Nice in White Satin is the seventh episode of the sixth season and 129th overall.
While Grace is in Cambodia, Will takes Karen to the hospital for a physical exam. Jack starts a new career as a nursing student.
Synopsis[]
They put you right up there with Pilar Palabunda[]
Will and Karen discover Jack's potential
While at the hospital, Jack meets a handsome student nurse which leads him to enroll to nursing school, claiming he has found his passion. He asks for Will and Karen money to pay his tuition but they refuse. However, after they finally give in and pay for Jack's entire semester, he has moved on to another career as a surfer.
When Karen and Will go to the school for a refund, they find out Jack is actually an exemplar nursing student and decide to persuade Jack to continue. Jack shares his fear of becoming his worst nightmare of becoming "a reliable, upstanding member of society", but Will reassures him he will always be himself.
The Dr. Isaac Hershberg Experience[]
Since she is in the board of her company Walker, Inc., Karen is pressured by her attorney Will to a physical examination. Anxious at first, Karen eases when she meets the unorthodox Dr. Isaac Hershberg, and is recommended to take calcium pills.
Karen violently refuses to take the pills, until Jack finds a way for her to swallow, showing true potential as a nurse.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Eric McCormack (Will Truman)
- Debra Messing (Grace Adler)
- Sean Hayes (Jack McFarland)
- Megan Mullally (Karen Walker)
Guest[]
- Jack Black (Dr. Isaac Hershberg) (uncredited)
- Stephanie Faracy (Nurse Eva)
- Laura Kightlinger (Nurse Sheila)
- Gerald Downey (Student Nurse Clark)
- Carla Renata (Receptionist)
- Kevin Sateri (Student Nurse Derek)
Notes[]
- Due to her pregnancy, Debra Messing only appears in one scene. While talking on the phone with Will, she is noticeably covering her belly with a hat.
- Jack's nursing career starts in this episode.
- Jack Black was consulting producer Laura Kightlinger's real-life boyfriend. Jack Black was not credited in the end-credits.
- The A-story in this episode originally dealt with Leo's The Doors cover band, "The Operating Room Doors", a joke from the Marry Me A Little More (also co-written by Bill Wrubel). However, with Debra Messing having to miss the majority of filming for this episode, the A story had to be changed. The B-story dealing with Jack's new career was already written and then taped, so to keep the setting of the hospital, they created the story of Karen's physical.
Cultural references[]
- During the opening scene, Will asks if Grace has seen actress Angelina Jolie, who at the time has become known for her humanitarian work especially in Cambodia.
Media[]
Quotes[]
You guys, relax, I know what I'm doing. New York Magazine named me one of the top doctors in Manhattan. And guess who they didn't name. My lame-ass partner Dr. Joel Frankel. — Dr. Isaac Hershberg
| Karen: | Dear Lord, if I'm okay, I promise I will dedicate the rest of my life to serving you. |
| Will: | It says here you're fine. |
| Karen: | Ha-ha, fall for it again, God. |