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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Monster Under the Bed
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    S4:E1

    The Baby swears there's a monster under his bed, but no one believes him--until it starts dragging victims into its hole.

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    Writer:Adam Barr

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - All About Christmas Eve
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S5:E11

    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.

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S4:E3

    Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."

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    Writer:Adam Barr

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Wilderness Weekend
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E10

    The males, including Earl, Robbie, and the Baby, go into the wilderness to rediscover their ""reptiles within,"" while back home the girls warm their cold blood with the boys' beer.

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - We Are Not Alone
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E20

    Robbie poses as a space alien and orders Earl to get involved in cleaning up Earth, never imagining that he would quit his job to launch an environmental crusade.

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Dames at Sea
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S6:E1

    Will and Jack awake in a precarious position - sharing a bed in the nude - while at sea. Unable to remember every detail from the night before, the two alleged bedfellows deny the possibility that anything happened, but each grow concerned as to how to dump the other. Meanwhile, Grace's discovery of a love letter in Leo's bag from a female colleague prompts her to doubt his fidelity and Karen survives a night fighting for her life while afloat in the forbidding night sea and a freighter full of russian sailors, and must honor a pact with savior Rosario.

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    Writer:Adam Barr

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  7. undefined Season 6 Episode 21 - I Never Cheered for My Father
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    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.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Object of My Rejection
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    S1:E22

    Will is stunned to discover that Grace is dating her ex-fiance Danny once again, but he chooses not to interfere after he's accused of being meddlesome. Meanwhile, Jack agrees to take a walk down the aisle with Karen's combative maid, Rosario, who needs a groom to help her smooth out some immigration problems.

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Fear and Clothing
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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.

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Coffee & Commitment
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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.

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 18 - Mad Dogs and Average Men
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E18

    Grace is smitten when she meets Sumner, Karen's charming and handsome nephew, but Grace's attempts to arrange a date are constantly thwarted when Karen conjures up a litany of lies to dissuade her. Meanwhile, Will tries to terminate his dead-end relationship with a needy nebbish, but postpones the dramatic moment because he's so infatuated with the guy's lovable doggie, Pepper.

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Election
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E2

    When Grace feels that Will is abusing his power as president of the tenant's association, she runs against him. Karen tries to buy back Jack's forgiveness when she lets his beloved bird, Guapo, fly out the window.

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - He's Come Undone
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - The Hospital Show
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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?

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Crouching Father, Hidden Husband
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E3

    Jack is puffed up with paternal pride as he escorts his long-lost teenaged son Elliot to a junior high school dance but not before he coerces Grace into posing as Elliot's date â€" which only revives her own tortured memories of rejection from school dances many years before. Elsewhere, Karen has great fun at her lawyer Will's expense when she continues to capriciously summon him for bogus ""emergencies"" â€" that is, until she really needs him.

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Whoa, Nelly
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E13

    Will & Grace try to lure Tina, Will's dad's mistress, away from Will's father by setting her up with another man. Unfortunately the only man available is Will's gay friend, Larry. Also, Karen buys a horse for breeding, but the stud is more interested in stallions.

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - ...And the Horse He Rode in On
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    S5:E1

    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.

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 23 - 23
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E23

    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.

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - Something Borrowed, Someone's Due (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E18

    After Will and Grace move into their expansive new dream apartment, they discover the awful pangs of separation anxiety as they pine for their smaller old digs now happily occupied by their friends who sub-let the place. Elsewhere, Jack tries to reconcile Karen with her estranged grifter of a mom, who wants to recruit her daughter for her next caper.

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - A.I.: Artificial Insemination (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E26

    After Will and Grace decide to have a baby together, obstacles pile up before them, including a missing specimen sample and bungled insemination efforts that have them teetering between artificial and natural means â€" all leading to mis-conceptions. Meanwhile, when Jack considers giving up his show-business aspirations, until he gets some career advice from a ""divine"" entity â€" his idol, Cher. Likewise, married Karen is sorely tempted by the romantic tickling of a rich and natty gentleman.

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Goodbye for Now
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    S1:E22

    Susan and Mike decide to move in together, much to Edie's displeasure. Meanwhile, Lynette takes steps to make sure Annabel doesn't come between her and Tom. Also, Bree comes to a realization about her "buddy" George the pharmacist who continues to interfere in her and Rex's lives. Carlos' legal problems take a turn for the worse, when Gabrielle decides to leave him. Mrs. Huber's journal reveals some secrets. Lastly, two new faces arrive on Wisteria Lane.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - My Fair Maid-y
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    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.

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  23. undefined Season 6 Episode 15 - Flip-Flop (1)
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    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.

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Sex and the Suburbs
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    S1:E13

    Tessa enjoys rubbing it in Dalia's face that Scott Strause chose her over Dalia. However the closer Tessa gets to Scott, the more nervous George becomes. When George discovers a box of XXL condoms that Lisa has given Tessa, he becomes obsessed and starts planning game night with her friends in hopes of keeping her at home more. Meanwhile Tessa soon discovers that the more time she spends with Scott, the less attracted to him she is.

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Fear No More
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    S1:E20

    Gabrielle plans a big party to bid farewell to Carlos, who is about to head off to jail for eight months. Meanwhile George Williams resurfaces in Bree's life, much to Rex's displeasure. Also, Lynette is shocked to learn that Tom's old girlfriend Annabel Foster who he dumped for Lynette has been hired at his firm again. Meanwhile, Zach continues to stalk Julie while Mike tries to separate Susan from Mary Alice's past secrets. Lastly, housewife Gabrielle is suspecting that she's pregnant.

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Adam Barr Ratings Summary

"Monster Under the Bed" is the best rated episode written by Adam Barr. It scored 8.4/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 6/1/1994 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "All About Christmas Eve".