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Will & Grace :: Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward (05x13)

Episode Information

Title:

Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward

Episode #:

05x13

Production Number:

05013

Original Airdate:

Thursday January 16th, 2003

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Episode Crew
Director:	James Burrows (1)
Writer:	Jon Kinnally Tracy Poust

Episode Summary

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When Karen sets Will up with her hot cousin Barry, Will finds a geeky guy with a scraggly beard and greasy hair… and he just came out. Meanwhile, Grace is puzzled over what to make of her strange bohemian neighbor when she moves into Leo's Brooklyn digs.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Dan Futterman	played	Barry	Recurring (first appearance)
•Rosanna Arquette	played	Julie	Recurring (first appearance)
•Niko Posey	played	Waitress

Episode Notes

The title of this episode arc is a reference to the George Bernard Shaw play "Pygmalion," in which snobby Professor Henry Higgins teaches lower-class Eliza Doolittle to be a lady.

The umbrella title for this four-part episode refers to the Greek legend of the sculptor who fell in love with his female creation, and to George Bernard Shaw's play which was the basis for My Fair Lady. Shaw had Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering educate Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle so she could successfully impersonate an English aristrocrat, and of course both men were smitten with her. Here Will and Jack mold a schlubby straight man into the gay man of their dreams.

Episode Quotes

Karen: Poodle, Will needs it more than you! He's desperate.
Will: Hey, I resent that!
Karen: Cute and desperate!
Will: Thank you.

Episode Goofs

Karen makes reference to stealing Paul Lynde's wallet in Las Vegas in 1984, yet Paul Lynde passed away in 1982, and not in Las Vegas.

Cultural References

Grace: So what happened? Was she knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door?

Reference to the Bob Dylan song, "Knocking on Heaven's Door."

Episode Title: Gay It Forward.

A quick reference to the film "Pay It Forward."

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