Will & Grace: Season 3

2000 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 3 of Will & Grace

The third year opens with Will (Eric McCormack) returning from his stay on a tropical island to find that Grace (Debra Messing) - who is torn between two boyfriends - and his friend Jack (Sean Hayes) have bonded.

25episodes

Oct 12, 2000aired

May 17, 2001latest episode

9.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 New Will City
Oct 12, 2000 · 22 min
After three months on the island, Will finally returns only to learn that Jack and Grace have bonded in his absence. Meanwhile Grace still can't decide between Josh and Ben; When Karen tries to smuggle pearls in the States, Rosario ends up taking the rap.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick · Starring: Corey Parker, Shelley Morrison, Mimi Savage, Timothy Davis-Reed
3x02 Fear and Clothing
Oct 19, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Adam Barr · Starring: Derek Basco, Shelley Morrison
3x03 Husbands and Trophy Wives
Oct 19, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Kari Lizer · Starring: Gregory Hines, Tim Bagley, Shelley Morrison, Jerry Levine
3x04 Girl Trouble
Oct 26, 2000 · 22 min
Grace's delight in having a bright intern whom she can mentor turns into horror when the young woman re-makes herself into the spitting image of sassy, brassy Karen -- and that's at least one too many Karens to handle. Meanwhile, Will and Jack volunteer to act out scenes for a gay sensitivity seminar for the local police but the peaceful intent is lost when they tussle with two lesbian cast members who strongly object to their non-inclusive, sexist language.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Alex Herschlag · Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Christopher Darga, Megan Cavanagh, Henriette Mantel
3x05 Grace 0, Jack 2000
Nov 2, 2000 · 22 min
Grace has made up her mind to break up with Ben because she's convinced their relationship is going nowhere -- but his charm and refusal to call it quits tempt her to reconsider. Meanwhile, Jack's latest and most outrageous cabaret gig is an absolute bomb until he frantically works an unwilling Will into the act by mercilessly ridiculing his attending friend's most-private confessions.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust · Starring: Gregory Hines, Jason Stuart, Troy Norton, Jeremy Forte
3x06 Love Plus One
Nov 9, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Richard A. Rosenstock · Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Jeremy Piven, Maria Pitillo, Eric Roth
3x07 Gypsies, Tramps and Weed
Nov 16, 2000 · 22 min
Will reluctantly decides to use a birthday gift certificate from Grace to consult a psychic about his future and encounters an absent-minded fortune teller whose frighteningly personal predictions leave him reeling. Elsewhere, a guilt-ridden Grace hires a lackadaisical waiter whom she helped to get fired while Jack, who forever idolizes music, TV and film legend Cher, stumbles onto the real deal and meets the Oscar winner herself -- whom he mistakes for a drag queen.
Directed by: James Burrows · Written by: Katie Palmer · Starring: Camryn Manheim, Kevyn Aucoin, Cher, Robert Romanus
3x08 Lows in the Mid-Eighties (1)
Nov 23, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jeff Greenstein · Starring: Sara Rue, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Martina Navratilova, Neil Vipond
3x09 Lows in the Mid-Eighties (2)
Nov 23, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jeff Greenstein · Starring: Sara Rue, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Shelley Morrison, Neil Vipond
3x10 Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show Mid-Season Finale
Dec 14, 2000 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jhoni Marchinko · Starring: Ken Marino, Paul Fitzgerald, Bob Rumnock
3x11 Coffee & Commitment
Jan 4, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Adam Barr · Starring: Lori Alan, Tim Bagley, Jerry Levine, Butch Klein
3x12 Swimming Pools... Movie Stars
Jan 11, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: James Burrows · Written by: Katie Palmer · Starring: Sandra Bernhard, Molly Bryant, Shelley Morrison, Mitch Kaplan
3x13 Crazy in Love
Feb 1, 2001 · 22 min
A sports-challenged Will tries to impress his new friend Matt â€" a sportscaster â€" with his athletic skills by checking into a batting cage but it takes Grace to show him how to improve his swing. Meanwhile, Grace is given a mission: impossible when Jack and Karen ask her to exotically re-decorate Jack's apartment.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Tracy Poust, Jon Kinnally · Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Marshall Manesh
3x14 Brothers, a Love Story
Feb 8, 2001 · 22 min · ★ 5.0
