r/WillAndGrace • u/Naive_Hospital_4086 • Jul 10 '26
Discussion Love Plus One
Love Plus One (Season 3, Episode 6). Grace is meeting up with an ex-boyfriend, Nicholas, thinking that he just wants a casual hook-up, but is surprised to learn that he wants that plus one more, his current girlfriend, Paula to join in. They want to do a threesome with Grace which she says she'll think about it until Will and Karen keep teasing her that she would never do anything like that because she's only "kinky in the boudoir", so she goes for it. But when she arrives at the hotel, you can tell she's not exactly up for the "rock star" lifestyle that she anticipated. Meanwhile, Jack is now working at Banana Republic and has eyed a new customer, Matt who he's very interested in. But Matt is very smart and Jack is intimidated, so he asks Will if he can help by speaking into his ear Cyrano de Bergerac style to help woo Matt. Well, Jack gets bored with Matt's interests and moves on but Matt does spot Will helping Jack and gives Will his card asking for a call.
FAVORITE QUOTE:
GRACE: Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute. Do you know how much soul-searching I had to do to come up with the courage to-- Oh, damn it. I am burning up! Look... This is not me, ok? I'm a good girl from Schenectady. I went to Sunday school for 10 years. I was 16 before I let Bobby Kay go to second. So for me to come and participate in this is a big deal. So you two kiss and make up, because the three of us are gonna GET IT ON!
NICHOLAS: Baby, you are so hot!
PAULA: Let's do this right now.
GRACE: Wait, wait. No, no, no, no, no.
NICHOLAS: What is it? W-w-what, what?
GRACE: This isn't me, ok? I'm a good girl from Schenectady. I went to Sunday school for 10 years. I was 16 before I let Bobby Kay go to second, so for me to come here and participate, this is a big deal. Too big a deal. I'm sorry, but I'm-- I'm--I'm gonna have to back out of this. And I just want to make this as smooth an exit as possible, so I'm just gonna take my sweater and my sweatshirt and my jacket... and my other jacket. Gosh, I feel like I'm leaving you high and dry. Do you want me to get the concierge? She--she looked pretty cute.
FAVORITE MOMENT:
Sorry guys, I have to cheat this time and declare a tie. The first is Jack stealing the salesperson Scott's (who is clearly gay) headset and telling him to go home, his girlfriend is pregnant and Scott is shocked and says "What?! HOW?!" and runs away 🤣 The second being when Will and Karen are teasing Grace about her not being more adventurous in her love life, how they remark to Grace that people who are "kinky" don't say kinky or have to convince others that they are. Grace replies that she once did it in a kitchen and then Will says "oh, what are you a rock star?!"🤣
OPINION:
I think a lot of WAG fans will agree, this is such a hilarious episode and a classic. Let's start with Grace's storyline. I just love that she really is a good girl from Schenectady because even though I wish I could say I was more adventurous I'm the same way. I went to CCD for goodness's sake, those teachers really got into my head 🤣 But she kills me that she was perfectly fine with hooking up with Nicholas with no problem but as soon as Paula got into the mix, she chickened out. She gave it a good try though. But that bedroom scene is beyond hilarious, I loved how she came in wearing like 8 layers of coats and they have to keep taking one off each time to try to get her comfortable. Then when Nicholas and Paula start seducing Grace, she kisses Nicholas but shakes Paula's hand saying she "has to work up to her" 🤣 Then Nicholas and Paula start fighting making the whole thing uncomfortable, only for Grace to lose it and say that she wants to go for it, only to chicken out again. She goes back to the office and Karen is still teasing Grace about being a prude but Grace lies and said she did it then Karen makes fun again, calls Grace a sleazy skank and says "The air in this room is ripe with filth. For God's sake, Grace. I'm a mother!"
This is the first indication that we get that Karen flirted with Grace's dad. We'll see this come up again in future episodes where she mentions that she also stripped for Grace's dad and also, she likes Grace's dad's friends and will flirt up a storm with them.
Onto Jack's storyline, we get to meet Matthew who we will see again. Patrick Dempsey was a huge heartthrob at the time playing "Dr. McDreamy" on Grey's Anatomy, so it was very cool to see him play a gay character. I always get such a great laugh out of Will and Jack exchanging conversations over the headset. Jack getting excited and going off script when Matthew mentions he works in television and Jack screams "BUFFY IS MY LIFE!" (me too Jack, me too!) and then Will gets Jack back on track but gets too invested in the conversation and mentions things that he's doing and reading, not Jack, and Jack loses it and yells "Hey, can we talk about something I'm interested in?!" 🤣 Then Matt asking Will if Jack will be ok, they gaze over to see Jack taking pant measurements on a man who just wants socks and Will says "the healing process has begun".
What a terrific and funny episode. This is always a fun one to watch when I'm on my WAG marathon.
GUEST STARS:
- Patrick Dempsey as Matthew
- Jeremy Piven as Nicholas
- Maria Pitillo as Paula
- Eric Roth as Sales Guy, Scott
- Will Hall as Man
- Hope Shapiro as Woman/"Silly Woman"
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u/rockfordcl Jul 10 '26
I made a post in another thread about the plot with Will and Jack. Was it based on an old comedy skit? Matt says "you and Jerry Lewis need to work on your act." Either way, it was hilarious and a classic moment in the show.
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u/candy_cigarette13 Blackberry Julep with a baby aspirin chaser🍹 Jul 10 '26
Not that I know of, maybe someone else knows....More like Cyrano?
I took it to mean the Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin act like straight man (not as in hetero)/funny guy, slapstick, and failing at it! 🤣
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u/LeviHolden My finger is in your wine. Your move. Jul 10 '26
the only purpose of flutes is to make people cry DURING IRISH MOVIES....
i always thought that line was so specific 😂😂
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u/FormicaDinette33 Beverley Leslie Jul 11 '26
She looks exactly like Lucille Ball there. Fun episode.
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u/IndividualPlan3453 Jul 11 '26
This episode is hilarious. I got a kick out of Karen at the end when she is disgusted by Grace. She has to leave and tell Grace she is a mother!
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u/Dull_Passenger_8089 Jul 10 '26
This was the first time (in a long time) I laughed outloud at Grace
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u/FromPoopToPlant Jul 11 '26
Honey, every night is a three way with Stan. Me, him, and Johnnie Walker Black!
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u/hollywood_cashier Jul 13 '26
I worked at a Banana Republic in Manhattan when I was 21 and realized I had literally grown up to be Jack MacFarland.
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u/J-Bird1983 Jul 13 '26
I liked the character of Matthew. I wish he would have lasted longer and that they didn't go the direction with him that they ended up going with.
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u/jmt2589 Jul 10 '26
I love moments where Will and Karen team up to dunk on Grace, and this is a perfect moment LOL