Mama's Family
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
Zirconias Are A Girl's Best Friend
The Harpers, led by Iola, devise their own cure for Mama when she becomes hooked on television shopping.
Educating Mama
Bubba's not the only Harper who'll be going to night school when the family coerces Mama to join him to get her high school equivalency diploma.
A Room With No View
After the latest family squabble, Iola convinces Mama to form a family council to vote on issues.
The Key to the Crime
Vint is mistakenly accused of being Raytown's serial burglar, "The Courteous Crook," following a break-in at the Harper house. Determined to prove Vint's innocence, Mama and Iola set out in "Cagney and Lacey" fashion to solve the crime.
Gift Horse
Mama and Iola have a huge fight when Iola discovers the Harpers are selling her handicrafts behind her back at their garage sale.
A Big Hand for Mama
When Mama is almost struck by lightning and nearly loses her life, she feels reborn. The Harper family takes full advantage of her new attitude, but whether they can handle it or not remains to be seen.
Teacher's Pet
Mama gets a crush on her night school teacher (Joseph Campanella) and enlists the family's help to attract his attention.
Child's Play
The Harper family has more than its hands full when they are asked to watch the Reverend and Mrs. Meechum's 8-year-old grandson. The little brat drives them mad, and when he ends up staying the night, Mama gets irate as only Mama can.
Flounder's Day
When Verna May Rae passes on, Mama finally gets the opportunity to sing "Raytown, O Raytown" on Founder's Day. It's been 50 years since she first auditioned, and this time she will stop at nothing to win.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Finances not only cause Vint and Naomi to separate but also force them to remain living at home with Mama. Mama, on the other hand, is so miserable that she has no alternative but to force them back together.
I Do, I Don't
After attending a big wedding, Bubba, Iola, and Mama each fantasize about what it would be like to be married and each realizes that, for now, that "heaven can wait!
Bed and Breakdown
When the Tri-State fair comes to Raytown, Mama takes in weekend boarders in order to buy a new stove. All "bed" lam breaks loose when they overbook and the family winds up sleeping together in the same room.
Workman's Holiday
Vint is so embarrassed when Mama brings his childhood lunchbox to work that he accidentally cuts his finger and takes it to his bed, refusing to go back to work.
Mama's Girls
To get Aunt Effie to follow her doctor's advice to exercise, Mama persuades her to join a tap dance class at the Senior Citizens Center. Mama soon takes over the class, forming a troupe of blue-haired hoofers that becomes the toast of Raytown.
Mama Gets the Bird
When Mama's crazy old Uncle Oscar passes on, he leaves her his talking parrot, Captain Petey, who convinces the family that Mama was left a treasure worth more than $50,000, which is hidden somewhere in the house.
Mama Mania
Naomi is persuaded to join a longtime friend from high school in a women's tag team wrestling match. But when Mama accidentally knocks out the friend, she and Naomi must take on the "Masked Mabels" as the "Queen Bees.
A Friend Indeed
Mama becomes jealous when Iola spends all her time with her new best friend, Arlene. But she soon discovers that Arlene can hardly wait to get the clinging Iola out of her life.
Mama Sees Red
The Harpers are chosen as the "typical American family" to be visited by Olga, a "typical Russian homemaker," who not only cleans their house inside and out but also decides to stay.
Pomp and Circumstance
A disappointed Bubba refuses to go to his graduation when he learns his parents will not be there. Mama, the valedictorian and speaker for the commencement, won't go without him, and they both nearly miss the ceremony.
The Sins of the Mother
When Mama overreacts to Bubba coming home drunk, he learns that he has triggered painful memories for Mama of an embarrassing "drunken" incident with Eunice.
Bubba's Double Date
When Bubba's date for the prom cancels at the last minute, Mama, unbeknownst to him, fixes him up with Iola's shy, homely niece Vernette.
Naomi's Identity Crisis
When Naomi loses her memory, Mama takes advantage of her condition to turn her into the perfect housewife, much to the dismay of the rest of the family.
Mama on Jeopardy
Alex Trebek guest stars when Iola's crush on the "Jeopardy" game show host turns into a bonanza! Mama accompanies Iola to an audition for the show, but Mama not only becomes the contestant but also wins a trip to Hawaii for the entire family.
Mama Goes Hawaiian, Part I
The Harpers are off to Hawaii for a week filled with frolic, romance, and surprises in the first part of a special two-part episode.
Mama Goes Hawaiian, Part II
In Hawaii, Mama schemes to rid herself of the man she saved from drowning, in the conclusion of a special two-part episode filmed on location in Maui.
