Kevin Can Wait

Kevin, a newly retired police officer, faces tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets. In the opener, Kevin's retirement plans go awry when he learns his wife has shielded him from key family problems while he worked as a cop and that he must now face them head-on.

After realizing that Donna has arranged the house to her liking, Kevin resolves to take it back. Kendra tries to toughen up Chale.

Kevin secretly hires someone to do his chores so he can play football with his friends.

Having deemed his friends boring, Kevin wrangles an invitation to accompany Donna to her hard-partying book club.

Kevin and Donna’s anniversary exposes a lie he told years ago to protect Goody.

Finding a new friend for Jack lands Kevin and Donna in an uncomfortable relationship with the boy’s unbearable parents.

Donna and Kevin decide to forego handing out Halloween candy in favor of a new holiday where they try to hide from any trick-or-treaters.

Kevin is hurt by how easily his old partner has replaced him with a rookie cop who can do no wrong.

Kevin takes a job as a bartender but he goes too far when he starts dispensing unsolicited advice to his customers.

After Kevin quits his part-time gig as a supermarket security guard, Donna suggests that he try to make money by doing something he is passionate about.

Kevin insists that the family bond over Sunday dinner, unaware that his friends are planning a big surprise that same night.

Kevin volunteers to help Mott and his seven kids prepare for the holidays while Mott's wife is away, much to the dismay of Donna who is left high and dry on her own until Kyle swoops in to help.

Kevin tries to make good on an overdue promise to buy Donna a proper engagement ring, but his plan backfires when he tries to surprise her.

While Kevin tries to charm his elderly neighbor into giving him permission to cut down one of her trees, he gets intimidated by her son and inadvertently invites them to his house for a non-existent party.

Kevin’s life-saving act of heroism is overshadowed by Kyle’s rescue of a cat from an apartment fire.

Kevin and Donna jeopardize their chance for a kid-free vacation care of their chiropractor when he catches them using his colleague's services. Meanwhile, Kyle, still bitter that Kevin overlooked him to be best man at his wedding to Donna, tries to convince Chale to give him that responsibility

Kevin competes with his childhood nemesis who is intent on reserving the same church date for his daughter's nuptials that Kendra wants for her wedding to Chale. Both men battle for the priest's approval by becoming more involved in the church.

Kevin concocts an elaborate plan to avoid spending time with Donna's cousin and her chatty husband by forming a neighborhood watch group with his buddies.

Kevin and Chale get jobs working in the warehouse at an electronics store to help pay for the wedding, but Chale's quick promotion to the sales floor kick-starts Kevin's competitive side.

After Goody and Didi invite the Motts on a weekend getaway with them, Kevin and Donna are offended by the friendship demotion and go online to find new couples to hang out with.

Kevin strikes up an unlikely friendship with Harry Connick Jr., but he gets caught in a web of lies trying to impress his new friend.

Donna says she'll send Kevin to the Mets Fantasy Camp if he lowers his cholesterol, so Chale secretly coaches Kevin through a juice cleanse.

Part 1 of 2. Kevin begrudgingly agrees to come out of retirement, briefly, to reprise an undercover assignment where he and his old rival Vanessa Cellucci (Leah Remini) once again pose as husband and wife. Meanwhile, Donna is up for a promotion; Kendra gets accepted to law school; and Chale lands a lucrative new job.

Part 2 of 2. Season 1 ends with Kevin being forced by his undercover partner (Leah Remini) to extend their investigation by attending a fraudulent dealer's weekend art show in Boston, which causes Kevin to miss the Mets Fantasy Camp with his buddies. Meanwhile, Chale discovers his dream job isn't what it seems; and Donna mouths off to her boss.