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 - 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.
#4 - 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).
#5 - 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.
#6 - Love Is All Around
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/4/2013
Elka and Mamie's bowling team gets back together. Meanwhile, Joy dates a professor; Victoria goes out with a director; and Melanie has a fling with a surgeon.
#7 - Auction Heroes
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/16/2014
Joy decides to finally tell Mitch how she feels but a handsome dating coach gets in the way. Victoria is surprisingly taken with a very Clevelandy screenwriter.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Undercover Lovers
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2014
Joy and Bob pose as a undercover couple. Elka has a political disagreement.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Brokeback Elka
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2014
Melanie decides to use an illness so that she can get her hands on some tickets for a sold-out concert.
#12 - The One with George Clooney
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2014
The women attempt to adopt a dog but a shelter volunteer manages ruin their plans. Elka's relationships with Mamie and Roy take a surprising twist.
#13 - 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.
#14 - The Undead
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2014
Elka throws a fake funeral for Victoria so she can join her husband in hiding. Her nemesis, Susan Lucci attends. Simon and Joy face a dilemma in their relationship.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Canoga Falls
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/26/2013
Victoria goes home for a visit after being tricked by her sister, but is surprised to find their mother in a disturbing state. Meanwhile, Joy and Melanie get nostalgic for the 1970s; and Elka has advice for Victoria's mother.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Don Elka
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/3/2014
Simon sneaks back into Joy's life; Elka gets carried away with some new-found power.
#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 - Kitchen Nightmare
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2015
Melanie deals with a temperamental chef; Victoria tries to impress a restaurant critic.
#25 - Bad Girlfriends
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/2015
Melanie is jealous when her boyfriend becomes Victoria's love interest in a play; Joy makes Bob watch "Love Actually"; Elka goes on a political talk show.