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Season 5 E 16 • 07/16/2014

A dating consultant sabotages Mitch's chances with Joy, Victoria spends time with down-to-earth filmmaker J.J., and Elka has a campaign fundraiser.

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Hot in Cleveland

Rusty Banks Rides Again

Determined to secure Oscar nomination votes, Victoria has the women target a former heartthrob, a young actress and an old-time Western star.

The One with George Clooney

With their hearts set on an adorable dog, Melanie, Victoria and Joy are scammed by a handsome young rescue center inspector, as Elka and Mamie Sue simultaneously date Roy.

Melanie capitalizes on her brain tumor to meet a singer, Joy sleeps with a tell-all DJ, and Victoria has an online romance that isn't what it seems.

When their dog George acts depressed, the women bring in an animal-communicating radio host, who advises them to remove the negativity in their household.

Bucket: We're Going to New York

In New York, the women stay with Victoria's acting school roommate, Melanie lives in the moment, Joy wants to be a Rockette, and Elka hawks her polish.

Joy falls for Bob while working undercover with him, Melanie hosts a 24-hour marathon of her radio show, and Elka decides to run against Councilman Powell.

I Just Met the Man I'm Going to Marry

Joy is jealous that her new boss Mitch has eyes for Melanie, Elka strategizes with her campaign manager, and Victoria awaits her possible Oscar nomination.

People Feeding People

Victoria, Joy and Elka each have their own reasons in imploring Melanie to date a billionaire newspaper publisher, who confides in her a disturbing secret.

During a thunderstorm, Victoria is stuck with a beach bum, Melanie is irritated by her friend, Joy objects to her mother's fiance, and Elka fears a ghost.

When Elka produces a play about the women, Melanie, Joy and Victoria are livid over how they're portrayed, then meet with their actor counterparts to set them straight.

A dating consultant sabotages Mitch's chances with Joy, Victoria spends time with down-to-earth filmmaker J.J., and Elka has a campaign fundraiser.

Straight Outta Cleveland

Joy and Mitch preemptively see a couples' therapist, and Victoria's son Tony doesn't know how to come out of the closet to her as straight.

Realizing they've never been in Elka's house, Melanie, Joy and Victoria enter it, then find it's a portal to an animated universe and are granted three wishes by Steven Tyler.

As Victoria and J.J. figure out when to sleep together for the first time, Joy moderates a debate between Elka and Councilman Powell, which turns into a vodka shot contest.

Melanie is paired with offensively macho radio cohost Frankie, Joy and Elka fail their final exams, and J.J.'s children find Victoria reminiscent of their late mother.

Mystery Date: Oscar Edition

With the Academy Awards three weeks away, Victoria asks Elka to draft her Oscar acceptance speech, and Melanie and Joy fiercely compete to be Victoria's plus one.

Melanie fights with her mother, Elka uses any tactic she can to get elected, Victoria skips attending the Oscars in case she loses, and Joy has a wardrobe malfunction.

Simon returns and covertly tries to win Joy back, Victoria looks forward to receiving her Oscar statue, and Councilwoman Elka takes on a Godfather persona.

On their shared birthday, Joy receives three proposals, Victoria's date has two noses, Melanie's has a sex surrogate, and Elka's is very surprising.

When Joy chooses to marry Simon, Melanie breaks the news to Bob and has pity sex with him, as Victoria goes to New York for a role after being told it's opposite Brad Pitt.

Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles

A trip to L.A. reaffirms Melanie, Joy and Victoria's experience that it is a shallow, youth-obsessed city, and Elka pitches Mario Lopez on shooting "Extra" in Cleveland.

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