After listing deductions on her tax form to get a bigger refund, Mama gets a visit from an Internal Revenue Service agent and fears she will be audited.
After a man named Mr. Wheeler asks for $800 in good faith money for one of Vint's inventions, Mama learns that the man is a con artist and ends up working with the police to catch him.
After Vint and Naomi learn they can't conceive a child naturally, they decide to pursue adoption; everything goes well until they learn they have to meet with a psychiatrist after revealing that Mama will help raise the child.
After reading how much it costs to raise a child, Vint and Naomi decide to go into business for themselves, selling Mama's mother-in-law's miracle tonic.
After finding his wedding ring in the bathroom, Mama begins to suspect that Vint is having an affair with his new trainee; Mama and Iola go to Kwik Keys to investigate.
Iola reveals she wants a husband and a family, and after finding a new beau, she decides to introduce him to the Harpers; Mama and the family learn that Iola's new beau isn't that great of a guy.