Will & Grace (2001)
Will and Grace live together in an apartment in New York. He's a gay lawyer, she's a straight interior designer.
-
Episode 1 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner
Release Date: 21 Sep. 1999Despite her moving out (to across the hall), Will still feels that Grace clings to him, so she asserts her independence by having a dinner party without him. Meanwhile, to keep the INS at bay, Jack is forced to move in with Rosario.
-
Episode 2 - Election
Release Date: 28 Sep. 1999When Grace feels that Will is abusing his power as president of the tenant's association, she runs against him. Karen tries to buy back Jack's forgiveness when she lets his beloved bird, Guapo, fly out the window.
-
Episode 3 - Das Boob
Release Date: 2 Nov. 1999A deceiving, but flattering, newspaper photo makes Grace look more "endowed" than she really is and gains her the attention of a former high school heartthrob who was never one to keep abreast of her before. Jack is destroyed to learn that Will had a fling with Walter, Jack's ex-boyfriend.
-
Episode 4 - Whose Mom Is It, Anyway?
Release Date: 9 Nov. 1999Grace is jealous when her mother stops match making for her, and instead sets Will up. Jack must convince an INS agent (who he dated once) that he and Rosario are happily married.
-
Episode 5 - Polk Defeats Truman
Release Date: 16 Nov. 1999When his work for Harlin takes up all his time, Will drops all his other legal clients; a decision that later comes up to bite. Meanwhile Grace tries to teach Karen how to live on a budget.
-
Episode 6 - To Serve and Disinfect
Release Date: 23 Nov. 1999An unemployed Will agrees to serve as one of Jack's cater-waiters, until he learns that he'll be catering for American Bar Association. Grace discovers Karen's darkest secret: she once made a porn video.
-
Episode 7 - Homo for the Holidays
Release Date: 25 Nov. 1999Will and Grace are shocked to learn that Jack never told his mother he was gay and encourage him to open up to her at Thanksgiving. The evening brings a revelation for Jack as well: his father isn't who he thinks it is.
-
Episode 8 - Terms of Employment
Release Date: 30 Nov. 1999Grace looks to Will for representation when a hotshot lawyer doesn't pay her for a consulting assignment, but he ends up making Will a job offer. Meanwhile, Jack and Karen turn a training film set into an adult entertainment experience.
-
Episode 9 - I Never Promised You an Olive Garden
Release Date: 14 Dec. 1999Tired of Rob and Ellen's low-rent taste in dining, Will and Grace start hanging with a pair of hip downtowner's they meet at a sushi joint. But as the new pals paint the town, Rob and Ellen see red when they catch their best friends lying to avoid plans to dine at their favorite eatery: a coupon-crazy Italian chain in Secaucus. Meanwhile, Jack's inner child gets a little pick-me-up when he joins Karen at a PTA meeting at her stepchild's school.
-
Episode 10 - Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy
Release Date: 11 Jan. 2000When they appear on their favorite TV show, Antiques on the Road, Grace can't wait to dress down the guests who are ever hopeful that their tchotchkes are worth a fortune, while Jack just wants to undress the show's attractive appraiser, Porcelain Paul. But then it's all business when they realize that their junky, thrift-store teapot is actually valued at $30,000. Meanwhile, Will's new boss makes the reluctant lawyer kiss up to Karen in hopes of landing her hubby as a client.
-
Episode 11 - Seeds of Discontent
Release Date: 25 Jan. 2000Grace is excited to meet Will's best friend from high school until she learns that the woman has made a request: to be implanted with Will's sperm. Now Grace has to confront Will about Will being her "backup."
-
Episode 12 - He's Come Undone
Release Date: 8 Feb. 2000Erotic dreams about Grace send Will to a therapist, who seems more interested in Grace. Meanwhile Jack and Karen clash over her treatment of Rosario.
