Mike & Molly

This comedy started back in 2010 and ran until 2016 were it was cancelled after 127 episodes. These 6 seasons are somewhat complicated as they decided to change the entire direction of the show at the start of season 4. Seasons 1-3 episodes are around 22 minutes long. Seasons 4-6 are usually just under 19 minutes.

Two people. Mike and Molly are both over-eaters. They meet at an Over-Eaters Anonymous meeting. After one disastrous first date, Mike is convinced that this is the woman he will marry someday. It was love from there.

The series goes pretty simply for the first few seasons. Season 1 exploring their relationship. Season 2 planning for the wedding. Season 3, lets make a baby. Then it completely changes. The director changed their view on the show. They wanted to take it into a completely new direction. So even though the last episode of Season 3 ends with Molly saying she's pregnant, Season 4 starts with her apologizing that she may never be able to give Mike a kid. No explanation in the show, no real mention of any of it.

Season 4's revamp sucks. The nice little love story comedy turned into a full fledged sitcom. Full of waiting for the laugh track and a lot of really stupid jokes. They changed the storyline into midlife crisis and more problems with money. Oh and now all the character are dating instead of doing something not stupid, or including more actors. Most importantly in my opinion is that the show took out the Over-Eaters Anonymous visits completely. I liked them showing this aspect of the characters. It showed them as humans with addictions and that they were actively trying to work through it.

Because of the major differences between the seasons I will rate them separately. I enjoyed the seasons 1-3 quite a bit. The story advanced and was sincere while adding comedy. It deserves a 9 out of 11. Seasons 4-6 were difficult to get through. The last half of season 6 gets back to that sincerity, but that season is only 13 episodes. I forced to give these last three seasons only 4 out of 11.