Will & Grace Season 4

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72. The Third Wheel Gets The Grace (edit)
First aired: 9/27/2001
Writer: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jacqueline Beatty (Woman #1), Karin Co (Woman #2), Jessica Margaret Dean (Woman #3), Debra Kay (Woman #4)
Will returns from vacation to discover that Grace's romantic relationship with neighbor Nathan is humming along – but Nathan feels neglected when Will and Grace resume their chummy friendship, complete with their own private language and code. Meanwhile, Jack proudly takes his newfound son Elliot shopping for school at Barney's while Rosario and Karen each cruise the merchandise looking for the perfect "anniversary gift."

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8.9
19 Ratings
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73. Past & Presents (edit)
First aired: 10/4/2001
Writer: Tracy Poust, Jon Kinnally
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Adam Goldberg (Kevin Wolchek), Walter Addison (D.T. Peterson)
The new lawyer in Will's firm is the same lout who bullied him as a child; Nathan's birthday flusters Grace, who's outdone in the gift department by Karen.

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8.3
18 Ratings
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74. Crouching Father, Hidden Husband (edit)
First aired: 10/11/2001
Writer: Adam Barr
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: James Healy, Jr. (Agent Pembleton), Victor Brandt (Agent Korn), Kari Lizer (Connie), Landry Allbright (Nancy), Lauren Schaffel (Girl #1), Sydney Berry (Girl #2), Hep Jamieson (Agent Korn)
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 – 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" – that is, until she really needs him.

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8.9
18 Ratings
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75. Prison Blues (edit)
First aired: 10/18/2001
Writer: Alex Herschlag
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Brent Sexton (Guard), James Black (Anthony Dukane)
After Stan is arrested for tax evasion, Grace and Karen timidly visit him in prison, and Grace is so moved to help her worried friend that she moves right into Karen's deluxe apartment in the sky-where she becomes a demanding guest who's soon hooked on servants, bubble baths and an extravagant lifestyle. Meanwhile, as Stan's attorney, Will struggles with stagefright when he babbles on during a TV news interview, so Jack convinces him to polish his communication skills by attending an acting class ruled by an imperious teacher.

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8.9
16 Ratings
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76. Loose Lips Sink Relationships (edit)
First aired: 10/25/2001
Writer: Kari Lizer
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Parker Posey (Dorleen), Andrew Rosenbach (Barney's Employee)
In a sneaky ploy to bum a night off from work at Barney's department store, a conniving Jack plays matchmaker and takes advantage of his geeky female supervisor's interest in Will-while mindful of Will's fantasy of modeling in the store's catalogue-and he parlays their mutual desires into a "date," even though his unsuspecting friend doesn't have a clue of her intentions. Elsewhere, Grace goes where no woman should when she compares her previous sexual experience with her boyfriend Nathan's.

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8.8
15 Ratings
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77. Rules Of Engagement (edit)
First aired: 11/1/2001
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jordan Feldman (Fred Homosexual), Dean Cameron (Guy), Shane Partlow (Boyfriend), Sam Pancake (Bartender)
During an intimate moment, Nathan pops the question of marriage to Grace but she recoils simply because the situation didn't fit her childhood fantasy of a proposal-and when she realizes her mistake, she returns the favor, but doesn't get the response she hoped she get.

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8.2
15 Ratings
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78. Bed, Bath & Beyond (edit)
First aired: 11/8/2001
Writer: Jhoni Marchinko
Director: James Burrows
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While a baleful Grace wallows in bed as she grieves over losing her boyfriend Nathan, an enterprising Will tries all his old tricks to spring her from her mattress and back into the real world's whirl. But when Jack and Karen arrive, Will fears that their bizarre efforts to help might actually drive Grace futher into her shell -- not to mention therapy.

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8.8
15 Ratings
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79. Star-Spangled Banter (edit)
First aired: 11/15/2001
Writer: Cynthia Mort
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Anne Meara (Mrs. Friedman), Douglas Sills (Ted Bowers), Michael Taylor Gray (Ned), Cynthia Mann (Judy Green)
Will and Grace elect to disagree when it comes to choosing sides during a mayoral election; she supports the female Jewish candidate and he's voting for the gay nominee. To settle matters, the roomies host fund-raisers attended simultaneously by both aspirants.

