The BEST episodes of Will & Grace

Every episode of Will & Grace ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Will & Grace!

In the original eight-season run of this groundbreaking sitcom, best friends Will, a meticulous corporate lawyer, and Grace, a neurotic interior decorator, share a New York apartment after Grace leaves her fiancé at the altar. Will and Grace, along with their pals Karen, an outspoken socialite, and Jack, a free-spirited actor, face the highs and lows of life in Manhattan together. From sex, dating and divorce to cutting cultural commentary, nothing's off limits! Then, 11 years later, the foursome reunites with their razor-sharp jabs, super-hot takes and of course, very dirty martinis.

Last Updated: 2/11/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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The Finale (1)
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8.28
281 votes

#1 - The Finale (1)

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2006

The culmination of eight seasons ends tonight with a one-hour series finale - will Will and Grace raise a child together and find ultimate happiness? Will Jack find anyone that loves him as much as he loves himself? Will Karen find true happiness with the absence of Stan? All these questions and more will be answered as this groundbreaking series concludes eight amazing seasons.

Directors: James Burrows
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The Finale (2)
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8.07
94 votes

#2 - The Finale (2)

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2006

Directors: James Burrows
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I Love L. Gay
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8.06
254 votes

#3 - I Love L. Gay

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2006

The gang travels to Los Angeles to accompany Elliot while he visits UCLA. Coincidently, Will runs into James who's in jeopardy of being deported. After spending a perfect weekend together, Grace makes a proposal to keep Will and James from having to say 'good-bye' to each other... ever again...

Directors: James Burrows
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Alive and Schticking
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8.03
351 votes

#4 - Alive and Schticking

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2005

LIVE SEASON PREMIERE - Grace contemplates having an affair with a married man. Elsewhere, Jack begins new career as a host of his new talk show "Jack Talk." Will gets some advice from Malcolm and tries to hide from Karen the fact that Stan is alive. Alec Baldwin and Eric Stoltz guest star, Shelly Morrison also stars.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Bill Wrubel
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Von Trapped
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7.97
259 votes

#5 - Von Trapped

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2006

The "Sound of Music Sing-Along" has come to town and no one is more excited than Grace. She plans for her and Will to attend the musical in character-like style by dressing up in costumes. Meanwhile, Karen and Jack try to flee when she gets in trouble with the theater's manager, who blocks off the exits, trapping everyone inside and forcing them to plot their escape.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Gail Lerner
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Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine
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7.97
292 votes

#6 - Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2004

When Will and Grace invite Vince and Nadine over for a meet-and-greet dinner, they find to their horror that their guests are actually polar opposites of themselves. Meanwhile, Karen is still angry with Grace and decides to leave the interior design firm when Jack comes to her rescue and hires her to be his new assistant at "Out TV."

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Gary Janetti
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To Serve and Disinfect
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7.93
369 votes

#7 - To Serve and Disinfect

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/1999

An 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.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Katie Palmer
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Lows in the Mid-Eighties (1)
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7.92
407 votes

#8 - Lows in the Mid-Eighties (1)

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2000

In a flashback to Thanksgiving 1985, coed Grace invites her college boyfriend Will home to meet her family, but their romantic relationship swerves dramatically when a conflicted Will phones a teenaged Jack for some crucial advice. Unfortunately, Will and an angry Grace end up temporarily estranged when he blurts out the truth and she orders him out of the house -- and her life.

Directors: James Burrows
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Blanket Apology
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7.91
257 votes

#9 - Blanket Apology

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2006

After losing his hosting job, Jack vows never to return to show business. Despite this, Karen decides to do whatever it takes to get Jack to audition for another job. Meanwhile, Grace goes with Will to a dinner at his parents' home, where Will's father gives Will's cherished baby blanket as a gift to Grace's unborn child.

Directors: James Burrows
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Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?
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7.90
259 votes

#10 - Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2006

Vince's plans to move into a brownstone with Will do not include Grace; Meanwhile, Karen shocks everyone when she announces that she has a sister, Gin, who was injured as a child during a game of Twister and Jack's new show debuts.

Directors: James Burrows
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Strangers with Candice
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7.90
243 votes

#11 - Strangers with Candice

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2003

Hoping to cheer up Grace, a well-dressed Will takes his best friend with him on a dinner date. When the date stands him up, Will catches the eye of a female patron while Grace bumps into a guy with whom she once shared an ordinary, forgettable romantic encounter. Meanwhile, Karen takes student nurse Jack out to celebrate his school "success" but the evening turns sour when Karen runs into her ultimate nemesis, Candice Bergen. The meeting sparks yet another round in the Bergen/Walker Prank War of 2003.

Directors: James Burrows
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The Mourning Son
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7.82
249 votes

#12 - The Mourning Son

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2006

Will grapples with the untimely death of his father after their last encounter; Grace begins to doubt her potential to be a good mother.