-
Episode 13 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad
Release Date: 15 Feb. 2000Will's ideal relationship with his loving father sours when his dad prepares to accept an award at his company's dinner banquet but tries to dissuade his son from attending because he's told everyone that Will is married to Grace. Meanwhile, Karen's private detective finds Jack's biological father.
-
Episode 14 - Acting Out
Release Date: 22 Feb. 2000Will and Jack appear on Today to protest NBC for cutting a gay kiss out of an eagerly-waited sitcom episode. Will is frustrated with Jack on how much he wanted to see that kiss and kisses him. Elsewhere, Grace confides in Karen about dumping her boyfriend.
-
Episode 15 - Advise and Resent
Release Date: 29 Feb. 2000Will reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date set up by his boss and, to his surprise, has a good time, but he's hurt by the other guy's post-date silence, so he lets Jack coach him on how be a good date. Meanwhile, Grace's frustration with her too-laid-back boyfriend mounts, and she takes dubious relationship advice from Karen.
-
Episode 16 - Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back
Release Date: 7 Mar. 2000Will thinks that he has another chance with Michael, his old boyfriend and Grace's new client. Meanwhile, Karen tries taking her "career" more seriously and asks Grace for greater responsibilities.
-
Episode 17 - The Hospital Show
Release Date: 28 Mar. 2000While on a blind date, Will finds out that Karen's husband Stan has had a heart attack and rushes to the hospital to be with the gang. Will, Jack, Grace, and Rosario all speculate on who Karen will turn to for her inevitable emotional breakdown. After all, who will pay the bills if Stan dies?
-
Episode 18 - Sweet (and Sour) Charity
Release Date: 4 Apr. 2000After winning concert tickets from a radio contest, Grace vows to get more involved and she volunteers herself and Will to help out at the community center. Unfortunately, her charitable work conflicts with the concert. Meanwhile, while collecting clothes to give to the mission, Jack donates a pair of Karen's most-prized shoes.
-
Episode 19 - An Affair to Forget
Release Date: 18 Apr. 2000When Rob and Ellen ask Will and Grace to be the best man and maid of honor at their wedding, Grace's sexy past with the groom is exposed when Ellen learns at her bachelorette party that Grace once slept with Rob. Meanwhile, Jack is confused by his reaction to the entertainment at Rob's bachelor party.
-
Episode 20 - Girls, Interrupted
Release Date: 2 May 2000Despite their history, Grace spends a fun evening with Val only to have Will suspect her of stealing. Meanwhile Jack becomes attracted to the leader of Welcome Home-an organization for gays who have converted to going straight, so he acts straight to woo the man.
-
Episode 21 - There But for the Grace of Grace
Release Date: 9 May 2000It's a scary glimpse into the future for Will and Grace when they visit their curmudgeonly retired college professor only to discover that he is a bitter old man that has a "Grace" of his own. Meanwhile, Karen must confront her most mortal enemy, the kitchen, when Stan requests a home-cooked meal for his birthday, and she looks to Jack and Ben to come to her rescue.
-
Episode 22 - My Best Friend's Tush
Release Date: 16 May 2000Grace is competing with a well known designer for a job. But she doesn't think she's good enough. So Karen shows Grace just how "perfect" the designer is. Jack has an idea for something he calls the subway tush which is a cushion that someone can bring when they have to be on the subway for a long time. So he wants Will to help him come up with the financing. Will refuses at first. But he later sets a meeting with some people, and Jack goes off and does something outrageous which Will thinks is embarrassing. Only the people they meet want Jack and not Will.
-
Episode 23 - Ben? Her?: Part 1
Release Date: 23 May 2000To help make peace between Grace and Ben, Will has them both over to dinner, only to have their relationship go beyond friendship. But then Will finds out that Ben is dating someone else. Meanwhile Jack catches Rosario in a clinch with a lover and learns that she wants a divorce.
-
Episode 24 - Ben? Her?: Part 2
Release Date: 23 May 2000Unknown to Will (Eric McCormack), Grace (Debra Messing) has a romantic dalliance with his boss Ben (guest star Gregory Hines).