Will is torn over ending his newfound relationship with Matt, a rising TV sportcaster who is extremely reluctant to let the world â€" especially his macho business associates â€" know about his sexual preference, so he continues to refer to Will as his ""brother."" Meanwhile, as Grace does her best to help Will decide, Karen is livid when she discovers that he helped draft her husband's will, which will award much of his estate to charity.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick · Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Dion Anderson, George Stults, Dennis Satterfield
3x15 My Uncle the Car
Feb 15, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Kari Lizer · Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Shelley Morrison, Leslie Jordan
3x16 Cheaters (1)
Feb 22, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Alex Herschlag · Starring: Joel McHale, Sydney Pollack, Lesley Ann Warren, Dirk Shafer
3x17 Cheaters (2)
Feb 22, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Alex Herschlag · Starring: Sydney Pollack, Shelley Morrison, Lesley Ann Warren
3x18 Mad Dogs and Average Men
Mar 15, 2001 · 22 min
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Adam Barr · Starring: Bill Idelson, Peter Jacobson, Paul Satterfield, Ellen Idelson
3x19 Poker? I Don't Even Like Her
Mar 29, 2001 · 22 min
Grace's lousy poker playing leads Will's friends to ban her from the game, but Grace makes an amazing turnaround to stay in; Karen uses a snippy socialite as a guinea pig for cosmetic surgery.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jeanette Collins, Mimi Friedman · Starring: Christine Ebersole, Tim Bagley, Jerry Levine, Cyndi Martino
3x20 An Old-Fashioned Piano Party
Apr 19, 2001 · 22 min
When Grace frets that she and Will might drift apart like their similar friends, she impulsively buys an expensive piano which she hopes will cement their mutual bond and love for music â€" or at least give her an excuse to perform a lot of show tunes. Meanwhile, when Jack is dumped by his latest romantic interest, he vents his grief by writing trashy novels which instantly draw Karen's passionate attention.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jhoni Marchinko, Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust · Starring: Gigi Rice, Tim Bagley, Philipp Karner, Jovial Kemp
3x21 The Young and the Tactless
Apr 26, 2001 · 22 min
Grace gives romantic advice to her slovenly new neighbor, Nathan, in hope of reuniting him with his girlfriend so he will move away. Meanwhile, Will and Jack are out on the town with an unwelcome chaperone: Karen's oblivious mother-in-law.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Jeff Greenstein · Starring: Ellen Albertini Dow, Branden Williams, Woody Harrelson, Marshall Manesh
3x22 Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore
May 3, 2001 · 22 min
When Grace learns that an old school mate who she made fun of has died, guilt makes her attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Jack is nominated for a gay cabaret award.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Sally Bradford McKenna · Starring: Todd Stashwick, Alex Kapp Horner, Noel Conlon, Patricia Place
3x23 Last of the Really Odd Lovers
May 10, 2001 · 22 min
Grace hates herself for her fatal attraction to Nathan and wants to keep her embarrassing romance with him a secret. Likewise, Will prefers to maintain discretion in his relationship with a much younger man. Meanwhile, Jack revels in the attention lavished on him by Grace's eccentric friend, Val.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Kari Lizer · Starring: Branden Williams, Woody Harrelson, Adam Barr, Molly Shannon
3x24 Sons and Lovers (1)
May 17, 2001 · 22 min
An exasperated Grace tries to mediate between a resentful Will and her sloppy, free-spirited boyfriend Nathan when Nathan moves in while Jack is in a royal dither as he plans to finally meet his unseen father face-to-face. However, Grace grows nervous when the two polar-opposite men find some common ground and she ponders how a devoted boyfriend might affect her equally important relationship with her longtime buddy Will. After settling his father issues, Jack later gets the surprise of his life in a most unexpected fashion.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan · Starring: Michael Angarano, Shelley Morrison, Woody Harrelson, Claire Malis
3x25 Sons and Lovers (2) Season Finale
May 17, 2001 · 22 min
An exasperated Grace tries to mediate between a resentful Will and her sloppy, free-spirited boyfriend Nathan when Nathan moves in while Jack is in a royal dither as he plans to finally meet his unseen father face-to-face. However, Grace grows nervous when the two polar-opposite men find some common ground and she ponders how a devoted boyfriend might affect her equally important relationship with her longtime buddy Will. After settling his father issues, Jack later gets the surprise of his life in a most unexpected fashion.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick · Starring: Michael Angarano, Woody Harrelson, Claire Malis, Michael Philip