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.

Kevin rearranges the house to his liking after his buddies convince him that Donna makes all their decisions and has organized the house for her own benefit. Meanwhile, Kendra enlists her Uncle Kyle to help toughen up Chale.

Kevin thinks he's got it made when he hires someone, via a new online app, to do household chores for him while he plays football with his buddies and then takes all the credit with Donna.

After Kevin witnesses Donna and her friends' raucous laughter during their book club gathering, he tries to spice up his own social life by evaluating how each of his buddies could be more fun.

Kevin forgets his wedding anniversary and tries to use Goody's heroic cop story to bail himself out.

Kevin and Donna try to sabotage their son's friendship with a boy from school after meeting the kid's arrogant father and pushy mom.

On Halloween, Kevin and Donna's neighbors "trick" them in holiday style when they pretend not to be home to avoid giving out candy. Also, Chale has an altercation with a man dressed as a Viking.

Kevin gets jealous when he hears how happy his former patrol partner is with the extremely well fit rookie now riding with him and sets out to show his old friend what he's missing

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

A newly retired police officer realizes taking care of his family is a job in its own right.

Kevin's resolve to spend more quality time with his family is put to the ultimate test when his buddies surprise him with concert tickets to his favorite musician, fellow Long Islander Billy Joel.

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.

After Kevin learns Chale took a job to buy Kendra an engagement ring, he decides to make good on his overdue promise to buy Donna a proper 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 brags about saving a man from choking after hearing how much attention his brother Kyle is receiving for saving a cat.

When he catches them "cheating" on him with his colleague. Also, 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.

Approval by becoming more involved in the church, Kevin's drive to get the church for Kendra becomes an insatiable desire to get revenge on his old rival.

Kevin concocts an elaborate plan to get out of having to spend time with Donna's cousin Irene and her chatty husband.

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

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 gets caught in a web of lies trying to impress his new friend.

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

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

Kevin is strong-armed by his undercover partner, Vanessa, to extend their investigation by attending a fraudulent dealer's weekend art show in Boston, causing him to miss Mets Fantasy Camp with his buddies. Also, Chale's dream job is not what it seems, and Donna mouths off to her boss.