Will decides to further his cooking skills by taking a class and invites Jack to join him in the kitchen. However, when Jack decides to include his new boyfriend Stuart, the gourmet attorney finds himself the sad single in a cooking class full of couples. Elsewhere, Karen's mother Lois returns to town, slightly unnerving her daughter and calling on Grace's thrifty design talents to help decorate her new apartment.

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

Dave Foley (Stuart Lamarack)
Tracey Ullman (Ann)
Suzanne Pleshette (Lois Whitley)
Jerry Levine (Joe)
Tim Bagley (Larry)
Stacy Galina (Debbie)
Matt Champagne (Don)
Christopher Backus (Adam)

This episode is only 28-minutes. It was originally a super-sized episode, but was cut down to accommodate the preceding 32-minute "Friends" episode and so that "The Apprentice" could air at 9:00. Hopefully the full, uncut version will appear on the DVD release (but given Lions Gate's current track record, that is highly unlikely).
Edie Falco was originally asked to play Ann, but her schedule wouldn't allow it. (She was able to appear a month later as Deirdre in "East Side Story".)
This episode was a Yahoo! TV Daily Pick.
Suzanne Pleshette previously appeared as Karen's estranged mother in the 4th season episodes "Someone Old, Someplace New" and "Something Borrowed, Someone's Due".
A neighbor offers Lois $100,000 more than she paid for her newly decorated apartment. This plants the idea for Will and Grace going into a side business.
This episode included an end credit for production assistance by IKEA.

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