The following is an episode list of the Australian situation comedy Mother and Son which originally aired on ABC TV from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994.

The first DVD release for home use in Australia was in 2003 with a "best of" selection of nine stories titled "Mother & Son". Four more DVDs were released in succeeding years until every episode had been published, albeit in no clear sequence.

Mother and Son: The Complete Series 1–6 (6 Disc Box Set) was released on 7 November 2007.

Series overview SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedDVD Release Season premiere Season finale Region 4 1 7 16 January 1984 27 February 1984 7 November 2007 7 November 2007 2 7 4 March 1985 15 April 1985 7 November 2007 7 November 2007 3 7 24 December 1985 7 April 1986 7 November 2007 7 November 2007 4 7 1 February 1988 14 March 1988 7 November 2007 7 November 2007 5 7 10 February 1992 23 March 1992 7 November 2007 7 November 2007 6 7 7 February 1994 21 March 1994 7 November 2007 7 November 2007

Season 1: 1984 # Title Original airdate Production code 1 "The Home (also known as Maggie Takes a Holiday)" 16 January 1984 101 In the series premiere, Arthur begins to finally consider putting Maggie in a nursing home after his wife leaves him. It is the first appearance of Arthur's former fiancé Deidre Beare (Suzanne Roylance). The episode also features a guest appearance of performer Colleen Clifford. This episode won an AWGIE. 2 "The Milk" 23 January 1984 102 Arthur is forced to miss work after he sends Maggie out to buy some milk and she returns three hours later, still without the milk. Arthur then discovers that Maggie has been pretending to have a broken wrist to be eligible for meals on wheels during the day. Miscommunication between the meals on wheels volunteer and Arthur causes the volunteer to think that it is Maggie who is caring for Arthur and she informs a social worker, concerned that Maggie must care for her son when she has a broken wrist. 3 "The Oysters" 30 January 1984 103 Arthur discovers Maggie arriving home in a garbage truck and making a nuisance at the local hospital. This forces Arthur to tell Maggie not to go out during the day, to no avail. She is then arrested for shoplifting some oysters, and Arthur and Robert must find out a way to prevent her from being sent to jail. This episode won an AWIGE, in addition to a Penguin Award. Although this episode aired third in the series, it was the first episode to be written. After much revision, the final script of this episode was written in June 1983. It was originally titled "Maggie Alone".4 "The Tickets" 6 February 1984 104 Arthur tries his best to get out of the house and away from Maggie for a holiday with a new girlfriend but a series of misunderstandings leads his ex-wife Deidre to believe he wants to take her on the holiday, while Maggie tries to thwart Arthur. While Arthur's girlfriend is waiting outside in the car, Robert steals her from his brother by promising to take her on a trip to Noumea. 5 "The Babysitter" 13 February 1984105 After spending several Saturday nights at home with Maggie, Arthur questions why he does not have a girlfriend. So he makes a date with Deidre, prompting Maggie to inform him she hates being left alone at night. Arthur arranges for Robert's babysitter to look after Maggie, but Maggie makes life difficult for the babysitter, in turn causing problems for Arthur and Deidre's night.6 "The Boyfriend" 20 February 1984 106 It is Maggie's birthday and the entire family gets together to celebrate. Maggie sees the family gathering as the perfect chance to bring home her new boyfriend and tells Arthur she would like to marry again. However, she keeps forgetting her boyfriend's name, Arthur and Robert fight over Liz, and Maggie injures her boyfriend by causing an oven explosion.7 "The Illness" 27 February 1984 107 Maggie thinks she is dying and finally wonders what to do about her will. After discovering Robert wants to sell the family home, she anxiously wishes to change her will. But finding the will is a problem for her and Arthur, who is looking for his own flat to live in. Maggie tries to force Arthur to not move alone by threatening to disinherit him. Her illness and severe incoherence is also an act designed to manipulate her sons. Meanwhile, Robert is trying to trick into letting him exercise power of attorney over the estate so that he can strip Arthur of his share of the inheritance.

