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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 2 Episode 5 - Polk Defeats Truman
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    #1 - Polk Defeats Truman

    S2:E5

    When his work for Harlin takes up all his time, Will drops all his other legal clients; a decision that later comes up to bite. Meanwhile Grace tries to teach Karen how to live on a budget.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  2. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 6 - To Serve and Disinfect
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    #2 - To Serve and Disinfect

    S2:E6

    An unemployed Will agrees to serve as one of Jack's cater-waiters, until he learns that he'll be catering for American Bar Association. Grace discovers Karen's darkest secret: she once made a porn video.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 8 - Terms Of Employment
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    #3 - Terms Of Employment

    S2:E8

    Grace looks to Will for representation when a hotshot lawyer doesn't pay her for a consulting assignment, but he ends up making Will a job offer. Meanwhile, Jack and Karen turn a training film set into an adult entertainment experience.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:David Kohan, Max Mutchnick

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  4. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 10 - Tea and a Total Lack Of Sympathy
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    #4 - Tea and a Total Lack Of Sympathy

    S2:E10

    When they appear on their favorite TV show, Antiques on the Road, Grace can't wait to dress down the guests who are ever hopeful that their tchotchkes are worth a fortune, while Jack just wants to undress the show's attractive appraiser, Porcelain Paul. But then it's all business when they realize that their junky, thrift-store teapot is actually valued at $30,000. Meanwhile, Will's new boss makes the reluctant lawyer kiss up to Karen in hopes of landing her hubby as a client.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust

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  5. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 11 - Seeds Of Discontent
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    #5 - 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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  6. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 12 - He's Come Undone
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    #6 - He's Come Undone

    S2:E12

    Erotic dreams about Grace send Will to a therapist, who seems more interested in Grace. Meanwhile Jack and Karen clash over her treatment of Rosario.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  7. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 13 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me In The Closet And I'm So Sad
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    #7 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me In The Closet And I'm So Sad

    S2:E13

    Will's ideal relationship with his loving father sours when his dad prepares to accept an award at his company's dinner banquet but tries to dissuade his son from attending because he's told everyone that Will is married to Grace. Meanwhile, Karen's private detective finds Jack's biological father.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 15 - Advise and Resent
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    #8 - Advise and Resent

    S2:E15

    When Will is set up on a blind date by his boss, he has internal debates on whether or not to go. Of course, Jack gives Will advice on how to be a good blind date. Meanwhile, Grace continues to struggle with her wimpy boyfriend Josh as Karen doles out some typically un-wanted advice.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust

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  9. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 16 - Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back
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    #9 - Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back

    S2:E16

    Will thinks that he has another chance with Michael, his old boyfriend and Grace's new client. Meanwhile, Karen tries taking her ""career"" more seriously and asks Grace for greater responsibilities.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  10. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 17 - The Hospital Show
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    #10 - The Hospital Show

    S2:E17

    While on a blind date, Will finds out that Karen's husband Stan has had a heart attack and rushes to the hospital to be with the gang. Will, Jack, Grace, and Rosario all speculate on who Karen will turn to for her inevitable emotional breakdown. After all, who will pay the bills if Stan dies?

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  11. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 18 - Sweet & Sour Charity
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    #11 - 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:Unknown

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  12. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 20 - Girls, Interrupted
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    #12 - Girls, Interrupted

    S2:E20

    Despite their history, Grace spends a fun evening with Val [ from ep. # 18 Grace, Replaced] only to have Will suspect her of stealing. Meanwhile Jack becomes attracted to the leader of Welcome Home-an organization for gays who have converted to going straight, so he acts straight to woo the man.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jhoni Marchinko, Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust

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  13. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 22 - My Best Friend's Tush
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    #13 - My Best Friend's Tush

    S2:E22

    Grace is thrilled when, thanks to Karen's social connections, she gets the chance to land a prestigious client for her interior-decorating firm. The only problem? She must compete with international design goddess Helena Barnes. To help boost Grace's confidence, Karen assumes the alias of ""Anastasia Beaverhausen"" to dig up dirt on the socialite. Meanwhile, Jack tries marketing an odd invention: a tush pad for riding the New York City subway.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Rob Lotterstein

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  14. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 23 - Ben? Her? (1)
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    #14 - Ben? Her? (1)

    S2:E23

    To help make peace between Grace and Ben, Will has them both over to dinner, only to have their relationship go beyond friendship. But then Will finds out that Ben is dating someone else. Meanwhile Jack catches Rosario in a clinch with a lover and learns that she wants a divorce.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:David Kohan, Max Mutchnick

