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Grace Under Fire Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/29/1993
Writer: Chuck Lorre
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Phil Buckman (Smitty)

Grace begins work at the refinery and is set up for a date with Russell.



2 :01x02 - Up on the Roof

First aired: Oct/06/1993
Writer: Chuck Lorre, Bob Dolan Smith
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace can't be a father figure to Quentin, who's been acting very moody lately.



3 :01x03 - Grace Undergraduate

First aired: Oct/13/1993
Writer: Dottie Dartland
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Ben Browder (Eric), Abraham Benrubi (Mark)



4 :01x04 - The Good, the Bad and the Pharmacist

First aired: Oct/20/1993
Writer: Wayne Lemon
Director: Michael Lessac



5 :01x05 - Second Time Around

First aired: Oct/27/1993
Writer: Dava Savel
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Brandis Kemp (Nancy)



6 :01x06 - Sister, Sister

First aired: Nov/03/1993
Writer: Wayne Lemon
Director: Michael Lessac



7 :01x07 - A Picture's Worth ... $9.95

First aired: Nov/17/1993
Writer: Dottie Dartland
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Wesley Mann (Gary)

Libby is acting up;Grace and Russell agree to go on a double blind date.



8 :01x08 - Grace Under Oath

First aired: Nov/24/1993
Writer: Robert Kurtz, Eric Brand
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vicki Hudson)

Grace steps up her efforts to get child support upon learning that her ex sued for thousands after falling down the stairs.



9 :01x09 - Grace in the Middle

First aired: Dec/01/1993
Writer: Bill Masters
Director: Michael Lessac

Wade's not satisfied working for the phone company, and Grace suggests he find a new calling.



10 :01x10 - Say Goodnight, Gracie

First aired: Dec/08/1993
Writer: Robert Kurtz, Eric Brand
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace gets promoted---and switched to the night shift, which will mean missing Libby's play.



11 :01x11 - Keeping Faith

First aired: Dec/15/1993
Writer: Bob Dolan Smith, Chuck Lorre
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Valri Bromfield (Faith Burdette), Shannon Holt (Nurse), O'Neal Compton (Doctor), Sunday Theodore (Candy Striper), Bradford English (Fred Atkins)



12 :01x12 - With this Ring

First aired: Jan/05/1994
Writer: Chuck Lorre
Director: Michael Lessac



13 :01x13 - Simply Grace

First aired: Jan/12/1994
Writer: Bob Dolan Smith
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace shuts out a guy who wants to date her, but opens her door to a woman who seeks sanctuart from her abusive husband.



14 :01x14 - The Agony, the Ecstasy, and Bill Mazeroski

First aired: Jan/26/1994
Writer: Bill Masters
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace tries to create some personal space for herself.



15 :01x15 - When You Wish Upon a Star

First aired: Feb/02/1994
Writer: Dottie Dartland
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace agrees to take off for the Windy City with Ryan, but he blows it by not showing up in time to catch their flight.



16 :01x16 - Valentine's Day

First aired: Feb/09/1994
Writer: Chuck Lorre
Director: Howard Murray

Grace invites Ryan over for dinner, and Quentin isn't pleased.



17 :01x17 - Grace and Beauty

First aired: Feb/16/1994
Writer: Michael Sardo
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace allows Libby to enter a beauty pagent with her friend, whose mom is brutally frank about Libby's chances.



18 :01x18 - Tears of Joy

First aired: Mar/09/1994
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Louie Anderson (psychologist)

Grace takes Quentin to a psychologist to find out why he's getting into fights.



19 :01x19 - It Happened One Week

First aired: Mar/16/1994
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Michael Lessac

Faith takes the kids to grandma's and the refinery's shut down, leaving Grace and Ryan to rekindle their passion.



20 :01x20 - Things Left Undone

First aired: May/11/1994
Writer: Brett Butler, Wayne Lemon
Director: Michael Lessac

Faith unloads some emotional baggage on Grace and her mother.



21 :01x21 - See Quentin Run

First aired: May/18/1994
Writer: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn
Director: Michael Lessac

Quentin runs away when Grace won't let him visit his hard-drinking dad.



22 :01x22 - A Car and a Kiss

First aired: May/25/1994
Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Bill Masters
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Nick Bakay (Loomis P. Lemon)



23 :02x01 - Grace Under Water

First aired: Sep/20/1994
Writer: Marc Flanagan
Director: Michael Lessac

Flood waters are rising, and Grace hunkers down to weather the storm--but then in drifts her ex.



24 :02x02 - Good Ol' Grace

First aired: Sep/27/1994
Writer: Bob Dolan Smith
Director: Michael Lessac

A new woman on the crew files a sexual-discrimination grievance against BIll.



