WILL & GRACE is one of the all time classic sitcoms. It ran for eleven seasons on NBC and we wish it had even more seasons. It won multiple Emmys and features amazing guest stars including: Demi Moore, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Gregory Hines, Gene Wilder, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Wanda Sykes, Parker Posey, Sharon Stone, Ellen DeGeneres, Matt Damon, Elton John, Ben Platt, Andy Garcia, Roseanna Arquette, Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs, Joan Collins and many more.
IMDB offered their top 20 episodes. All great choices. But not necessarily our choices. That said, it's hard to pick and our top 20 was strongly fought over (for example, the Gillian episode didn't make the cut and some of us are still mad about that). But at this point in time, here are the top 20 episodes we could agree on.
20) "Sweatshop Annie & the Annoying Baby Shower"-- season 9, episode 13 -- Ellen and friends throw a baby shower for Rose Mary as Grace stuffs her feelings on notes that later get discovered. As the shower implodes, Ellen gets the best line with "You know, Rob's always like, 'We don't see Will and Grace enough.[ And I'm always like, 'We see them the right amount'."
19) "Homojo" -- season 5, episode 15 -- Minnie Driver's shows up for the first time as Karen's nemesis Lorraine while the propsect of losing game night to Rob & Ellen or Larry & Joe forces Will and Grace to admit that they've lost their homojo.
18) "There's Something About Larry" -- season 9, episode 9 -- Larry's not feeling appreciated by Joe and develops a crush on Will.
17) "Bathroom Humor" -- season 8, episode 11 -- Rosario mistakenly invited Jack, Grace and Will to Karen's birthday party where they have to not only endured Leslie Jordan's Beverly Leslie but also Matt Lauer's Matt Lauer.
16) "Performance Anxiety" -- season 11, episode 6 -- Jack and Grace go to an ANNIE convention.
15) "To Serve and Disinfect" -- season two, episode 6 -- Will serves a catered affair while one of Karen's previous jobs (a fetish films actress) comes to light.
14) "Grace Replaced" -- season one, episode 18, -- Molly Shannon's first appearance as Val who quickly becomes the new Grace --even handling game night with Rob and Ellen.
13) "Rosario's Quinceañera" -- season 9, episode 6 -- Karen comes to grip with Rosario's passing.
12) "Fanilow" -- season 6, episode 10 -- Debbie Reynolds is back as Grace's mom Bobbie, but she's celebrating Hanukkah with Jack while Grace holds Will's place in a line for Barry Manilow concert tickets. Priceless moments -- Grace turning the song "Mandy" into "Mommy" and the look Karen shoots her.
11) "With Enemies Like These" -- season 11, episode 3 -- Grace encounters problems "in the golden age of take-out" but Mrs. Timer bans food deliveries in the building. Karen gets the best line, "Oh, Grace, you're a couch toilet away from all your dreams coming true."
10) "Das Boob" -- season 2, episode 2 -- Karen convinces Grace her breasts are too small for an old high school crush
9) "Polk Defeats Truman" -- season 2, episode 5 -- Grace is wiped out when Karen actually cashes her pay checks and Will get fired by Harlan.
8) "Alley Cats," season 1, episode 21 -- Rob and Ellen can't take Grace's competitiveness and it does not end well for them at a bowling alley when Will lets Jeannie out of the bottle.
7) "Gypsies, Tramps and Weed" -- season 3, episode 7 -- Char has already been mentioned on the show -- and would continue to be -- but this was the first of her two actual appearance onscreen. Jack's obsessed with his new Cher doll while Will has one of his very many bad birthdays.
6) "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" -- season 3, episodes 9 and 10 -- waiting on a table leads Will, Grace, Jack and Karen to reflect on their earlier years -- including back in college when Will told Grace he was gay and ended up sleeping with Diane -- the only woman he ever slept with.
5) "Three Wise Men" -- season 9, episode 12 -- Jack says "respect" to Grace at the end of the episode upon learning that she slept with her boyfriend James' adult son . . . and grandfather. Grace's declaration that she's the prettiest girl (that grandfather, father and son are talking about) may be Debra Messing's finest comedic moment. Mira's best moment comes when she quotes the lyrics of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)."
4) "Queens For A Day" -- season 7, episodes 10 and 11 -- Thanksgiving finds Will working overtime to impress boyfriend Vince's mother while Jack urges Vince's sister to come out as a lesbian and Grace and Karen make out with Vince's nephew.
3) "Me and Mr. Jones" -- season 6, episode 4 -- feeling lost, James Earl Jones joins Jack's acting class where he performs a scene from SEX IN THE CITY.
2) "Homo For The Holidays" -- season two, episode 7 -- Jack's mother makes her only on camera appearance as she shows up to learn that Jack is gay -- after watching Karen and Grace pretend to be his ex lovers.
1) "Last Ex To Brooklyn," season six, episode two -- Mira Sorvino shows up as Leo's ex and the only woman Will ever slept with -- Diane -- leading Grace to simmer into rage.
