Mrs. Brown's Boys

Agnes Brown has family troubles to contend with: her son Dermot has fallen out with Maria Nicholson, his long-term girlfriend, and Grandad is feeling poorly.After a sleepless night, Mrs Brown decides to try to sort out Dermot and Maria's problem by giving Maria the benefit of her advice. But her heart-to-heart with Maria only succeeds in making the dispute worse. So Mrs Brown's daughter Cathy intervenes. She's a psychology student, and offers Dermot and Maria a counselling session. A dismayed Mrs Brown can't help interfering, and the session quickly descends into a blazing row between her and Cathy... with an effect on Dermot and Maria that not even Agnes Brown could have predicted.Meanwhile, Grandad ends up in hospital when Dr Flynn's attempt to read his temperature goes dramatically wrong. And Cathy reveals the electrifying secret of how she keeps dodgy men at bay.

Agnes Brown is concerned that her family are keeping too many secrets. Her daughter Cathy won't let her meet her new boyfriend. Her elder son Mark won't reveal why his feisty wife Betty has thrown him out. And her younger son Dermot has lied to his fiancee Maria Nicholson's well-to-do parents about the status of his job.

With Dermot and Maria's wedding just weeks away, the Brown household is in crisis.Agnes Brown's son Dermot wants to ask his childhood friend Buster to be best man. But Agnes has set her heart on Mark Brown, her eldest son, being Dermot's best man. And Buster is a crook, of whom both the strong-willed Maria and Mrs Brown strongly disapprove.On top of this, Mrs Brown's close friend and neighbour Winnie is distraught. Her husband Jacko has been rushed to hospital and cannot possibly afford to pay for the operation he urgently needs. And, needing cash for his wedding, Dermot has allowed himself to get embroiled in one of Buster's stupid- and dodgy - moneymaking scams.It's time for Mrs Brown to exercise all her diplomatic skills, starting with 'accidentally' letting Maria know all about Dermot's best man decision.

It's the week of Dermot's fiancee Maria Nicholson's hen party, and Agnes Brown and her friend Winnie are excited about going... until daughter Cathy tells them they are not invited because they are too old. Undeterred, Mrs Brown decides she will crash the event and show the girls that she and Winnie are not too old to party. All she has to do is find out where the party is being held. Agnes thinks her luck is in when son Dermot tells her that the girls are meeting at local pub Foleys. But when Agnes bursts into the pub in full hen-party attire, it becomes clear that Dermot may have misinformed her.That night, Agnes Brown mistakenly invites Maria's snooty mother Mrs Nicholson to dinner. Finding out that Mrs Nicholson is so sophisticated that she has two toilets in her house, Agnes has one fitted in an understairs cupboard in order to impress her guest. Despite this, and despite drafting in Rory's cordon bleu friend Dino to cook dinner, on the night Mrs Brown is incredibly nervous and turns to drink. With Mrs Brown increasingly desperate to delight Mrs Nicholson, the evening descends into chaos as the drink takes hold, the aftermath of Agnes's hen party mistake plays out, and Grandad decides to go to the toilet in the wrong cupboard.

With his wedding only days away and tensions running high, Dermot suffers some pre-wedding jitters and takes refuge in a cupboard. Cathy gives her mother a book on homosexuality, leading Agnes to wonder who in her family is gay.

Agnes and the family set up a fake funeral for Grandad, after he decides that he would like to hear what people will say about him after he dies.

After faking Grandad's death, the Brown family are still waiting for the insurance money to come through. Agnes has promised the money to Dermot and Maria, who are desperate for a place of their own, but the insurance company is starting to get suspicious. Will Agnes be able to keep Grandad out of sight, or will one of the family give the game away?

Agnes is upset that her son Trevor has been called back to the missions in Africa but is determined to give him a massive send-off to remind him what a loving family he has back home in Ireland. Meanwhile, daughter Cathy's family counselling session descends into chaos, and Buster and Dermot run into trouble with a circus lion.The only person having a good day is neighbour Winnie: thanks to his new medication, her husband Jackos's libido is back. But while Winnie delights in reminiscing about her former bedroom antics, Agnes makes a shocking discovery!

Baby fever hits the Brown household as a pregnant Maria prepares for motherhood, and Agnes is keen to give her new daughter-in-law her unique brand of advice about raising children. Maria is grateful when Agnes offers to look after the robot baby she has brought home from her prenatal class, but it turns out that Mrs Brown's babysitting techniques are not exactly orthodox. And Maria has some exciting news for the Brown family.

