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Will & Grace: Season 2

18 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 2018
Previously on Will & Grace

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Will & Grace Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

The West Side Curmudgeon

Oct 4, 2018

Grace's accidental run-in with Noah, a curmudgeonly man she follows on Twitter, hints at a possible new love interest. Jack wants to look younger before meeting Estefan's family on

S2·E2 Core

Where in the World Is Karen Walker?

Oct 11, 2018

Will, Grace and Jack are upset when they discover they've been too preoccupied with the changes in their own lives: Will teaching law at Columbia, Grace running for president of th

S2·E3 Core

Tex and the City

Oct 18, 2018

Will and Jack visit Jack's grandson, Skip, in Texas to watch him perform at his church's talent show. But when Jack learns Skip plans on singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,

S2·E4 Core

Who's Sorry Now?

Oct 25, 2018

Now a certified psychic, Jack channels Rosario to help Karen open her heart to love again; Grace learns love means having to say you're sorry... to Will.

S2·E5 Mytharc

Grace's Secret

Nov 1, 2018

Grace reveals a secret from her past to her father, changing their relationship forever; legendary drag queen Miss Coco Peru emcees a lip-sync monologue throwdown to determine who

S2·E6 Core

Kid 'n Play

Nov 8, 2018

When Will discovers Noah has a child, he promises to keep the secret from Grace; Karen and Jack's relationship is tested when she fires him from the play she's producing and replac

S2·E7 Core

So Long Division

Nov 29, 2018

Will convinces Grace that her boyfriend, Noah, isn't in the wrong by refusing to let her meet his daughter, Katie. When Grace goes to apologize to Noah, she unintentionally meets K

S2·E8 Core

Anchor Away

Dec 6, 2018

In order to land a handsome, gay TV news anchor with a pension for dim, frothy men, Jack convinces Will to not be himself and to act like someone silly and stupid. Karen learns tha

S2·E9 Core

Family, Trip

Jan 31, 2019

Will, Karen and Jack unknowingly take a hallucinogenic drug, which causes Will and Jack to wonder if they're each other's soul mate and has Karen giving her last "performance" as M

S2·E10 Core

Dead Man Texting

Feb 7, 2019

Will and Grace's plan to win over Will's new Columbia department head goes awry when he drops dead in their apartment - and they use his phone to text his full recommendation of Wi

S2·E11 Core

The Scales of Justice

Feb 14, 2019

When Will discovers Karen's estranged stepdaughter Olivia is a student in his law class, he attempts to solve their issues with a mock trial. Grace and Jack go on a diet together,

S2·E12 Core

The Pursuit of Happiness

Feb 21, 2019

Malcolm enlists Grace to help him win back Karen's affections. Will's flirtation at work lands him in an ethical dilemma. Jack's passion for performing is reignited by a chance enc

S2·E13 Core

The Real McCoy

Feb 28, 2019

Will gives local newscaster McCoy Whitman a second chance and, with the help of Jack, finally gets to know the man behind the newsman. Grace's campaign for Design Guild President h

S2·E14 Core

Supreme Courtship

Mar 7, 2019

Jack's insistence that Will be nicer to his fiancé, Estefan, backfires when Estefan thinks Will is in love with him. In a hurry to buy her boyfriend Noah a Valentine's Day gift, Gr

S2·E15 Core

Bad Blood

Mar 14, 2019

After her dad, Martin, is rushed to the hospital, Grace is shocked when he refuses a transfusion of Will's blood. Will's mom, Marilyn, uncharacteristically takes Martin to task. Ka

S2·E16 Core

Conscious Coupling

Mar 21, 2019

When both of their boyfriends ask to move in, Will and Grace use each other as an excuse to get out of it. A snowstorm traps Karen at the office and Jack in an elevator, where he r

S2·E17 Mytharc

The Things We Do for Love

Mar 28, 2019

Jack realizes he lost 13 gold coins he's supposed to give Estefan at their wedding to avoid a curse. Will is concerned that Grace is the only one compromising in her relationship w

S2·E18 Mytharc

Jack's Big Gay Wedding

Apr 4, 2019

Jack and Estefan's wedding takes a detour when they're forced to get married at the airport by their friend Miss Coco. Will's worried his relationship may turn long-distance. Grace