Will & Grace (1998)

Comedy · Romance

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (64,857 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 11
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.68 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.7	786
2	A New Lease on Life	7.6	617
3	Head Case	7.5	565
4	Between a Rock and Harlin's Place	7.5	542
5	Boo! Humbug	7.6	535
6	William, Tell	7.6	511
7	Where There's a Will, There's No Way	7.6	509
8	The Buying Game	7.5	500
9	The Truth About Will and Dogs	7.7	496
10	The Big Vent	7.6	498
11	Will on Ice	7.5	471
12	My Fair Maid-y	7.4	482
13	The Unsinkable Mommy Adler	8.1	516
14	Big Brother is Coming: Part I	7.7	465
15	Big Brother is Coming: Part II	7.8	464
16	Yours, Mine or Ours	7.9	485
17	Secrets and Lays	7.7	461
18	Grace, Replaced	7.9	483
19	Will Works Out	7.7	441
20	Saving Grace	7.7	456
21	Alley Cats	7.7	452
22	Object of My Rejection	8.0	446

Season 2 (1999)

7.82 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 23 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner	7.8	462
2	Election	7.5	432
3	Das Boob	8.4	517
4	Whose Mom Is It, Anyway?	8.0	447
5	Polk Defeats Truman	7.7	413
6	To Serve and Disinfect	8.3	459
7	Homo for the Holidays	8.6	530
8	Terms of Employment	7.8	419
9	I Never Promised You an Olive Garden	7.6	448
10	Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy	7.9	413
11	Seeds of Discontent	7.4	407
12	He's Come Undone	7.7	397
13	Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad	7.6	400
14	Acting Out	7.9	436
15	Advise and Resent	7.5	399
16	Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back	7.5	403
17	The Hospital Show	8.4	454
18	Sweet (and Sour) Charity	7.2	395
19	An Affair to Forget	7.9	398
20	Girls, Interrupted	8.1	423
21	There But for the Grace of Grace	7.9	407
22	My Best Friend's Tush	7.6	385
23	Ben? Her?: Part 1	7.7	379
24	Ben? Her?: Part 2	7.7	309

Season 3 (2000)

7.82 avg 25 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 27 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	New Will City	7.7	382
2	Fear and Clothing	7.7	370
3	Husbands and Trophy Wives	7.4	359
4	Girl Trouble	7.7	383
5	Grace 0, Jack 2000	7.5	361
6	Love Plus One	8.1	397
7	Gypsies, Tramps and Weed	8.5	470
8	Lows in the Mid-Eighties, Part I	8.8	526
9	Lows in the Mid-Eighties, Part II	8.5	303
10	Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show	7.5	353
11	Coffee & Commitment	7.8	377
12	Swimming Pools... Movie Stars	7.8	381
13	Crazy in Love	7.8	359
14	Brothers, a Love Story	7.8	349
15	My Uncle the Car	7.7	360
16	Cheaters	7.5	364
17	Cheaters	7.4	236
18	Mad Dogs and Average Men	7.5	331
19	Poker? I Don't Even Like Her	7.7	341
20	An Old-Fashioned Piano Party	7.5	341
21	The Young and the Tactless	7.8	351
22	Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore	7.5	337
23	Last of the Really Odd Lovers	8.0	347
24	Sons and Lovers	8.1	346
25	Sons and Lovers	8.2	257

Season 4 (2001)

