Blanche and Dorothy team up against Rose and Sophia in a bowling tournament. Meanwhile, an old flame of Sophia's visits from Sicily.

The girls come home from a Madonna concert to find the house has been broken into, which frightens Rose to such an extent that she buys a gun for protection.

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.