25 :02x03 - June 15, 1997

First aired: Oct/04/1994
Director: Michael Lessac



26 :02x04 - Pitch and Woo

First aired: Oct/11/1994
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace dates a minor-league ballplayer; Faith demands a commitment from Russell.



27 :02x05 - Jimmy's Girl

First aired: Oct/18/1994
Writer: Bill Masters
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Sam Whipple (Bob)



28 :02x06 - Splitsville

First aired: Oct/25/1994
Writer: G. D. Lundi
Director: Michael Lessac



29 :02x07 - The Road to Paris, Texas

First aired: Nov/08/1994
Writer: Alan Ball
Director: Howard Murray
Guest star: Jean Stapleton (Aunt Vivian)



30 :02x08 - Dear Grace

First aired: Nov/15/1994
Writer: Bob Dolan Smith
Director: Michael Lessac



31 :02x09 - Cold Turkey

First aired: Nov/22/1994
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe, Marc Flanagan
Director: Michael Lessac

THe Kelly clan inades Grace's after Libby ditches thier family's Thanksgiving feast.



32 :02x10 - Ka-Boom

First aired: Nov/29/1994
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Julius Carry (Ted Larkin)

A deadly refinery explosion rattles grace, who lands in the secretarial pool wile the tanks are being inspected.



33 :02x11 - Grace vs. Wade

First aired: Dec/06/1994
Writer: Alan Ball
Director: Michael Lessac

A holistic massage therapist helps Grace work out her feelings about Wade and Nadine.



34 :02x12 - The Holidays

First aired: Dec/13/1994
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Dave Florek (Vic), Matt Clark (Emmet Kelly), Peggy Rea (Jean Kelly), Jean Speegle Howard (Mrs. Boudreau), Walter Olkewicz (Dougie Boudreau), Valri Bromfield (Faith Burdette), Paul Dooley (John Shirley)

Included in Grace's Christmas package: an ex-mother-in-law with the holiday blues and an invitation to a dance with Dougie.



35 :02x13 - The Good Mother

First aired: Jan/03/1995
Writer: Robert Kurtz, Eric Brand
Director: Howard Murray

Grace allows Quentin to live with Jimmy for a bit. Meanwhile, her short story gets published.



36 :02x14 - No Money Down

First aired: Jan/17/1995
Writer: Dave Thomas
Director: Howard Murray

Russell and Grace attend a real-estate seminar advertised on TV.



37 :02x15 - Aging Gracefully

First aired: Jan/31/1995
Writer: Bill Masters, Bob Dolan Smith
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace's relationship with her massage therapist, travis, doesn't seem to be working out.



38 :02x16 - Hello, I'm Your Mother

First aired: Feb/07/1995
Writer: Jeff Abugov
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: China Kantner (Waitress)

Grace is contacted by the son she had as a teenager and gave up for adoption.



39 :02x17 - Grace at the Campfire

First aired: Feb/14/1995
Writer: Hollis Rich
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace takes the kids camping, but she's not a happy camper when Quentin hits a girl from a neighboring campsite.



40 :02x18 - Emmet Bypass

First aired: Feb/21/1995
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Kathy Kinney (Nurse)

When Jimmy's father suffers chest pains, Grace insists he be taken to the hospital.



41 :02x19 - Matthew, Come Home

First aired: Feb/28/1995
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace decides to introduce Matthew to the kids.



42 :02x20 - A Night at the Opera

First aired: Mar/14/1995
Writer: Alan Ball
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Tom Poston (Floyd Norton)

Grace prepares for a night at the opera in St. Louis. Meanwhile, Russell visits his curmudgeonly father.



43 :02x21 - Memphis Bound

First aired: Mar/29/1995
Writer: Alan Ball, Marc Flanagan
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Paul Le Mat (The Stranger)

Grace and Faith head to Memphis for Evie's wedding, and Russell goes along to see Graceland.



44 :02x22 - Sticks and Stones

First aired: Apr/05/1995
Writer: Bill Masters
Director: Michael Lessac

Grace becomes angry when she learns that Quentin's fight at school was caused by his racial slur.



45 :02x23 - Mother & Son & Father Reunion

First aired: May/03/1995
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
Director: Howard Murray
Guest star: Tom Poston (Floyd Norton)

Grace locates Matthew's biological father, but the man doesn't want to meet Matthew.



46 :02x24 - When It Rains, They Pour

First aired: May/10/1995
Writer: J. J. Wall, Bill Masters
Director: Howard Murray

It looks like Grace is on a hot streak when various men---from her ex-boyfriend Ryan to Quentin's soccer coach---ask her out.



47 :02x25 - You Can Lead a Horse to Water...