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7.7
16 Ratings
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80. Moveable Feast (1) (edit)
First aired: 11/22/2001
Writer: Kari Lizer
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Murray Gershenz (Uncle Funny), Jon Tenney (Paul Truman), Lainie Kazan (Aunt Honey), Kenneth Mars (Uncle Sid), Helen Slater (Peggy Truman), Nick Offerman (Nick the Plumber), Beau Bridges (Daniel McFarland), Gene Elman (Uncle Winnie), Clinton Leupp (Lawrence)
Rather than be apart on Thanksgiving Day, Will and Grace join Jack and Karen for a festive holiday motor tour of their respective dysfunctional families, including Grace's domineering mother as well as Will's willful mom and Jack's stepdad -- with unsettling results. Meanwhile, back home, a waiting Rosario bastes and tastes their juicy turkey.

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8.6
15 Ratings
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81. Moveable Feast (2) (edit)
First aired: 11/22/2001
Writer: Kari Lizer
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Clinton Leupp (Lawrence), Murray Gershenz (Uncle Funny), Jon Tenney (Paul Truman), Beau Bridges (Daniel McFarland), Nick Offerman (Nick the Plumber), Gene Elman (Uncle Winnie), Helen Slater (Peggy Truman), Lainie Kazan (Aunt Honey), Kenneth Mars (Uncle Sid)
Rather than be apart on Thanksgiving Day, Will and Grace join Jack and Karen for a festive holiday motor tour of their respective dysfunctional families, including Grace's domineering mother as well as Will's willful mom and Jack's stepdad -- with unsettling results. Meanwhile, back home, a waiting Rosario bastes and tastes their juicy turkey.

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8.7
15 Ratings
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82. Stakin' Care Of Business (edit)
First aired: 12/6/2001
Writer: Bill Wrubel
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Patrick Breen (Mitchell), Dan Gauthier (Curt), Bess Meyer (Marcy), Josh Temple (Mover), Ashley Borden (Personal Trainer), Josh Temple (Sexy Mover)
At the gym, Will spies another guy who looks maddeningly familiar, while Jack gets a workout as he keeps repeating one of his nonsensical catchphrases in hopes of seeing it become popular among the sweat set. Meanwhile, Grace gets some bad advice from Karen when she seeks a loan to expand her company so she stoops to asking her wealthy employee herself for the money-even if she has to resort to drastic measures to get the point across.

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8.4
17 Ratings
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83. Jingle Balls (edit)
First aired: 12/13/2001
Writer: Laura Kightlinger
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Larry Sullivan (Robert), Parker Posey (Darlene), Paul Keith (Guy)
Grace is hired as seasonal help to decorate the Christmas display windows of fashionable Barney's; Will meets a ballet dancer but is too embarrassed to introduce his friends.

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8.5
16 Ratings
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84. Whoa, Nelly (edit)
First aired: 1/10/2002
Writer: Adam Barr
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Lesley Ann Warren (Tina), Cal Bartlett (Trainer), Morgan Nagler (Salesperson)
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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6.7
14 Ratings
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85. Grace In The Hole (edit)
First aired: 1/17/2002
Writer: Bill Wrubel
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kirk Baltz (Glenn Gabriel), Cheryl Bricker (Sheila Slovinski), Brent Sexton (Guard), Steven Shaw (Judge)
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 – 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.

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7.6
15 Ratings
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86. Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard (edit)
First aired: 1/31/2002
Writer: Darlene Hunt
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ralph Litt (Minister), John Colella (Best Man), Rosie O'Donnell (Bonnie), Tom Verica (Danny), Jennifer Aspen (Sarah), Maggie Wheeler (Polly), Jim Hanna (Wayne), Darlene Hunt (Beth), Scott Haven (Steve), Greg Vaughan (Cute Guy)
Rosie O'Donnell plays Bonnie, a no-nonsense single mom who clashes with Jack over the raising of their son, Elliot, fathered from Jack's sperm-bank donation. Bonnie's enraged because Jack had 12-year-old Elliot's hair bleached blond, so she lays down the law. "From now on," she tells him, "stay out of my kid's life. I don't want you to see him again." A parallel storyline unfolds at a wedding gala, where Will poses as a tennis pro (because nobody likes lawyers); and Grace caustically toasts the bridegroom, her ex-fiancé. "I've always thought about having a child," she says. "But not as a husband."

