The WORST episodes of Grace Under Fire
Every episode of Grace Under Fire ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Grace Under Fire!
After divorcing her abusive, alcoholic husband and recovering from her own alcoholism, Grace tries to rebuild her life and protect her children from making the same mistakes. Against this serious backdrop, this show is actually a comedy, finding humor in the relationships between Grace and her co-workers at the oil refinery, her neighbors Wade and Nadine, and Russel Norton, the bachelor pharmacist.
#1 - Take Me to Your Breeder
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1996
Grace is sent home after a toxic spill at the plant and has an hallucination that her late father comes to talk to her.
#2 - Grace Tests Out
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1996
Grace has to choose between her job at the refinery or continuing her education.
#3 - Fire Music
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1996
On Grace's last night in New York, she meets a firefighter who moonlights as a jazz musician.
#4 - The Show-Me State
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1996
Grace and Nadine accompany Libby to a poetry contest in New York, where they run into Rick who has returned from Alaska.
#5 - Redeeming Jimmy
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1996
Jimmy wants to turn his life around, so Grace gets him a job at the refinery.
#6 - Road to Nowhere
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1996
Grace and Nadine get an invitation to their twentieth reunion and they recall a trip to see Earth, Wind and Fire and decide to repeat the event. They borrow the pharmacy's delivery van (which is full of drugs), as Grace goes speeding down the highway.
#7 - The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1996
Mysterious occurrences prompt Grace to suspect her new home is haunted. Also, Grace dates a minister.
#8 - Dating Buddies
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1996
Russell and Grace think everyone's life is more exciting than theirs, so they decide to go on a date together. The refinery gets rid of everyone as employees, but hires them back as 'independent contractors', meaning a slight raise but no benefits. Grace makes plans to go out with the smarmy guy she met while out with Russell, but that's only his bar personality. He's actually well-read, nice, interested in kids, etc.
#9 - Grace and Sailor Bob
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1996
Grace rents out her apartment to Dougie. Libby receives a package from her penpal, who thinks she's older, divorced and has three kids. Sailor Bob takes a trip to meet 'Libby'.
#10 - Quentin Returns
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1996
Quentin returns from spending the summer with Jimmy in Ohio. He upset that his father made him return to Grace's and believes it's because Jimmy was tired of being 'daddy'. Grace tries to get Jimmy to repair things by talking to Quentin, but Jimmy has decided to move back to be closer to the kids.
#11 - Neither a Borrower or a Roofer Be
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1996
Wade inspects Grace's new house and says it's in bad shape. Russell lends her the money to take care of it. Jean also offers to lend the money for the roof and can be considered rent if Grace will let her move in. Grace discovers that Jean has been lying about her full social life, so invites her to move in.
#12 - This Sold House
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1996
When Grace finishes painting the house, the landlord decides it will never look better so it's time to sell it. The house of the recently-deceased neighbor is also for sale, for about half the price. Grace decides to buy it.
#13 - You Go, Girl
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/15/1996
Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and Russell is invited to his detested ex-wife's wedding.
#14 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1996
Libby has been suffering from stomach pangs and Grace finds out they are from a stress-related ulcer.
#15 - A Holly, Jolly Christmas
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1996
Christmas brings surprise for Grace about Quentin.
#16 - Mr. Mullen's Opus
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1996
While working for a crisis hot-line, Grace encounters the nasty janitor, Mullens, again and he hasn't improved.
#17 - Head Games
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1996
Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.
#18 - Broads for Broader Horizons
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1996
The creative writing teacher and Grace are not tuned to the same frequency and trouble ensues.
#19 - Pregnant Pause
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1996
Nadine has some big news for Grace.
#20 - Love Thy Neighbor
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1996
The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.
#21 - Why Buy the Bull?
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1996
Grace is just about set to move in with Rick when he loses his job.
#22 - Positively Hateful
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1996
When the nasty janitor is about to be fired for being HIV+, Grace is reluctant to help him. Rick instructs Quentin on how to behave on his first date.
#23 - Good Neighbor Sam
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1996
A neighbor's son starts hanging out at Grace's house and she finds he is escaping from a 'perfect' mother. Meanwhile, Wade discovers his name has been engraved on a veterans' memorial.
#24 - No Help Wanted
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1996
Grace's fear of being dependent causes her to turn down offers of help from her family and friends.
#25 - Daddy's Girl
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1996
The title refers to Rick's daughter, Amy, who is rather ill-mannered and not Grace's cup of tea, but controls Rick.