First aired: May/17/1995
Writer: Stephen Nathan



48 :02x26 - Jimmy Goes Away

First aired: May/24/1995
Writer: Stephen Nathan
Director: Howard Murray
Guest star: Tim Wilson (Fred)



49 :03x01 - Great Eggspectations

First aired: Sep/13/1995
Writer: Danny Zuker
Director: Michael Lessac



50 :03x02 - Movin' on Down

First aired: Sep/20/1995
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Michael Lessac



51 :03x03 - Grace and Rick and the Dance of Doom

First aired: Sep/27/1995
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: Art Wolff



52 :03x04 - The Breakup

First aired: Oct/04/1995
Writer: Holly Hester
Director: Phil Ramuno



53 :03x05 - Grace Under a Wig

First aired: Oct/18/1995
Writer: Tim Doyle
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Tangie Ambrose (Hipster #2)



54 :03x06 - Daycare

First aired: Nov/01/1995
Writer: Kevin Abbott
Director: Michael Lessac



55 :03x07 - Matthew Gets Busted

First aired: Nov/08/1995
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Michael Lessac



56 :03x08 - Grace Really Under Fire

First aired: Nov/15/1995
Writer: Joan Binder Weiss, Kimberly Kessler
Director: Michael Lessac



57 :03x09 - Thanks for Nothing

First aired: Nov/22/1995
Writer: Pat Bullard
Director: Jack O'brien



58 :03x10 - Sleeping Together

First aired: Nov/29/1995
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Michael Lessac



59 :03x11 - Emmet's Secret

First aired: Dec/06/1995
Writer: Donald Beck
Director: Michael Lessac



60 :03x12 - Emmet, We Hardly Knew Ye

First aired: Dec/20/1995
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: Michael Lessac



61 :03x13 - Daddy's Girl

First aired: Jan/03/1996
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: Michael Lessac



62 :03x14 - No Help Wanted

First aired: Jan/10/1996
Writer: Stevie Ray Fromstein
Director: Michael Lessac



63 :03x15 - Good Neighbor Sam

First aired: Jan/24/1996
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: Michael Lessac



64 :03x16 - Positively Hateful

First aired: Feb/07/1996
Writer: Tim Doyle
Director: Michael Lessac



65 :03x17 - Why Buy the Bull?

First aired: Feb/14/1996
Writer: Holly Hester
Director: Michael Lessac



66 :03x18 - Love Thy Neighbor

First aired: Feb/21/1996
Writer: Geoffrey Miller
Director: John Bowab



67 :03x19 - Pregnant Pause

First aired: Feb/28/1996
Writer: Donald Beck
Director: Alan Myerson



68 :03x20 - Broads for Broader Horizons

First aired: Mar/13/1996
Writer: Sonya Gay Bourn
Director: Phil Ramuno



69 :03x21 - Head Games

First aired: Mar/20/1996
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Harry Morgan (George)



70 :03x22 - Mr. Mullen's Opus

First aired: Apr/03/1996
Writer: Stevie Ray Fromstein
Director: Gary Halvorson



71 :03x23 - Take Me to Your Breeder

First aired: May/01/1996
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Howard Murray
Guest star: Darren McGavin (Dad)



72 :03x24 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?

First aired: May/08/1996
Writer: Danny Zuker
Director: Peter Baldwin



73 :03x25 - You Go, Girl

First aired: May/15/1996
Writer: Pat Bullard
Director: John Bowab



74 :04x01 - This Sold House

First aired: Sep/18/1996
Writer: Holly Hester
Director: John Bowab



75 :04x02 - Neither a Borrower or a Roofer Be

First aired: Sep/25/1996
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: John Bowab



76 :04x03 - Quentin Returns

First aired: Oct/02/1996
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: John Bowab



77 :04x04 - Grace and Sailor Bob

First aired: Oct/09/1996
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Spencer Rochfort (Long-Haired Guy)



78 :04x05 - Dating Buddies

First aired: Oct/23/1996
Writer: Matt Berry
Director: John Bowab



79 :04x06 - The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly

First aired: Oct/30/1996
Writer: David Nichols
Director: John Bowab



80 :04x07 - Road to Nowhere

First aired: Nov/06/1996
Writer: Donald Beck
Director: John Bowab



81 :04x08 - Redeeming Jimmy

First aired: Nov/13/1996
Writer: Stevie Ray Fromstein
Director: John Bowab



82 :04x09 - The Show-Me State

First aired: Nov/20/1996
Writer: Holly Hester
Director: John Bowab



83 :04x10 - Fire Music

First aired: Nov/27/1996
Writer: J. J. Wall
Director: John Bowab



84 :04x11 - Grace Tests Out

First aired: Dec/04/1996
Writer: Sid Youngers
Director: John Bowab



85 :04x12 - A Holly, Jolly Christmas

First aired: Dec/18/1996
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: John Bowab