7.86 avg 27 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Third Wheel Gets the Grace	8.0	359
2	Past and Presents	7.9	342
3	Crouching Father, Hidden Husband	8.1	348
4	Prison Blues	8.1	349
5	Loose Lips Sink Relationships	7.8	335
6	The Rules of Engagement	7.8	330
7	Bed, Bath and Beyond	8.5	402
8	Star-Spangled Banter	7.7	324
9	Moveable Feast: Part 1	8.4	397
10	Moveable Feast: Part 2	8.4	276
11	Stakin' Care of Business	7.7	331
12	Jingle Balls	7.9	347
13	Whoa, Nelly!	7.5	304
14	Grace in the Hole	7.4	303
15	Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard	7.7	326
16	A Chorus Lie	8.7	530
17	Someone Old, Someplace New	7.7	323
18	Something Borrowed, Someone's Due	7.6	314
19	Cheatin' Trouble Blues	7.6	309
20	Went to a Garden Potty	7.4	311
21	He Shoots, They Snore	7.5	308
22	Wedding Balls	7.3	312
23	Fagel Attraction	8.1	401
24	Hocus Focus	7.9	334
25	A Buncha White Chicks Sittin' Around Talkin'	7.6	312
26	A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 1	8.0	329
27	A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 2	7.8	225

Season 5 (2002)

7.80 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.3 21 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	...And the Horse He Rode in On	7.6	318
2	Bacon and Eggs	8.4	400
3	The Kid Stays Out of the Picture	7.8	323
4	Humongous Growth	7.7	307
5	It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown	7.7	328
6	Boardroom and a Parked Place	7.7	335
7	The Needle and the Omelet's Done	7.7	315
8	Marry Me a Little	7.7	314
9	Marry Me a Little More	7.9	292
10	The Honeymoon's Over	7.6	303
11	All About Christmas Eve	7.6	318
12	Field of Queens	7.5	297
13	Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward	7.7	314
14	Fagmalion Part 2: Attack of the Clones	7.7	303
15	Homojo	7.5	302
16	Women and Children First	7.5	319
17	Fagmalion Part 3: Bye Bye Beardy	8.1	312
18	Fagmalion Part 4: The Guy Who Loved Me	8.1	300
19	Sex, Losers & Videotape	7.6	304
20	Leo Unwrapped	7.7	291
21	Dolls and Dolls	7.8	396
22	May Divorce Be with You	8.1	326
23	23	8.2	310
24	24	8.3	327

Season 6 (2003)

7.62 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 20 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dames at Sea	7.7	309
2	Last Ex to Brooklyn	8.9	635
3	Home Court Disadvantage	7.4	289
4	Me and Mr. Jones	7.6	305
5	A-Story, Bee-Story	7.6	280
6	Heart Like a Wheelchair	7.5	301
7	Nice in White Satin	7.5	301
8	Swimming from Cambodia	7.2	279
9	Strangers with Candice	8.0	339
10	Fanilow	8.2	378
11	The Accidental Tsuris	7.4	295
12	A Gay/December Romance	7.7	297
13	Ice Cream Balls	7.4	289
14	Looking for Mr. Good Enough	7.6	305
15	Flip-Flop: Part 1	7.3	289
16	Flip-Flop: Part 2	7.3	287
17	East Side Story	8.0	341
18	Courting Disaster	7.7	291
19	No Sex 'N' the City	8.0	314
20	Fred Astaire and Ginger Chicken	7.5	285
21	I Never Cheered for My Father	7.3	291
22	Speechless	7.1	273
23	I Do	7.4	322
24	Oh, No, You Di-in't	7.6	314

Season 7 (2004)

7.59 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 22 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	FYI: I Hurt, Too	7.4	304
2	Back Up, Dancer	7.5	301
3	One Gay at a Time	7.5	292
4	Company	7.2	273
5	Key Party	7.7	286
6	The Newlydreads	7.2	281
7	Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine	7.7	298
8	Saving Grace, Again: Part 1	7.5	264
9	Saving Grace, Again: Part 2	7.4	264
10	Queens for a Day: Part 1	8.2	321
11	Queens for a Day: Part 2	8.3	314
12	Christmas Break	7.3	274
13	Board Games	7.5	277
14	Partners	7.6	283
15	Bully Woolley	7.7	287
16	Dance Cards & Greeting Cards	7.9	301
17	The Birds and the Bees	7.8	298
18	The Fabulous Baker Boy	7.9	318
19	Sour Balls	7.6	286
20	The Blonde Leading the Blind	7.4	288
21	It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World	7.5	296
22	From Queer to Eternity	7.3	273
23	Friends with Benefits	7.6	300
24	Kiss and Tell	7.4	271

