Hot in Cleveland — Season 3
01 Elka's Choice
Nov 30, 201120m★ 7.5
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.
02 Beards
Dec 7, 201120m★ 8.2
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, and Victoria and Joy's lesbian facade could come crashing down when they meet the ship's handsome captain.
03 Funeral Crashers
Dec 14, 201120m★ 7.5
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.
04 Happy Fat
Dec 21, 201120m★ 8.0
The ladies treat their neighbors to makeovers, while Elka adjusts to dating a younger man.
05 One Thing or a Mother
Dec 28, 201120m★ 8.0
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.
06 How Did You Guys Meet, Anyway?
Jan 4, 201220m★ 8.0
How Did You Guys Meet, Anyway?
07 Two Girls and a Rhino
Jan 11, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
08 God and Football
Jan 18, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
09 Love is Blind
Jan 25, 201220m★ 7.5
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.
10 Life with Lucci
Feb 1, 201220m★ 4.5
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.
11 I'm with the Band
Feb 8, 201220m★ 7.0
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.
12 Lost Loves
Feb 15, 201220m★ 7.5
Valentine's Day inspires the women to look for their lost loves, including the man who jilted Joy at the altar.
13 Tangled Web
Mar 7, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
14 Hot & Heavy
Mar 14, 201220m★ 7.5
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.
15 Rubber Ball
Mar 21, 201220m★ 7.0
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.
16 Everything Goes Better With Vampires
Mar 28, 201220m★ 7.5
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.
17 Claus, Tails & High Pitched Males: Birthdates 3
Apr 11, 201220m★ 7.5
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.
18 Cruel Shoes
Apr 18, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
19 Bye George, I Think He's Got It!
Apr 25, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
20 The Gateway Friend
May 2, 201220m★ 7.7
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.
21 Some Like it Hot
May 9, 201220m★ 8.0
The cast and crew look back at the favorite moments and best bloopers from the third season.
22 Storage Wars
May 16, 201220m★ 8.0
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.
23 What's Behind the Door
May 30, 201220m★ 7.5
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.
24 Blow Outs
Jun 6, 201220m★ 8.0
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.