Will & Grace

10 Best Episodes of Will & Grace - Season 3

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 02, 2023.

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Will & Grace - S3E22

#15 - Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore (Season 3 - Episode 22)

When Grace learns that an old school mate who she made fun of has died, guilt makes her attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Jack is nominated for a gay cabaret award.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 174 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E23

#14 - Last of the Really Odd Lovers (Season 3 - Episode 23)

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Grace hates herself for her fatal attraction to Nathan and wants to keep her embarrassing romance with him a secret. Likewise, Will prefers to maintain discretion in his relationship with a much younger man. Meanwhile, Jack revels in the attention lavished on him by Grace's eccentric friend, Val.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 167 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E11

#13 - Coffee and Commitment (Season 3 - Episode 11)

When they are asked to read at the civil union of two friends, Will and Grace verbally spar over her self-serving, get-and-take attitude where Will is responsible for everything -- but what's really bugging him is the overwhelming feeling that Grace is behaving more like a wife than an old friend. Meanwhile, Karen tries to help a caffeine-addicted Jack get over a failed crush but he's so jacked-up on java that only a tough-love approach will work.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 214 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E19

#12 - Poker? I Don't Even Like Her (Season 3 - Episode 19)

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Grace's lousy poker playing leads Will's friends to ban her from the game, but Grace makes an amazing turnaround to stay in; Karen uses a snippy socialite as a guinea pig for cosmetic surgery.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 182 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E13

#11 - Crazy in Love (Season 3 - Episode 13)

A sports-challenged Will tries to impress his new friend Matt, a sportscaster, with his athletic skills by checking into a batting cage but it takes Grace to show him how to improve his swing. Meanwhile, Grace is given a mission: impossible when Jack and Karen ask her to exotically re-decorate Jack's apartment.

The episode was rated 7.69 from 214 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E14

#10 - Brothers, A Love Story (Season 3 - Episode 14)

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Will is torn over ending his newfound relationship with Matt, a rising TV sportscaster who is extremely reluctant to let the world β€” especially his macho business associates β€” know about his sexual preference, so he continues to refer to Will as his "brother." Meanwhile, as Grace does her best to help Will decide, Karen is livid when she discovers that he helped draft her husband's will, which will award much of his estate to charity.

The episode was rated 7.69 from 202 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E5

#9 - Grace 0, Jack 2000 (Season 3 - Episode 5)

Grace has made up her mind to break up with Ben because she's convinced their relationship is going nowhere -- but his charm and refusal to call it quits tempt her to reconsider. Meanwhile, Jack's latest and most outrageous cabaret gig is an absolute bomb until he frantically works an unwilling Will into the act by mercilessly ridiculing his attending friend's most-private confessions.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 219 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E10

#8 - Three's a Crowd, Six is a Freak Show (Season 3 - Episode 10)

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Just as Grace seems to be on the verge of a promising relationship, she undergoes a minor medical procedure that leaves her with an embarrassing ugly sore on her lip, but even though her new beau accepts her temporary blight, she cannot return the favor when she is horrified to learn he has six toes on one foot. Meanwhile, Will vies with Jack for the attentions of the same man until each agrees to walk away to preserve their friendship.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 196 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E20

#7 - An Old-Fashioned Piano Party (Season 3 - Episode 20)

When Grace frets that she and Will might drift apart like their similar friends, she impulsively buys an expensive piano which she hopes will cement their mutual bond and love for music – or at least give her an excuse to perform a lot of show tunes. Meanwhile, when Jack is dumped by his latest romantic interest, he vents his grief by writing trashy novels which instantly draw Karen’s passionate attention.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 181 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E21

#6 - The Young and the Tactless (Season 3 - Episode 21)

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Grace gives romantic advice to her slovenly new neighbor, Nathan, in hope of reuniting him with his girlfriend so he will move away. Meanwhile, Will and Jack are out on the town with an unwelcome chaperone: Karen's oblivious mother-in-law.

The episode was rated 7.73 from 187 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E8

#5 - Lows in the Mid-Eighties (1) (Season 3 - Episode 8)

In a flashback to Thanksgiving 1985, coed Grace invites her college boyfriend Will home to meet her family, but their romantic relationship swerves dramatically when a conflicted Will phones a teenaged Jack for some crucial advice. Unfortunately, Will and an angry Grace end up temporarily estranged when he blurts out the truth and she orders him out of the house -- and her life.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 226 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E9

#4 - Lows in the Mid-Eighties (2) (Season 3 - Episode 9)

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In a flashback to Thanksgiving 1985, coed Grace invites her college boyfriend Will home to meet her family, but their romantic relationship swerves dramatically when a conflicted Will phones a teenaged Jack for some crucial advice. Unfortunately, Will and an angry Grace end up temporarily estranged when he blurts out the truth and she orders him out of the house -- and her life.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 161 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E7

#3 - Gypsies, Tramps and Weed (Season 3 - Episode 7)

Will reluctantly decides to use a birthday gift certificate from Grace to consult a psychic about his future and encounters an absent-minded fortune teller whose frighteningly personal predictions leave him reeling. Elsewhere, a guilt-ridden Grace hires a lackadaisical waiter whom she helped to get fired while Jack, who forever idolizes music, TV and film legend Cher, stumbles onto the real deal and meets the Oscar winner herself -- whom he mistakes for a drag queen.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 232 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E24

#2 - Sons and Lovers (1) (Season 3 - Episode 24)

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An exasperated Grace tries to mediate between a resentful Will and her sloppy, free-spirited boyfriend Nathan when Nathan moves in while Jack is in a royal dither as he plans to finally meet his unseen father face-to-face. However, Grace grows nervous when the two polar-opposite men find some common ground and she ponders how a devoted boyfriend might affect her equally important relationship with her longtime buddy Will. After settling his father issues, Jack later gets the surprise of his life in a most unexpected fashion.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 168 votes.

Will & Grace - S3E25

#1 - Sons and Lovers (2) (Season 3 - Episode 25)

An exasperated Grace tries to mediate between a resentful Will and her sloppy, free-spirited boyfriend Nathan when Nathan moves in while Jack is in a royal dither as he plans to finally meet his unseen father face-to-face. However, Grace grows nervous when the two polar-opposite men find some common ground and she ponders how a devoted boyfriend might affect her equally important relationship with her longtime buddy Will. After settling his father issues, Jack later gets the surprise of his life in a most unexpected fashion.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 117 votes.

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