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8.0
15 Ratings
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87. A Chorus Lie (edit)
First aired: 2/7/2002
Writer: Tracy Poust, Jon Kinnally
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Matt Damon (Owen), Patrick Kerr (Choral Director), Amanda Carlin (Mrs. Sanwald), Craig A. Meyer (Burton), Wendy Schenker (Woman #1), Jan Sheldrick (Woman #2), Julie Janney (Woman #3), Steve Goodwillie (Guy #1), Sonya Therieult (Pretty Girl), Matt Bradshaw (Member of Choir (uncredited))
Matt Damon makes a guest appearance as a clever charmer named Owen, who's competing against Jack for a spot in New York's Gay Men's Chorus. Truth be told, however, Owen is totally straight and is really after the group's big perk: a summer trip to Europe, all-expenses paid. Jack suspects Owen's ruse but needs proof. How about the hug test? Now a flustered Jack reluctantly turns to Grace to "in" Owen. Meanwhile, a scheming Karen tries to pass off an unwitting Will as her lover and not her lawyer when she discovers that she's the object of pity for being single at her own Valentine's Day party

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9.4
19 Ratings
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88. Someone Old, Someplace New (1) (edit)
First aired: 2/28/2002
Writer: Jhoni Marchinko, Alex Herschlag
Director: James Burrows
Story: Jeff Greenstein
Guest star: Sandra Bernhard (Herself), Suzanne Pleshette (Lois Whitley), Nealla Gordon (Eileen), Jamison Jones (Phil), Joseph Will (Bill), Lyndon Karp (Kid), Mitch Kaplan (Mitchie)
Will and Grace feel they need more elbow room, so they search for larger digs and find an exquisite place-despite the efforts of Sandra Bernhard-but to finance the move, they illegally sub-let their old apartment. Meanwhile, a well-intentioned Jack begins filming a documentary of Karen's colorful life to celebrate her birthday but accidentally stumbles upon her estranged, lowlife mom.

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7.9
17 Ratings
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89. Something Borrowed, Someone's Due (2) (edit)
First aired: 3/7/2002
Writer: Bill Wrubel, Adam Barr
Director: James Burrows
Story: Kari Lizer
Guest star: Joseph Will (Bill), Mickey Maxwell (Doctor), Suzanne Pleshette (Lois Whitley)
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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7.8
16 Ratings
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90. Cheatin' Trouble Blues (edit)
First aired: 3/28/2002
Writer: Alex Herschlag
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Sydney Pollack (George Truman)
Will presents his newly reconciled parents with a cruise for their anniversary, but their individual secrets ruin his hopes.

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7.8
15 Ratings
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91. Went To A Garden Potty (edit)
First aired: 4/4/2002
Writer: Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust
Director: James Burrows
Story: Sally Bradford
Guest star: Tom Poston (Norman), Steve Paymer (Steve), Peter MacKenzie (Mean Guy), Melissa Russell (Actress)
In the aftermath of his parents' divorce, Will salvages a beloved garden gnome – nicknamed "Squatsie" – 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.

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7.1
16 Ratings
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92. He Shoots, They Snore (edit)
First aired: 4/11/2002
Writer: Sally Bradford
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Landry Allbright (Nancy), Brian Howe (Ken), Paul Parducci (Alan), Ali Chen (Counter Person), Tony Pasqualini (Man), Ray Porter (Dad), Debra Azar (Kat), Irene White (Nicole), Gabriel Bologna (Tim)
Teaching a design seminar challenges Grace; chaperoning Jack's son occupies Will at the youth's basketball tourney.

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8.0
16 Ratings
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93. Wedding Balls (edit)
First aired: 4/18/2002
Writer: Laura Kightlinger
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Steven Shenbaum (Bob), Tracy Nelson (Alison Pollette), Kimberly Scott (Author Rita Pigeon), Judy Nazemetz (Clerk), Tia Riebling (Mute Bride), Nicole Forester (Lucy), Stephanie Erb (Mona)
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 – 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.

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7.9
15 Ratings
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94. Fagel Attraction (edit)
First aired: 4/25/2002
Writer: Jenji Kohan
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kevin Fabian (Man), Louis Giovanetti (Cop), Barry Livingston (Vince), Michael Douglas (Detective Gavin Hatch), Fred Applegate (Dr. Foster)
After his laptop computer is stolen, Will meets a sociable police detective who takes a special interest in his case as they go undercover – but Will doesn't know that the gumshoe is secretly participating in Jack's therapy group for gays. Elsewhere, Grace is again hassled by her psycho neighbor Val who "opens" a rival design business and prospers by stealing Grace's ideas.

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8.7
17 Ratings
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95. Hocus Focus (edit)
First aired: 5/2/2002
Writer: Sally Bradford
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Glenn Close (Fannie Lieber), J.P. Manoux (Minion), Jeremy Forte (Angry Man), Jason Stuart (Stuart)
After Will wins a portrait session at a charity auction, he takes Grace to pose for a notoriously eccentric celebrity photographer but the unfocused shooter's bizarre methods ultimately produce a funky image that flatters Grace – and frightens Will. Meanwhile, Jack's back with another performance act, and this time he employs magic tricks but regrets using Karen as his assistant.

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8.1
16 Ratings
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