Directors: James Burrows
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Gypsies, Tramps and Weed
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7.80
392 votes

#13 - Gypsies, Tramps and Weed

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2000

Will reluctantly decides to use a birthday gift certificate from Grace to consult a psychic about his future and encounters an absent-minded fortune teller whose frighteningly personal predictions leave him reeling. Elsewhere, a guilt-ridden Grace hires a lackadaisical waiter whom she helped to get fired while Jack, who forever idolizes music, TV and film legend Cher, stumbles onto the real deal and meets the Oscar winner herself -- whom he mistakes for a drag queen.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Katie Palmer
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The Buying Game
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7.80
533 votes

#14 - The Buying Game

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1998

Grace has the opportunity to buy the studio that serves as her office space and turns to Will for first-time buyer advice. However, Will's negotiating tactics lead Grace to believe that Will thinks she is incapable of closing the deal and she sets out to prove him wrong. Meanwhile, Jack wants to become a massage therapist and practices his technique on a delighted Karen.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Dava Savel
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Who's Your Daddy
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7.80
104 votes

#15 - Who's Your Daddy

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2017

Will and Jack try to date younger guys but find it challenging. Grace and Karen experience a crisis that reveals Grace's true feelings about Karen.

Directors: James Burrows
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Forbidden Fruit
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7.80
239 votes

#16 - Forbidden Fruit

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2006

Grace is concerned and confused when Will so adamantly insists that she turn down her job offer from his former boss Margot, who has asked Grace to redecorate the law firm. When she takes the job after telling Will that she wouldn't, Grace learns some startling news that he has been hiding from her. Meanwhile, Jack discovers Karen's softer side when he finally sees what's inside the "forbidden room" at the Walker mansion.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Janis Hirsch
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Cop to It
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7.80
232 votes

#17 - Cop to It

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2006

Will and Grace are dreading a would-be dull dinner date with married friends Rob and Ellen, but the couple spices things up by making an important announcement. Their focus changes however when their server ends up being none other than Will's ex-boyfriend, Vince (guest star Bobby Cannavale). Elsewhere, after Jack decides he needs to spice up "JackTalk" by pulling an Oprah and helping a fan come out of the closet, he and Karen setup a bowling alley meeting with his fan when Karen is recruited to join a woman's league game as an emergency fill-in.

Directors: James Burrows
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Kiss and Tell
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7.79
224 votes

#18 - Kiss and Tell

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2005

After his first day, Will becomes suspicious of his new job -- especially when he finds himself in an empty office with no co-workers, a German shepherd and a Russian-speaking thug.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Gary Janetti
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Queens for a Day (2)
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7.79
131 votes

#19 - Queens for a Day (2)

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/2004

Directors: James Burrows
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Birds of a Feather Boa
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7.79
298 votes

#20 - Birds of a Feather Boa

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2005

Will is thrilled to help Jack look for another apartment when he decides on a whim to move, but after getting involved in an effort to help two gay penguins from being separated at the zoo, he begins having second thoughts about the idea of Jack moving. While attending Beverley's wife's memorial "celebration, " Karen and Grace experience a wardrobe malfunction, which they must try to conceal.

Directors: James Burrows
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Where There's a Will, There's No Way
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7.77
531 votes

#21 - Where There's a Will, There's No Way

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1998

Grace blames her relationship with Will as the reason for her lack of interest in dating and decides they can no longer have fun together. Meanwhile, Jack enlists Will's help when the IRS catches up with him.

Directors: James Burrows
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Queens for a Day (1)
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7.77
291 votes

#22 - Queens for a Day (1)

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2004

When Vince's mother injures her leg and is unable to make her traditional Italian Thanksgiving, Will comes to the rescue by offering to make his own special dinner, but Vince's mother refuses to give Will any credit. Meanwhile, Jack gives Vince's sister Ro a few pointers on a big secret she is keeping from her family and fiancé. Meanwhile, Grace and Karen get very cozy with Vince's much younger cousin.

Directors: James Burrows
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Dance Cards and Greeting Cards
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7.77
260 votes

#23 - Dance Cards and Greeting Cards

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/2005

Grace tries to ignore the greeting card holiday but romantic urges eventually send her into the arms of the enemy -- none other than Nick, a hunky greeting card writer. In a dramatic change of events, Karen's former nemesis Scott Wooley tries to win her heart by showering her with gifts but Karen's eyes are on larger things -- her new overweight internet date. Elsewhere, after dancing with a lesbian couple Will and Jack find comfort in each other's arms for the Valentine's Day spotlight dance.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Gail Lerner
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No Sex 'n the City
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7.76
237 votes

#24 - No Sex 'n the City

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2004

Tip-toeing through his budding relationship, an apprehensive Will makes the mistake of taking Grace's advice on love, playing hard-to-get with his new pseudo-boyfriend. However, when his game playing causes a rift in this budding romance, Will is left questioning Grace's wisdom in matters of the heart. Meanwhile, a distraught Jack and Karen bravely attempt to soldier on after learning their favorite television show will be going off the air forcing them to say goodbye to their six favorite Friends and a psychiatrist named Frasier Crane.

Directors: James Burrows
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Partners
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7.76
239 votes

#25 - Partners

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/2005

Will is up for partner at his law firm. His boss, Margot, invites the candidates for partner to a dinner at her house, where she will ultimately make the final decision. Will, who is worried that Vince will ruin his chances of getting the promotion, is reluctant to bring him as his date. Grace also attends Margot's dinner party under the pretense that Margot has set her up on a blind date. Once there, Grace realizes the blind date is with Margot's husband. Elsewhere, Rosario becomes sick and Karen refuses to believe she is really ill.

Directors: James Burrows
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