Season 8 (2005)

7.70 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 8.0 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Alive and Schticking	8.4	482
2	I Second That Emotion	7.5	293
3	The Old Man and the Sea	7.3	283
4	Steams Like Old Times	7.2	306
5	The Hole Truth	7.2	283
6	Love Is in the Airplane	7.7	291
7	Birds of a Feather Boa	7.7	294
8	Swish Out of Water	7.6	276
9	A Little Christmas Queer	7.7	306
10	Von Trapped	8.3	398
11	Bathroom Humor	8.1	372
12	Forbidden Fruit	7.6	290
13	Cop to It	7.7	305
14	I Love L. Gay	7.5	280
15	The Definition of Marriage	7.6	292
16	Grace Expectations	7.6	281
17	Cowboys and Iranians	7.4	311
18	Buy, Buy Baby	7.7	381
19	Blanket Apology	7.5	299
20	The Mourning Son	8.0	306
21	Partners 'n' Crime	7.4	278
22	Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?	7.8	318
23	The Finale: Part 1	8.4	613
24	The Finale: Part 2	8.0	272

Season 9 (2017)

8.12 avg 16 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	11 Years Later	7.5	1,321
2	Who's Your Daddy	8.4	856
3	Emergency Contact	8.0	650
4	Grandpa Jack	8.9	987
5	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying	8.1	608
6	Rosario's Quinceanera	8.9	827
7	A Gay Olde Christmas	8.1	600
8	Friends and Lover	8.3	541
9	There's Something About Larry	7.9	459
10	The Wedding	8.1	465
11	Staten Island Fairy	8.1	446
12	Three Wise Men	8.6	546
13	Sweatshop Annie & The Annoying Baby Shower	7.9	423
14	The Beefcake & The Cake Beef	7.6	497
15	One Job	7.6	431
16	It's a Family Affair	7.9	444

Season 10 (2018)

7.86 avg 18 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 21 min avg

Rebound

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The West Side Curmudgeon	7.9	453
2	Where in the World Is Karen Walker?	7.7	391
3	Tex and the City	7.9	412
4	Who's Sorry Now?	7.9	406
5	Grace's Secret	8.2	438
6	Kid 'n Play	7.6	359
7	So Long, Division	7.6	361
8	Anchor Away	8.5	430
9	Family, Trip	8.2	422
10	Dead Man Texting	7.4	324
11	The Scales of Justice	7.6	322
12	The Pursuit of Happiness	7.5	319
13	The Real McCoy	7.8	325
14	Supreme Courtship	7.7	321
15	Bad Blood	7.8	321
16	Conscious Coupling	8.1	346
17	The Things We Do for Love	7.6	303
18	Jack's Big Gay Wedding	8.5	441

Season 11 (2019)

7.54 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 21 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Eat, Pray, Love, Phone, Sex	7.7	374
2	Pappa Mia	8.0	327
3	With Enemies Like These	7.9	313
4	The Chick and the Egg Donor	7.4	309
5	The Grief Panda	7.7	309
6	Performance Anxiety	7.6	319
7	What a Dump	7.0	336
8	Lies & Whispers	7.2	299
9	Bi-Plane	7.7	330
10	Of Mouse and Men	7.4	296
11	Accidentally on Porpoise	7.2	303
12	Filthy Phil, Part I	7.3	279
13	Filthy Phil, Part II	7.4	273
14	The Favourite	7.4	274
15	Broadway Boundaries	7.5	270
16	We Love Lucy	8.4	482
17	New Crib	7.3	255
18	It's Time	7.6	346