Will and Grace: Complete Series 1 Eric McCormack 2004 New DVD Top-quality

The complete first season of the popular US sitcom. In ‘Love and Marriage’ Will refuses to give his blessing when Grace accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal. ‘New Lease on Life’ finds Grace deciding that she wants to move in with Will. ‘Head Case’ sees the flatmates arguing about bathroom rights. ‘Between a Rock and Harlan’s Place’ has Grace draw up plans to decorate Harlan’s place. ‘Boo! Humbug’ finds Will and Grace going trick-or-treating with Harlan’s kids. ‘William, Tell’ sees Grace become suspicious of Will’s relations with his clients. ‘Where There’s a Will There’s No Way’ has Grace become concerned about the amount of fun she is having with Will. ‘The Buying Game’ finds Will using some underhand means when Grace asks him to help her negotiate the purchase of her studio space. ‘The Big Vent’ sees the friends listening in on a real-life soap opera. ‘The Truth About Will and Dogs’ has Grace bring a new canine resident into the flat. ‘Will on Ice’ finds Grace and Jack waxing lyrical about professional ice skating. In ‘My Fair Maidy’, Will hires a maid to help keep the flat clean. In ‘The Unsinkable Mommy Adler’ Grace’s mother comes to visit. ‘Big Brother is Coming (Part 1)’ has Will worried about a visit from his estranged older brother Sam. ‘Big Brother is Coming (Part 2)’ sees Will shocked to discover that Grace spent the night with Sam. ‘Yours, Mine or Ours’ finds Will and Grace fighting for the attention of a new neighbour. ‘Secrets and Lays’ has the friends take a weekend holiday in Vermont. ‘Grace Replaced’ sees Grace fight neighbour Val for the role of Will’s right-hand-girl. ‘Will Works Out’ finds Will taking Jack for a work-out at his gym. ‘Saving Grace’ has Grace decorate the house of a man who wants to get a date with Will. ‘Alley Cats’ sees Grace try to become less competitive. Finally, in ‘Object of My Rejection’, Jack marries Karen’s maid.
Will & Grace debuted with a controversial splash because one of its two lead characters is gay–but smart writing and topnotch performances, not politics, have made the show a hit. Two neurotic and sharp-tongued urbanites–gay lawyer Will (Eric McCormack) and straight interior designer Grace (Debra Messing)–delight in their volatile but enduring friendship as they share a sumptuous New York apartment. Sweeping into the mix are Will’s unapologetically queeny friend Jack (Sean Hayes) and Grace’s wildly eccentric assistant Karen (Megan Mullally). Much like Seinfeld, the humour on Will & Grace springs from self-obsession, petty jealousy, and compulsive interfering in each other’s lives–basically, the building blocks of human nature. The show’s writers apparently feel compelled to keep the lead characters warm and likeable in the usual sitcom mode (which hardly seems necessary, as McCormack and Messing are naturally engaging). As a result, it’s Jack and Karen who get free reign to be truly obnoxious and ridiculous–which, of course, makes them incredibly funny and charismatic. Hayes and Mullally rise to the occasion, ripping through absurd situations and arias of narcissistic wit with dazzling panache.
Will & Grace’s plots routinely center around scenarios that could feature a married couple or two same-sex roommates: Will and Grace bicker over buying a dog, find their relationship tested by apartment renovations, or discover they’re both pursuing the same guy–standard sitcom material that the gay factor gives a clever spin. Though their relationship gets in the way of their sex lives, the two take so much pleasure in each other’s company that they can’t help but stick together–a surprisingly chaste theme for such a culturally groundbreaking show, but one that Will & Grace’s addicted audience undoubtedly appreciates.