Will and Grace: Complete Series 3 [2001]

Amazon.co.uk Review

Will & Grace strode into its third season with the kind of cultural cache TV executives would kill for. These 22 episodes are littered with hip celebrity guest stars, from Ellen DeGeneres to Sandra Bernhard to Cher, and the performances of the core quartet--Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Karen Mullally, and Sean Hayes--became more comically exaggerated as they risked pushing their characters (already riddled with neuroses and snippiness) into the realm of caricatures. But due to clever writing and confident, full-throttle performances, it doesn't matter. Even when Jack and Karen's high-handed behavior go beyond anything recognizably human, audiences love them all the more; no matter how high-strung Will and Grace become, their well-honed rapport keeps them engaging and lovable.

Wisely, the writers swiftly returned the pair to roommate status and got Grace out of her ongoing relationship with Will's former boss (Gregory Hines), bringing the show's focus back on how the pair sublimate their love lives with the cozy intimacy of friendship--one particularly strong episode flashes back to how they first met in college, replete with godawful 80s fashion. But, as ever, it's Jack and Karen who up the comic ante; Mullally and Hayes are shamelessly self-absorbed and shallow, exploiting and abusing everyone around them. Jack forces Will to play Cyrano, feeding him pick-up lines over his salesperson headset; Karen, worried that some experimental plastic surgery might turn out badly, manipulates another socialite into getting it first. Not all plotlines fly--Grace gets into a relationship with an obnoxious neighbor (Woody Harrelson) that never becomes more than stunt-casting--but the racy wit flies fast and furious, the slapstick is topnotch, and Karen's hairdo towers magnificently. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

If you like Friends/Ali McBeal/Scrubs.... .......2007-11-20

...Here's more of the same. Good quality Sitcom with some very gifted actors. Basically revolving around 'Grace' an Interior Designer and 'Will' a gay lawyer and their on/off living together relationship plus the two 'quirky' friends 'jack' a very efeminate gay actor/layabout and 'Karen' a rich solcialite who works merely to get away from her family who she has no time for. It makes for a really good show and you become so immersed in what's happening you'll find yourself watching multiple episodes at a time. It's also worth noting that should you watch the out-takes and interviews with the cast that the real life personalities of the actors are HUGELY different from the characters. I defy anyone to watch the show and not believe Jack is gay in real life, but in off camera interviews he is serious, intense and most definately straight. How he does his character JACK is beyong me... what a talent !

Absolutely amazing...........2007-11-09

Ive only discovered will and grace fairly recently, in the last 3 months, and have already purchased and watched 3 seasons of it. after an amazing season 1 and 2 i was completely addicted, and season 3 beat my expectations and fed my addiction. nice and long season, with some great characters, sometimes subtle always intelligent writing and a beautiful relationship between will and grace, particularly in the episode in which you see the two back in the 80's, and in the last scene you see them now, still friends, and scenes like this are truly beuatiful. with fabulous but bitchy Karen, and Hyper-active but equaly fabulous jack as the supporting characters, they add to the mix to make this the funniest sitcom in TV history.

Not the best series ever..........2006-02-22

I'm still an avid watcher of Will and Grace even though it's now heading into the 7th series on TV. But it has to be said that by now it's started to decline in quality, and the beginning of that decline is evident here in series 3.

Series 1 and 2 of Will and Grace were comic masterpieces, surpassing most other sitcoms and providing loads of laugh out loud moments. Series 3 has less of such moments, and at some points seems to drag, becoming monotonous and seemingly without many fresh ideas, so some episodes feel a bit samey.

However it's still a good show and this series does have the major bonus of a two part flashback episode which shows Will, Grace and Jack in the 80s, when Will and Grace were dating, Will had yet to realise/admit that he was gay, and Jack was already...Jack. It's essential viewing as it gives necessary background to the characters and explains Will and Grace's relationship in a way that seems to make everything clearer. It also shows how the bond between Jack and Will first grew which is very touching. This double episode is also the comedy highlight of the series with some excellent hairdos and one-liners! I loved it when Will insists he's straight and Jack snaps 'Your well-worn copy of the Dream Girls show tunes begs to differ!'.

As far as special features go, it's got pretty much the same dismal ones as series 2 - a few compilations of clips from the series, under different headings. I think the boxset would really benefit from some interviews, commentaries or especially bloopers.

So in summary, if you're already a Will and Grace fan then get this series as it still provides a good way to lose yourself for a half hour (or a few hours if you fancy watching them all at once - it's one of those shows that's easy to just keep watching!). But if you're new to the show then get series 1 and 2 first.

husbands and trophy wives..........2005-07-19

this series has the funniest episode ever, episode three, husbands and trophy wives! karen is the funniest she's ever been in any series... a must watch!

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Starring: Matt Damon , Franka Potente , Chris Cooper , Clive Owen , and Julia Stiles
Director: Doug Liman , Paul Greengrass , and Sydney Pollack
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
ProductGroup: DVD
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Release Date: 2006-10-02

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