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Will & Grace: Season 3

18 episodes Premiered Oct 24, 2019
Previously on Will & Grace

Season 3 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 2.
  • 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 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
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S3·E1 Mytharc

Eat, Pray, Love, Phone, Sex

Oct 24, 2019

Grace returns from her European travels a new woman, but her elation is short-lived when she receives life-changing news. Karen teaches Will how to be better at phone sex. Jack has

S3·E2 Core

Pappa Mia

Oct 31, 2019

When Grace admits she's not sure who's the father of her baby, Karen orchestrates a Mamma Mia situation with the potential baby daddies. Will worries what will happen if he has a s

S3·E3 Core

With Enemies Like These

Nov 7, 2019

Will discovers a way to finally get back at Jack for years of mocking his hairline. Grace is determined to prove to Mrs. Timmer she's strong enough to handle being a single mother.

S3·E4 Core

The Chick and the Egg Donor

Nov 14, 2019

Will and Grace get competitive over whose process of having a baby is more difficult. Jack helps Karen prove to Danley Walker that she'll be a competent owner of her new baseball t

S3·E5 Core

The Grief Panda

Nov 21, 2019

In the aftermath of Will and McCoy breaking up, Grace and Jack hire the Grief Panda to help Will process his pain. With Karen completely occupied with her new baseball team, Grace

S3·E6 Core

Performance Anxiety

Jan 9, 2020

Committed to becoming a father on his own, Will meets a potential surrogate with stellar reviews, but her lifestyle choices give him doubts. In order to gain entry to AnnieCon, Gra

S3·E7 Core

What a Dump

Jan 16, 2020

Grace and her neighbor, James give their romance another shot – even after she slept with his son and his father. But an embarrassing incident puts Grace’s relationship, and her di

S3·E8 Core

Lies & Whispers

Jan 23, 2020

When Larry warns Will and Grace about the difficult entry process into the elite school they both want their kids to go to, they set out to prove that their child would be the bett

S3·E9 Core

Bi-Plane

Feb 6, 2020

Will and Grace decide to intervene when they discover Grace's niece is dating a bisexual man. Jack gets permission from his husband, Estefan, to sleep with his celebrity hall pass,

S3·E10 Core

Of Mouse and Men

Feb 13, 2020

Worried about Grace being a single mother, Marilyn goes behind Grace’s back to fix her up with a beagle-breeding couple interested in adopting Grace’s baby. Will gets enlisted by K

S3·E11 Core

Accidentally on Porpoise

Feb 20, 2020

Despite her history of transgressions, Grace and her neighbor, James, decide to give their relationship one more shot. But when James invites Grace to his job at the aquarium, she

S3·E12 Core

Filthy Phil (1)

Feb 27, 2020

Karen introduces Will and Grace to the new love of her life, Phil. But Will and Grace become increasingly suspicious that Phil has sinister intentions for their friend. When Miss C

S3·E13 Core

Filthy Phil (2)

Mar 5, 2020

Will and Grace become convinced Karen is in danger when her new boyfriend, Phil, takes her to a cabin in the woods. With the help of Karen's assistant, Friday, Will and Grace race

S3·E14 Core

The Favourite

Mar 12, 2020

Jack helps Karen sneak into the manse to retrieve her coveted ring, but they're shocked to find it on the hand of Stan's new girlfriend, Val. While hosting Will's surrogate, Jenny,

S3·E15 Core

Broadway Boundaries

Mar 19, 2020

When Will's surrogate, Jenny, tells Will their relationship needs boundaries, Will ropes newly-out Dr. DiLorenzo into going on a fake date so he can spy on Jenny. Unsure if having

S3·E16 Core

We Love Lucy

Apr 9, 2020

Will claims living with Grace is like Ricky living with Lucy; when Karen and Jack hear this, they each claim that they are the Lucy of the group; Grace, Karen and Jack each imagine

S3·E17 Mytharc

New Crib

Apr 16, 2020

Karen celebrates her baseball team's championship. Will and Grace go to an open house, which leads to a conversation about their future living arrangement. Jack has to decide if he

S3·E18 Mytharc

It's Time

Apr 23, 2020

Will is determined to not reminisce about his life in the city or his ex. Grace has false alarms of going into labor. Karen attempts to get closure with her ex-husband. Jack's drea