Episode
Will & Grace: Bacon and Eggs
Overview
After stalking actor Kevin Bacon, Jack lands his dream job when the unsuspecting celebrity hires him as his personal assistant and immediately assigns him to find out who's been harassing him. Elsewhere, while Will and Grace wait for the right color to appear on their home pregnancy test, Grace is visited by a handsome doctor who makes her a tempting offer. In addition, Karen looks for a way out of her on-again, off-again relationship with the courtly and irresistible suitor Lionel.
Details
- Series
- Will & Grace
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2002-10-03
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Bacon and Eggs is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Will & Grace. It aired on 2002-10-03. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 1: ...And the Horse He Rode in On
A dazed Grace is rescued by a handsome Jewish doctor who pulls her up on his horse and delivers her just in time for her insemination with an impatient Will. But their new relationship as expectant parents puts a strain on Will and Grace's relationship when they agree not to date until their baby is born. Meanwhile, a restless Karen can't make up her mind about cheating on her imprisoned husband with the genteel but ardent suitor Lionel.
Episode 3: The Kid Stays Out of the Picture
Grace is so entranced by her budding romantic relationship with a handsome doctor that she asks an impatient Will for an extra month to re-consider her commitment to conceiving their child through artificial insemination resulting in verbal sparring match.
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Episode 4: Humongous Growth
While Will and Grace are feuding, Karen and Jack hatch a wobbly plan to patch up their differences about co-parenting a baby by tricking each one into attending the same child's birthday party. After arguing over who brought the better gift, the feathers continue to fly as the best friends fuss over their conflicting agendas.
Episode 5: It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
A bicycling adventure tests Will and Grace up in the Catskills with Leo and his pal in a quest for Halloween pumpkins.
Episode 6: Boardroom & a Parked Place
Gene Wilder plays Mr. Stein, the long-absent senior partner of Will's firm, who shows up unexpectedly to reassume command. He just might succeed if he weren't such a frantic, neurotic mess. What he needs is a smart, attentive lieutenant who can make decisions and do some of the dirty work (like firing people). Enter Will. Meanwhile, Grace and Jack are shocked to discover that their highfalutin' pal Karen is now poorer than a church mouse and living in her limo.
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 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 9: Marry Me a Little More (2)
Grace's wedding to Leo leaves Will feeling upset over losing his best friend.
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 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 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 13: Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward
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.