Mama's Family Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Mama's Family: Season 6 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 6 Episode 20: Bye-Bye, Baby!

  Mama helps when Naomi goes into labor.

• Season 6 Episode 19: There Is Nothing Like the Dames

  Mama's luncheon for an exclusive club goes awry.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Look Who's Breathing

  Mama describes parenthood to Naomi's childbirth class.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Pinup Mama

  Mama tries to lure elderly men to a church dance.

• Season 6 Episode 16: The Big Nap

  Mama turns sleuth to find Iola's mother.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Guess Who's Going to Dinner

  Vint wins dinner for two, with either Mama or Naomi.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Mama Gets Goosed

  A live goose, meant to be Christmas dinner, becomes a pet.

• Season 6 Episode 13: Mama Takes a Dive

  Mama slips on a roll of pennies and sues the bank.

• Season 6 Episode 12: War of the Roses

  Mama and Iola vie in an annual rose competition.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Bubba's House Band

  Bubba brings home an all-female heavy-metal band.

• Season 6 Episode 10: Mama Takes Stock

  Mama wields her portfolio to save Vint's job.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Take My Mama, Please!

  Mama heckles a comic, who challenges her to do better.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Psychic Pheno-Mama

  A psychic (Liz Torres) has messages from Mama's husband.

• Season 6 Episode 7: Mama Fights Back

  Mama becomes a consumer advocate on radio.

• Season 6 Episode 6: A Blast From the Past

  A reunion exposes Mama's junior-high reputation.

• Season 6 Episode 5: Tri-State's Most Wanted

  Mama suspects her charming date is a wanted killer.

• Season 6 Episode 4: Now Hear This

  A home intercom system encourages eavesdropping.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Mr. Wrong

  Mama confronts Iola's boorish new beau.

• Season 6 Episode 2: An Affair to Forget

  Mama and Iola spy on Vint and his pretty trainee.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Mama's Medicine Show

  Mama peddles an intoxicating miracle tonic.

Mama's Family: Season 5 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 5 Episode 25: Mama Takes Three

  Mama may ruin Vint and Naomi's chances to adopt.

• Season 5 Episode 24: Dependence Day

  Mama's advice backfires when Iola becomes her houseguest.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Hate Thy Neighbor

  Bubba falls for the granddaughter of Mama's old enemy.

• Season 5 Episode 22: The Mama of Invention

  Mama goes under cover to expose a con man.

• Season 5 Episode 21: A Taxing Situation

  Mama fears a tax audit.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Reading the Riot Act

  Mama's church league learns a secret about its president.

• Season 5 Episode 19: There's No Place Like ... No Place

  Mama is arrested at a rally for homeless people.

• Season 5 Episode 18: April Fools

  Mama seeks revenge for April Fools' Day pranks.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Mama 'in One

  Mama's quiet weekend alone turns to boredom.

• Season 5 Episode 16: More Power to You

  The lights go off when Mama will not pay a bill.

• Season 5 Episode 15: My Phony Valentine

  Mama pretends to have a banquet date so Iola won't stay home.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Mama's Layaway Plan

  Mama plans ahead for her funeral.

• Season 5 Episode 13: The Big Wheel

  Mama unwittingly gives a winning lottery ticket to Iola.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Mama Bell

  An answering machine and a stray dog give Mama the wrong idea.

• Season 5 Episode 11: What a Dump

  The mayor wants to raze the Harper house for a landfill.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Bedtime for Bubba

  Mama suspects Bubba of more than studying with a pretty classmate.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Very Dirty Dancing

  Mama challenges Vint and Naomi in a dance contest.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Full House

  Mama takes over Vint's poker party.

• Season 5 Episode 7: My Mama, Myself

  Mama has visions of her overbearing mother.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Found Money

  A malfunctioning automatic teller gives Mama $800.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Many Unhappy Returns

  Thinking it is for her, Mama returns a bracelet.

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Really Loud Family

  Bubba videotapes his family for a class project.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Naomi's New Position

  Naomi's boss wants to trade favors for a promotion.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Ladies' Choice

  Mama and Iola vie to be president of a church group.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Baby Talk

  Mama objects to Vint and Naomi's parental plans.

Mama's Family: Season 4 (1987)

• Season 4 Episode 23: Mama on 'Jeopardy!'

  Mama appears on 'Jeopardy!'; with Alex Trebek.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Naomi's Identity Crisis

  Mama molds amnesiac Naomi into a perfect housewife.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Bubba's Double Date

  Mama arranges a date for Bubba with Iola's shy niece.

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Sins of the Mother

  Bubba's drunkenness triggers bad memories for Mama.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Pomp and Circumstance

  Mama and Bubba almost miss high-school graduation.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Mama Sees Red

  A typical Soviet homemaker visits the Harpers.

• Season 4 Episode 17: A Friend Indeed

  Mama is jealous when Iola acquires a new best friend.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Mama Mania

  Mama and Naomi team up for tag-team wrestling.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Mama Gets the Bird

  Mama inherits her crazy uncle's talking parrot.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Mama's Girls

  Mama leads a senior-citizens' tap-dancing troupe.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Workman's Holiday

  Mama upsets Vint by bringing his lunch pail to work.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Bed and Breakdown

  Mama takes in boarders to get money for a new stove.

• Season 4 Episode 11: I Do, I Don't

  Bubba, Iola and Mama fantasize about marriage.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

  Separated Vint and Naomi still must live with Mama.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Flounder's Day

  Mama fights to sing on Founder's Day.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Child's Play

  The Harpers baby-sit for the minister's grandson.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Teacher's Pet

  Mama falls for her night-school teacher.

