Grace and Frankie
FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 9/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 8/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 7/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jane FondaLily TomlinSam WaterstonMartin SheenBrooklyn DeckerJune Diane Raphael
Written by
Marta KauffmanHoward J. Morris
Starring
Jane FondaLily TomlinSam WaterstonMartin SheenBrooklyn DeckerJune Diane Raphael
Written by
Marta KauffmanHoward J. Morris
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Grace and Frankie Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | ||
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| S1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||||
| S2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | ||||
| S3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | ||||
| S4 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||||
| S5 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | ||||
| S6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 | ||||
| S7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 |
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About
"Two odd-couple grandmothers proving reinvention has no age limit"
Two very different women in their seventies, one uptight and polished, one bohemian and freewheeling, become unlikely roommates after their husbands announce they're leaving them for each other. What starts as a sitcom premise about humiliation and awkward blended families grows into a warm, funny meditation on aging, friendship, and reinvention. The pace is gentle and episodic, built on rapport between its two leads rather than plot twists. It's comfort viewing with real feeling underneath, unafraid to tackle grief, health, and sex, but it never loses its sense of humor about getting older.
Watch it for
the chemistry between two legendary actresses aging into roles nobody else could play
Maybe skip if
you want tight plotting rather than a hangout comedy that meanders by design
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12015
7.913K136h 13m
Frenemies Grace and Frankie learn to relate to each other on a new level when their law partner husbands dump them for each other.
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Season 22016
8.29K136h 23m
In Season 2 things pick up pretty much right where we left off last year, with Frankie in a guilt-spiraling turmoil over sleeping with gay former husband Sol as the two attempted to pack up their old house together. The guilt is eating away at Sol, too, but he can’t bring himself to come clean when fiancé Robert is found keeled over in the kitchen after a heart attack.
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Season 32017
8.28K136h 5m
Season 3 starts out with their unabashed openness: Grace and Frankie have started their own business, manufacturing vibrators for the elderly, and they’re not going to let social hang-ups about sex or ageist business practices get in their way.
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Season 42018
8.08K136h 22m
Season 4 starts in a very different place than it ends up — literally and figuratively. Frankie is living in Santa Fe with her boyfriend, Jacob, and Grace has a new roommate: Sheree. Sheree is a manicurist, but she helps Grace sell the vibrators that Grace created with Frankie. This kind of insertion into Grace’s day-to-day life ruffles Frankie’s feathers, but the three of them work it out without anyone getting too up in arms.
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Season 52019
7.77K136h 16m
in Season 5, the best friends feel their time is running out. These time-tested broads recognize how history repeats itself. They know many of life’s moments come back around in one way or another, and the weight of the past can be crushing. Their only twist on Matthew McConaughey’s tortured musings would be that they want the circle to continue; instead of feeling trapped in a constant loop of pain, they’d look for ways to keep things spinning.
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Season 62020
8.06K136h 29m
Grace's announcement sparks big changes in her friendship with Frankie, while a new business idea keeps the women on their toes.
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Season 72021
7.96K167h 46m
Tensions run high at the beach house now that Grace, Frankie, Robert and Sol are all living there together — and driving each other bonkers.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jane Fonda Grace Hanson
Lily Tomlin Frankie Bergstein
Sam Waterston Sol Bergstein
Martin Sheen Robert Hanson
Brooklyn Decker Mallory Hanson
June Diane Raphael Brianna Hanson
Ethan Embry Coyote Bergstein
Baron Vaughn Nwabudike Bergstein
Peter Cambor Barry
Tim Bagley Peter
Crew
Marta Kauffman
Howard J. Morris
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