would premiere on November 4, 2013, replacing cancelled comedy We Are Men.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/10/09/we-are-men-cancelled-cbs/#more-465189|title=CBS Pulls We Are Men, Schedules Mike & Molly's Return for November|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|work=TV Line|date=October 9, 2013|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
The series focuses on the title characters Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After Molly, a primary-school teacher (changing career to author this season), invites police officer Mike to give a talk to her class, they begin dating. As of the end of season 2, the two are married. Mike and Molly live in the home of Molly's mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is in an on-off relationship with widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who is often seen at the house. Mike is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed), cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi), and Mike and Molly's friend and co-Overeaters Anonymous member Harry (David Anthony Higgins).
In promos leading up the fourth-season premiere, CBS billed the series as The New Mike & Molly. Though the cast and setting remains essentially the same, the "new" refers to a reboot of the series from the previous season: Molly has quit her teaching job, and is now pursuing a career as a writer.[http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_24435834/mike-molly-is-back-and-heres-whats-new 'Mike & Molly' is back -- and here's what's 'new'] Heldenfels, Rich at mercurynews.com. Retrieved November 4, 2013. However, the season did retcon the pregnancy announcement from the third-season finale{{cite web | url=http://www.tvwatchus.com/review/review-mike-molly-cbs-season-4-new-molly/ | title=Episodes Archive }} - though the scene was removed from the US broadcast of the finale - to allow Melissa McCarthy to perform physical comedy throughout the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/mike-molly-al-higgins-new-show-direction-1073800/|title = Mike & Molly Boss on Show's New Direction: "It Was Necessary"}}
Cast
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=Main=
- Billy Gardell as Mike Biggs (22 episodes)
- Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn (22 episodes)
- Reno Wilson as Carl McMillan (22 episodes)
- Katy Mixon as Victoria Flynn (22 episodes)
- Nyambi Nyambi as Samuel (21 episodes)
- Rondi Reed as Peggy Biggs (10 episodes)
- Louis Mustillo as Vince Moranto (19 episodes)
- David Anthony Higgins as Harry (4 episodes)
- Swoosie Kurtz as Joyce Flynn (22 episodes)
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=Special guest stars=
- Susan Sarandon as J.C. Small
- Kathy Bates as Kay McKinnon
=Recurring and guest appearances=
- Cleo King as Rosetta McMillan 'Nana'
- Brian Baumgartner as James Wisney
- Diane Delano as Isabelle
- Christopher Aguilar as Lousette
- Christian Clemenson as Mr. O'Donnell
- Mo Gaffney as Helen
- Brendan Patrick Connor as George
- John Michael Higgins as Dr. Gayle Rosen
- Gary Anthony Williams as Emcee
- Mather Zickel as James
- Casey Washington as Officer Ramirez
- Steve Bannos as Petros
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Episodes
{{see also|List of Mike & Molly episodes}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 71
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Molly Unleashed
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Julie Bean & Mark Gross & Carla Filisha}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|4}}
|ProdCode = 2J6851
|ShortSummary = When Molly finds herself at a crossroads between her career and her dreams, she makes a huge decision to leave her teaching job. While getting drunk with Joyce and Victoria, she reveals that she always wanted to sing in musicals, but it becomes clear that will not work out.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 72
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The First and Last Ride-Along
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Bill Daly & Julie Bean & Mark Gross}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 2J6852
|ShortSummary = Molly decides writing a crime novel will be her new career, so she goes on a ride-along with Mike and Carl to research a book she wants to pen.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 73
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Sex and Death
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly & Julie Bean}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|18}}
|ProdCode = 2J6853
|ShortSummary = 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 while she's out, and is caught by Joyce and Vince. Soon, all three are reading the steamy passages on Molly's computer.
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}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 74
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Careful What You Dig For
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Mark Gross & Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|25}}
|ProdCode = 2J6855
|ShortSummary = Molly meets her literary idol, J.C. Small (Susan Sarandon), 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 to dinner for Thanksgiving in an effort to cheer her up.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 75
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Poker in the Front, Looker in the Back
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|2}}
|ProdCode = 2J6854
|ShortSummary = Molly believes her suspicious next-door neighbour, Mr. O'Donnell (Christian Clemenson), 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.
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}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 76
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Shoeless Molly Flynn
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Crystal Jenkins & Aaron Vaccaro & Marla DuMont}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|9}}
|ProdCode = 2J6856
|ShortSummary = Molly needs to adjust her spending habits if she wants to maintain harmony in her marriage. But she can't resist buying a pair of shoes on credit and it leads to a fight with Mike, making her decide to look for a job.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 77
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = They Shoot Asses, Don't They?