• Season 4 Episode 6: A Big Hand for Mama

  Mama is reborn after a close lightning strike.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Gift Horse

  Iola finds her handicrafts in Mama's garage sale.

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Key to the Crime

  Mama and Iola investigate Vint's arrest.

• Season 4 Episode 3: A Room With No View

  Iola convinces Mama to form a family council.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Educating Mama

  Bubba convinces Mama to join him in night school.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Zirconias Are a Girl's Best Friend

  The family must cure TV-shopper Mama.

Mama's Family: Season 3 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 3 Episode 25: The Best Policy

  Mama thinks Naomi is trying to get Vint's insurance.

• Season 3 Episode 24: After the Fall

  Mama helps Aunt Effie recover from a concussion.

• Season 3 Episode 23: It Takes Two to Watusi

  Bubba must stand in for Luann's blind date.

• Season 3 Episode 22: Mama With the Golden Arm

  Mama trains for an arm-wrestling championship.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Buck Private Bubba

  Bubba enlists in the Army to impress his girlfriend.

• Season 3 Episode 20: Mama's Cousin

  Mama feels inferior when her rich cousin visits.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Fangs Alot, Mama

  Naomi feels neglected when Vint joins a men's club.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Birthright

  Vint becomes convinced that he is adopted.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Have It Mama's Way

  Mama and Bubba clash in a fast-food competition.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Santa Mama

  A grumpy Mama must fill in as Santa at the Raytown mall.

• Season 3 Episode 15: Porn Again

  Mama joins a group that opposes pornography.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Desperately Seeking Anyone

  Iola's blind date sets his sights on Mama.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Where There's Smoke

  Bubba hides a reform-school runaway in his room.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Grandma USA

  Mama participates in a 'Grandma USA' pageant.

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Love Letter

  A misplaced love letter puts the clan in an uproar.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Steal One, Pearl Two

  Iola thinks that Bubba stole her heirloom necklace.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Mama and Dr. Brothers

  Naomi seeks advice on sex from Dr. Joyce Brothers.

• Season 3 Episode 8: An Ill Wind

  A Thanksgiving tornado traps the clan in the cellar.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Cat's Meow

  Iola wants to freeze-dry her recently deceased cat.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Fly Naomi

  Naomi decides to become a flight attendant.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Best Medicine

  Ellen returns home for an operation.

• Season 3 Episode 4: National Mama

  Mama dreams the names of winning racehorses.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Where There's a Will

  Aunt Fran's will contains one last condition.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Farewell, Frannie

  Grandson Bubba arrives in time for Aunt Fran's wake.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Soup to Nuts

  Mama, Naomi and Iola compete in a chili cook-off.

Mama's Family: Season 2 (1983 - 1988)

• Season 2 Episode 24: Mama Goes Hawaiian

  The Harpers head for Hawaii.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Mama Goes Hawaiian

  A man Mama saved from drowning tags along.

• Season 2 Episode 22: A Grave Mistake

  Thelma learns Carl's headstone is on the wrong grave.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Dear Aunt Fran

  Mama helps Fran write an advice column.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Mama Cries Uncle

  Mama's long-lost brother-in-law arrives and charms everyone except her.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Mama's Birthday

  Mama recalls her 30th birthday.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Harper Versus Harper

  A broken appliance lands Mama and Naomi in court.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Mama for Mayor

  Mayor Mama is in over her head.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Mama for Mayor

  Mama runs for mayor.

• Season 2 Episode 15: No Room at the Inn

  Mama busts in on Vint and Naomi's anniversary.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Supermarket

  A supermarket hires Mama as a consultant.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Mama Buys a Car

  Mama takes revenge on a used-car salesman.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Black Belt Mama

  Mugging-victim Mama learns self-defense.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Mama Learns to Drive

  The family decides to teach Mama to drive.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Mama Who Came to Dinner

  Back pain floors Mama during a party.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Amateur Night

  Vint is star-struck after winning a talent contest.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Aunt Gert Rides Again

  Mama tries to revitalize an aging cousin.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Ellen's Boyfriend

  The family learns Ellen dates a younger man.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Obscene Call

  Naomi receives obscene phone calls.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Rashomama

  Vint tries to get to the bottom of Mama's mishap.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Naomi and the Stork

  Naomi thinks she is pregnant.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Country Club

  The family heads out to see Ellen get an award.

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Return of Leonard Oates

  Naomi's second husband pursues her.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Flaming Forties

  Mama turns nostalgic to save a high-school dance.

Mama's Family: Season 1 (1983)

• Season 1 Episode 13: Mama's Silver

  Vint hocks Mama's silver to bail out a friend.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Positive Thinking

  Eunice assumes a positive-thinking philosophy.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Alien Marriage

  Vint is offered $1,600 to marry a Portuguese woman.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Fran's Dress

  Mama ruins Fran's dress, and tries to replace it.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Mama's Boyfriend

  Mama takes a weekend trip with an old beau.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Double Standard

  Sonia rebels when Buzz gets a later curfew.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Mama Gets a Job

  Mama goes to work for a travel agency.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Cellmates

  Mama and Eunice share confidences in jail.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Family Feud

  The clan goes on 'Family Feud.'

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Wedding

  Vint's family arrives to stay at Mama's.

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Wedding

  Bride Naomi starts a rumor about Ellen's husband.

• Season 1 Episode 2: For Better or Worse

  Vint and Naomi announce wedding plans.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Vint and the Kids Move In

  Evicted Vint shows up with his children.