Jack's insistence that Will be nicer to his fiancé, Estefan, backfires when Estefan thinks Will is in love with him. In a hurry to buy her boyfriend Noah a Valentine's Day gift, Grace unknowingly knocks over a prominent figure while going after a taxi. And when Karen discovers that Noah not only writes her favorite romance novels but also plans to kill off the main character, she forces him to rewrite the story.
Will gives local newscaster McCoy Whitman a second chance and, with the help of Jack, finally gets to know the man behind the newsman. Grace's campaign for Design Guild President hits a snag when the deciding vote comes down to her old nemesis, Val. Karen acts as Grace's campaign manager, and attempts to secure Val's vote by any means necessary.
Will and Grace's plan to win over Will's new Columbia department head goes awry when he drops dead in their apartment - and they use his phone to text his full recommendation of Will. Karen and Estefan's dislike for each other puts Jack in full damage control mode when he must keep them separate at his birthday dinner.
In order to land a handsome, gay TV news anchor with a pension for dim, frothy men, Jack convinces Will to not be himself and to act like someone silly and stupid. Karen learns that her alimony will be severely limited unless she can get photos of her ex-husband's affair with Lorraine Finster, so she enlists Grace to go with her to the strip club where Lorraine works. Olympian Adam Rippon has a cameo as a barista with an attitude.
Will convinces Grace that her boyfriend, Noah, isn't in the wrong by refusing to let her meet his daughter, Katie. When Grace goes to apologize to Noah, she unintentionally meets Katie. Meanwhile, Will's mom, Marilyn, visits after the death of her beloved dog, and becomes upset when she doesn't get the emotional support she expects from her son. And Jack gets into an argument with his rec center boss, Theo.
Will and Jack visit Jack’s grandson, Skip, in Texas to watch him perform at his church’s talent show. But when Jack learns Skip plans on singing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” he becomes afraid for his grandson’s safety. Karen tags along to check out the portion of the border wall she sponsored, only to discover that Beverley Leslie has claimed it as his own. Grace and Noah try to figure out if something is wrong in their relationship because their attempts to have sex have failed.
Will, Grace and Jack are upset when they discover they’ve been too preoccupied with the changes in their own lives: Will teaching law at Columbia, Grace running for president of the New York Interior Designers Society and Jack’s new relationship with Estefan to even notice Karen has not been seen in days – ever since her husband found out about her affair with Malcolm.
Grace's accidental run-in with Noah, a curmudgeonly man she follows on Twitter, hints at a possible new love interest. Jack wants to look younger before meeting Estefan's family on Skype but makes a terrible first impression after overdoing the numbing cream before his facial procedure. Meanwhile, Will helps Karen protect the intellectual property rights of her most prized possession.