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. When Betty and Mrs Brown meet to discuss Mark's problem, they unsurprisingly come to blows. Unfortunately their row happens in front of Dermot's posh future mother-in-law Mrs Nicholson, who has come round to discuss arrangements for her daughter's wedding. Horrified by what she witnesses, Mrs Nicholson decides that the Brown family are so rough she'll try to stop them attending the wedding. Then Mrs Brown spots Betty with another man, and concludes that Betty and Mark have fallen out because Betty is having an affair. But when she finally confronts Betty, Agnes is confounded to discover that Mark is the one who has something to hide: a guilty secret for which Agnes has only herself to blame.

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 can't 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 - money-making 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'll 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."

Dermot and Maria's wedding is just days away and tensions are running high in the Brown household. The groom is getting cold feet. His best man Buster can't find anything good to say about Dermot in his speech. To cap it all Agnes Brown is mystified why her daughter Cathy has given her a book on homosexuality. Is she trying to tell her mother that one of the family is gay? When Dermot's pre-marriage nerves get the better of him, he does what he always does when stressed. He locks himself in the cupboard. Father Quinn is bemused to have to give Maria and Dermot their pre-marriage talk in slightly unusual circumstances - with the mother of the groom in attendance and the groom in the cupboard. If Dermot won't reappear for the priest, how on earth is Agnes going to persuade him to come out in time for his wedding? Meanwhile, Agnes Brown goes on a hunt for the homosexual in the family. Eventually she realises who it is. With help from Cathy and a greetings card, Agnes reassures them, and herself, as only she can.

Agnes Brown thinks everyone has gone mad. Father Quinn is losing his faith as fast as he loses parishioners. Newlyweds Dermot and Maria won't stop fighting. And Grandad has decided he'd like to witness his own funeral. He's keen to hear all the nice things people will say about him at his funeral, but while he's still alive to enjoy them. Maria tells Mrs Brown why she and Dermot have been arguing so much. She thinks they should move out of the Brown household, but Dermot is resisting. Dermot, meanwhile, is scheming with Buster to make some quick cash so he can afford a first home for him and Maria. The Browns decide to make Grandad happy by secretly staging his funeral. But their plans start to go awry when Mrs. Brown mistakes two Mormons for the men who are supposed to be delivering Grandad's coffin. Then, at the fake funeral, Grandad is horrified to find that no-one has anything nice to say about him after all. And the mourners get a shock when the corpse comes back to life. Only a quick-thinking Mrs. Brown can save the day.

It's Christmas and all across Ireland mothers are looking forward to their loved ones returning home. With her son Trevor coming back from the missions abroad for the first time in four years, Agnes Brown is determined to make this Christmas a truly special celebration. Her only problems? Son Dermot is under pressure to spend Christmas with his new in-laws, the posh Nicholsons, and his mother-in-law Hillary is doing her best to belittle Agnes's efforts to decorate the Brown family home. Dermot's dodgy mate Buster is having trouble delivering the turkey. And to cap it all, there's no sign of any snow.

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 are 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 an escaped lion. The only person who seems to be having a good day is neighbour Winnie: thanks to his new medication, her husband Jacko's libido is back.

There's baby fever in 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's brought home from he pre-natal class, but it turns out that Mrs Brown's babysitting techniques aren't exactly orthodox. And Maria has some exciting news for the Brown family.

Agnes is spitting feathers after her family start making comments about her weight. She decides to go on a diet, but it's not long before she's craving fish and chips. Cathy brings her new, older man home. He's a psychiatrist and seems much more interested in Agnes than he does 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's not going senile.

There's bickering aplenty in the Brown household this week 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 Hilliary 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' 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 is looking 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 faces her busiest Christmas yet with Trevor visiting and Grandson Bono sleeping over. Added to that Dermot is now the proud father of triplets. Also, Cathy instigates a clever plan for revenge after Agnes opens her mail. And when Agnes hears that the nativity play is cancelled, she decides to stage her own, despite Father Damien's objections.

Agnes Brown has finally been given permission to stage her own Nativity Play and is determined to put on the greatest show on Earth. The only thing standing in her way now is Father Damien. During the play however things get out of control as people mess up their lines and three men dress up as Elvis Presley for the Three Kings. Eventually Agnes is kicked out and Cathy takes over making the play a big success.