Bacon and Eggs is the 2nd episode of the fifth season and 94th overall.
American film actor Kevin Bacon appears as himself as Jack continues to stalk him. Grace is torn between her feelings for Leo and keeping her pact with Will. Karen deals with her husband's return.
Synopsis[]
You fingered this guy![]
Footloose
Kevin Bacon unknowingly hires Jack to be his assistant in catching his stalker, who is Jack himself. However, Kevin catches Will—who was simply accompanying Jack—with binoculars behind a bush near his apartment, Will is named as the stalker so Kevin takes him to his apartment to interrogate.
Will is surprised to learn that Kevin does not actually want his stalker to stop because it is a sign that he might be losing his career. After Jack accidentally admits he is the stalker, Kevin apologizes to Will and they end up dancing together to Kenny Loggins' Footloose.
The perfect Guy[]
With my fashion sense and your freakish upper body strength, this kid could take over the world.
After another failed try get inseminated, Grace gets another visit from the Jewish doctor Leo, whom she clearly likes. As she wonders about the possibility of being with him, she begins to contemplate on whether she should continue on starting a family with Will.
Karen asks for her help in breaking up with the smooth-talking Lionel Banks and Grace voices out how hard it is to turn down "the perfect guy" because of her promise to Will and that she understands Karen's disposition. In the end, Grace decides to leave a message for Leo.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Eric McCormack (Will Truman)
- Debra Messing (Grace Adler)
- Sean Hayes (Jack McFarland)
- Megan Mullally (Karen Walker)
- Shelley Morrison (Rosario Salazar)
Guest[]
- Harry Connick, Jr. (Leo Markus)
- Rip Torn (Lionel Banks)
- Kevin Bacon (Himself)
Notes[]
- Jack's obsession with Kevin Bacon was previously noted in the episodes Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show, Last of the Really Odd Lovers and Whoa, Nelly!.
Cultural references[]
- When describing his relationship with fellow film actor Val Kilmer, Kevin Bacon says that "Val was in Top Gun with Tom Cruise, and Tom was in A Few Good Men with me. Huh, that was a short one." This is a reference to the parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon connecting any actor to Kevin Bacon in six movies or less.
- In describing Lionel, Rosario recites a line from the chorus of What a Man.
Media[]
 Footloose on Will & Grace |
Quotes[]
You're sleazy and shameless! I like that, but we're through! — Karen, to Lionel Banks
Rosie's comin' with. She's up there breakin' up with Lionel for me, so I thought I'd take her out too and get this supportive friend thing over with in one trip. — Karen
| Karen: | Every time I go to break up with him he flashes those pearly caps and I end up bent over the minibar. |
| Grace: | End up? Isn't that where you started? |
I can't believe, in all the time I've known you, that I've had to say this twice, but my penis doesn't enjoy being sung to. — Will, to Jack
I didn't hire you to be my pal. You're just here to make sure the S.S. Bacon stays its course. — Kevin Bacon, to his new assistant
| Karen: | It's like the old song goes... anyone deserves a free meal after having Will's sperm inside them. |
| Grace: | I think that was from "You're a Gay Dad, Charlie Brown." |
When the stalkers leave, it's the first sign that your career is slipping. I picked that up from Val Kilmer. — Kevin Bacon