Humongous Growth

Humongous Growth is the 4th episode of the fifth season and the 102nd overall.

Jack and Karen team up to patch things up between Will and Grace.

Synopsis[]

Following the events of the previous episode where Will throws Grace out of the apartment, Jack and Karen discuss how things have gotten difficult because of their separation. They create a plan to get Will and Grace back together by separately inviting them to the birthday party of Joe and Larry's daughter Hannah to "win them over".

At the party, Will and Grace fight again and refuse to talk about resolving, until Jack and Karen throw them into the inflatable moonwalk. With no choice but to confront each other, they realize they still want different things. Even if Grace has Will's baby, she will always wonder if Leo was the right person for her; Will says that Grace can live any way she wants but he will need her more than she needs him. As Grace walks out, Will tells her that he still wishes her new relationship with Leo to work out. Touched by their love for each other still present in spite of everything, they apologize and hug.

Cast[]

Main[]

Guest[]

Tim Bagley (Larry)
Jerry Levine (Joe)
Mary McDonough (Mom)
Hannah Leigh Dworkin (Ruby)
Ryan Armstrong (Josh)

Notes[]

The episode is set at Hannah's birthday party, although she never actually appears.
Will and Grace reveal Joe's internet chat buddy with the screen name ace_in_the_hole.
This is the first time Jack and Karen team up to get Will and Grace to kiss and make up. They do so again during the season 8 finale.

Cultural references[]

In persuading Will to win over Joe and Larry, Jack refers to the ex-Mrs. Guiliani actress journalist Donna Hanover, who was set to appear on the Eve Ensler play The Vagina Monologues right before filing for divorce from then-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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Quotes[]

Will:	I got Hannah a little something.
Jack:	It's from both of us.
Will:	It's actually kinda cool. I adopted her an endangered panda from The Discovery Store. You get a certificate and a pamphlet about the threat to the environment.
Jack:	It's from Will.

—Will giving a gift

You need to go over there and make nice with Joe and Larry. You don't want them going over to Will's side. They're gay. They belong to you. — Karen, to Grace

Jack:	So we need to get them back together. But how? Pretend to think, pretend to think.
Karen:	Pretend to care, pretend to care.

Will:	Nice going, Grace. Our friendship, a kid's birthday party, your over-processed hair. Anything else you wanna destroy this week?
Grace:	I don't know, anything else you wanna blame me for, you big bitch?

Karen:	This plan bites!
Jack:	It's better than yours--telling those kids those balloons are made of candy.
Karen:	Hehe. Kids are dumb.
Jack:	I know. I ate a balloon, it tastes nothing like candy.

Grace:	Was Leo the right guy for me? I don't know. I don't know if it's gonna work out. But I hope it does. And I'd hope my friend would want that for me, too.
Will:	I'm sorry, Grace, but it's not that easy for me.
Grace:	Why?
Will:	Because it's not.
Grace:	Why?!
Will:	Because I need you more than you need me!

You know what I really want? I wanna do this the old-fashioned way. I wanna meet a guy, fall in love… Quit going to the gym, 'cause I met someone.
And then make a baby. — Will

Will:	You just met the guy and you picked him over me.
Grace:	I couldn't pick him over you because you are not an option for me!

You guys' friendship means something to me. It means that maybe we don't have to be alone in the world. That some things do last forever. That a fatty and his enabler can find love. — Jack, on Will and Grace's relationship