The BEST episodes of Will & Grace season 8

Every episode of Will & Grace season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Will & Grace season 8!

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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Blanket Apology
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7.91
257 votes

#6 - 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

#7 - 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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The Mourning Son
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7.82
249 votes

#8 - 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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Forbidden Fruit
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7.80
239 votes

#9 - 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

#10 - 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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Birds of a Feather Boa
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7.79
298 votes

#11 - 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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A Little Christmas Queer
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7.76
261 votes

#12 - A Little Christmas Queer

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2005

While spending the holidays at Will's mother Marilyn's house, Grace gets cozy with Will's brother and old flame Sam. Sam's adopted daughter finds a fan in Karen, who is intrigued by the little girl. Meanwhile, Jack helps Will's clearly gay ten-year-old nephew organize and perform a Christmas show, which Marilyn is thrilled about. Will is silently fuming, however, as Marilyn is much more tolerant of the young boy than she ever was of her own son.

Directors: James Burrows
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Buy, Buy Baby
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7.72
287 votes

#13 - Buy, Buy Baby

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2006

A big corporation takes over OutTV and completely revamping Jack's talk-show and gives him a conservative co-host. Meanwhile, Karen decides she wants a baby of her own and offers to pay a make-up lady to carry one for her.

Directors: James Burrows
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Cowboys and Iranians
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7.70
253 votes

#14 - Cowboys and Iranians

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/23/2006

While Jack talks Will into going to a cowboy-themed gay bar to meet his new boyfriend, Grace's 'liberal guilt' leads her to hiring a minority as a second assistant, against Karens wishes.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Robia Rashid
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Grace Expectations
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7.70
261 votes

#15 - Grace Expectations

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2006

A nervous Grace finally decides that it is time to tell Leo that she is pregnant with his child, but she receives some unexpected news when she works up enough courage to actually go and meet him. Meanwhile, Will is settling in with James and Jack tries to document every second of Grace's pregnancy for his talk show. Karen meanwhile sulks alone, jealous over the good fortunes of her friends.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Janis Hirsch
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I Second That Emotion
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7.69
310 votes

#16 - I Second That Emotion

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2005

Karen feels rattled by Stan's return and Will steps in to help her. Meanwhile Grace is labeled homophobic after her comments on Jack's talk show are misconstrued by gay men from all over New York.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Gary Janetti
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The Definition of Marriage
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7.67
306 votes

#17 - The Definition of Marriage

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2006

As Grace prepares for her green-card marriage to James (Taye Diggs), she frets that Karen is going too far by planning an overly lavish spectacle including a performance by the legendary Hall and Oates.

Directors: James Burrows
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Love is in the Airplane
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7.63
280 votes

#18 - Love is in the Airplane

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2005

While flying to London, Will and Grace notice that Grace's ex-husband Leo is on their flight.

Directors: James Burrows
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Swish Out of Water
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7.63
323 votes

#19 - Swish Out of Water

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2005

Grace asks Jack for help on how to deal with her domineering mother, and on his first day Will pursues a slumlord.

Directors: James Burrows
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Steams Like Old Times
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7.62
256 votes

#20 - Steams Like Old Times

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2005

Karen is forced to come to terms with her feelings for her presumed-dead husband when Jack gives his opinion on her men dilemma. Karen refuses to forgive Stan and wants nothing to do with him--until she learns how willingly Stan gives her up to Malcolm. Meanwhile, much to Grace's dismay, the new, altruistic Will begins doting on an elderly man whom he invites to their 10th Anniversary Game Night Spectacular.

Directors: James Burrows
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Partners 'n Crime
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7.62
274 votes

#21 - Partners 'n Crime

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2006

Will and Grace begin attending lamaze classes together, Grace starts to doubt whether Will is up for raising a child with her when and Vince take another chance at having a relationship. Meanwhile, Karen looks to Jack for comfort while her marriage is on the rocks, but finds that Jack is a little preoccupied with his new television show.

Directors: James Burrows
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The Hole Truth
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7.60
292 votes

#22 - The Hole Truth

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2005

The day before Will's charity auction and carnival, Jack meets and begins dating Baby Glenn.

Directors: James Burrows
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Bathroom Humor
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7.58
261 votes

#23 - Bathroom Humor

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2006

Karen celebrates her birthday with some of New York's crème de la crème, but the festivities turn sour when she ends up crammed in the bathroom with Grace, Will and Jack, who have all embarrassed themselves at the party.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Greg Malins
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The Old Man and the Sea
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7.55
301 votes

#24 - The Old Man and the Sea

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2005

Grace goes on a blind date and Jack gives Will swimming lessons.

Directors: James Burrows
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