Mama comes to the aid of Aunt Effie when she suffers a concussion after falling off the roof. 

Mama suspects Naomi of trying to cash in on Vint's life insurance policy.

Naomi feels neglected when Vint decides to join an elite men's club.

Bubba has his first experience with an older woman when he's a stand-in on a blind date.

Mama emerges as a contender in an arm-wrestling competition and the entire family trains her for the championship event.

Mama's worldly cousin irritates Mama with stories about her extraordinary life style. 

Bubba enlists in the Army to impress his girlfriend.

Mama has a sudden change of heart about participating in the Grandma USA contest when she learns that the grand prize includes a new car and a dream kitchen.

After finding a note left on the front porch, Vint  begins to think Thelma adopted him as a baby and soon arranges to meet the woman he suspects is his real mother.

Bubba and Mama apply for the same job at a local fast-food stand.

Mama joins a group that opposes pornography.

Mama and Naomi's plan to find a date for Iola backfires when the intended only has eyes for Mama. 

Mama's not in the merriest of moods when she's forced to play Santa at the mall.

Tired of her supermarket job, Naomi takes a flyer on airline-stewardess school.

A fugitive from Bubba's old reform school threatens Mama's chances of becoming church-league president. 

Iola believes Bubba is the prime suspect after her pearl necklace disappears.

A Thanksgiving tornado traps the clan in the cellar.

A steamy love letter falls into the wrong hands at the Harper house.

Iola wants to freeze-dry her recently deceased cat.

Vint and Naomi are having trouble in the bedroom, and special guest Dr. Joyce Brothers takes Naomi's desperate phone call live on the air of the local TV station, prompting chaos in Mama's house.

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

Mama refuses to resolve a quarrel with her daughter Ellen until she discovers that Ellen is in the hospital. 

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.

Mama is determined to give Fran the perfect funeral despite everyone's insistence on knowing the details of her mysterious death, and her nerves are tested even further with the arrival of her grandson from reform school.