Monday, April 15, 2013

Hot In Cleveland Season 3 Review



Review: Hot in Cleveland Season 3
By Ashley Matthew




            Hot in Cleveland, a comedy series produced by TV Land has been making people laugh since its pilot episode on June 16, 2010. Now, currently on its fourth season, it continues to remain one of TV Land’s most popular sitcoms. The series recently released the DVD of the third season on November 27, 2012.

            Since the first two seasons, we have seen three women from California adapt to living in Cleveland, Ohio. These women, Joy Scroggs (Jane Leeves), a British beautician, Victoria Chase (Wendie Malick), a self-absorbed actress and news reporter and Melanie Moretti (Valerie Bertinelli), an author, have endured many trials since moving to Cleveland including multiple break-ups, dealing with Hollywood rivals and worrying about their friend and caretaker of their house, Elka Ostrovsky (Betty White) being in jail for possession of stolen goods.

In the third season, the hilarity continues as Elka is seen reuniting with her husband who she thought was deceased. Later on in the season, the girls crash a funeral to find Melanie’s favorite dress, Victoria designs shoes that are impossible to walk in and the story behind how Victoria, Joy and Melanie met is finally revealed. The ladies also try to become members of an exclusive country club and Victoria tries to win a prestigious news award. Towards the end of the season, Victoria tries to revive her old soap opera, Edge of Tomorrow. Victoria also bids on an abandoned storage unit where she discovers an unsent letter from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

With each season, there is also an episode where the ladies celebrate their birthdays with blind dates. These dates always end up going horribly wrong when the girls are paired with very unusual dates. In this season, Elka is shown going on a date with Santa Clause while Victoria dates a man with a tail. Meanwhile, Joy dates a former priest and Melanie dates a man who sounds like Mickey Mouse.

Many guest stars also appear on the show including Susan Lucci who asks Victoria for guidance after her soap opera, All My Children is canceled. Jennifer Love Hewitt reprises her role as Victoria’s daughter, Emmy and Joe Jonas reprises his role as Melanie’s son, Will when they reveal to the ladies that they are engaged. Other guest stars include Kristin Chenoweth, Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers and more.

In the season finale, the girls develop tension as they get into a fight and consider moving out of the home they live in together. The argument is resolved but the drama doesn’t end as the episode ends with a cliffhanger when the ladies receive an unexpected surprise that makes you want to tune in to the new season just to see what happens next.

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