Will & Grace

Dyeing is Easy, Comedy is Hard

Aired Jan 31, 2002 · 9:00 PM ET · 25 min

Rosie O'Donnell plays Bonnie, a no-nonsense single mom who clashes with Jack over the raising of their son, Elliot, fathered from Jack's sperm-bank donation. Bonnie's enraged because Jack had 12-year-old Elliot's hair bleached blond, so she lays down the law. "From now on," she tells him, "stay out of my kid's life. I don't want you to see him again." A parallel storyline unfolds at a wedding gala, where Will poses as a tennis pro (because nobody likes lawyers); and Grace caustically toasts the bridegroom, her ex-fiancée. "I've always thought about having a child," she says. "But not as a husband."