Mama's Family: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mama's Family Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Mama's Medicine Show
Sep 23, 1989 · 25 min
After reading about how much it costs to raise a child, Vint and Naomi decide to start a business selling bottles of Mama's mother-in-law's "miracle tonic."
An Affair to Forget
Sep 30, 1989 · 25 min
Mama suspects that Vint is having an affair with his new trainee Heather, so she and Iola go to his workplace to investigate.
Mr. Wrong
Oct 7, 1989 · 25 min
Mama encourages Iola to find herself a man, but the man she finds turns out to be a domineering blowhard.
Now Hear This
Oct 14, 1989 · 25 min
The Harpers install an intercom so that Naomi will be able to monitor her baby, but Mama uses it to eavesdrop on the family, and vice versa.
Tri-State's Most Wanted
Oct 21, 1989 · 25 min
Mama is attracted to actor Leslie Lemoyne, until she sees him on "Tri-State's Most Wanted" (the local version of America's Most Wanted), and believes that he is the infamous "widow
Mama Fights Back
Oct 28, 1989 · 25 min
Mama verbally attacks a radio show's unhelpful consumer advocate, and the station manager offers her his job, with Mama broadcasting from her living room.
A Blast From the Past
Nov 4, 1989 · 25 min
Mama is invited to her junior high school's 50th reunion, but she is reluctant to go because of a false rumor that was spread about her years ago that earned her the nickname "Hotp
Psychic Pheno-Mama
Nov 11, 1989 · 25 min
Vinton and Naomi persuade Mama to have a psychic called "Madame Rita" give everyone readings. At first, Mama is surprised by the psychic's ability, but later sets out to expose the
Take My Mama, Please!
Nov 18, 1989 · 25 min
After heckling a stand-up comedian at the Bigger Jigger, Mama accepts a challenge to do a routine of her own.
Bubba's House Band
Nov 25, 1989 · 25 min
Bubba books a band called The Bonecrushers for homecoming, and tells the family that the band will be staying with them. They turn out to be an all-female heavy metal band, and Mam
Mama Takes Stock
Dec 2, 1989 · 25 min
Vinton learns that he is about to lose his job because Kwik Keys is being shut down by the new owners, a corporation called Bernice. When Bubba discovers that an old stock certific
War of the Roses
Dec 9, 1989 · 25 min
Mama and Iola are preparing for the Crystal Thorn flower contest, and Iola is angry to find that Mama's flowers have cross-pollinated with one of hers, producing a pink-and-white h
Mama Takes a Dive
Dec 16, 1989 · 25 min
When Mama slips on a roll of pennies in the bank, the family suggests that she sue the bank. To this end, she hires a sleazy lawyer Settlement Sam and fakes serious injuries.
Mama Gets Goosed
Dec 23, 1989 · 25 min
Mama's cousin sends her a live goose for her family's Christmas dinner, and everyone except Mama is against the idea of killing and cooking the bird..
The Big Nap
Jan 20, 1990 · 25 min
After watching detective movies on TV for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams that she is a film noir-style detective hired to find her client's mother.
Pinup Mama
Jan 27, 1990 · 25 min
While working on a photography project, Bubba makes a picture of a young bikini-clad woman with Mama's head, as a joke. However, this picture is accidentally added to a flyer that
Guess Who's Going to Dinner
Feb 3, 1990 · 25 min
Vint wins a Mother's Day dinner for two at a North African (Moroccan) restaurant called Abdul's Garden of Eating. As a result, Mama and Naomi fight over which of them Vinton should
Look Who's Breathing
Feb 10, 1990 · 25 min
Naomi and Vinton are taking a childbirth class. When Vint is called in to work, Mama has to go to class with Naomi instead of going to the Bingo Bonanza with Iola, so an impatient
There Is Nothing Like the Dames
Feb 17, 1990 · 25 min
Vinton and Naomi buy an RV and plan to move to a trailer park; however, they are unable to start the vehicle once it is in the driveway. Meanwhile, Mama is planning to host a fancy
Bye-Bye–Baby!
Feb 24, 1990 · 25 min
When Naomi is upset about her baby being late, Mama tries to calm her down with a false story about Carl. Mama tells Iola what really happened (both the false and true versions are