Ladies Choice
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1988
Mama seeks a repeat term as Church Ladies League president, but finds herself running against the last person she thought would be her opponent.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1988
Mama seeks a repeat term as Church Ladies League president, but finds herself running against the last person she thought would be her opponent.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1988
When Vint and Naomi decide they want a baby, Mama tries to rattle them with a friend's cranky infant.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1988
Naomi is expecting a job promotion, but she finds her boss expects more from her than she's willing to give.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1988
Bubba videotapes his family for a class project.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1988
Mama mistakenly believes that Vint bought her an expensive bracelet.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1988
Greed overtakes Mama when she gets $800 from a malfunctioning bank teller machine.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1988
Mama is haunted by visions of her departed mother, who was always trying to run her daughter's life.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1989
Mama disrupts Vint's plans to join an elite poker club.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1989
Mama suspects Bubba of more than studying with a pretty classmate.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1989
It's Mama vs. City Hall when the town decides to turn her neighborhood into the new landfill.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1989
Mama reluctantly gets a phone machine and Vint and Naomi hid a stray dog in the garage and succeed in convincing Mama that she's getting senile when she claims she keeps hearing a dog barking.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1989
Mama finds herself competing against Vint and Naomi in a dance contest. The kind of dancing she must do to win makes her unsure of the whole thing.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1989
Mama earmarks her life savings for a perfect funeral.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1989
It is Valentine's Day, and Mama falsely says she has a date so that Iola will feel free to go out. To support her lie, Mama orders an escort from "Rent-a-Gent."
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1989
When a lottery ticket seems to be the grand prize winner, Mama and Iola fight over whose it is.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1989
Stubborn Mama refuses to pay what she believes is an outrageously high electric bill.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Mar 11, 1989
Mama's quiet weekend alone turns to boredom.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Mar 25, 1989
Mama is arrested at a rally for homeless people.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Apr 1, 1989
Mama sets out to get even with an April Fools' Day prankster.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Apr 15, 1989
Lolly Purdue is doing a terrible job as President of the Church Ladies League, so Mama and Iola plan to have her impeached.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Apr 22, 1989
Mama does some creative accounting on her income tax return. Her victory over Uncle Sam is short-lived, however, when an IRS agent comes calling.
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: May 6, 1989
Vint is tricked into thinking his latest invention could make him a millionaire.
Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: May 13, 1989
Bubba starts going out with the granddaughter of neighbor Fred Gebhart, which upsets Mama because of a lifelong feud between the Harpers and the Gebharts.
Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: May 20, 1989
Iola finally stands up to her manipulative mother, only to be kicked out of her house, leaving her no alternative but to move in with the Harpers.
Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: May 27, 1989
When Vint and Naomi decide to adopt a child, Mama hurts their chances by confiding in the psychologist who's evaluating the family.