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 Marias problem by giving Maria the benefit of her advice. But her heart-to-heart with Maria only succeeds in making the dispute worse.

Agnes becomes concerned when Dermot announces he wants to ask his childhood friend Buster, a known criminal, to be his best man. Mrs Brown is distracted when her neighbour Winnies husband is rushed to hospital, leaving her son trying to raise money for his wedding by becoming embroiled in a money-making scam with his friend.

Dermots pre-marriage nerves get the better of him and he locks himself away in a cupboard, so it is up to Agnes, Fr Quinn and best man Buster to try to calm him down. Meanwhile, Rory tells his mother he is gay.

Agnes Brown’s son, Dermot, and his new wife, Maria, have a baby on the way, and they are desperate for a place of their own, as the smash-hit comedy written by and starring Brendan O’Carroll continues. The newlyweds just can’t afford to move out, but Mrs Brown has a plan to help her son. Loving mother that she is, Agnes has promised the couple the money from Grandad’s life insurance policy payout for a deposit for their own home. There’s just one minor hitch – Grandad is not dead. Caught between a suspicious insurance company and her God-fearing son, Trevor, Agnes has to resort to desperate measures to keep Grandad out of sight and her dream alive.

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 pre-natal class, but it turns out that Mrs Browns babysitting techniques are not exactly orthodox. And Maria has some exciting news for the Brown family.

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.

A hypnotist is booked to provide the entertainment at the triplets baptism - and Agnes soon finds herself under his spell. Meanwhile, the matriarchs kitchen is falling apart - but that turns out to be the least of her problems when son Mark delivers some heartbreaking news.

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 Browns house, and Agnes late husband Redser gets in touch from beyond the grave with some very ominous news...

A secretive phone call from a solicitor to Mrs Brown leaves her children suspecting one of them may be adopted, while Father Quinn returns from rehab and asks Agnes to help out at his annual garden party - although as she proceeds to drive him crazy with a smartphone, his recovery may be short-lived. Meanwhile, Cathy receives a blast from the past, Rory and Dino have a bust-up, and Mark and Betty deliver bad news - they are leaving for Australia right away.

Agnes is feeling down in the dumps, and granddad’s bowel movements aren’t helping matters. The place is a mess, 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?

Lotto fever has hit Foley’s bar, and it doesn’t take long before rumours swirl around Finglas that Agnes is the jackpot winner. Meanwhile, a DNA test and the surprise return visit of Cathy’s childhood friend leaves Agnes with some serious questions to answer about her past. Guest-starring Debra Stephenson.