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Will & Grace
Season 1
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No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21) –
May 13, 1999 (1999-05-13)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Will & Grace premiered on September 21, 1998, and concluded on May 13, 1999. It consisted of 22 episodes.

Cast and characters[edit]

Episodes[edit]

See also: List of Will & Grace episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"
"Love and Marriage"		James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickSeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21)101[1]11.82[2]
Grace gets an unexpected marriage proposal and her best friend Will deals with his own feelings about her proposal. Will advises Grace against marrying Danny and she freaks out.
22"A New Lease on Life"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickSeptember 28, 1998 (1998-09-28)10211.11[3]
With nowhere to stay, Grace turns to Will for shelter. First he dismisses her idea of living together, but later agrees. Will's friend Jack meets Grace's assistant Karen.
33"Head Case"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickOctober 5, 1998 (1998-10-05)10311.07[4]
Grace makes plans to create one large bathroom out of her and Will's individual spaces in the apartment. Will dislikes the idea, but forces himself to agree to prove that he knows how to compromise. The change leads to Will revealing his fears about why his relationships end in failure. Meanwhile, Jack needs help working on his resume, and Karen reluctantly takes on more responsibility in Grace's office.
44"Between a Rock and Harlin's Place"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickOctober 12, 1998 (1998-10-12)10412.51[5]
Grace designs a room for Will's boss, Harlin, which Will dislikes. Jack begins his singing career with his first show of Just Jack.
55"Boo! Humbug"James BurrowsJon Kinnally & Tracy PoustOctober 26, 1998 (1998-10-26)1078.55[6]
On Halloween, Will and Grace plan to ignore the holiday--but they are forced to baby-sit Harlin's two children, and eventually get into the spirit of the evening. Jack and Karen dress up and spend a night on the town, and Karen becomes very popular with some drag queens.
66"William, Tell"James BurrowsWilliam Lucas WalkerNovember 9, 1998 (1998-11-09)1068.45[7]
Grace brags that she and Will are the best of friends, with no secrets from each other--but when Jack reveals that Will briefly had an affair that Grace didn't know about, she becomes fearful that he might be hiding things from her. Karen privately hires Will when she begins to consider divorcing her husband Stanley, and her insistence on secrecy only makes Grace more paranoid.
77"Where There's a Will, There's No Way"James BurrowsJhoni MarchinkoNovember 16, 1998 (1998-11-16)1087.46[8]
Grace fears that Will is the reason that she has no interest in dating men. Jack faces trouble when the IRS catches up to him regarding his tax evasion.
88"The Buying Game"James BurrowsDava SavelNovember 30, 1998 (1998-11-30)1099.59[9]
Grace asks for Will's help in buying the studio that serves as her office space. They end up competing to see who can get the lowest price from the owner. Jack begins a career in massage therapy, taking on Karen as his first client.
99"The Truth About Will and Dogs"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickDecember 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)11012.06[10]
Grace feels left out when all of her friends talk about their dogs, so she adopts an adorable Yellow Lab puppy. Though Will initially hates the idea, he soon becomes obsessed with the puppy, and Grace realizes that he is lonely for companionship. Meanwhile, Karen and Jack become the puppy's dogsitters, and Karen has some fun by thinning Grace's closet of outfits she deems ugly.
1010"The Big Vent"James BurrowsStory by : Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally
Teleplay by : Jhoni Marchinko		January 5, 1999 (1999-01-05)11113.07[11]
Will and Grace find entertainment in listening to the conversations through their heating vent. Jack writes and performs a play that expresses his dismay over the fact that Will and Grace are ignoring him.
1111"Will on Ice"James BurrowsMichael Patrick KingJanuary 12, 1999 (1999-01-12)10513.60[12]
