Episode
Will & Grace: Cheaters (1)
Overview
Grace is apoplectic when she catches Will's philandering father on the arm of a glamorous stranger, but she gets even more worked up when she tells Will -- and he's happy living with denial. Speaking of cheaters, Karen misunderstands Grace and suddenly suspects that her husband Stan is having an affair, so she sets out to even the score.
Details
- Series
- Will & Grace
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2001-02-22
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Cheaters (1) is Episode 16 in Season 3 of Will & Grace. It aired on 2001-02-22. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 15: My Uncle the Car
Grace dispatches Will to sell her dearly departed uncle's jalopy but after he makes the sale to an enterprising nun, a guilty Grace changes her mind and wants to buy it back -- but the sister makes it clear that, short of a miracle, it's going to cost her plenty. Elsewhere, Karen must duel with an equally eccentric rich friend for the housecleaning services of Rosario while Jack suddenly sees the world differently when he believes his missing father is African-American.
Episode 17: Cheaters (2)
Grace is apoplectic when she catches Will's philandering father on the arm of a glamorous stranger, but she gets even more worked up when she tells Will -- and he's happy living with denial. Speaking of cheaters, Karen misunderstands Grace and suddenly suspects that her husband Stan is having an affair, so she sets out to even the score.
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