Elka faces a choice of three suitors: her fiancé, Fred ; her ex-boyfriend Max; and Bobby, the husband she thought was dead. Meanwhile, Victoria gets some mileage out of her marriage to Joy in a TV appearance.
Guest Stars:
Don Rickles, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kym Whitley, Valerie Azlynn
Victoria brings Joy, Melanie and Elka along for the ride when she's a guest speaker on a gay cruise, where Melanie has a surprise reunion with her estranged sister, and Victoria and Joy's lesbian facade could come crashing down when they meet the ship's handsome captain.
Guest Stars:
Laura San Giacomo, Sandra Bernhard, Gilles Marini
Elka teaches the ladies how to go funeral crashing to find the dress lost by Melanie's dry cleaner; Elka has a reunion with a man from her past.
Guest Stars:
Jennifer Ann Burton, Orson Bean, Jake Martin, John Mahoney
The ladies treat their neighbors to makeovers, while Elka adjusts to dating a younger man.
Guest Stars:
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Yolanda Snowball, Jimmy Smagula, Alex Ball, Edward James Gage
The ladies host a dinner party to solve their dating dilemmas, which include Roy's mother's hatred of Elka, Victoria's hand-model boyfriend and Melanie's boyfriend's resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
Guest Stars:
Cesili Williams, Sean Hayes, Sean O'Bryan, Phil Morris, Bette Rae
How Did You Guys Meet, Anyway?
Guest Stars:
Ryan Gaul, David DeLuise, Calli Ryals, Tim Bagley
Joy and Elka camp out at the zoo to help save an endangered species of rhinoceros. Meanwhile, Melanie dates a senator; and Victoria goes out with a janitor.
Guest Stars:
Daniel Roebuck, Doug Savant, Tim DeKay
On Elka's (and Betty White's) 90th birthday, Melanie takes her to the Browns' locker room and ends up dating the kicker. Joy and Elka get some surprising medical news. And after a near-death experience Victoria's convinced that Elka is God.
Guest Stars:
Dan Cortese, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Willie Garson
Victoria's daughter, Emmy, arrives for a visit with the news that she and Melanie's son, Will, are engaged. Meanwhile, Joy's blind boyfriend thinks she's 26; and Elka has a ball prank calling the New York Yankee's third baseman.
Guest Stars:
Joe Jonas, Randy Wayne, Josh Hopkins, Nathan Frizzell, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Victoria's enemy Susan Lucci comes looking for support after the cancellation of "All My Children," but Victoria warns her friends that the soap star is not to be trusted. Meanwhile, Elka talks hoops with Baron Davis of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
Guest Stars:
Baron Davis, Ryan McPartlin, Jeanne Simpson, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Destiny Fernandez
Victoria takes a trip down memory lane when her old flame Johnny Revere comes to Cleveland to record a song for charity. Meanwhile, Elka wants a lock of a singer's hair for a good cause; Joy wonders what life is like as a rock star; and Melanie chases a musical idol.
Guest Stars:
Steve Valentine, Danielle Bisutti, Barak Hardley, Malcolm Devine, Sydney Mikayla
Valentine's Day inspires the women to look for their lost loves, including the man who jilted Joy at the altar.
Guest Stars:
Carl Reiner, Steven Weber, Dan Gauthier, Megan Grano, Zach Lewis
The ladies seek refuge at a lake house after Victoria loses a poisonous spider that belongs to her ex-husband; Melanie's potential new beau turns out to be Joy's former fiancé.
Guest Stars:
Steven Weber, Curtis Armstrong, Christopher Gorham, Gregg Berger
Eyeing an opportunity to win a Newsie Award, Victoria dons a fat suit at Overeaters Anonymous, and Elka comes along to claim she lost 600 pounds. Meanwhile, Joy dates a man who's not exactly her type; and Melanie meets a new guy in an unusual place.
Guest Stars:
Reid Scott, Echo Kellum, Cliff Chamberlain, Annie Heller, Max Shippee
When Melanie, Joy, and Victoria try to join a prestigious Cleveland country club, they discover that Elka has a long history with the clubs president and he's bent on revenge.
Guest Stars:
Ed Asner, James Patrick Stuart, Alex Borstein, Maree Cheatham, D. C. Douglas
Melanie dates a professor who makes her feel dumb; Victoria wants to get rid of the housekeeper; Elka's frustrated by her writing partner; Joy goes out with a guy she thinks is Rick Springfield.
Guest Stars:
Rhea Perlman, Rick Springfield, Marco Martinez, Craig Bierko, Georgia Engel
On another round of "birthdates," Elka thinks her date is Santa Claus; Victoria is reunited with Capt. Lebeau; Melanie goes out with a guy with a high-pitched voice; and Joy is a man's first date since leaving the priesthood.
Guest Stars:
Victoria tries designing shoes and uses Melanie and Joy as runway models, but Elka is more anxious to see the latest in tracksuits. Meanwhile, Joy dates a man who lives life to the fullest.
Guest Stars:
Kevin Nealon, Joey Honsa, Drew Droege
Elka's twin sister returns for a visit; Joy accepts a proposal from her terminally ill boyfriend; a billionaire wants a makeover from Melanie and Victoria to make him attractive to women.
Guest Stars:
Kevin Nealon, Joan Rivers, Jon Lovitz
The ladies need to get a friend visiting from Los Angeles back together with her boyfriend—a popular Beverly Hills dermatologist—if they hope to ever have another appointment with him.
Guest Stars:
Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Silverman, Japheth Gordon, Nancy Berggren, Josh Cribbs
The cast and crew look back at the favorite moments and best bloopers from the third season.
Guest Stars:
Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Jon Lovitz, John Mahoney, Georgia Engel
An abandoned storage unit up for bid contains an important historical artifact that calls for Artie Firestone's expertise. Meanwhile, Joy befriends a truck driver and learns how to operate a CB.
Guest Stars:
Jon Lovitz, Christen Sussin, Dan Dotson, Laura Dotson, James Denton
When Victoria wants to turn her cancelled soap opera into an app, she has to get the series creator on board. They enlist the cast, including the actor who played Honor St. Ravens ex-husband, to film a new episode picking up where the finale left off.
Guest Stars:
Barry Bostwick, Cybill Shepherd, Rosa Blasi, Mel Rodriguez, Francine York
When Melanie's hair blow out lasts unusually long, Joy and Victoria demand to know who's blowing her. When Melanie tries to keep it a secret from them, tensions arise amongst our ladies and the two rival hairdressers at Elka's favorite salon.
Guest Stars:
David Spade, Elizabeth J. Carlisle, Carol Herman, Regis Philbin
Andy Richter, Gilles Marini, Roger Bart, Paul Dooley, Tamara Lynn Davis