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FYI: I Hurt, Too is the 1st episode of the seventh season and the 140th overall.

Grace tries to deal after learning of her husband's infidelity. Karen asks Jack to pass on the song she wrote to his new friend, singer Jennifer Lopez.

Synopsis[]

Wonder Twins powers activate![]

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"Did I travel around the whirl?"

Grace, now aware of Leo's infidelity while in Cambodia with Doctors Without Borders, raids his apartment while he is at work and steals half of his things. Leo comes over to Will's apartment, where Grace is now staying, to beg for forgiveness. Grace, however is still devastated and angry and instead throws her wedding ring at him. After Leo leaves, Grace realizes that she is miserable without him and she decides to give their marriage a second chance.

Will invites them all to dinner at a restaurant to show their support but Grace soon realizes she can't make it work and finally admits that her marriage is over.

Que? Qui? Donde?[]

Jack has returned from his stint as backup dancer to Jennifer Lopez and is now good friends with her that she spends the night sleeping over at Jack's apartment. A recently divorced Karen, who had also returned from what would have been her honeymoon, learns of Jack's connection to Jennifer so she asks him to give the singer the song she composed out of grief, entitled "FYI: I Hurt, Too".

Jack, however makes the mistake of handing it to Jennifer Lopez after she received bad news, rejecting it outright and firing him immediately. To make amends, she signs Jack up to dance for Janet Jackson.

Cast[]

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Notes[]

  • This episode marks the return of Debra Messing after giving birth to her first child in the spring of 2004, and her absence in the previous 4 episodes.
  • Alex Herschlag and Dave Flebotte took over the Executive Producer/showrunner positions. This is Flebotte's only writing credit for the show.
  • Jason Landau appears as the guy Jennifer talks to in the subway. In 2014, Landau would marry Cheyenne Jackson who appears as Will's ex-boyfriend Michael.
  • A soundtrack CD and a book were released the same week.
  • Prior to this episode, all four main characters were depicted as being in established relationships. By the end of this episode, it becomes evident that only Will's relationship (with Vince) survived to Season 7.
    • Jack mentions that he and Stuart have broken up off-screen because Jack cheated. Karen and Lyle Finster split up after 20 minutes of marriage.
  • Last appearance of Jennifer Lopez in the original series. She returns in the revival series in the episode Sweatshop Annie & the Annoying Baby Shower.
  • Last appearance of Grace and Leo's Brooklyn apartment. It will only be seen again during The Finale.
  • Behind the scene photos show the deleted scene where Jennifer Lopez fires Jack in the hallway.

Cultural references[]

  • During the opening scene, Grace, Karen and Jack bond over their newfound interest on the Kabbalah school of thought, which had amassed a huge following thanks to several celebrities such as Sandra Bernhard, Madonna, Demi Moore, and Britney Spears who all guest starred on the show at one point.
  • Grace, Jack and Karen all shout "Wonder Twins powers activate!" with their Kabbalah red strings touching, similar to how the DC superheroes Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna activate their powers by touching.
  • Jennifer remembers seeing Jack and another guy reenact scenes from her 1997 film Selena.
  • Jennifer Lopez pokes fun at her romantic life when she asks Karen's 20-minute marriage "and that's short, right?". Lopez by then has recently married her third husband, singer Marc Anthony. Both her previous marriages each lasted less than one year.
  • When Karen asks Jennifer to sign her "bra", which she refers to as the "Hard Rack Café", a reference to the restaurant chain Hard Rock Café which famously features signed memorabilia from rock-and-roll artists.
  • Karen mentions checking into the Halekulani, a famous hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Jennifer Lopez claims that she has Jewish ancestors when she mentions her grandfather arriving in Ellis Island and having his last name shortened from Lopezowitz, and then exclaiming the Yiddish phrase "Ay, gevalt". This is of course a joke since Lopez is of Puerto Rican heritage.
  • While on the tub, Will lip-synchs to Barbra Streisand's Don't Rain on My Parade from the musical Funny Girl (1968).

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Quotes[]

Grace:Beef can change.
Will:Really? You honestly trust that something that, that hurt you so bad once isn't gonna do it again?
Leo:Peking duck looks good and it's not a metaphor for anything.
Grace:How am I supposed to know if it's gonna make me sick again unless I give the beef a second chance?
Will:Fine, fine, order the beef. Don't expect me to pick up the pieces.
Harry:Can... can the beef say something?
Ordering food while discussing Leo's infidelity
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