Episode
Will & Grace: 23
Overview
In the middle of her divorce proceedings, Karen learns that ex-husband Stan has suddenly passed away, and the funeral becomes a contest of wills between Karen and her British rival, and a free-for-all when the will is read for everyone who ever felt deserving, such as Will. Meanwhile, Grace is shocked when recently returned husband Leo is called back into service by Doctors Without Borders and asks her to make the trip with him to Guatemala.
Details
- Series
- Will & Grace
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2003-05-08
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
23 is Episode 23 in Season 5 of Will & Grace. It aired on 2003-05-08. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 22: May Divorce Be with You
The divorce proceedings begin, and Karen is shocked to learn that Will is Stan's lawyer, not hers. On a whim, she hires Soupie, a wet-behind-the-ears lawyer with a child's mentality. Meanwhile, Grace is caught in a social faux pas when her biggest client ever has an on-again, off-again relationship with Jack.
Episode 24: 24
Karen, Will, Jack, and Grace go on a trip in Karen's yacht to sprinkle Stan's ashes into the Caribbean while Leo is flying to Guatamala with an atractive co-worker. While Karen sprinkles Stan's ashes she finds Lorraine has been stowing on board. While Karen and Loraiinne fight, Will and Jack get drunk. Lorainne pushes Karen off the board and Rosairo jumps off after her. The next morning Grace finds Leo's bag with a letter from his co-worker Danni saying that she wants Leo. Will wakes up in bed naked with a hangover and a naked Jack in the bed with him. Meanwhile Karen and Rosairo are stuck on a cargo boat.
More episodes from this season
Episode 21: Dolls and Dolls
Karen looks for a place to live, and succeeds in finding an apartment with a gal named Liz. Liz turns to be just as self-important and skanky as Karen, so it's a perfect match. Meanwhile, Grace and Jack are concerned about Will when he gets injured and relies heavily on painkillers.
Episode 20: Leo Unwrapped
Will attempts to sneak Leo back from Africa to surprise Grace for her birthday. But things don't quite go as planed. All starting with when Grace runs into Leo who arrived a little too soon. But, to spare Will's feelings, they agree to act like they never saw each other. Grace asks Karen and Jack to keep Leo busy until her ""birthday surprise."" Unfortunately, the duo takes their mission too seriously.
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.
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 17: Fagmalion Part Three: Bye, Bye, Beardy
Will finds a guy that he's interested in.
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 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 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.
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.
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?"