When Agnes's family starts making comments about her weight, she decides to go on a diet and quickly discovers just how difficult it is to overcome her craving for fish and chips.Cathy brings her new, older man home. He is a psychiatrist and seems much more interested in Agnes than in Cathy.Meanwhile, Rory has a professional dilemma when he discovers some illegal drugs at work.

Spartacus, the old family dog, is looking poorly. Reluctantly, the family decide the time has come to put her in a home. However, when the Brown children gather together to decide how to break the sad news to their mother, Agnes gets the wrong end of the stick. Under the impression that her children are planning on putting her in a nursing home, a furious Agnes sets out to persuade her children she is not going senile.

There is bickering aplenty in the Brown household, as Rory and Dino are on the rocks and Agnes and Betty rub each other up the wrong way. With Maria about to give birth, Cathy convinces Agnes to build bridges and invite Maria's mother Hillary out for dinner. However, the night comes to an abrupt end when Maria goes into labour. Can the family get Maria to the hospital in time?

It's party time in the Brown household as the family celebrate the baptism of Dermot and Maria's triplets. A hypnotist is booked to provide the entertainment, and an unwitting Agnes and Winnie are put under his spell. Meanwhile, Agnes's kitchen is falling apart, but she soon discovers that this is the least of her problems when son Mark delivers some heartbreaking news.

Agnes is disappointed with Cathy when she decides to get a boob job to impress her boyfriend, Professor Clowne. Agnes is also distinctly unimpressed with Buster when she meets the man he has hired to measure up her kitchen. Meanwhile, Professor Clowne has a life-changing proposal for Cathy - if he could only find the perfect moment to ask her his very important question.

Agnes is desperate for a holiday but cannot find anyone to look after Grandad. It seems her only option is to convince a health inspector that Grandad is losing his marbles. Sparks fly when Rory and Dino move into Mrs Brown's house, and Agnes' late husband Redser gets in touch from beyond the grave with some very ominous news...

Everyone in the Brown family has a date for Valentine's Day except Agnes. Can she really start internet dating at her age? Dermot has to prove to Maria that he is still romantic, and Agnes and Winnie are fascinated by Betty's book, the ABC of Sex. Meanwhile, Grandad becomes addicted to Viagra.

It's all kicking off in the Brown residence, as Rory and Dino have a bust-up and Mark and Betty announce their imminent departure to Australia. Plus, after a strange phone call from a solicitor, Agnes' children start to suspect one of them might be adopted. Meanwhile, Father Quinn is back from rehab, but with Agnes having trouble with a mobile phone, how long will it be before he goes back in?

Wedding mania descends on the Brown household as the family prepare for Rory and Dino's big day. Agnes looks forward to the wedding until she meets their overbearing celebrity wedding planner La La Doggy. Meanwhile, Agnes gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to entertain Cathy's boyfriend's parents.

Agnes is feeling down in the dumps, and granddad's bowel movements aren't helping matters. The place is a mess, and she can't seem to get any sleep and to make things worse, Maria's home remedies end in disaster. Will the family show some much-needed and long overdue appreciation for poor Agnes?

Agnes decides to try out speed-dating at Foley's, while a promotional scheme by Buster and Dermott backfires for the salon – can Agnes and Winnie step in to save the day? The arrival of a new neighbour puts Agnes and Winnie's friendship to the test.

Rumours swirl around Finglas that Agnes has won the lotto jackpot, but a DNA test and the surprise return visit of Cathy's old friend leaves Agnes questioning her past.

Dermot and Maria renew their wedding vows, forcing Agnes to organise the ceremony with arch-nemesis Hillary, while a mountain trek for Fathers Damien and Trevor goes wrong.

Mrs Brown becomes a podcast sensation – without even leaving the house. Cathy is horrified to discover her mother has accidentally hijacked her new podcast project. 

Agnes panics when Grandad says he's leaving, and Foley's hosts its annual chaotic talent show.

Agnes helps Winnie learn to drive, risking life and limb across Finglas.

Cathy's book group gets an unexpected new member – Agnes. After accidentally picking up one of Cathy's novels, Agnes discovers she has a surprising fondness for steamy fiction. When she gatecrashes the next group meeting to share her, ahem, insights, Cathy is mortified.