Summary: Grace is reluctant to give up her uncle's car, which she inherited from him four years ago when he died. But when Will convinces her that the car is useless, she lets him sell it. When he gives her the items he took from the car, she finds a tape from her uncle telling Grace how important it is that she keep the car.
Getting it back is not so easy, though, as Will sold the car to a nun. Grace pleads with the nun, offering to pay her back the money she speant. The nun, who is using the car to sell cakes out of, raises the stakes from $400 to $3000. Will finally gets the car back, for a a cheaper price, by promising that Grace will drive the nun to sell her cakes.
Meanwhile, Jack gets a postcard from his mother, with the phrase "Your father's a black boy", and comes to the conclusion that he is part African-American. As he revels in his new black ancestory, Karen gets into a fight for Rosario with a rich friend, Beverly Leslie. Rosario quits working for both of them, but returns later to work for Karen. Later, Jack finds out that his mother meant that she was knocked up by one of the Black boys, not a "black boy".
Quotes
KAREN: She just asked a fairy an engine question. Oh, my God. We're all gonna die in this car.
WILL: Karen, you're not gonna die. It'd take a silver bullet and a wooden stake to do that.
KAREN: "That pasty, pretentious unic, Beverley Lesley, is coming over to play pool."
JACK: "So cancel."
KAREN: "Honey, no, he's my dearest friend."
JACK: "I thought I was your dearest friend!"
KAREN: "He's my dearest white friend."
SISTER LOUISE: "It's a big day for me. I'm not wearing a bra."
Did You Notice...
~Another reference to Grace's big feet is made when we see Grace's ballet shoes and she comments on going from a size four to eight in one year.
~Ellen DeGerenes, who's ground-breaking show "Ellen" featured the first gay character in a starring role in a TV series, and which paved the way for shows like "Will & Grace", guest stars as the nun who buys Grace's car.
~At one point, Grace says to Sister Louise, "What do you need with a car, anyway? Can't you fly?". This is a reference to the TV series "The Flying Nun", in which Shelley Morrison (Rosario), co-starred.
~This is the first appearance of Karen's flamouyant friend/rival, Beverley Leslie.
~This episode was originally to be the return of Joan Collins' character, Helena Barnes. However, Joan Collins did not like the script, so they changed the character to Beverley Leslie. Even though Beverley is a man, they did not have to change any of the lines.
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