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For Better or for Worse

Comedy

20

Jan 28, 1983

Naomi comes over and announces that she has sold her home and is going to move away. After drinking and celebrating, they return to Mama's, and Naomi ends up spending the night. Vint ends up asking Naomi to marry him.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 13 episodes

Vint and the Kids Move In,

Mama's son Vint and his two children stop by to do some laundry. But while there, Vint ends up revealing that he has gotten evicted and they need a place to stay. Mama tells them they can move in with her.

20m Jan 21, 1983

For Better or for Worse,

Naomi comes over and announces that she has sold her home and is going to move away. After drinking and celebrating, they return to Mama's, and Naomi ends up spending the night. Vint ends up asking Naomi to marry him.

20m Jan 28, 1983

The Wedding: Part 1,

Naomi and Vint's wedding is coming up. While the women are having a little party, Ellen is worried that her husband Bruce is having an affair, and the family tries to tell her that he is not.

20m Feb 4, 1983

The Wedding: Part 2,

The day of the wedding has come, and Mama is under a lot of stress trying to clean the house for the ceremony. She gives Vint her late husband's sapphire ring and tells him to not let Eunice know because she wants it.

20m Feb 11, 1983

Vint tells the family about his plan on taking Mama, Ellen, Naomi, and Buzz with him to play Family Feud. Mama is against going, but Vint tells her they need her because she is an important factor, being the "sweet old lady."

20m Feb 18, 1983

Eunice is given a surprise birthday party at the Bigger Jigger. The party soon takes a nasty turn, and Mama and Eunice get into a fight. They get arrested after accidentally hitting two police officers and have to share a cell.

20m Feb 25, 1983

Mama Gets a Job,

Though Mama doesn't have experience, she lands a job as a receptionist. She is fired because of constant distractions from her family whose problems she solves quickly once she returns home.

20m Mar 4, 1983

Double Standard,

Buzz and Sonja are getting ready for Homecoming, and Vint tells Sonja she has to be home early because she is a girl. When an angry Sonja returns home late, she and Mama have a talk, and Mama defends her rights as a woman.

20m Mar 11, 1983

Mama's Boyfriend,

Mama runs into an an old flame, Woody Miller, who she is going out to dinner with. After dinner, the two go up to a cabin by the lake, against her family's wishes. She ends up going home the same day to the relief of her family.

20m Mar 18, 1983

Fran and Vint both have big nights which they are nervous about and ask Mama to iron clothes for them. Mama accidentally ruins Fran's dress and forgets to iron Vint's shirt because she isn't paying attention.

20m Mar 25, 1983

Alien Marriage,

Claude comes up with a scheme, telling Vint that he could make nearly two thousand dollars by marrying a woman who needs her green card. Mama tells Vint if discovered, he could be in serious trouble and Vint decides not to do it.

20m Apr 1, 1983

Positive Thinking,

Eunice buys a tape and begins thinking positively. She becomes very cheerful and finally gets a role in a production at the Playhouse. When the show's star, Sally, cuts her lines, Eunice and Sally fight.

20m Apr 29, 1983

Vint threatens to move out of the house after stealing Mama's silver and pawning it for bail money for his slacker friend Claude.

20m May 6, 1983