# In Broad Terms, What Do I Need To Know About Will & Grace To Pick Up Where The Show Left Off? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356 "2017-09-26T16:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/1 "2017-09-26T16:36:03Z")
I never finished the entire original run of _Will & Grace_. Never watched it on TV, then watched about half of the series on Netflix, then life got in the way, then I forgot about it, yada yada yada. And now it’s coming back. What do I need to know about the plot and character development over the show’s run in order to be able to make sense of it on Thursday night? I know it came out (heh) that Jack had a son (who would now be in his twenties, I’m guessing), but I’m not sure how (if at all) their relationship progressed. I know that Karen’s never-seen husband died in like Season 6, did she remarry? Did Grace take up with Harry Connick Jr.? Please give me the gist, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/2 "2017-09-26T16:52:27Z")
> **[Eveything You Need to Know about the Will & Grace Revival](https://thepophub.com/2017/09/15/eveything-you-need-to-know-about-the-will-grace-revival/)** > > Since the news broke that NBC were two thumbs up for the Will & Grace revival, a slew of information has been streaming out about what to expect when the show returns for a brand new run in lat… edit: The original run dropped on hulu last Thursday, so I’m rewatching that before I start the revival. Man, I forgot how unpleasant Will Truman is sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/3 "2017-09-28T00:55:39Z")
Jack took up with some super-rich short person who was swept off the 99th floor balcony in a windstorm so Jack inherited Zillion$; Karen eventually moved in with him. The last relationship I remember Karen having was with John Cleese’s recurring character so I don’t remember what happened with her other relationship(s) before she moved in with Jack. Grace and her husband (the world-traveling doctor) had a daughter; Will and ?? adopted a son; the daughter and son met in college, got married, and the final minutes of the last show depicted Will, Grace, Jack, and Karen having what seemed to be an after-the-wedding-reception drink at some bar. I always liked Will Truman’s character more. Jack seemed too much like the stereotyped ‘flamers’ I knew in high school while Will seemed less flamboyant about it. –G! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/4 "2017-09-28T03:14:19Z")
To respond to **Grestarian** , the final episode has been retroactively derogated…they’re going to pretend the jump into the future for the foursome that we saw never happened so they can continue to tell “classic” W&G stories. Will and Grace still live together, AFAIK. (Which is really kind of sad 20 years later, if you think about it.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/5 "2017-09-28T15:53:44Z")
I always thought the whole premise was sad from the start, IMO. And I never quite bought how ‘close’ Will and Grace were… Their relationship was doomed to failure, no matter how many twists and turns, no matter how funny the show was. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356/6 "2017-09-28T18:17:01Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I always thought the whole premise was sad from the start, IMO. And I never quite bought how ‘close’ Will and Grace were… Their relationship was doomed to failure, no matter how many twists and turns, no matter how funny the show was. Absolutely. W&G have one of the most passive-aggressive, codependent, unhealthy non-romantic/non-family relationships I can think of that fall short of actual overt abuse.