Season 4

Episode Guide

That Changes Everything

S4 E1
Nov 28, 2012
Joy finds out she's a grandmother, Elka gets the upper hand with Pierre, Victoria lands a prime film role, and Melanie is hired by PR firm co-owner Chloe.

A Midwinter Night's Sex Comedy

S4 E2
Dec 5, 2012
Chloe has Melanie spy on Alec, Victoria is resistant to gaining weight for her Woody Allen film role, and Joy is inspired by her infant grandson Wilbur to go back to college.

Method Man

S4 E3
Dec 12, 2012
Melanie pretends to be dating respected actor Emmet Lawson to make Alec jealous, while Joy's attempt to fit in at college is mocked by Elka and her millennial study group.

GILFS

S4 E4
Dec 19, 2012
Elka and Mamie Sue trick Joy into doing an ad for their senior dating service, Melanie obsessively texts an unresponsive Alec, and Victoria has a fake affair with Emmet.

A Box Full of Puppies

S4 E5
Dec 26, 2012
In a vet's office, Victoria fights with her daughter Oscar, Joy meets a hot firefighter named Sean, and Mamie Sue reconnects with her old classmate Tommy.

Cleveland Fantasy Con

S4 E6
Jan 2, 2013
While cosplaying, Melanie, Alec, Chloe, Joy and Sean get into a romantically complicated situation, as Victoria heads to Italy to investigate if Emmet is cheating on her.

Magic Diet Candy

S4 E7
Jan 9, 2013
While in church for Wilbur's christening, a reverend mediates Joy's friction with her mother, as well as Melanie's deception of Victoria with phony weight-loss candy.

Extras

S4 E8
Jan 16, 2013
Victoria's treatment of Joy as an underling strains their friendship, Melanie goes overboard in making Alec think he's a sexual dynamo, and baby Wilbur says his first words.

The Conversation

S4 E9
Jan 23, 2013
Victoria wants Emmet to finalize his divorce from his ex, Joy takes the virginity of a young doctor, and Melanie and Elka comfort their distraught mailman.

The Anger Games

S4 E10
Jan 30, 2013
When Melanie has Alec set up Joy with his friend Bill, embarrassing secrets about each other are spilled, and Elka empowers herself to be Victoria's representation.

Fast and Furious

S4 E11
Feb 6, 2013
On the women's juice-fast retreat, starving Melanie hallucinates, Elka has a tiff with Mamie Sue, and aspiring private eye Joy thinks their yogi is a murderer.

What Now, My Love?

S4 E12
Feb 13, 2013
Victoria fears Emmet will leave her when their movie wraps, Melanie tests her status with Alec, and Joy interns with a private investigator conducting surveillance on Elka.

It's Alive!

S4 E13
Jun 19, 2013
Now knowing that Elka and Mamie Sue sell smuggled medication to seniors, the women scare off a rival dealer with a mob boss and his mother.

Canoga Falls

S4 E14
Jun 26, 2013
Victoria travels with the women to her hometown, where her sister Bess asks her to help care for their hand-puppet-loving mother Penny.

The Proposal

S4 E15
Jul 10, 2013
Taking Alec's recommendation to go simple in proposing to Victoria, Emmet enlists Joy and Melanie to hide the ring in a chocolate mousse, which then goes missing.

Pony Up

S4 E16
Jul 17, 2013
To get her mind off the jailed Emmet, Melanie has Victoria go on national TV as a kidney donation spokesperson, while Joy's PI boss Bob has a bromance with Sean.

No Glove, No Love

S4 E17
Jul 24, 2013
As Wilbur hits his first birthday, Alec and Melanie take turns envisioning what it would be like to have kids together, but realize they're not on the same page.

The Fixer

S4 E18
Jul 31, 2013
To get Emmet out of jail, Victoria hires a fixer who wants to date Melanie as his payment, while Joy and Elka work on their projects for a film studies class.

Look Who's Hot Now

S4 E19
Aug 7, 2013
Kirstie Alley visits the Hot in Cleveland set, where the cast brings her up to speed on the series thus far, and presents a collection of highlights and bloopers.

Cleveland Indians

S4 E20
Aug 14, 2013
Desperate to have Wilbur seen by an in-demand pediatrician, Joy creates a tangled mess of lies.

Corpse Bride

S4 E21
Aug 21, 2013
A man Melanie intended to break up with dies, Joy dodges calls from her mother, Victoria tries an ab-toning belt, and Elka and Mamie Sue write roast jokes for a centenarian.

All My Exes

S4 E22
Aug 28, 2013
Victoria contacts all her exes to find out what she could have done differently, unexpectedly seeing in-person Julian, the one who broke her heart.

Love Is All Around

S4 E23
Sep 4, 2013
The women's group birthday includes a professor as well as a reunion of Elka and Mamie Sue's bowling team.

The Man That Got Away

S4 E24
Sep 11, 2013
At Victoria's bare-bones wedding to Emmet in prison, the officiating tabloid photographer turns out to be Simon, the man who got Joy pregnant as a teenager.