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Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating,

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 22 - Speechless
    7.1/10(274 votes)

    #1 - Speechless

    S6:E22

    On the eve of his graduation from nursing school, a nervous Jack turns to Will for help writing his commencement address. Reconnecting with his past dreams of being an accomplished playwright, Will over-analyzes the speech, searching for the life experience that sent Jack to nursing school as a source of inspiration.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sally Bradford McKenna

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  2. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 18 - Sweet & Sour Charity
    7.2/10(395 votes)

    #2 - Sweet & Sour Charity

    S2:E18

    After winning concert tickets from a radio contest, Grace vows to get more involved and she volunteers herself and Will to help out at the community center. Unfortunately, her charitable work conficts with the concert. Meanwhile, while collecting clothes to give to the mission, Jack donates a pair of Karen's most-prized shoes.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Gail Lerner

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  3. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 8 - Swimming from Cambodia
    7.2/10(281 votes)

    #3 - Swimming from Cambodia

    S6:E8

    When Grace returns back to New York for her mother's birthday, Will tries to coerce her into staying in town a bit longer so the two can spend some quality time together. Meanwhile, Jack struggles with his new nursing teacher, Nurse Carver so Karen threatens her into letting Jack skip class and still make the grade. But, to everyone's surprise Jack discovers that he really misses nursing school and learning.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sonja Warfield

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  4. Will & Grace Season 7 Episode 4 - Company
    7.2/10(275 votes)

    #4 - Company

    S7:E4

    When Will and Grace meet a stranger named Ned in the elevator, Grace accuses Will of being too nice to people he doesn't know. While Grace befriends Ned and invites him to dinner, Will makes some nasty remarks about him, but they soon discover that Ned's not the best company to keep. Meanwhile, Jack is having trouble at his new company because he feels he can't relate to his co-workers after they mock him about his Cher doll. Karen and Rosario lend some much-needed support.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Wrubel

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  5. Will & Grace Season 7 Episode 6 - The Newlydreads
    7.2/10(283 votes)

    #5 - The Newlydreads

    S7:E6

    Grace and Karen are hired to decorate an apartment of a newlywed couple and they want their place to be all about love. Will Grace and Karen, two newly divorced women, be able to do the task? Meanwhile, a doomed bookstore gets help from Will... sort of.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Kate Angelo

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  6. Will & Grace Season 8 Episode 4 - Steams Like Old Times
    7.2/10(308 votes)

    #6 - Steams Like Old Times

    S8:E4

    Karen is finally forced to come to terms with her feelings for her presumed-dead husband when Jack surprisingly tells her he thinks she belongs with Stanley, not Malcolm.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Gail Lerner

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  7. Will & Grace Season 8 Episode 5 - The Hole Truth
    7.2/10(286 votes)

    #7 - The Hole Truth

    S8:E5

    The day before Will's charity auction and carnival, Jack meets and begins dating Baby Glenn, who is still riding his fifteen minutes of fame from when he got trapped in a hole for three days in the eighties.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sally Bradford McKenna

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  8. Will & Grace Season 4 Episode 22 - Wedding Balls
    7.3/10(313 votes)

    #8 - Wedding Balls

    S4:E22

    Will expects two friends to arrive in New York to plan a wedding, but when the bride-to-be falls ill, he asks a willing Grace to work with the clueless groom to work out the details â€" but she gets a little too involved in the dreamy details and fancies herself a bride instead. Meanwhile, Will and Karen get chummy over a steamy potboiler book that they're both reading which leaves a jealous Jack fuming as the odd man out in the book-of-the-month club.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Laura Kightlinger

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  9. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 15 - Flip-Flop (1)
    7.3/10(291 votes)

    #9 - Flip-Flop (1)

    S6:E15

    Dynamic enterprisers Will and Grace begin a new business venture as they buy old apartments to refurbish and re-sell for a tidy profit. When budding ""student nurse"" Jack bumps into his former acting mentor Zandra, the pair of entrepreneurs finds their first project apartment. Meanwhile, Karen renews her romance with Lyle Finster, but the couple's bliss is interrupted by an unfortunate houseguest when Lorraine moves in.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  10. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 16 - Flip-Flop (2)
    7.3/10(288 votes)

