Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best sitcoms and comedy shows from both the UK and the USA.

Today we will be looking at a comedy that has an unusual connection to the beach in each season – Grace and Frankie 

About the Show

Summary of Plot

Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.-IMDb.

Number of Seasons / Episodes

7 Season

Characters:

Jane Fonda – Grace Hanson
Lily Tomlin – Frankie Bergstein
Sam Waterston – Sol Bergstein
Martin Sheen – Robert Hanson
Brooklyn Decker – Mailory Hanson
June Diane Raphael – Brianna Hanson

Trivia

• When Sol (Waterston) and Robert (Sheen) get involved in gay activism marches, it’s Sol who is gung ho and Robert who is weary or “too square” to commit. In real life Martin Sheen has actually been arrested nearly 70 times for his activism and protest efforts.
• Being her first experience as a lead actress on a television show, Jane Fonda took acting lessons after noticing she was having a hard time playing a character so sustained in time.
• In every season premiere, the show opens up with a scene on the beach. In each season finale, the show ends with a scene on the beach.
• The four main cast members were in their mid to late seventies when the show started, even though the characters themselves are all suppose to be seventy-years-old. Jane Fonda (Grace) was seventy-eight, Lily Tomlin (Frankie) was seventy-six, Sam Waterston (Sol) was seventy-five, and Martin Sheen (Robert) was seventy-five.

Clips

Trailer

Grace Minor Meltdown 

Tech Support