Episode
Will & Grace: Anchor Away
Overview
In order to land a handsome, gay TV news anchor with a pension for dim, frothy men, Jack convinces Will to not be himself and to act like someone silly and stupid. Karen learns that her alimony will be severely limited unless she can get photos of her ex-husband's affair with Lorraine Finster, so she enlists Grace to go with her to the strip club where Lorraine works. Olympian Adam Rippon has a cameo as a barista with an attitude.
Details
- Series
- Will & Grace
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2018-12-06
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Anchor Away is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Will & Grace. It aired on 2018-12-06. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: So Long Division
Will convinces Grace that her boyfriend, Noah, isn't in the wrong by refusing to let her meet his daughter, Katie. When Grace goes to apologize to Noah, she unintentionally meets Katie. Meanwhile, Will's mom, Marilyn, visits after the death of her beloved dog, and becomes upset when she doesn't get the emotional support she expects from her son. And Jack gets into an argument with his rec center boss, Theo.
Episode 9: Family, Trip
Will, Karen and Jack unknowingly take a hallucinogenic drug, which causes Will and Jack to wonder if they're each other's soul mate and has Karen giving her last "performance" as Mrs. Stanley Walker. Meanwhile, Grace is shocked when her high-powered client takes up with her sister Janet.
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