Grace Under Fire (1993)

Comedy · Romance

Grace Kelly is a tough woman with kids to raise. A recently divorced recovering alcoholic, Grace struggles with the pressures of being a single mother supporting three children. Grace doesn't always handle situations with, well, grace, but she does get results.

IMDb rating: 6.4 (4,949 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +1.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.73 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.2	113
2	Up on the Roof	7.8	73
3	Grace Undergraduate	8.0	73
4	The Good, the Bad and the Pharmacist	7.6	64
5	Second Time Around	7.3	63
6	Sister, Sister	7.5	62
7	A Picture's Worth... $9.95	7.8	58
8	Grace Under Oath	7.8	63
9	Grace in the Middle	7.6	56
10	Say Goodnight, Gracie	7.8	57
11	Keeping Faith	7.5	57
12	With This Ring	7.9	59
13	Simply Grace	7.8	60
14	The Agony, the Ecstasy and Bill Mazeroski	7.6	61
15	When You Wish Upon a Star	7.7	62
16	Valentine's Day	7.6	65
17	Grace and Beauty	7.6	62
18	Tears of Joy	8.0	61
19	It Happened One Week	7.6	60
20	Things Left Undone	7.6	61
21	See Quentin Run	7.8	61
22	A Car and a Kiss	7.9	61

Season 2 (1994)

7.70 avg 26 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 23 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Grace Under Water	8.0	62
2	Good Ol' Grace	7.6	56
3	June 15, 1997	8.6	73
4	Pitch and Woo	7.6	57
5	Jimmy's Girl	7.8	56
6	Splitsville	7.7	57
7	The Road to Paris, Texas	8.3	59
8	Dear Grace	8.0	53
9	Cold Turkey	7.7	55
10	Ka-Boom	7.8	49
11	Grace vs. Wade	7.6	54
12	The Holidays	7.8	53
13	The Good Mother	7.9	48
14	No Money Down	7.8	57
15	Aging Gracefully	7.4	50
16	Hello, I'm Your Mother	7.8	57
17	Grace at the Campfire	7.8	52
18	Emmet Bypass	7.4	51
19	Matthew Come Home	7.5	49
20	A Night at the Opera	7.7	50
21	Memphis Bound	7.4	50
22	Sticks and Stones	7.6	48
23	Mother & Son & Father Reunion	7.5	50
24	When It Rains, They Pour	7.4	60
25	You Can Lead a Horse to Water...	7.1	51
26	Jimmy Goes Away	7.5	50

Season 3 (1995)

7.36 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 7.1 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Great Eggspectations	7.5	54
2	Movin' on Down	7.5	50
3	Grace and Rick and the Dance of Doom	7.4	46
4	The Breakup	7.4	47
5	Grace Under a Wig	7.5	50
6	Daycare	7.4	47
7	Matthew Gets Busted	7.2	46
8	Grace Really Under Fire	7.1	47
9	Thanks for Nothing	7.7	49
10	Sleeping Together	7.2	50
11	Emmet's Secret	7.9	57
12	Emmet, We Hardly Knew Ye	8.0	50
13	Daddy's Girl	7.1	46
14	No Help Wanted	6.8	44
15	Good Neighbor Sam	7.2	46
16	Positively Hateful	7.6	54
17	Why Buy the Bull?	6.9	45
18	Love Thy Neighbor	7.6	49
19	Pregnant Pause	7.1	46
20	Broads for Broader Horizons	7.1	46
21	Head Games	7.9	46
22	Mr. Mullens' Opus	7.5	46
23	Take Me to Your Breeder	7.0	48
24	Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?	7.4	48
25	You Go Girl	7.1	46

Season 4 (1996)

8.76 avg 25 episodes 8.7 → 8.9 23 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	This Sold House	8.7	74
2	Neither a Borrower nor a Roofer Be	8.7	71
3	Quentin Returns	8.7	72
4	Grace and Sailor Bob	8.9	72
5	Dating Buddies	8.6	71
6	The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly	8.7	78
7	Road to Nowhere	8.5	73
8	Redeeming Jimmy	9.1	74
9	The Show-Me State	8.7	71
10	Fire Music	8.7	73
11	Grace Tests Out	8.9	66
12	A Holly Jolly Christmas	9.0	69
13	Matthew's Old Lady	8.6	73
14	Grace of Wrath	9.0	71
15	Wade's Partner	8.9	70
16	Pills	8.7	71
17	Waiting for Peugeot	8.7	67
18	Birthin' Babies	8.6	69
19	Vegas	8.5	72
20	Jimmy Moves In	8.8	68
21	Quentin Gets His Gun	9.0	74
22	Sam's Dad	8.7	65
23	Grace Graduates	8.6	73
24	Rob vs. Jimmy	8.8	69
25	Grace's New Job	8.9	68

Season 5 (1997)

8.73 avg 14 episodes 8.6 → 8.7 22 min avg

Consistent

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Smells Like Victory	8.6	71
2	Grace Under Construction	8.8	63
3	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	8.8	66
4	Mother Christmas	8.6	66
5	A River Runs Through Him	8.8	67
6	Finders Keepers	8.8	61
7	Riverboat Queen	8.9	61
8	The Victory Tree	8.6	57
9	Grace Under-funded	8.7	59
10	Digging Up the Dirt	8.7	63
11	Fire in the Hole	8.6	63
12	Fall from Grace	8.9	60
13	Grace Under Class	8.7	64
14	Down in the Boondocks	8.7	69

Grace Under Fire (1993)

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