Season Four

Credits | Summary | Quotes | Did You Notice?

"Hocus Focus"

Episode #4.23 | Original Airdate 05/02/02

Written by Sally Bradford | Directed by James Burrows | Eric McCormack (Will Truman) | Debra Messing (Grace Adler) | Sean Hayes (Jack McFarland) | Megan Mullally (Karen Walker) | GUEST CAST: Glenn Close (Fannie Lieber) | J.P. Manoux (Minion) | Jeremy Forte (Angry Man) | Jason Stuart (Stuart) |

Summary: Will and Grace are thrilled when Will buys a photo session with famed photographer, Fannie Lieber to get a picture of the two of them for her upcoming book. But when they recieve the picture, Will is less than enthused with how he looks; Grace couldn't be more thrilled at her part of the picture. But Will manages to get Grace to go back for a reshoot with a very reluctant Fannie.

After they recieve their new photograph, Will is delighted with how he turned out, but this time it's Grace who thinks she looks hideous. The two return to Fannie for a third picture, but she is annoyed with them and refuses to do it.

She tells them that they need to get a life, do something other than worry about how one photograph looks. She throws a few suggestions their way, including "have a baby". After first the two laugh at the idea, but it slowly dawns on them that they both feel ready to have a child. It is then that Fannie choses to take her picture.

Meanwhile, Jack enlists Karen's help as his assistant with his new magic act, but gets upset when Karen's adlibs recieve more applause then his scripted material. He orders Karen to stick to the script, but ends up hurting her. When Jack preforms the trick of making Karen turn into a rabbit, she doesn't come back when the trick is done, and the audiece soon leaves, Jack stuck behind with a rabbit.

He begins talking to it, then notices its bloodshot eyes and wonders aloud if his trick worked. Not knowing what to think now, Jack apologizes to rabbit-Karen for being so angry with her. Backstage, Karen hears this and comes out, accepting Jack's apology with a hug.


Did You Notice...
~Fannie makes a reference at the end of this movie to someone bringing in their Dalmatian dog. Glenn Close, who plays Fannie, starred as Cruella DeVil in the live-action version of 101 Dalmatians, and it's sequel, 102 Dalmatians.

Back to Season Four
Back to season list
Back to Show
Back to the main page