The WORST episodes of Hot in Cleveland
Every episode of Hot in Cleveland ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Hot in Cleveland!
The series revolves around three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age whose lives are changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new “promised land.”
#1 - Elka Takes a Lover
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2014
On the eve of Victoria's big movie premiere, Emmy visits with some surprising news while Elka announces she's taken a younger lover.
#2 - GILFs
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2012
Victoria fakes a romance with a costar to make headlines; Joy gets conned by Elka and Mamie into helping their new business venture; Melanie wonders if Alec knows how she feels about him.
#3 - Indecent Proposals
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2011
Melanie's column about casual sex sends the women in search of Mr. Right Now, which results in a proposal for Elka from an old friend (Buck Henry) and a potentially life-threatening encounter for Victoria's former rock-star boyfriend (Huey Lewis).
#4 - Method Man
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2012
Victoria schemes to get to the bottom of her co-star's true intentions. Joy is still trying to fit in at college while Elka befriends the popular girls. Meanwhile, Melanie gets herself into a dishonest situation.
#5 - Bucket: We're Going to New York
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2014
Victoria resolves to come clean about something to her longtime friend, Maddie Banks, but gets cold feet in this KIRSTIE crossover episode. Melanie, Joy, and Elka cross things off their bucket lists.
#6 - The Conversation
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/23/2013
Victoria has doubts about her relationship with Emmet when Nikki, a woman from his past, shows up. Meanwhile, Melanie and Elka deal with an unwanted house guest. Joy falls for a handsome doctor but he has just one flaw.
#7 - What Now, My Love? (1)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/2013
Victoria's movie wraps up filming, but it leaves her wondering if she and Emmet have a future. Meanwhile, Melanie ponders her relationship with Alec; and Joy discovers a new mystery about Elka during her internship.
#8 - All My Exes
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/28/2013
Stuck in the hospital on the day of her bachelorette trip, Victoria contacts her many ex-husbands to find out where things went wrong. Joy and Melanie fantasize over a man in a coma and Elka and Mamie bring Vegas to Cleveland.
#9 - No Glove, No Love
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/24/2013
While Melanie and Alec consider the thought of having a family of their own, Elka has her own idea of how life would have been with children.
#10 - Comfort and Joy
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/2014
Joy makes a decision about which man she will marry; Victoria's movie proves challenging; Elka tries to bring film jobs to Cleveland.
#11 - Elka's Snowbird
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/16/2011
Elka tries to persuade Max to spend the winter in Cleveland instead of going to Florida. Meanwhile, Victoria falls for a man she meets during a TV interview; and Melanie recruits Joy to help her serve meals at a senior-citizen center.
#12 - Rusty Banks Rides Again
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2014
Victoria wants to get nominated for an Oscar, so she gets her friends to convince Academy members to nominate her. Melanie is assigned a teen idol, Joy is assigned an indie darling, and Elka reunites with Roy.
#13 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/6/2014
Things heat up between Victoria & J.J. and Melanie & Donald during Elka’s City Council debate against Councilman Powell.
#14 - Funeral Crashers
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2011
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.
#15 - Naked and Afraid
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/2014
Elka throws a party to sway the vote of a rival politician; Melanie questions her cute neighbor.
#16 - Dr. Who?
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2014
Joy's baby daddy Simon meets his son and grandson for the very first time as they pretend to be a happy family to get Wilbur into a prestigious pre-school. Melanie and Elka try to find the perfect doctor.
#17 - Straight Outta Cleveland
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/23/2014
Victoria gets a visit from the son she always forgets and Joy and Mitch debate their compatibility.
#18 - All Dolled Up
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/1/2015
Elka believes that Bob has given Joy a voodoo doll; Melanie doses her boyfriend with estrogen by accident; Victoria's agent visits.
#19 - The Young and the Restless
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/2015
Joy helps Melanie convince Jenna to attend medical school; Victoria obsesses about a nude scene.
#20 - Elka's Wedding
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/31/2011
On the day of Elka's wedding, Melanie, Joy, and Victoria wake up with no recollection of Elka's bachelorette party. Flashing back to the night before, the women must gather fractions of their memory to piece together how and when they lost Elka.
#21 - I'm with the Band
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2012
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.
#22 - Cleveland Fantasy Con
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/2/2013
Melanie's embroiled in an office love triangle. Joy learns a tidbit about Sean that threatens her fireman fantasy. Victoria's insecurity about dating a movie star leads her to extremes. Elka and Mamie have a run-in with the law.
#23 - All About Elka
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2015
Victoria directs her mother and son in a musical; Elka auditions for a part in Victoria's play.
#24 - Love Thy Neighbor
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2011
Melanie asks Rick for help when she thinks Joy may be using drugs. Meanwhile, Elka gives Victoria tips on portraying an older character for a musical version of "Driving Miss Daisy."
#25 - I Just Met the Man I'm Going to Marry
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2014
The women fly to Los Angeles to watch Victoria announce the Oscar nominations. Elka gets campaign advice from a statistics expert, Victoria has nerves over the unknown, and Joy meets the man she’s going to marry.