To Grace's great shock, Nadine asks her to donate an egg so she and Wade can become parents.

Downsizing becomes a problem for Grace as she discovers that her job was not eliminated but usurped by her boss.

While her relationship with Ben is waning, Rick asks her out on a date.

Grace faces a problem as she starts a relationship with Rick before she terminates Ben.

Grace is tired of kids, so she puts on a wig and goes to a bar where she assumes another identity.

Grace demands that a day care center be provided at work when she can't find a suitable sitter.

Grace and Matthew's adoptive mother get in a hassle after Grace bails him out when he is arrested for a college prank.

A disgruntled ex-employee takes the gang hostage at the refinery.

Grace is annoyed by the friendliness of Rick and Jean, whose husband has gone fishing, at the Thanksgiving feast.

Grace and Rick get together, but will it last?

Grace accidently learns something about Emmet and Wade considers running for city council.

The Kelly's Christmas celebration is dampened when Emmet dies suddenly and his 'significant other' appears at the funeral and shocks everyone by announcing that fact.

Grace's fear of being dependent causes her to turn down offers of help from her family and friends.

A neighbor's son starts hanging out at Grace's house and she finds he is escaping from a 'perfect' mother. Meanwhile, Wade discovers his name has been engraved on a veterans' memorial.

When the nasty janitor is about to be fired for being HIV+, Grace is reluctant to help him. Rick instructs Quentin on how to behave on his first date.

Grace is just about set to move in with Rick when he loses his job.

The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.

Nadine has some big news for Grace.

The creative writing teacher and Grace are not tuned to the same frequency and trouble ensues.

Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.

While working for a crisis hot-line, Grace encounters the nasty janitor, Mullens, again and he hasn't improved.

Grace is sent home after a toxic spill at the plant and has an hallucination that her late father comes to talk to her.

Libby has been suffering from stomach pangs and Grace finds out they are from a stress-related ulcer.

Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and Russell is invited to his detested ex-wife's wedding.