Creators
David Kohan and Matt Mutchnick
Cast
Eric McCormack Will Truman
Debra Messing Grace Adler
Megan Mullally Karen Walker
Sean Hayes Jack McFarland
Shelley Morrison Rosario Salazar
DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 500 Minutes on 4 discs
The Show
Will & Grace is a show that started in the middle of the Friends era and stayed strong for four more years afterwards. It brought about a gay male, Will, living with a straight female, Grace, and trying to get along in the throngs of New York. Throw in Will’s best and extremely feminine friend Jack and the laughs are all over the place. Last but not least is Grace’s co-worker Karen who is so self-absorbed and rich that it really is a rare sight to see her complimenting anyone but herself. Well, and of course Jack.
Over the seasons, a lot has happened and things have changed. Will and Grace are no longer living together and have gone through boyfriend after boyfriend. Will has found a few boyfriends, but never actually been able to latch onto a long-term one. Grace is actually married to Leo now who is played by Harry Connick Jr. in a recurring role. Grace has gone to Cambodia with Leo on a mission, but fights with missing her friends back home and wondering if her marriage is really what she always wanted.
Karen’s husband Stan has passed away but she has made peace with that and actually started dating again. She even has found another soulmate this season in Lyle (John Cleese) even though her daughter Lorraine (Minnie Driver) is her arch-nemesis, and they vow to make each other’s lives a living hell.
Jack has become well, Jack.
Sometime or another you were bound to have seen an episode of Will & Grace, but if you weren’t an avid viewer, then what you see in season six may change everything you knew about the show. There are a lot of changes this season including the problems in Grace and Leo’s marriage I already mentioned. Will and Grace even join together for their own business and it becomes a bigger success then they ever could have imagined, but as with everything it also isn’t without its problems.
Karen really becomes more of a central character this season then she ever has been before. At the end of season five her long-time marriage to third husband Stan ended with his death. As upset as she was, it didn’t last very long because she was out seeking the woman with whom Stan had an affair with, and ended up falling in love with the woman’s father in the meantime.
Jack has taken on a whole new challenge as he now believes his goal in life is to be a nurse so he goes to school and it’s not nearly as easy as he expected it to be. Throw in Jack’s son, a new boyfriend, and we’ve got plenty of storylines for our exciting and over-energetic “Just Jack.”
With five seasons in the books and only two more after this one, I think season six ended up being the turning point for the series. There were so many changes going on this season with all four of the main characters that it was as if everything that went on in the past five years had been totally forgotten. Combine all that with numerous guest stars and season six ended up being a star-studded turning point in a fantastic series.
Episodes
Disc One:
Dames At Sea: While at sea, Will and Jack have a night of drunken fun only to wake up and fear they may have done the unthinkable and slept together. Meanwhile, Grace is still under the impression that Leo may be having an affair while away in Guatemala on a mission.
Last Ex To Brooklyn: Leo invites the entire cast to a dinner party. The only problem is that Grace isn’t too thrilled at one of the guests when she realizes its Leo’s ex (played by guest star Mira Sorvino). She casually reveals that she and Leo once slept together and it causes a bit of tension between he and Grace.
Home Court Disadvantage: Will’s mother Marilyn is down so Will organizes a trip to Connecticut with Jack in order to try and build up her spirits. Jack though still has a great fear of her. At the same time, Leo and Grace head to the tennis club for a few games with Karen.
Me And Mr. Jones: Will and his mother are still living together and it’s not proving to be as easy as once thought. But the hardest part for Will is figuring out a way to tell her it isn’t working. Meanwhile the voice of Darth Vader himself, James Earl Jones seeks acting advice from a most unlikely choice: Jack.
A-Story, Bee-Story: Jack is preparing himself for the “gay spelling bee” by having the best teacher around, Karen. While Grace is sick, Leo and Will go out together showing each other how to have fun with tea and a hockey game. This is one of the best episodes in the entire season with Will screaming like a girl while Jack and Karen are just fantastic together.
Heart Like A Wheelchair: This episode has guest stars galore as Dylan McDermott and Will cross paths in the park and have a lot in common as they are both caring for their elderly mothers. As Karen still has her mind set on seeking out her late husband Stan’s mistress Lorraine (Minnie Driver), she happens into a fling with Lyle (John Cleese) who is the father of the woman she is looking for.
Disc Two:
Nice In White Satin: Jack Black guest stars as a doctor who is all prepared to give Karen her physical. Only Karen has no plans on getting checked out by this doctor until Will, whom she brought along, gets checked out first. Jack is looking for a bit of money help from Karen and Will as he has his heart set on a new career as a nurse.
Swimming From Cambodia: Grace is in town for her mother’s birthday leaving Leo in Cambodia , but she is tempted to stay longer, much longer, by Will who misses his friend. Meanwhile Jack is in nursing school and a sassy instructor is really flustering him and making him possibly think twice about his new career. That is until Karen gets word of this and decides to have a few words with her. Another one of the better episodes in this season.
Strangers With Candice: Karen and the gang go out to eat at a nice restaurant to celebrate Jack’s first month of being in nursing school. It turns into an interesting night for everyone as Will and Grace end up getting hit on the whole night while Karen’s sworn enemy Candice Bergen show up and they keep trying to better each other.