    #10 - Flip-Flop (2)

    S6:E16

    Enjoying the success of their new business venture, entrepreneurs Will and Grace help their apartment buyers Jack and Stuart settle into their new life under one roof. However, when Grace receives a higher offer on the apartment, the ""friendly flippers"" attempt to break up the happy couple by encouraging Jack's cold feet as they see a chance to make a quick buck. Meanwhile, Karen demands that Lyle finally discipline his unruly daughter Lorraine, nearly shattering the couple's budding romance.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Alex Herschlag

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  11. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 21 - I Never Cheered for My Father
    7.3/10(293 votes)

    #11 - I Never Cheered for My Father

    S6:E21

    Responding to the pleas of his father's mistress-turned-girlfriend Tina, Will attempts to discover whether there is a new woman in his dad's life. However, when his father's new mistress turns out to be his mother, Will must find a way to break the shocking truth to Tina. Meanwhile, Elliot's decision to try out for his high school cheerleading squad has Jack all smiles as he is determined to help his son make the team.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  12. Will & Grace Season 7 Episode 12 - Christmas Break
    7.3/10(275 votes)

    #12 - Christmas Break

    S7:E12

    Grace attends a holiday party at Will's mother Marilyn's home and accidentally breaks a treasured Lladro figurine. Will convinces Grace not to tell his mother and to blame the accident on one of the other guests at the party. Elsewhere, Karen's stepdaughter, Olivia, comes to stay for the Christmas holiday. While lunching at the mall they start making fun of people, but Karen's remarks are especially mean and Olivia and her friends take offense.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Wrubel

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  13. Will & Grace Season 7 Episode 22 - From Queer to Eternity
    7.3/10(274 votes)

    #13 - From Queer to Eternity

    S7:E22

    After a near-death experience in a Jean Boutique, Grace decides to write her will and enlists Will's legal expertise to make sure she's fair when bequeathing her money. Grace visits Will's mother to find out how much Will plans to leave her and is shocked by what she finds. Thanks to Grace, Will also takes a look at his life and decides it's time to make a life altering career move. Meanwhile, Jack and Karen find an imposter teaching Jack's ""McFarland Method Of Acting."" Realizing he needs new material to get back into teaching, Jack changes his method to win back his students.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Barry Langer

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  14. Will & Grace Season 8 Episode 3 - The Old Man and the Sea
    7.3/10(286 votes)

    #14 - The Old Man and the Sea

    S8:E3

    When Jack learns that Will never learned how to swim, Jack insists that he teach Will how. Meanwhile, Karen sets Grace up on a blind date with one of Malcolm's friends.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Greg Malins

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  15. Will & Grace Season 1 Episode 12 - My Fair Maid-y
    7.4/10(486 votes)

    #15 - My Fair Maid-y

    S1:E12

    Will hires a cleaning lady to "rescue" his designing roommate Grace from the creative chaos that litters their apartment, and while preparing for an annual decorators' contest, Grace develops a dependency on her maid and can't create without her. Meanwhile, Jack poses as an attorney in Will's office to impress an attractive guy he hopes to date.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  16. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 11 - Seeds of Discontent
    7.4/10(408 votes)

    #16 - Seeds of Discontent

    S2:E11

    Grace is excited to meet Will's best friend from high school until she learns that the woman has made a request: to be implanted with Will's sperm. Now Grace has to confront Will about Will being her ""backup.""

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jhoni Marchinko

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  17. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 3 - Husbands and Trophy Wives
    7.4/10(360 votes)

    #17 - Husbands and Trophy Wives

    S3:E3

    Will and Jack can't wait to arrive at the house of two old friends who are known for their wild parties but they discover that the former party animals are now sedately raising an adopted baby girl -- and Will shocks Jack when he volunteers to test his shaky parenting skills by babysitting her for them. Elsewhere at a snooty yacht club, Grace believes that Karen is jealous of her romantic relationship with Ben but then later regrets taunting her.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Kari Lizer

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  18. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 17 - Cheaters (2)
    7.4/10(238 votes)

