Plot
Grace Adler (Debra Messing), heavily pregnant, is having bizarre dreams of the future in which she and her gay friend and roommate Will Truman (Eric McCormack) are an old couple, raising their child. In her dream, Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) is married to actor Kevin Bacon, and Karen Walker (Megan Mullally)—who has not aged—is now in a relationship with her maid Rosario Salazar (Shelley Morrison). In Grace's real life, however, her and Will's relationship is complicated. Grace is not sure if she wants to spend the rest of her life living with Will. So, when her ex-husband Marvin "Leo" Markus (Harry Connick, Jr.) shows up and proposes to her—not even aware that she is pregnant with his child—she immediately accepts.
Two years later, Grace moves with Leo to Rome and lives there for a year. They then move back to New York City, where they raise their daughter Lila. Will and Vince D'Angelo (Bobby Cannavale) have since reconciled, and are raising a son, Ben. Karen and Jack grow tired of the fact that Will and Grace are not speaking with each other, so they lure them to the same place and force them to make up. The four meet at Will and Vince's apartment, and even though Will and Grace have a pleasant evening together, their relationship is tentative and somewhat awkward. They realize a lot has changed since the last time they met, and thus their relationship is not rekindled. Meanwhile, Karen learns that in her divorce from Stan, she will have no money as Stan's money was all loaned to him, and he is now bankrupt. When learning that Beverley Leslie (Leslie Jordan) and his "business associate" Benji (Brian A. Setzer) have broken up, Karen plots to have Jack take Benji's place, after Jack confesses that Beverly offered to share his entire fortune with him. When Beverly dies after being blown off a balcony from high winds, Jack inherits all of his money.
Around fifteen years later, Lila meets Ben as they both move into college. Will and Grace are reunited under these circumstances, and their children eventually marry. Jack and Karen, meanwhile, are now living comfortably with each other and Rosario. While everyone else is older, Karen—just like in Grace's dream—has not aged, and she and Jack perform a duet of the song "Unforgettable". The show ends with Will and Grace watching ER together, and then the four friends gather at a bar to toast to their friendship, which then flashes back to the four as their younger selves.
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