The BEST episodes of Mama's Family season 2
Every episode of Mama's Family season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mama's Family season 2!
Mama's Family mined humor from a squabbling family in the Midwestern blue collar suburb of Raytown. The noisy clan was headed by "Mama" Thelma, a buxom, gray-haired widow with sharp opinions and a sharper tongue who shared her small house with her high-strung sister Fran, a journalist for a local paper. Mama's lazy, dimwitted son, Vint, a locksmith by trade, moved in at the start of the series with his troublesome teenage children, Buzz and Sonja, after his wife run off to become a Las Vegas show-girl. Much to Mama's disgust, Vint soon took up with the flirtatious neighbor Naomi. The two where married in early 1983, and Naomi moved in too. Further uproar was caused by the periodic visits from Mama's two married daughter's, the foul mouthed Eunice and the snobbish Ellen. Ed was Eunice's Dolt of a husband. In the Fall of 86 Mama's Family returned to TV in first-run syndication. Fran had recently passed (Rue McClanahan was now starring in The Golden Girls) and Ed and Eunice had moved to Florida, leaving behind their son Bubba as he finishes his time in Juvenile Hall and forcing him to move in. Meanwhile, neighbor Iola Boylen makes the house's acquaintance and becomes a regular visitor with her unique charm.
#1 - The Mama Who Came to Dinner
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/22/1983
Vint and Naomi look forward to having their friends over for a dinner party. When Mama's back goes out, however, they are forced to hold the party with her laying on the floor in the middle of the room.
#2 - Naomi and the Stork
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1983
Everyone fears that Naomi is pregnant after Mama administers Aunt Ida's Tater Masher Test with positive results.
#3 - Gert Rides Again
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1983
Mama's cousin Gert (Imogene Coca) was once a sprited woman, but time in an old folks home has left her lifeless.
#4 - Obscene Call
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1983
An obscene caller stalks Naomi after she's overly nice to her Food Circus customers in hopes of winning an employee award.
#5 - Ellen's Boyfriend
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1983
Ellen tries to hide the fact that she's dating a much younger man from the rest of the family.
#6 - Mama Learns to Drive
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1984
Mama is finally forced to learn to drive when nobody will take her to the mall.
#7 - Rashomama
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1983
Mama is almost taken out with a cooking pot, and each family member has a different version of how it happened.
#8 - The Return of Leonard Oates
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1983
Naomi's second ex-husband returns to seek her favor.
#9 - Amateur Night
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1983
Vint enters a talent contest at the Bigger Jigger, only to have his career suddenly take off because of his Fred Astaire impersonation.
#10 - Flaming Forties
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1983
Mama brings the U.S.O show to the Raytown Gymnasium when the band doesn't show up for the school dance.
#11 - Mama for Mayor (Part 2)
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1984
Thelma wins the race for mayor only to find the job more challenging than she envisioned.
#12 - Mama for Mayor (Part 1)
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1984
Ellen talks Mama into having Mayor Tutwiller's re-election press conference at the house. Unfortunately for Ellen and Tutwiller, he upsets Mama so badly that she decides to run against him.
#13 - Mama Buys a Car
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1984
Mama goes to buy a used car and gets swindled by a family friend in the process.
#14 - Harper versus Harper
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1984
Mama and Naomi wind up in small claims court - against each other.
#15 - Country Club
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1983
Mama crashes Ellen's award banquet, mortifying Ellen in the process.
#16 - Mama Cries Uncle
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/1984
When Carl's long-lost brother shows up, Mama is afraid there might be a love connection.
#17 - Ask Aunt Fran
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/31/1984
Fran fills in for an advice columnist. The only problem is, Mama has to give her all her advice.
#18 - Super Market
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1984
Mama gets a job working at the Food Circus with Naomi.
#19 - Mama's Birthday
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1984
Mama recounts the horrors of her 30th birthday.
#20 - No Room at the Inn
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1984
Mama decides to play third wheel to Naomi and Vint's first wedding anniversary.
#21 - A Grave Mistake
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1984
Mama throws a fit when she realizes they buried her husband in the wrong cemetery plot.
#22 - Black Belt Mama
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1984
Mama decides to take a self defense course after being mugged.