    #18 - Cheaters (2)

    S3:E17

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Alex Herschlag

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  19. Will & Grace Season 4 Episode 14 - Grace in the Hole
    7.4/10(305 votes)

    #19 - Grace in the Hole

    S4:E14

    While visiting Karen's incarcerated husband, Grace re-discovers a handsome high school friend who's also doing time in prison, and despite Will's advice, she's soon dressing up and visiting the inmate while dreaming of a life together outside the Big House. Conversely, a sympathetic Rosario chides Karen for not standing by her man â€" and bets her boozy boss that she and pal Jack cannot stay penned-up together in the same room for three days without harming each other.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Wrubel

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  20. Will & Grace Season 4 Episode 20 - Went to a Garden Potty
    7.4/10(313 votes)

    #20 - Went to a Garden Potty

    S4:E20

    In the aftermath of his parents' divorce, Will salvages a beloved garden gnome â€" nicknamed ""Squatsie"" â€" and proudly plants the childhood relic in his apartment's community area until Grace accidentally delivers a coup de grace on the gnome's dome with a shovel. Elsewhere, Jack consults his acting coach when he fears that his heterosexual role in a mattress commercial produced by Karen will stereotype him for more meaningful gay acting gigs in the future.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 3 - Home Court Disadvantage
    7.4/10(290 votes)

    #21 - Home Court Disadvantage

    S6:E3

    When Grace and Leo join Karen for a friendly game of tennis at her exclusive club, her fierce playing style sends Grace fleeing the court. However, when the reason for her angry play is her hatred for Leo, Grace is determined to find a way for them to get along. Elsewhere, a nervous Will suckers Jack into visiting his depressed mother in Connecticut hoping they can cheer her up.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jhoni Marchinko

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  22. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 11 - The Accidental Tsuris
    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #22 - The Accidental Tsuris

    S6:E11

    When Grace's rebellious, free-loading older sister Janet comes to town to launch her new jewelry enterprise/folding table subway stand, Grace decides to put her foot down casting her sibling away. However, when her tough love prompts Janet to go corporate by taking a 9-5 job and studio apartment, Grace can't seem to handle her new image. Meanwhile, Karen continues to spurn Lyle's proposals of marriage, only to have a change of heart after Lorraine stops by for an impromptu visit, to declare her disapproval over Karen's ""relationship"" with her father.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  23. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 13 - Ice Cream Balls
    7.4/10(292 votes)

    #23 - Ice Cream Balls

    S6:E13

    Love is in the air as Will's slightly eccentric new client falls for Jack after he interrupts their meeting, but when Jack refuses to accept the romantic offer, Will sinks to bribing him in the hopes of furthering his career. Elsewhere, Grace and Karen take a trip to Leo's cabin in Vermont in order to fix the plumbing â€" and uncover a secret pile of cash in the master bed.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Laura Kightlinger

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  24. Will & Grace Season 6 Episode 23 - I Do (1)
    7.4/10(323 votes)

    #24 - I Do (1)

    S6:E23

    Opting to forgo a picturesque fall wedding to elope in Las Vegas, Karen hops a plane to ""Sin City"" with fiance Lyle and faithful friends Will and Jack but when she bumps into vacationing superstar Jennifer Lopez, she asks J-Lo to sing at the ceremony. Meanwhile, Leo returns from Cambodia to meet up with Grace at the wedding, but their reunion is delayed by a freak design accident.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jhoni Marchinko, Jeff Greenstein

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  25. Will & Grace Season 7 Episode 1 - FYI: I Hurt, Too
    7.4/10(305 votes)

    #25 - FYI: I Hurt, Too

    S7:E1

    Jack and Jennifer Lopez return from her summer tour to relax, but a pushy Karen recruits Jack to help her get Lopez's attention for her newly written song, ""FYI: I Hurt, Too."" Meanwhile, Grace takes out her frustrations over her cheating husband Leo on a beat-up Will.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Alex Herschlag, David Flebotte

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Speechless" is the worst rated episode of "Will & Grace". It scored 7.1/10 based on 274 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Sally Bradford McKenna, it aired on 4/22/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sweet & Sour Charity".