Episode
Will & Grace: Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward
Overview
New relationships discomfit Will and Grace. For starters, Karen fixes up Will with her cousin Barry, who, according to his matchmaker, is ""handsome [and] hot."" So imagine Will's surpise when he goes on a blind date with Barry and finds he's actually a self-conscious, dreadfully dressed geek who admits at thirtysomething that he's just coming out of the closet. Back in Brooklyn in her new digs, Grace entertains her interesting new neighbor: an extroverted masseuse named Julie, who Grace suspects may be too interested in her.
Details
- Series
- Will & Grace
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2003-01-16
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward is Episode 13 in Season 5 of Will & Grace. It aired on 2003-01-16. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 12: Field of Queens
Alternately flirty and shy, and acting "incredibly" like a schoolgirl, Karen falls for a suave and sexy restaurateur. The two of them seemed to hit it off on their first date, but then, he hasn't called her in three days. So buttinsky Grace makes it her mission to confront Prince Charming and find out why. Elsewhere, Will and Jack join a gay men's soccer team, and Will, for one, is hardly having a ball. "They were running and kicking and pushing each other down." he says. "It was supposed to be gay sports. Where were the lingering hugs?"
Episode 14: Fagmalion Part Two: Attack of the Clones
Will and Jack continue their campaign to adapt Karen's awkward cousin Barry to his new lifestyle but their flamboyant efforts to help him only remind Will of his own clumsy experiences when he came out in 1986. Elsewhere, Grace feels abandoned by Leo when he leaves for three weeks to offer his medical services to the needy in Africa.
More episodes from this season
Episode 11: All About Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Grace is torn when she has only two tickets to ""The Nutcracker"" and can't take both her best friend Will and new husband Leo, but her back-and-forth indecision leaves Will spinning like a Hanukkah dreidel between a dithering Grace and his previous holiday plans with Jack and Karen.
Episode 15: Homojo
Jack suffers Karen's wrath when he is seduced into friendship with her manipulative British romantic rival, who has set up house with Karen's ex-husband. Meanwhile, Will and Grace try to re-connect their lagging friendship with a competitive night of board games with their friends.
Episode 10: The Honeymoon's Over
After a displaced Karen is booted from her Palace Hotel digs, a sympathetic Will agrees to let her move in with him at least until she turns his apartment into a federal disaster zone with her exorbitant lifestyle, forcing Will to try and unload her onto Grace's shoulders. Meanwhile, Jack loses style points when he poses incognito out of fear that the ""Gay Mafia"" has it out for him.
Episode 16: Women & Children First
Demi Moore plays Sissy Palmer-Ginsburg, Jack's babysitter who now becomes his roomate. On the other hand, Will hates her.Grace faces an identity crisis as a wife.
Episode 9: Marry Me a Little More (2)
Grace's wedding to Leo leaves Will feeling upset over losing his best friend.
Episode 17: Fagmalion Part Three: Bye, Bye, Beardy
Will finds a guy that he's interested in.
Episode 8: Marry Me a Little (1)
Grace and Leo impetuously take their vows at a Central Park wedding that is a ratings stunt hosted by Today's Katie Couric. Grace's pals, especially Will, are hurt that they weren't invited, but all seems forgiven when everyone including Grace's outspoken mom and the subdued Mrs. Marcus gather days later for a swank reception. It should be a festive bash, but the emergence of unsettling details about Leo and about the park nuptials give Grace reason to wonder whether she has made a mistake.
Episode 18: Fagmalion Part Four: The Guy Who Loved Me
While Jack and Barry have their first date, Will interrupts to confess that he has feelings for Barry. Then Jack and Will give Barry an ultimatum: he must choose which one he would like to date. The decision is made - Will. At her hotel, Karen mocks Rosario by putting on a maid's apron. She is then mistaken for an actual maid by a very handsome maintenance man who has a disliking for the rich. In order to be near him, she and Rosario switch roles. After a week of perfect dates, Will tells Barry that he wants their relationship to be exclusive. However, Barry claims that he needs to play the field more and see what's out there before he settles down.
Episode 7: The Needle & Omelet's Done
When Grace accompanies Leo to dinner with some ""friends,"" she doesn't realize that he's tricked her and instead introduced her to his real parents and she soon regrets her earlier salty dialogue and suggestive attitude. Elsewhere, Jack is again confronted by Zandra his gruff acting teacher when he tries to showcase his meager talent in a class while a willing Will joins Karen in subjecting to a Botox facial injection.
Episode 19: Sex, Losers, & Videotape
Will, Karen and Will's boss Mr. Stein (Gene Wilder) form an anti-romance club thanks to Will and his recent break-up with Barry. The three hold two meetings claiming that ""love stinks"" until Karen and Mr. Stein form a budding relationship. The two carry on having sex and dating behind Wills back not wanting to hurt him. Will breaks up the club after he finds out claiming that ""If you're going to form a club for people who are alone and bitter, you have to at least stay bitter.""
Meanwhile, Grace decides to make a sexy video for Leo who is away in Africa. Jack wakes up to the sound of her singing and tells her that that's not sexy at all. He invites her to his acting class where the students are supposed to be very open to each other. Grace attends one class, but finds that it isn't helping one bit. Jack films her taking a shower without her knowing it. When she sees the tape, she agrees that it is very sexy only to find out that Jack has been sharing it with his class.