Season 5 • Episode 14
LatestAt the pharmacy, Russell and D.C. get into a disagreement about a watch D.C. tries on that breaks before he has a chance to buy it. Grace runs into Bev, Quentin's girlfriend's mother, at the pharmacy. Bev tells her she's feeling suffocated in her marriage; being rich isn't that great. Grace has a hard time relating to Bev's problems. Grace is at home being driven crazy by Libby's trumpet practicing when Bev comes by and announces she'd like to stay with Grace for a while to get back to her middle class roots. Grace agrees to let her, though Quentin's upset to have to live under the same roof with his girlfriend's mother. It soon becomes clear that Bev is having as much trouble adapting to life at the Kellys as they are having her there. She takes two showers in the morning and depletes all the hot water and uses four towels a day. Grace thinks Bev could solve all her problems with an honest talk with her husband, but Bev disagrees. Grace takes Bev out to a bar to show her how dismal si
Grace Kelly is a tough woman with kids to raise. A recently divorced recovering alcoholic, Grace struggles with the pressures of being a single mother supporting three children. Grace doesn't always handle situations with, well, grace, but she does get results.
Acting
Brett Butler's wrecking ball of a performance—unapologetically raw.
Writing
Chuck Lorre pre-Big Bang: actually funny, occasionally cruel, always honest.
Creator
Chuck Lorre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chuck Lorre created this right after leaving Roseanne, carrying that same working-class rage into his first solo show. The Dylan and Cole Sprouse twins shared the role of Patrick before hitting it big with Disney.
Grace Under Fire was part of a brief 90s wave of 'unlikable' female leads—Murphy Brown, Roseanne, Brett Butler's Grace—before networks got scared and pivoted to Friends. Butler's public battles with substance abuse and network clashes made her a cautionary tale instead of a pioneer.
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