Season 2: 1985 # Title Original airdate Production code 8 "The Money" 4 March 1985 201 Maggie receives a letter from the government investigating why she has not cashed in her pension cheques. Arthur discovers she has been hiding the cheques around the house, and when Maggie adds them up they find out that it is a substantial sum of money. It is temporarily misplaced for a while when Maggie soaks them in the teapot. This is convenient for Arthur, who is looking for a loan to buy Robert's old car. Robert had originally offered it for AUD4000, but raises his price to AUD5000 when he realises this is how much money Maggie has. Arthur and Robert's plans are interrupted when Maggie attempts to cash in the cheques at the bank and a misunderstanding occurs with where the money will be deposited.9 "The Divorce" 11 March 1985 202 Arthur is finalising divorce proceedings with his ex-wife Deidre, much to Maggie's consternation who believes a married couple are married for life. At the same time, Robert comes to stay overnight after his wife discovers he is having an affair with his dental assistant and hits him on the head. Maggie blames Arthur for spreading a culture of divorce. She then stirs up the dispute when Liz arrives by falsely implicating Arthur in an affair with Liz.10 "The Funeral" 18 March 1985 203 The Beare family attend the funeral of Arthur and Robert's Uncle Andrew. Along the way to the funeral, Maggie stops the procession to buy a bag of oranges on sale, which she later drops accidentally into the open grave. Returning home with Arthur's other uncle, Tom, Maggie forgets his name repeatedly and gives him a cup of tea, with many cubes of sugar or saccharin. Tom then collapses on the couch and dies, and Maggie and the brothers argue over what to do with the body. Maggie brings another bag of oranges to the funeral, this time not dropping them. This episode won an AWIGE, in addition to a Penguin Award.11 "The Promotion" 25 March 1985 204 Arthur is offered a new job doing press relations for the ruling Australian Labor Party of Prime Minister Bob Hawke, which will involve moving to Canberra. Trying to convince Maggie to move with him proves harder than anticipated, however. Robert tries to thwart Arthur so that he will have to stay in Sydney to look after Maggie, who then sprays paint on Arthur's shirt on the morning of the interview instead of water before ironing it. Arthur is awarded the job and although Maggie encourages him beforehand, she faints and is hospitalised. She tells Arthur that she only told him to go to Canberra to test his attitude towards her.12 "The Aunt" 1 April 1985 205 Arthur invites Maggie's younger sister Lorna to stay for a visit, hoping that she can look after Maggie and allow Arthur time to go out with his new girlfriend Wendy. However, Maggie is far from pleased at having her sister stay with them, excoriating Lorna arbitrarily and accusing her of stealing various things. Later Maggie tries to drive Lorna off by washing all the bedsheets in the house and loudly singing and playing the piano at midnight. Later the pair turn up and crash Arthur's date. 13 "The Card Game" 8 April 1985 206 Arthur invites some friends over for a card game, and Maggie disrupts his bath before the appointment, prompting them to vow never to speak to one another again. Later, Maggie is shocked that she will not be joining them in the game of poker. When the cards go missing, Maggie is the prime suspect, and she keeps on trying to deflect matters with references to Sao biscuits. Much to Arthur's surprise, Maggie becomes the centre of Arthur's friends' attention for the night. She tries to prevent them from playing by causing diversions such as singing and dancing, causing Arthur to feign illness to escape the embarrassment. Maggie then uses Arthur's money and defeats all the others, winning a large amount of money, and refuses to give Arthur any of the winnings. (Ray Meagher guest stars.)14 "The Morning After" 15 April 1985 207 Arthur's girlfriend Wendy spends the night, shocking Maggie enough for her to walk out and threaten to move in with Robert and Liz. Robert tries to convince Arthur to take his girlfriend elsewhere and Maggie not to move in with him. Maggie moves out for half a day then threatens to move out each time Arthur finds a date. She then tells Arthur he needs to marry Wendy as soon as possible, claiming that Arthur has impregnated her and needs to avoid the scandal. When Wendy comes again, she tells Maggie she needs to move to Darwin to look after her sick mother, and has to break up, and Maggie is very pleased by this, but Arthur apparently not. However, the episode ends with the revelation that Wendy has spent another night in the Beare home.

Season 3: 1985–1986 # Title Original airdate Production code 15 "The Christmas Drinks" 24 December 1985 301 It is a hot summer Christmas Eve and Arthur organises a party for his friends and family. But Maggie wants to spend Christmas Eve at church with her family, and erects a sign outside the house falsely proclaiming that a family member has died to keep the guests away. After only Arthur's friend Max—who was not invited and came after being kicked out of a drunken party for lewd behaviour—and Robert and Liz turn up, the latter with some very cheap presents, a series of incidents leads to an argument between them and they unexpectedly end up going to church. Max ingratiates himself by excoriating the others for their hostility to their relatives and offers to take Maggie to church, leading her to offer to adopt him. 16 "The Sign"3 March 1986 302 Maggie is anxious about the whereabouts of her late husband. She finds solace in religion in the hope of eventually meeting her husband in heaven but Arthur becomes concerned about the lengths she is going to so that she is meeting God's approval. 17 "The Picnic"10 March 1986 303 A day at the park with the whole family turns out to be a disaster when Maggie goes missing. The episode marks the first and only time Damien and Teonie Beare appear in the series.18 "The Accident"17 March 1986 304 A typewriter is accidentally dropped on Arthur's foot and he is forced to stay at home to recover. Maggie immediately wants to be Arthur's carer, to Arthur's dismay. Arthur sends Maggie out to buy him a sandwich and she ends up in a baby clinic and then the hospital where she meets somebody. 19 "The Last Will"24 March 1986 305 Maggie prepares her will and Arthur is shocked when Robert stands to inherit most of Maggie's assets and all Arthur is left with is a million-dollar-prize lottery ticket. This episode won an AWIGE, in addition to a Penguin Award.20 "The Neighbours"31 March 1986 306 A feud arises between Maggie and her next door neighbour, a Greek immigrant. After an exchange of threats and property damage, Arthur and the next door neighbour's son decide to fix up their mothers' relationship. 21 "The Cruise"7 April 1986 307 Maggie and her new friend Claude make plans to go on a cruise which surprises Arthur and Robert but not is all as it seems for Claude.

Season 4: 1988