Rose's feisty mother comes for a visit and becomes fed up with how Rose treats her like a child. Meanwhile, Blanche begins dating her much younger aerobics instructor.

Sophia appears to suffer a heart attack after dinner one night. The paramedics are called, but the ambulance is stalled by downed trees and power lines that are the result of a tropical storm.

Stanley shows up to settle a piece of land he and Dorothy had bought on their honeymoon. When the two meet up for lunch, he tells her his wife has left him. Meanwhile, she, Rose and Blanche figure out where to go on a vacation trip.