Will & Grace season 3

Will & Grace
Season 3
US DVD Cover
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 12, 2000 (2000-10-12) – May 17, 2001 (2001-05-17)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of Will & Grace premiered on October 12, 2000 and concluded on May 17, 2001. It consisted of 25 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Eric McCormack as Will Truman
• Debra Messing as Grace Adler
• Megan Mullally as Karen Walker
• Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland
• Shelley Morrison as Rosario Salazar

Recurring cast

• Gregory Hines as Ben Doucette
• Tim Bagley as Larry
• Jerry Levine as Joe
• Tom Gallop as Rob
• Leigh-Allyn Baker as Ellen
• Marshall Manesh as Mr. Zamir
• Leslie Jordan as Beverley Leslie
• Woody Harrelson as Nathan
• Michael Angarano as Elliot

Special guest stars

• Patrick Dempsey as Matthew
• Jeremy Piven as Nicholas
• Camryn Manheim as Psychic Sue
• Cher as herself
• Debbie Reynolds as Bobbie Adler
• Martina Navratilova as herself
• Sandra Bernhard as herself
• Ellen DeGeneres as Sister Louise
• Sydney Pollack as George Truman
• Lesley Ann Warren as Tina
• Christine Ebersole as Candace Pruytt
• Ellen Albertini Dow as Sylvia Walker
• Molly Shannon as Val Bassett

Guest stars

• Corey Parker as Josh
• Natasha Lyonne as Gillian
• Maria Pitillo as Paula
• Ever Carradine as Pam
• Sara Rue as Joyce Adler
• Ken Marino as Mark
• Joel McHale as Ian
• Peter Jacobson as Paul Budnik
• Gigi Rice as Heidi Dauro
• Alex Kapp Horner as Alice Robinson
• Todd Stashwick as Gabe Robinson

Following the death of Leslie Jordan in 2022, writer Jeff Greenstein revealed that Joan Collins was in negotiations to reprise her role of Helena Barnes from the previous season episode "My Best Friend's Tush". However, after reading the final script, Collins backed out. The role was rewritten to create the role of Beverly Leslie, who debuted in "My Uncle the Car". ^[1]

Episodes

See also: List of Will & Grace episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
47	1	"New Will City"	James Burrows	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	October 12, 2000 (2000-10-12)	301 [2]	24.32 [3]
48	2	"Fear and Clothing"	James Burrows	Adam Barr	October 19, 2000 (2000-10-19)	302	19.82 [4]
49	3	"Husbands and Trophy Wives"	James Burrows	Kari Lizer	October 19, 2000 (2000-10-19)	304	18.59 [4]
50	4	"Girl Trouble"	James Burrows	Alex Herschlag	October 26, 2000 (2000-10-26)	307	17.54 [5]
51	5	"Grace 0, Jack 2000"	James Burrows	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	November 2, 2000 (2000-11-02)	305	19.68 [6]
52	6	"Love Plus One"	James Burrows	Richard Rosenstock	November 9, 2000 (2000-11-09)	309	18.20 [7]
53	7	"Gypsies, Tramps and Weed"	James Burrows	Katie Palmer	November 16, 2000 (2000-11-16)	306	22.33 [8]
54	8	"Lows in the Mid-Eighties"	James Burrows	Jeff Greenstein	November 23, 2000 (2000-11-23) [9]	310-311	18.28 [10]
55	9
56	10	"Three's a Crowd, Six is a Freak Show"	James Burrows	Jhoni Marchinko	December 14, 2000 (2000-12-14)	303	20.77 [11]
57	11	"Coffee and Commitment"	James Burrows	Adam Barr	January 4, 2001 (2001-01-04)	308	20.36 [12]
58	12	"Swimming Pools... Movie Stars"	James Burrows	Katie Palmer	January 11, 2001 (2001-01-11)	312	19.86 [13]
59	13	"Crazy in Love"	James Burrows	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	February 1, 2001 (2001-02-01)	313	20.38 [14]
60	14	"Brothers, A Love Story"	James Burrows	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	February 8, 2001 (2001-02-08)	315	19.21 [15]
61	15	"My Uncle the Car"	James Burrows	Kari Lizer	February 15, 2001 (2001-02-15)	314	19.18 [16]
62	16	"Cheaters"	James Burrows	Alex Herschlag	February 22, 2001 (2001-02-22) [9]	316-317	18.51 [17]
63	17
64	18	"Mad Dogs and Average Men"	James Burrows	Adam Barr	March 15, 2001 (2001-03-15)	320	16.84 [18]
65	19	"Poker? I Don't Even Like Her"	James Burrows	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	March 29, 2001 (2001-03-29)	318	16.66 [19]
66	20	"An Old-Fashioned Piano Party"	James Burrows	Jhoni Marchinko & Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	April 19, 2001 (2001-04-19)	321	13.97 [20]
67	21	"The Young and the Tactless"	James Burrows	Jeff Greenstein	April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26)	322	15.90 [21]
68	22	"Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore"	James Burrows	Sally Bradford	May 3, 2001 (2001-05-03)	319	14.06 [22]
69	23	"Last of the Really Odd Lovers"	James Burrows	Kari Lizer	May 10, 2001 (2001-05-10)	323	14.17 [23]
70	24	"Sons and Lovers"	James Burrows	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	May 17, 2001 (2001-05-17) [9]	324-325	20.50 [24]
71	25

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