Guest Stars

Hal Linden As Alex	Juliet Mills As Philipa
Shirley Knight As Loretta

Main Cast

Betty White As Elka Ostrovsky	Valerie Bertinelli As Melanie Moretti
Jane Leeves As Joy Scroggs	Wendie Malick As Victoria Chase

Recap

The scene opens with Victoria, Joy and Melanie getting back from the Farmer’s Market and Elka tells that she invited Melanie’s mother for a visit. Melanie is devastated because of the fact that her mother is over protective. Tori tells that her father is self absorbed with himself and needs all the attention to be on him. She shows that the trait rubbed off on her as she interrupts everyone. Elka tells that the last words her father and she had were “Is that gun loaded?” And then BAM heart attack! She tells the girls that their parents aren’t going to be around forever. Melanie suggests that Joy and Tori invite their mom and dad and Joy tells that America was a place her mother would never set foot in and that is why she moved to America. Tori tells that she could invite her dad but warns everyone because he hits on anything that moves. Elka likes him already. ..

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• Creator	Suzanne Martin (1)
• Executive Producer	Sean Hayes (1)  |  Larry W. Jones  |  Keith Cox  |  Lynda Obst  |  Todd Milliner  |  Suzanne Martin (1)
• Co-Executive Producer	Anne Flett-Giordano  |  Sam Johnson (2)  |  Chris Marcil  |  Chuck Ranberg
• Producer	Bob Heath (1)  |  Liz Feldman
• Consulting Producer	Vanessa McCarthy
• Associate Producer	Bradley Gardner  |  Chris Arrington  |  Matthew Conner (1)  |  Jeff Melnick
• Production Designer	Michael Hynes (1)
• Editor	Ronald A. Volk
• Casting	Collin Daniel  |  Brett Greenstein
• Unit Production Manager	Bob Heath (1)
• First Assistant Director	Bruce Franklin  |  Dennis Capps
• Second Assistant Director	Guy Distad  |  Robyn Linn Willey  |  Catherine Schlesinger
• Music	Emerson Swinford  |  Ron Wasserman
• Costume Designer	Karla Stevens  |  Lori Eskowitz
• Set Decorator	Melinda Ritz
• Property Master	Melody Miller
• Production Sound Mixer	Jeff Johnson (2)
• Script Supervisor	Kari Hendler
• Re-Recording Mixer	Jack Donato  |  Charlie McDaniel, III
• Director of Photography	Donald A. Morgan (1)  |  Gary Howard Baum
• Associate Director	Peter Filsinger
• Costume Supervisor	Brian Cotton
• Department Head Hair	Cydney Cornell
• Casting Associate	Sherie Hernandez
• Department Head Make-up	Lori Benson
• Production Staff	Jessica Wood