During a visit to New York City to see her daughter perform on Broadway, Melanie runs into her ex-husband Anders (Bil Dwyer), who follows her back to Cleveland claiming that he and his new girlfriend Kim have broken up. Joy and Victoria are skeptical of this reconciliation and learn the real reason why Anders wanted to get back with Melanie, who is left believing that he wants to be with her again. Meanwhile, Elka is caught in a love triangle between Max (Carl Reiner) and Nick (Tim Conway).