Summary: Will's dad is in town again and Will is very excited. But when George leaves suddenly during a game of Taboo, promising to get together on Friday, Will feels let down and confused.
Later that night while out at "Suessical the Musical" with her boyfriend, Grace runs into a surprised George and his date, a "colleague" named Tina. Grace immediately suspects George of having an affair and tells Will. Will, though, denies it, and to prove it, invites George and Tina to stay for dinner on Friday.
Will warns Grace not to bring up the subject of the affair, and she is forced to sit through an awkward dinner discussing the weather. But eventually she cracks and goes into the hall, crying. Tina joins her.
Finally, Will's dad tells him how disappointed he is that Will didn't tell him off for having an affair. Will comes clean and tells his dad how hurt he is. George then promises to tell Will's mother.
Meanwhile, when Stan misses his and Karen's annual date that month, she becomes suspiscious. When Grace subtley brings up the subject of George's affair, Karen assumes that Grace saw Stan with another woman and sets out with Jack to catch Stan in the act. She gets Jack to join her for a night in the limo, following Stan.
After a night of spying on her husband and seeing nothing, Karen storms upstairs and confronts Grace, who is sitting in the hallway with Tina. Karen demands to know who "he" is having the affair with and Grace, thinking Karen means George, indicates to Tina. Karen yells at Tina, but when Grace realizes who Karen is talking about and clears up the confussion, Karen immediately calms down and leaves.
Quotes
KAREN: [TAKING A DRINK OF HER ORANGE JUICE] "Oh!"
GRACE: [TAKING A DRINK OF HER ORANGE JUICE] "Oh, God."
[KAREN AND GRACE EXCHANGE ORANGE JUICE GLASSES.]
KAREN: "Good lord! Honey, how can you drink straight orange juice first thing in the morning?"
MAN: [TO JACK] "Excuse me. Can you stop hitting on me? I'm sitting with my boyfriend."
JACK: "Oh, I am so sorry. Didn't mean to give you the wrong impression. I wasn't hitting on you. I was hitting on your boyfriend."
MAN: "You're unbelievable." [HE WALKS AWAY.]
JACK: "I know. Tell him that."
WILL: [ENTERING] "Good morning, ladies. And Karen."
JACK: "Hey, Will, you look fantastic."
WILL: "I have no extra cash."
JACK: "Your teeth are yellow."
KAREN: [TO THE WOMAN AT THE NEXT TABLE] "Excuse me, you wouldn't happen to have a breath mint, would you?"
WOMAN: "Actually, I do. It's in my purse."
KAREN: "Well, pop it! It's not doing you any good in there!"
WOMAN: "How offensive!"
KAREN: "Honey, it's your breath, not mine."
GRACE: [RE: KAREN] "Forgive her. She has a heart condition. She doesn't have one."
WILL: "Grace, keep Sunday and Monday open."
GRACE: "Okey-dokey, artie-chokey."
WILL: "And never say that again."
WILL: "Karen, my dad would really like to meet you. It would mean so much to me if you'd join us."
KAREN: "Honey, that is so sweet. No."
WILL: "Works every time."
GRACE [UNCONTROLLED SOBBING]: "I'm so confused!" [SOB] "I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone and all the other people are pigs..." [SOB] "and I'm the pretty one, but everyone thinks I'm ugly, because they're all pigs and they think pigs are pretty!" [SOBBING]
KAREN: "Yes! Bernard Hellman. Oh, yes. Yes. Bernie's our man. Karen Delaney-St. Croix-Popeil-Walker-Hellman. It's got a ring to it."
JACK (FLIPPING THROUGH "HOT JOCKS" MAGAZINE): "Hello, Mrs. McFarland."
KAREN: "I've got to take the moral high-ball."
JACK: "Don't you mean 'high ground'?"
KAREN: "That'll come right after the high-ball."
Did You Notice...
~Special 40 minute Super-Sized episode.
~In the opening scene, Jack and Karen manage to alienate everyone sitting around their table (Jack hits on a man's boyfriend, Karen tells the lady behind her to use a breathmint).
~Repeat airings split this episode into two 30-minute episodes, with expanded scenes in the second part.
~Rosario did not appear in the original 40 minute episode, but appears in Part 2 of the 1 hour version.
~Karen gives her full name as Karen Delaney-St. Croix-Popeil-Walker.
Back to Season Three
Back to season list
Back to Show
Back to the main page