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.

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.