86 :04x13 - Matthew's Old Lady

First aired: Jan/08/1997
Writer: David Nichols
Director: John Bowab



87 :04x14 - Grace of Wrath

First aired: Jan/15/1997
Writer: Mike Larsen
Director: David Trainer



88 :04x15 - Wade's Partner

First aired: Jan/29/1997
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Phil Ramuno



89 :04x16 - Pills

First aired: Feb/05/1997
Writer: Stevie Ray Fromstein
Director: Alan Myerson



90 :04x17 - Waiting for Peugeot

First aired: Feb/12/1997
Writer: Matt Berry
Director: David Trainer



91 :04x18 - Birthin' Babies

First aired: Feb/19/1997
Writer: Donald Beck
Director: David Trainer



92 :04x19 - Vega$

First aired: Feb/19/1997
Writer: Holly Hester
Director: David Trainer
Guest star: Ralph Manza (Condo Resident), Drew Carey (Drew Carey), Jeremy Piven (Spence Kovak), Jerry Van Dyke (Luther Van Damme)



93 :04x20 - Jimmy Moves On

First aired: Mar/12/1997
Writer: Geoffrey Miller
Director: David Trainer



94 :04x21 - Quentin Gets His Gun

First aired: Mar/26/1997
Writer: Ric Swartzlander
Director: Phil Ramuno



95 :04x22 - Sam's Dad

First aired: Apr/09/1997
Writer: Joan Binder Weiss, David N. Weiss
Director: David Trainer
Guest star: Holly Fulger (Mrs. Landers)



96 :04x23 - Grace Graduates

First aired: Apr/30/1997
Writer: Stephanie Phillips
Director: David Trainer



97 :04x24 - Rob vs. Jimmy

First aired: May/06/1997
Writer: Bryan Moore
Director: Ron Moseley



98 :04x25 - Grace's New Job

First aired: May/07/1997
Writer: Sid Youngers
Director: David Trainer



99 :05x01 - Smells Like Victory

First aired: Nov/25/1997
Writer: Tom Straw
Director: Gary Halvorson

Grace finds it too hard to balance a long distance job with her family life.



100 :05x02 - Grace Under Construction

First aired: Dec/02/1997
Writer: Matt Ember
Director: James Hampton

D.C. gives Grace a job on the construction site; Grace advises Wade to vent his anger about Nadine.



101 :05x03 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

First aired: Dec/09/1997
Writer: Mark Solomon
Director: Phil Ramuno

Quentin leads Grace to believe that he's not sexually active, but Grace makes a discovery that suggests otherwise.



102 :05x04 - Mother Christmas

First aired: Dec/16/1997
Writer: Stephanie Phillips
Director: Ron Moseley

Grace's mother visits for Christmas and has alot of advise for Libby on how to be a "lady", which isnt well recieved.



103 :05x05 - A River Runs Through Him

First aired: Dec/23/1997
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: David Trainer

Jean complains to Grace that the bridge will block the view of the river from Emmet's cemetery plot.



104 :05x06 - Finders Keepers

First aired: Dec/23/1997
Writer: Ed Yeager
Director: David Trainer

The family is blown away when a bag of money lands on thieir doorstep during a storm.



105 :05x07 - Riverboat Queen

First aired: Dec/30/1997
Writer: Nick Lerose
Director: James Hampton

Grace coaches D.C. for a business dinner with the developer of a riverboat hotel, and something unexpected develops.



106 :05x08 - The Victory Tree

First aired: Dec/30/1997
Writer: Mark Jordan Legan
Director: David Trainer

Libby leads a protest against plans to cut down a historic tree that stands on the contruction site.



107 :05x09 - Grace Under-Funded

First aired: Jan/06/1998
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: David Trainer
Guest star: Fred Applegate (Wesley Brownell)

Grace takes on Uncle Sam when a snafu prevents her from getting her paycheck.



108 :05x10 - Digging Up the Dirt

First aired: Jan/13/1998
Writer: David Kemker, Keith Leslie
Director: Ron Moseley

Rumor has it that Grace and D.C. are hot and heavy.



109 :05x11 - Fire in the Hole

First aired: Jan/20/1998
Writer: Paul J. Raley
Director: Phil Ramuno

Despite herself, Grace is attracted to Wade's old buddy from the military.



110 :05x12 - Fall from Grace

First aired: Feb/03/1998
Writer: Sonya Gay Bourn, Ben Gramin
Director: Howard Murray, James Hampton

Grace gives lazy Vic a job at the construction site



111 :05x13 - Grace Under Class

First aired: Feb/10/1998
Writer: Lois Bromfield
Director: James Hampton
Guest star: Alicia Leigh Willis (Maxine)

Quentin dates a girl whose wealthy parents provide him with expensive gifts.



112 :05x14 - Down in the Boondocks

First aired: Feb/17/1998
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Gary Halvorson