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.

After being shot during a robbery, Mike decides he needs to live every day like it's his last. As a result, he tells Carl it's time for him to quit the police force.

Molly needs to adjust her spending habits on shoes if she wants to maintain harmony in her marriage with Mike.

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 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 has a "mind blowing" experience when she visits Victoria's workplace, a funeral home. Meanwhile, Mike sneaks a peek at Molly's racy writing when she's out of the house.

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.

Molly finds herself at a crossroads with her career and makes a huge decision to give up her job teaching elementary school to follow her dreams.

In the third season finale, Mike and Carl get stuck working at the Renaissance Faire after their boss, Captain Murphy, gets dumped by Mike's mother. Later, as a tornado descends on Chicago, Mike and Molly each confess important news to each other.

Molly is so focused on directing a school recital that she doesn't realize a fellow teacher is hitting on her. Meanwhile, Vince convinces Mike to join him in an unusual money-making scheme.