Blow Outs
Season 3, Episode 23
In the third-season finale, Joy and Victoria want to know the secret behind Melanie's hairdo, which creates tension between the ladies and rival stylists at Elka's favorite salon.
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Victoria's plans to bring her canceled soap opera, "Edge of Tomorrow," back to life in the digital age hinges on the series creator's approval and participation from the actor who played Honor St. Raven's ex-husband.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Melanie, Joy and Victoria want to join a renowned country club, but Elka's history with the club president could hinder their plans.
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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.
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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.
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Lost Loves
Season 3, Episode 12
Valentine's Day inspires the women to look for their lost loves, including the man who jilted Joy at the altar.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Melanie scores a date with the Browns' kicker when she takes Elka to the team's locker room on her 90th birthday. Meanwhile, Joy and Elka get surprising news on the medical front; and a brush with death convinces Victoria of Elka's divinity.
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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.
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While waiting in line for the bathroom at a Cleveland sporting event, Elka hears the story of how Melanie, Joy and Victoria met in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
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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; Melanie's boyfriend's resemblance to Winnie the Pooh; and Joy's beau's indeterminate age.
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Happy Fat
Season 3, Episode 4
The ladies treat their neighbors to makeovers, while Elka adjusts to dating a younger man (John Mahoney).
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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 (John Mahoney) from her past.
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Beards
Season 3, Episode 2
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 (Laura San Giacomo), and Victoria and Joy's lesbian facade could come crashing down when they meet the ship's handsome captain.
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In the Season 3 premiere, Elka faces a choice of three suitors: her fiancé, Fred (Buck Henry); her ex-boyfriend Max (Carl Reiner); and Bobby (Don Rickles), the husband she thought was dead. Meanwhile, Victoria gets some mileage out of her marriage to Joy in a TV appearance.
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