Product Details

• Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Billy Gardell, Reno Wilson, Katy Mixon, Nyambi Nyambi
• Directors: James Burrows
• Producers: Chuck Lorre, Mark Roberts, Don Foster
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: August 21, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B006YGCEPS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,029 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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First comes love, then comes marriage… but there's a whole lot in between, as this second season of the sitcom Mike & Molly (with 23 episodes on three discs) gets the two plus-size lovebirds at the altar only after they run a gauntlet of issues between themselves and especially their meddling families. Schoolteacher Molly Flynn (Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy) and Chicago cop Mike Biggs (standup comic Billy Gardell) became engaged at the end of the show's first season, and now they get down to the details, ranging from the liberated, educated Molly wondering if she should keep her own last name (the more traditional Mike isn't wild about that one) to finding a venue (Molly's frankness about her lack of religious beliefs means the local Catholic chapel is out), writing their vows, their bachelor and bachelorette parties, the wedding rehearsal, and, of course, the big event, which happens in the final episode. They have their disagreements, but these are two sweet, loving people who know how to work things out… which makes them the polar opposites of their families. Molly (and Mike, once they move into her family's home) must deal with her potty-mouthed mother (Swoosie Kurtz), Mom's Neanderthal fiancé (Louis Mustillo), and her goodhearted but startlingly dumb slut of a sister (Katy Mixon); Mike, meanwhile, continues to fight a mostly losing battle with his own mother (Rondi Reed), surely one of the most relentlessly poisonous characters ever portrayed on a screen of any size (asked if she'll sit next to her "slack-jawed bastard" of an ex-husband at the wedding, she replies, "Sure… when Jesus climbs down off his cross and does the Macarena").

These characters, along with Mike's partner Carl (Reno Wilson), and Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi), who works at the restaurant where they hang out, would be unbearable if the writing weren't so smart and funny. The one-liners lean toward the raunchy: gay jokes, penis and copulation jokes, fat jokes… lots of fat jokes. But many of them are out-and-out hilarious, and while the practice of including a real message amidst all the gags (accept yourself and appreciate one another's differences, stay honest even when it's uncomfortable, and so on) is sitcom formulaic, it works. --Sam Graham

Product Description

Wedding bells are ringing for Mike & Molly! At the end of Season One, Mike popped the question... and in Season Two, Molly's in a tizzy over the wedding plans! Not surprisingly, Mike doesn't get what all the fuss is about. His-and-her versions of wedding planning woes are at the heart of the second season of Mike & Molly, starring two of TV's favorite comic actors -- Billy Gardell and Bridesmaids Oscarr-nominee Melissa McCarthy.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful April 4, 2012

By Julie Wilkins

Format:DVD

Another great season. This show is original and very funny. The actors are great. Mikes mother---where did they find this woman. She is really different and wildly funny. I just love her. You start laughing the minute she comes on the screen because you know something unconceivable is going to come out of her mouth. Mike and Molly are just as cute and funny as they can be. And I love Mollies mother and sister, what a conglomeration of personalities mixed together. And lets not forget Mikes partner and his partners grandma. If you want to see something different, not the same old same old comedy, give this a try and you won't be disappointed.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Never short on Laughs when I match this show!! May 12, 2012

By Crystal Burns

Format:DVD

I just cannot get enough of this show! The season second is just as funny as the first. I have been waiting for a show like this for a long time. This is a TV show were everyone can either relate to one of the characters, or knows someone that can.

Mike and Molly meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting were they both are trying to lose weight. After their initial first meeting they're having second thoughts about starting a relationship, but with some pushing from family and friends they decide to give love a chance.

Not only are Melissa McCarthy (Molly) & Billy Gardell (Mike) characters hilarious, but I just love Molly's sister Victoria, and her mother Joyce. Every character on this show brings something extra special, and that's what keeps me laughing, and tuning in every week. The writers of this show are comedic Gods. I hope this show continues for many, more seasons to come!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Consistently hilarious and heart-warming, this is a terrific second season! May 9, 2012

By Kate McMurry TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

It is always a treat to discover a situation comedy on broadcast TV with an ensemble cast this strong combined with scripts this great. The writing for Mike & Molly (M&M) relies far more on clever zingers than slapstick (rather in the style of The Golden Girls, one of my all-time favorite comedies). And though there are plenty of sexual references, the humor maintains a happy medium between gross-out male humor and female-centric, chick-flick comedy, making it a show aimed fairly equally at both men and women.

Every performer on M&M does a wonderful job at comedic acting, an extremely challenging task, and I completely agree with Melissa McCarthy's Emmy win for her portrayal of the female lead, Molly Flynn, a plus-sized fourth-grade teacher living with her boozy mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and oversexed younger sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). But so many of the actors in this show deserve an Emmy, in my own estimation, that I won't be surprised if in the future other names from the show receive Emmy nominations and/or wins as well.

Season 2 opened on September 26, 2011, and the season finale airs on May 14, 2012. The producer Chuck Lorre also produces the top-rated comedy, Two and a Half Men, which M&M follows on CBS. This season offers 23 episodes, one less than last season, but still far more than almost any show on broadcast TV for many years now, where 6-13 shows per season seems to be the norm these days.

M&M is set in Chicago and continues to place its main focus on the romantic relationship of the title characters Molly and her boyfriend Mike Biggs (standup comic, Billy Gardell), who is a beat cop. The two lovers met in Season 1 at an Overeaters Anonymous (OA) meeting. There is a hilarious secondary romance between Joyce and loud-mouthed, crude, and quite lovable Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who hangs out at Molly's house almost as much as Mike. A third, comic romance occurs between Mike's best friend and partner in the police force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson), and an eye doctor named Christina (Holly Robinson Peete). In addition, the show's clever writers have provided Carl's grandmother Rosetta (Cleo King) and Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed) with their own romantic misadventures, which are extremely funny. By the way, during Season 1 I formed the opinion that Rondi Reed is one of the most brilliant comic actresses I've ever seen, and that opinion has only solidified this season. Her performance as Mike's mother is right up there, in my personal estimation, with some of Bea Arther's best moments in Maude and The Golden Girls.

I'm glad to report that cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi) is a big part of the show again this season, and Peggy's dog, Jim, continues as an adorable contributor to the series. A new addition this season is Francis Guinan, who played the dad of Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) on That '70s Show, and is cast as Mike's father, who abandoned his family years before and whom Peggy loathes. I won't post any spoilers, but what the writers have done with the relationship between Peggy and her ex was one of the highlights of the season for me, and a great example of Rondi Reed's comic brilliance.

Finally, I must mention the recurring role of Harry, a loveable loser Mike and Molly meet at an OA meeting played by standup comic, David Anthony Higgins (best known for his continuing role in Ellen as Joe, the sharp-tongued coffee server in Ellen's bookstore/coffeehouse, a role somewhat similar to Samuel played by Nyambi Nyambi in M&M). Higgins is outstanding as either straight man or comic, whatever a given scene requires.

If you enjoyed Season 1, I guarantee you will be delighted with this season as well. The show is consistently filled with belly laughs, and the characters continue to be as sympathetic and comically compelling as they were in Season 1.