Vint and Naomi's wedding takes place, but upon discovering that their business deal was a scam that cost them all their money, the family returns to live in Mama's house.

Vint takes the family on the game show Family Feud (with Richard Dawson), so they can attempt to win $10,000.

Mama, Vint and Ed throw Eunice a surprise birthday party at the Bigger Jigger, but a ruckus ensues causing Eunice and Mama to be arrested and spend the evening in a jail cell.

After learning that Aunt Effie has gotten a job as a filing clerk at the courthouse, Mama gets a job and must juggle learning how to use an office phone, dealing with customers, and being interrupted by phone calls from her over-dependent relatives.

Buzz and Sonja are getting ready for their high school's Homecoming dance, but Vint gives the younger Buzz a later curfew because he is a boy.

Mama has a date with her old beau Woody, whom she has not seen in 40 years, and they decide to spend the weekend together out of town against her family's wishes.

Mama accidentally scorches the dress Fran is to wear at an awards banquet that evening, and she and Ellen must race to find a replacement before Fran returns home.

Eunice starts listening to a positive-thinking tape and her outlook is transformed into newfound optimism and self-confidence, but her cheeriness quickly fades as she is pushed around by the people in her life.

In another flashback episode, Vinton gets a call from his ne'er-do-well friend Claude Canemaker, who needs $250 to post bail, and Vint secretly pawns Mama's silver when no one will lend him the money.

When Ellen is awarded Raytown's "Woman of the Year" at the Raytown Country Club, Mayor Tutweiler invites her family to the ceremony, where their crude behavior embarrasses her.

Mama is in the hospital, having been hit on the head with a stew pot. In flashbacks, Naomi, Ellen, and Eunice each tell Vint a different account of how it happened.

After Naomi starts receiving obscene telephone calls, Mama, Fran and Vint initially suggest it is Naomi's fault because of her clothes and personality, but they quickly realize how indiscriminate the caller is while Naomi is away.

Ellen starts dating a much-younger man named Glen and hides him from her family because of the age difference. Meanwhile, Vinton wins a dinner for four...at the restaurant where Ellen and Glen are dining that evening.

Mama's cousin Gert (Imogene Coca), once a spirited and vivacious woman, is now in a nursing home that has left her sedate and lifeless. Mama attempts to reinvigorate her and the fellow residents at Gert's birthday party.

After Mama causes a ruckus at the Food Circus where Naomi works, the manager offers her a job as a customer consultant, stationed beside Naomi's checkout counter.

When Mama ridicules Mayor Tutweiler at a re-election press conference at her house, he challenges her to run against him. This leads to tireless campaigning, a debate, and Ellen's attempts to stop Mama from running for office.

After winning the office of mayor, Mama soon discovers that she is not prepared for the job as the entire town turns against her.

All Mama wants for her birthday is for someone to help her clean out the attic, so Buzz helps her. While they work, he asks her to tell him about her 30th birthday party. In a flashback, she recalls how everything went wrong that day.

Mama's brother-in-law Roy Harper shows up and charms the entire family except for Mama, who has mixed feelings about him. Guest Star: Murray Hamilton as Roy Harper.

When Mama visits Carl's grave, she is upset to discover that another woman is buried next to him in Mama's reserved plot.

Two years after the final NBC show, Fran has just died of "natural causes" and Mama is determined to give her late sister something she never had: a "perfect day", but one disaster after another strikes. Adding to the aggravation, Mama's grandson Bubba is unexpectedly released from Juvenile Hall into her guardianship.

The executor of Fran's will informs the family that Fran was worth $35,000. However, in order to receive the money, Fran's will stipulates that Mama must not lose her temper for a period of two weeks.

Ellen stops by with a gift for Mama and attempts to apologize for missing Aunt Fran's funeral; Mama refuses to forgive her and throws her out. Later, Mama learns that Ellen is in the hospital.

When Mama's dreams start providing the names of winning horses, the family figures they're in the money.

Mama, Iola, and Naomi decide to have to a chili cook-off (with Vint as judge), with the winner getting her recipe in the church-bazaar cookbook.

When Mama makes a bid to be President of the Church Ladies' League, she decides that she must charm Reverend Meechum and his critical wife Alberta by inviting them to dinner. However, she must make room for an uninvited guest when an escapee from juvenile hall suddenly shows up looking for Bubba. Guest Yeardley Smith.

Mama is surprised to learn she was entered in the Grandma USA contest by Bubba. She is at first reluctant to compete, but changes her mind when she finds out the grand prize is a dream kitchen, complete with a self-cleaning oven.

Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama but charms the family with her lifestyle and her never-ending stories.

When Mama becomes addicted to TV home shopping, her family must intervene when the credit-card bill arrives.

Vint plays golf with three men who mistakenly believe that he is a stock-market insider, and Mama goes on the hunt for a special Hawaiian lamp, while doing her best to avoid the "beach bum" who has been following her around the island.

When Mama tries to use the bank's ATM, it malfunctions and gives her $800, and she is unsure whether to keep it or give it back to the bank.

When Mama finds herself alone in the house all weekend after Iola, Bubba, Vint, and Naomi leave town, it seems like a dream come true — until boredom and loneliness set in.

After being told that they cannot conceive a child, Vint and Naomi try to adopt, but a psychiatrist must meet with them and Mama before granting his approval.