Fanilow: Grace and her mom (played by guest star Debbie Reynolds) get into a fight because, instead of their usual dinner tradition for her mom’s birthday, her mom goes out to eat with Jack. All this while Will waits in line for tickets to see Barry Manilow and will do anything he can for good seats.
The Accidental Tsuris: Lyle and Lorraine return into Karen’s life, but this time Karen turns the tables on Lorraine and uses her relationship with her dad to get back at her affair with Stan. Geena Davis also guest stars as Grace’s sister who ends up getting Will’s help in turning her life around.
A Gay/December Romance: Grace ends up boycotting a restaurant and Will finds himself in over his head with an older rich man who thinks the world of him. But after many expensive gifts, including a horse, Will realizes the friendly gifts have turned his admirer into a “sugar daddy.”
Disc Three:
Ice Cream Balls: Will’s new client (guest star Dave Foley) has eyes for Jack, but Jack really isn’t interested. Will goes out of his way to bribe Jack into helping him so he can help his own career.
Looking For Mr. Good Enough: Will wants to become a better cook so he enrolls in a class, but doesn’t want to go alone so of course Jack also signs up. Will comes to regret that soon after when Jack invites his new boyfriend Stuart (Dave Foley) along and Will ends up the only single person in a cooking class full of couples. Meanwhile, Karen’s mom wants to hire Grace to make over her apartment but for cheap.
Flip-Flop Part 1: Lorraine decides to move in with her dad and Karen making the ever-growing relationship that much funnier. Will and Grace get together to buy old apartments, refurbish them, and sell them off at a nice profit.
Flip-Flop Part 2: Jack and Stuart look to be Will and Grace’s clients as they want to now move in together and get one of the newly refurbished apartments. But when a higher bidder comes along, the new business partners try and break up the happy couple so they won’t want the apartment anymore.
East Side Story: Will and Grace’s business is going so well that they want to build outward so they venture to a few East Side apartments. The apartments re-doers may have met their match though as the lesbian couple who already has dibs on the East Side, Monet and Deirdre (Chloë Sevigny and Edie Falco), will fight to keep their turf.
Courting Disaster: Jack wants to go on a movie-watching fest but Stuart isn’t feeling up to it. Jack gets the next best person, or only available, in Grace and heads to the theatres. Jack is soon torn when he sees Stuart in the same theatre with a mystery man. Karen also isn’t happy after she receives a speeding ticket.
Disc Four:
No Sex “n” The City: Will just so happens to be in a relationship now with the cop who gave Karen her speeding ticket, but things are already a bit rocky. Grace gives her advice but Will isn’t sure how helpful it really is. At the same time, Karen and Jack are upset about their favorite TV shows coming to their ends.
Fred Astaire And Ginger Chicken: Will’s relationship with Vince is going great until it’s time to introduce him to Grace. Grace is actually quite rude and doesn’t seem very interested in meeting Vince which makes Will question his feelings as well. Jack is also distraught because he believes Karen’s new marriage will end their friendship so he’s auditioning a replacement friend.
I Never Cheered For My Father: Will has trouble with his father as his dad’s mistress Tina (guest star Lesley Ann Warren) thinks there is someone else. Will is caught between a rock and a hard place though as he finds out his dad is cheating with his mom. Jack is also having some fatherhood troubles as his son wants to try out to be a cheerleader.
Speechless: Jack is all ready to graduate from nursing school, but can’t quite seem to get his speech prepared right. Turning to Will for help, Will looks back on when he wanted to be a playwright and decides to look deep inside him and make the speech very full of soul.
I Do. Oh, No, You Di-in’t: Karen doesn’t want the big wedding so she grabs her fiancé, Will, Jack, and Rosario and heads to Las Vegas to elope. A few disagreements between the soon to be bride and groom may end up delaying the wedding a bit though, maybe all together. Jennifer Lopez happens to stumble across the group and ends up singing at the wedding. At the same time though, Leo returns but due to some unfortunate circumstances he ends up without Grace.
The Video
The episodes are shown in 4×3 Full Screen format and make a nice transition from its appearance on TV during the initial run. There isn’t much to say because an upgrade in the picture quality is not likely. Nothing to complain about, overall.
The Audio
The episodes are heard in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and also sound just like they did in the show; maybe a just a tad bit better. The surround sound is really necessary as the only thing coming from the back speakers are the laughter of the audience, but it still sounds good and should make everyone happy.
Special Features
Themed Featurettes – Sixteen featurettes totaling a little over thirty minutes, and each one with a different themed collection of scenes from the show. Some of the best moments of the episodes are captured here and put together into different themes with great titles such as “My Breast Friend,” “9 To 5ish,” “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex,” and “Pop Goes The Culture.”
Season Six Outtake Reel – Quite possibly some of the funniest outtakes I’ve ever seen on any TV collector’s set. Ever. Plenty of cursing, all bleeped out of course, and just tons of moments where the cast just can’t stop cracking up at each other. There’s even a couple musical montages right in the middle that just keeps the fantastic, funny moments going.
The Inside Pulse
Will & Grace proves that they deserved their long run on TV by putting out yet another fantastic season. There are a great number of wonderful episodes in this set with awesome guest star spots to make things even better. The comedy stays fresh and new, while the storylines continue to grow from one episode to the next, building to some really good “what’s going to happen next?” moments. The special features aren’t much, but they are really funny and add close to 45 minutes of extra fun. This is a must have for the big fan, and well worth the purchase if you just wanted to see what the show is all about.
