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Will & Grace :: The Pilot (Love & Marriage) (01x01)
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| Title: | The Pilot (Love & Marriage) |
| Episode Number: | 1 |
| Season: | 1 |
| Season Episode #.: | 1 |
| Production Number: | 62801 |
| Original Airdate: | Monday September 21st, 1998 |
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Will's poker night with his buddies gets interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Grace, who has once again broken up with her boyfriend and arrives to spend the night--much to the displeasure of Will's friend Jack, who was planning to move in temporarily while his own apartment has new flooring put in. Will talks Grace into finally leaving her boyfriend for good, she marches off to confront him, but when she returns to announce that she has accepted a marriage proposal, Will risks their friendship by telling her what he thinks.
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Karen's voice is not as high pitched in this episode as it is in all following episodes and this is the only episode when Will has long hair.
| According to the series and common knowledge of New York City streets, the series takes place in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Will's apartment building is located at 155 Riverside Drive, Apartment 9C. Grace's office is located in the Puck Building at 295 Lafayette Street, south of Houston Street.
| Creator/Producer/Writer Max Mutchnick is gay; the show is based in large part on his own experience as a gay man.
| Will originally had a partner, Higgins, but his scenes were deleted in the final draft of the script.
| Jimm Ginnini is credited, but his scene was deleted during editing. He is Grace's builder, who created an over-stuffed chair for her.
| Staff writer Ellen Idelson supplies the voice of Will's secretary, Ellen.
| Karen was originally meant to be Grace's friend from work. She would interact with Grace, possibly Will. While Jack would interact almost solely with Will. Jack and Karen would never meet. However, when the producers realised what chemistry Megan and Sean had, they decided to make Karen and Jack meet.
| Syndication began on 9/23/2002. For syndication, scenes I and VII were deleted; the opening credits began after Scene III.
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Jack: Grace, did you know I was gay when you met me?
Grace: My dog knew.
| Jack: (To Jurgen) Ok, first of all, Will should only be so lucky, okay? So let's just clear that right up. Second of all, you don't even know me that well. Why would you just assume that I was gay? (Everyone laughs) Are you finished? Okay. FYI, folks, most people that meet me do not know that I am gay.
Will: Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. ...Dead people know you're gay.
| Patron #1: Hey, hey, hey, come on, you two, how's about a kiss?
Crowd: Oh, yeah! Yeah! (Chanting) Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (Will kisses Grace).
Grace: Nothing? Anything?
Will: Sorry. Nothing. Hmm.
| Karen: (Entering) I know. I'm late. My driver had another bronchial incident. It was disgusting. I had to raise the partition. But that's no excuse. I should be punished. I'm writing you a cheque.
Will: (Over speakerphone) Karen, tell Grace she should fire you.
Karen: Grace, tell Will to redirect his anger at his mother where it belongs.
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In the scene where Grace asks Will what he thinks about her marriage you can see the shadow of a mic hanging over Will.
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Jack: Oh, look, it's Sporty Spice.
Mel C. used to be Sporty Spice from the British pop group The Spice Girls.
| Jack: A room without windows. A room without doors.
Jack is singing the tune "A Room Without Windows" by Steve Lawrence.
| Grace: No, you were right. It's too "Stevie Nicks: The Heavy Years".
Stevie Nicks was a member of the popular music group, Fleetwood Mac, before she broke out on her own.
| Will: Say Goodnight Gracie.
Grace: Goodnight Gracie.
The quick joke at the end of the first act is the closing line and a nod to the CBS program, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.
| Will: Huh! Honey, I don't need your man. I got George Clooney.
Will and Grace are both watching another NBC programme ER.
| Will: Pop Up Video. Turns out Fiona Apple doesn't particularly like apples...
Pop Up Video was one of VH1's most popular shows. It added written commentary to music videos about the video and other material relating to it. The show was cancelled in May of 2003.
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