Episode guide
Will & Grace: Season 4
27 episodes · premiered Sep 27, 2001
Jack reconnects with his teenage son, Karen faces upheaval in her extravagant lifestyle, and Will and Grace navigate their evolving friendship amid career and dating mishaps. Guest stars like Cher, Sandra Bernhard, and Woody Harrelson bring standout moments in this sharp and heartfelt season.
- Episode 1: The Third Wheel Gets the Grace Sep 27, 2001 · 22m Will returns from vacation to discover that Grace's romantic relationship with neighbor Nathan is humming along. Nathan feels neglected when Will and Grace resume their chummy friendship…
- Episode 2: Past and Presents Oct 4, 2001 · 22m 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.
- Episode 3: Crouching Father, Hidden Husband Oct 11, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 4: Prison Blues Oct 18, 2001 · 22m After Stan is arrested for tax evasion, Grace and Karen timidly visit him in prison. Grace is so moved to help her worried friend that she moves right into Karen's deluxe…
- Episode 5: Loose Lips Sink Relationships Oct 25, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 6: Rules of Engagement Nov 1, 2001 · 22m 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. When she realizes her…
- Episode 7: Bed, Bath & Beyond Nov 8, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 8: Star-Spangled Banter Nov 15, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 9: Moveable Feast (1) Nov 22, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 10: Moveable Feast (2) Nov 22, 2001 · 22m This episode is also known as "Thanksgiving." Will and Grace join Jack and Karen in a motor tour of their respective families. (Double-length Episode)
- Episode 11: Stakin' Care of Business Dec 6, 2001 · 22m 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…
- Episode 12: Jingle Balls Dec 13, 2001 · 22m 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.
- Episode 13: Whoa, Nelly Jan 10, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 14: Grace in the Hole Jan 17, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 15: Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard Jan 31, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 16: A Chorus Lie Feb 7, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 17: Someone Old, Someplace New (1) Feb 28, 2002 · 22m Will and Grace feel they need more elbow room, so they search for larger digs and find an exquisite placeâ€"despite the efforts of Sandra Bernhardâ€"but to finance the move, they illegally…
- Episode 18: Something Borrowed, Someone's Due (2) Mar 7, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 19: Cheatin' Trouble Blues Mar 28, 2002 · 22m Will presents his newly reconciled parents with a cruise for their anniversary, but their individual secrets ruin his hopes.
- Episode 20: Went to a Garden Potty Apr 4, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 21: He Shoots, They Snore Apr 11, 2002 · 22m Teaching a design seminar challenges Grace; chaperoning Jack's son occupies Will at the youth's basketball tourney.
- Episode 22: Wedding Balls Apr 18, 2002 · 22m 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€"…
- Episode 23: Fagel Attraction Apr 25, 2002 · 22m After his laptop computer is stolen, Will meets a sociable police detective who takes a special interest in his case as they go undercover â€" but Will doesn't know that the gumshoe is…
- Episode 24: Hocus Focus May 2, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 25: A Buncha White Chicks Sittin' Around Talkin' May 9, 2002 · 22m When Will hears his ""biological clock"" ticking, he shocks Grace by asking her to become the mother of his baby but when they meet with a therapist, Grace reveals that she's uneasy about…
- Episode 26: A.I.: Artificial Insemination (1) May 16, 2002 · 22m 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…
- Episode 27: A.I.: Artificial Insemination (2) May 16, 2002 · 22m 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…