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Julie Bean & Mark Gross & Carla Filisha}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|16}}
|ProdCode = 2J6857
|ShortSummary = Mike decides he needs to live every day like it's his last after being shot while thwarting a robbery. As a result, he tells Carl it's time for him to quit the police force.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 78
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = What Molly Hath Wrought
|DirectedBy = Stephen Prime
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly & Julie Bean}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|13}}
|ProdCode = 2J6859
|ShortSummary = Frustrated with the progress and content of her novel, Molly decides to take a break from writing and accepts a job as a forklift driver at Vince's warehouse, with mixed results.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 79
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Mike & Molly's Excellent Adventure
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Bill Daly & Julie Bean & Mark Gross}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|20}}
|ProdCode = 2J6858
|ShortSummary = Molly is determined to get Mike out of his routine and tells him to embrace doing anything they want in life.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 80
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Weekend at Peggy's
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|27}}
|ProdCode = 2J6860
|ShortSummary = Following a dramatic argument with Joyce over money, Mike and Molly move into Mike's childhood room at Peggy's.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 81
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Dips & Salsa
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Mark Gross & Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|3}}
|ProdCode = 2J6861
|ShortSummary = Molly wants to get Mike out of the house and suggests a salsa dance class. When Mike isn't thrilled with the activity, he asks Carl to replace him as Molly's dance partner, but gets jealous when he realizes they're having way too much fun.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 82
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Mind Over Molly
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Crystal Jenkins & Aaron Vaccaro & Marla DuMont}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 2J6862
|ShortSummary = Molly grudgingly goes to a therapist, Dr. Gayle Rosen (John Michael Higgins), at Mike's urging. After walking out on a session, she returns and finds that her erratic behaviour is the result of finally having stability in her life (provided by Mike), which had been missing since her father died.
Note: For this episode, Melissa McCarthy was nominated for the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 83
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Open Mike Night
|DirectedBy = Phill Lewis
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Al Higgins|t=Julie Bean & Mark Gross & Carla Filisha}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|3}}
|ProdCode = 2J6863
|ShortSummary = A confident Molly offers her wisdom to Samuel, who now wants to be a stand-up comic. Meanwhile, Molly's advice to Harry causes him to challenge his protective mother.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 84
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Rich Man, Poor Girl
|DirectedBy = David Trainer
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Bill Daly & Julie Bean & Mark Gross}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|10}}
|ProdCode = 2J6864
|ShortSummary = Victoria brings home a new boyfriend, James (Mather Zickel), and the entire family wonders if he's finally "the one".
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 85
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Three Girls and an Urn
|DirectedBy = David Trainer
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Al Higgins|t=Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly & Julie Bean}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|17}}
|ProdCode = 2J6865
|ShortSummary = Molly meets the best buddy of her dreams when Peggy's childhood friend, Kay McKinnon (Kathy Bates), comes to town, but Peggy is not keen on sharing.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 86
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = The Dice Lady Cometh
|DirectedBy = Victor Gonzalez
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Al Higgins & Crystal Jenkins|t=Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge & Bill Daly}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|24}}
|ProdCode = 2J6866
|ShortSummary =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.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 87
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = McMillan and Mom
|DirectedBy = Michael McDonald
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Mark Gross & Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|14}}
|ProdCode = 2J6867
|ShortSummary = Carl, Mike and Samuel take a road trip to Memphis to meet Carl's mother for the first time after Carl finds out she is alive, but ill. Meanwhile, Molly, Victoria and Joyce bond with Carl's Grandma, as she tries to explain why she lied to Carl all these years.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 88
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Mike's Manifold Destiny
|DirectedBy = Steve Prime
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Kevin Lappin & Connor Kilpatrick|t=Al Higgins & Julie Bean & Mark Gross}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|21}}
|ProdCode = 2J6872
|ShortSummary = 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.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 89
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Who's Afraid of J.C. Small?
|DirectedBy = Melissa McCarthy
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Crystal Jenkins & Aaron Vaccaro & Marla DuMont}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|28}}
|ProdCode = 2J6869
|ShortSummary = Mike and Carl arrest Molly's literary hero, J.C. Small (Susan Sarandon) for a DUI. After Molly repeatedly prevents J.C.'s self-destruction, the writer offers to pay Molly to be her assistant and help her complete her latest novel.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 90
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Sex, Lies and Helicopters
|DirectedBy = Victor Gonzalez
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Aaron Vaccaro & Marla DuMont|t=Al Higgins & Julie Bean & Mark Gross}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|5}}
|ProdCode = 2J6868
|ShortSummary = Molly catches Carl coming out of Victoria's room late at night, with all three parties agreeing that they cannot tell Mike. Things get more complicated when Carl sends Victoria a large stuffed bear that plays The Partridge Family song, "I Think I Love You".
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 91
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = This Old Peggy
|DirectedBy = David Trainer
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Bill Daly & Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|12}}
|ProdCode = 2J6870
|ShortSummary = Peggy's bathtub falls through the ceiling, and she admits she might have forgotten to turn the water off. After another shocking incident of forgetfulness in front of Mike, Carl and Samuel, Mike suggests Peggy see a doctor to get her condition diagnosed.
|LineColor = 66BBEE
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Mike & Molly season 4
|EpisodeNumber = 92
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Eight Is Enough
|DirectedBy = David Trainer
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins|t=Bill Daly & Carla Filisha & Brian Keith Etheridge}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|19}}
|ProdCode = 2J6871
|ShortSummary = Molly is accepted into a prestigious writer's workshop at the University of Iowa in Iowa, which would have her living out of town for eight weeks. As the household now includes Peggy and the frequently sleeping-over Carl, Molly tries to find a way to break the news to Mike. Mike explodes when he finds out, but later confides in Carl that he is really worried Molly could become a famous writer and leave him.
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Ratings
=Live and DVR ratings=
References
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External links
- [http://www.cbs.com/shows/mike_and_molly/season/4/episodes/ Episode recaps at CBS.com]
- List of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608180/episodes#season-4 Mike & Molly season 3 episodes] at Internet Movie Database
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