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  15. Will & Grace Season 2 Episode 24 - Ben? Her? (2)
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    #15 - Ben? Her? (2)

    S2:E24

    Forced by his boss to betray both of his friends, Will quits--only to discover that everything isn't as it seems. Frustrated, he leaves a lost Jack and Grace behind and ends up on a tropical island without a care in the world. Until Ben shows up.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  16. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 2 - Fear and Clothing
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    #16 - Fear and Clothing

    S3:E2

    Terrified after someone breaks into her apartment, Grace stays with Will. Unfortunately, having both her and Jack under one roof is driving Will crazy and he forces them to choose which one will move out; Jack and Karen are still at odds over his divorce from Rosario.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  17. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 6 - Love Plus One
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    #17 - Love Plus One

    S3:E6

    Grace rejects an ex-boyfriend's suggestion that she participate with him and his girlfriend in a romantic escapade but when she confides in Will and Karen -- who fall down laughing at the prospect -- the conservative Grace considers throwing caution to the wind. Meanwhile, Will tries to help a newly employed Jack meet a customer at a clothing store by prompting him with witty lines like a latter-day Cyrano de Bergerac.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 8 - Lows In The Mid-Eighties (1)
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    #18 - Lows In The Mid-Eighties (1)

    S3:E8

    In a flashback to Thanksgiving 1985, coed Grace invites her college boyfriend Will home to meet her family, but their romantic relationship swerves dramatically when a conflicted Will phones a teenaged Jack for some crucial advice. Unfortunately, Will and an angry Grace end up temporarily estranged when he blurts out the truth and she orders him out of the house -- and her life.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  19. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 9 - Lows In The Mid-Eighties (2)
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    #19 - Lows In The Mid-Eighties (2)

    S3:E9

    In a flashback to Thanksgiving 1985, coed Grace invites her college boyfriend Will home to meet her family, but their romantic relationship swerves dramatically when a conflicted Will phones a teenaged Jack for some crucial advice. Unfortunately, Will and an angry Grace end up temporarily estranged when he blurts out the truth and she orders him out of the house -- and her life.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  20. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 10 - Three's A Crowd, Six Is A Freak Show
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    #20 - Three's A Crowd, Six Is A Freak Show

    S3:E10

    Just as Grace seems to be on the verge of a promising relationship, she undergoes a minor medical procedure that leaves her with an embarrassing ugly sore on her lip, but even though her new beau accepts her temporary blight, she cannot return the favor when she is horrified to learn he has six toes on one foot. Meanwhile, Will vies with Jack for the attentions of the same man until each agrees to walk away to preserve their friendship.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jhoni Marchinko

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  21. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 11 - Coffee & Commitment
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    #21 - Coffee & Commitment

    S3:E11

    When they are asked to read at the civil union of two friends, Will and Grace verbally spar over her self-serving, get-and-take attitude where Will is responsible for everything -- but what's really bugging him is the overwhelming feeling that Grace is behaving more like a wife than an old friend. Meanwhile, Karen tries to help a caffeine-addicted Jack get over a failed crush but he's so jacked-up on java that only a tough-love approach will work.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Adam Barr

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  22. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 12 - Swimming Pools... Movie Stars
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    #22 - Swimming Pools... Movie Stars

    S3:E12

    Will and Grace get carried away in an escrow undertow when they pose as a wealthy couple shopping for homes of the rich-and-famous and visit Sandra Bernhard's posh townhouse where they become fast friends and make an fake offer -- but their ploy fizzles when she accepts their offer. Elsewhere, Karen is forced to attend her young stepson's swim meet and is uncharacteristically chastised by another mother for arriving late while Jack begins attending Co-dependents Anonymous meetings.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 15 - My Uncle The Car
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    #23 - My Uncle The Car

    S3:E15

    Grace dispatches Will to sell her dearly departed uncle's jalopy but after he makes the sale to an enterprising nun, a guilty Grace changes her mind and wants to buy it back -- but the sister makes it clear that, short of a miracle, it's going to cost her plenty. Elsewhere, Karen must duel with an equally eccentric rich friend for the housecleaning services of Rosario while Jack suddenly sees the world differently when he believes his missing father is African-American.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Kari Lizer

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  24. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 16 - Cheaters (1)
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    #24 - Cheaters (1)

    S3:E16

    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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  25. Will & Grace Season 3 Episode 17 - Cheaters (2)
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    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Polk Defeats Truman" is the worst rated episode of "Will & Grace". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Jeff Greenstein, it aired on 11/16/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "To Serve and Disinfect".