Mrs. Brown's Boys - Season 2 (2012)

When all of her kids declare that she's overweight, Agnes reluctantly begins a diet, but she soon begins to cheat. Suffering from heartburn she innocently swallows pills that Rory confiscated from the hair salon, where he's been promoted to manager, but they're not heartburn pills and they make her act oddly. Professor Clowne, Cathy's boyfriend, finds Agnes' behavior fascinating and becomes more determined to interview her for his book.

Family dog Spartacus is 15 years old and sick and the family discusses putting her in a home 'with other old bitches,' but when Agnes overhears she thinks they're referring to her. Their search for the right moment to tell Agnes coincides with the surprise birthday party they're throwing for her, and their secretive nature is driving her to distraction. Ultimately the truth is revealed and the family heads to the pub for Agnes's celebration; unfortunately Spartacus has worsened and has had to be put to sleep.

After Rory and his boyfriend argue and make up, Cathy feels that Agnes should make more effort to get on with Hillary, so Agnes asks her out to the pub. Initially Hillary is unimpressed, but after a couple of ciders she's ready to arm-wrestle anybody. But the outing is cut short when Maria is rushed to hospital and gives birth to triplets. After Mark shows Betty his romantic side, the only way to end the series is a song performed by the entire cast.

Mrs. Brown accidentally destroys her Christmas tree; and when Father Damien visits to tell her she can't be the Virgin Mary in the church Nativity play because there won't be one this year, she writes her own version. Cathy fools her into believing that she's being filmed secretly for a "mother-of-the-year"-search TV show, and suddenly Mrs. Brown is uncharacteristically nice to everyone.

Agnes prepares for her unorthodox Nativity play, "Men Are Bastards!" She finds parts for all the family and their friends, though the animals provided by Dermot are not exactly biblical. Having survived being locked into a wrist magnet to cure her rheumatism Agnes takes to the stage, but the production is a disaster: Buster's Angel Gabriel gets badly singed, Father Damien's trousers are ripped off him by the magnet, a shocked Hilary faints on stage, and Agnes has lost the Baby Jesus doll and enlists Grandad for the role It's time for Cathy to sack her mother and rally...