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S3.E1 ∙ New Will City

Wed, Oct 11, 2000

Will finally returns from his Caribbean working vacation and tries to help a confused Grace decide between her two sub-par boyfriends.

7.6 /10

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.

7.6 /10

S3.E3 ∙ Husbands and Trophy Wives

Wed, Oct 18, 2000

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.

7.4 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Girl Trouble

Wed, Oct 25, 2000

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.

7.6 /10

S3.E5 ∙ Grace 0, Jack 2000

Wed, Nov 01, 2000

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.

7.4 /10

S3.E6 ∙ Love Plus One

Wed, Nov 08, 2000

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.

8 /10

S3.E7 ∙ Gypsies, Tramps and Weed

Wed, Nov 15, 2000

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.

8.4 /10

S3.E8 ∙ Lows in the Mid-Eighties, Part I

Wed, Nov 22, 2000

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 teenage Jack for some crucial advice. We also learn why the famous tennis player Martina Navratilova became a lesbian.

8.7 /10

S3.E9 ∙ Lows in the Mid-Eighties, Part II

Wed, Nov 22, 2000

The flashback to Thanksgiving 1985 continues, and when Will finally tells Grace the truth, she orders him out of the house -- and her life. Meanwhile, Karen meets someone who will become a permanent fixture in her life.

8.5 /10

S3.E10 ∙ Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show

Wed, Dec 13, 2000

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.

7.5 /10

S3.E11 ∙ Coffee & Commitment

Wed, Jan 03, 2001

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.

7.8 /10

S3.E12 ∙ Swimming Pools... Movie Stars

Wed, Jan 10, 2001

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; and Jack begins attending Co-Dependents Anonymous meetings.

7.7 /10

S3.E13 ∙ Crazy in Love

Wed, Jan 31, 2001

A sports-challenged Will tries to impress his new friend Matt, a sportscaster, with his athletic skills by checking into a batting cage, but it takes Grace to show him how to improve his swing.

7.7 /10

S3.E14 ∙ Brothers, a Love Story

Wed, Feb 07, 2001

Will gets upset when his new boyfriend refuses to recognize him as his boyfriend when they're in public and introduces him as his brother. Grace tells him he should dump him but Will finds it difficult to do that. And Karen discovers that Stan is giving a portion of his estate to charity in his will.

7.7 /10

S3.E15 ∙ My Uncle the Car

Wed, Feb 14, 2001

Jack receives a letter that indicates he is black. Grace inherits an old a car from a deceased uncle. She sells the the car that she believes to be a lemon to a nun. Meanwhile, Karen discovers that Rosario is moonlighting for Beverly Leslie. Grace realizes that she should have kept the car and tries to buy it back.

7.6 /10

S3.E16 ∙ Cheaters

Wed, Feb 21, 2001

Grace is apoplectic when she catches Will's philandering father on the arm of a glamorous stranger.

7.5 /10

S3.E17 ∙ Cheaters

Wed, Feb 21, 2001

Will must face the truth about his father's affair.

7.4 /10

S3.E18 ∙ Mad Dogs and Average Men

Wed, Mar 14, 2001

Grace is smitten when she meets Sumner, the charming and handsome nephew of Karen, but Grace's attempts to arrange a date are constantly thwarted when Karen conjures up a litany of lies to dissuade her.

7.4 /10

S3.E19 ∙ Poker? I Don't Even Like Her

Wed, Mar 28, 2001

Will feels the heat from his poker-playing pals when their weekly get-together is compromised by an obnoxious Grace whose ineffective gamesmanship leaves her in debt to everyone.

7.6 /10

S3.E20 ∙ An Old-Fashioned Piano Party

Wed, Apr 18, 2001

Grace fears Will is pulling away, so she buys a piano for them to bond over. Meanwhile, Jack is depressed over a recent breakup and channels his energy into writing romance novels, which Karen quickly becomes addicted to.

7.4 /10

S3.E21 ∙ The Young and the Tactless

Wed, Apr 25, 2001

Grace's (Debra Messing) new neighbor, guest star Woody Harrelson, is a slovenly lout whose disheveled lifestyle and grungy habits put him at odds with her well-ordered world.

7.8 /10

S3.E22 ∙ Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore

Wed, May 02, 2001

Will and Grace attend a funeral so that Grace can apologize for belittling a former classmate years ago. Also Jack gets ready for a gay cabaret award event with the help of Karen.

7.5 /10

S3.E23 ∙ Last of the Really Odd Lovers

Wed, May 09, 2001

Grace (Debra Messing) hates herself for her fatal attraction to a boorish neighbor (Oscar-nominated guest star Woody Harrelson), and wants to keep her newborn romance with him a secret.

7.9 /10

S3.E24 ∙ Sons and Lovers

Wed, May 16, 2001

Grace struggles trying to get Nathan and Will to get along, while Jack prepares to meet his birth father.

8.1 /10

S3.E25 ∙ Sons and Lovers

Wed, May 16, 2001

Will and Grace's relationship threatens the one she has with Nathan. Still heartbroken over the news about his real father, Jack also learns that he himself is a daddy, and not in the way he'd like.

8.2 /10