It's Will's birthday, and everyone goes to see Champions on Ice--even though Will doesn't want to (but pretends that he is okay). Grace and Jack find a mutual interest in figure skating.
1212"My Fair Maid-y"James BurrowsAdam BarrFebruary 2, 1999 (1999-02-02)11212.24[13]
When Grace nears a nervous breakdown during a design competition, Will hires a cleaning lady named April to organize the apartment. Grace soon becomes dependent on April's odd brand of moral support, frustrating Will. Jack lands a date with a cute graduate student in a bookstore, but inadvertently ruins a potential relationship when he pretends to be a lawyer.
1313"The Unsinkable Mommy Adler"James BurrowsAlex HerschlagFebruary 9, 1999 (1999-02-09)11412.09[14]
Grace's mother Bobbi (Debbie Reynolds), an actress with a big ego, comes to town for a visit and drives Grace crazy with passive-aggressive criticisms and suggestions, such as her marrying Will. But it's Will who hurts Grace most of all when he remarks that even if he was straight, he wouldn't want to be her husband. Karen finds out that her period is late, and faces conflicting emotions about her possible pregnancy. The episode is a subtle homage to Reynolds acting career, naming it after her 1964 movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown, singing with Karen a line from Singin' in the Rain and Jack renting a Star Wars video, that features Reynolds daughter Carrie Fisher.
1414"Big Brother is Coming: Part I"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickFebruary 16, 1999 (1999-02-16)11611.75[15]
Will refuses to reconnect with his estranged brother, Sam. Grace and Sam have a fling.
1515"Big Brother is Coming: Part II"James BurrowsDavid Kohan & Max MutchnickFebruary 23, 1999 (1999-02-23)11711.85[16]
Will finds out about Grace sleeping with his brother, and although he's initially upset, he comes to terms with the fact that he really has not right to tell her who she can and can't sleep with.
1616"Yours, Mine or Ours"James BurrowsEllen Idelson & Rob LottersteinMarch 2, 1999 (1999-03-02)11810.85[17]
Will and Grace invite the same man over for a dinner date, and struggle while determining if he is straight or gay. Karen has to fire her driver.
1717"Secrets and Lays"James BurrowsDava SavelMarch 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)11313.25[18]
Grace organizes an apparently spontaneous weekend getaway for her, Will, Jack, and Karen to the mountains at Karen's cabin, but the real reason is more emotional: the trip coincides with what would have been Will and Michael's anniversary. Problems arise when Grace runs into an old friend named Campbell, and she finds herself torn between pursuing him and supporting Will, who eventually admits that he does still miss his ex-boyfriend.
1818"Grace, Replaced"James BurrowsKatie PalmerApril 8, 1999 (1999-04-08)12119.08[19]
While Grace is consumed by work, Will befriends another woman in the building, Val Bassett (Molly Shannon). Jack is sentenced to community service for slapping a meter maid.
1919"Will Works Out"James BurrowsMichael Patrick King & Jon Kinnally & Tracy PoustApril 22, 1999 (1999-04-22)11517.19[20]
When Jack joins Will and Grace's gym, Will becomes upset by his flamboyant behavior and transparent homosexuality, and even calls Jack a fag, a statement which Jack inadvertently overhears. Jack accuses Will of being reluctant to accept his own gayness, and Will is forced to consider that he may be right. Karen and Stan face marital troubles, so Grace suggests she spend some time with a girlfriend to feel better--and ends up inviting Karen over for a night of drinking and bonding.
2020"Saving Grace"James BurrowsJhoni MarchinkoApril 29, 1999 (1999-04-29)12016.89[21]
Grace is hired by an arrogant publicist (Miguel Ferrer) under the condition that he gets a date with Will.
2121"Alley Cats"James BurrowsJhoni Marchinko & Alex HerschlagMay 6, 1999 (1999-05-06)11917.24[22]
Will accuses Grace of having too much competitiveness at their game night. Grace tries losing, but proves that Will is just as competitive. Jack teaches Karen CPR, which she reluctantly uses to save a man's life.
2222"Object of My Rejection"James BurrowsAdam BarrMay 13, 1999 (1999-05-13)12218.14[23]
After Grace temporarily gets back together with her ex-fiance, Grace and Will realize that their living together may be preventing them from finding mates. Jack marries Karen's maid Rosario so that she can stay in the country.

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