Warning: This article contains spoilers about the series finale ofWill & Grace.
Will & Graceis one for the history books.
And thats a really nice feeling to have right now in this world with what’s going on.
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So how long did it take you to come to this as the ending 2.0?
They’re having children, they’re creating a family.
What is the perfect nucleus of that family?
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And that’s not what’s ideal for the characters [now].
And love rules the day in this finale.
You brought up about their having kids in the original series finale.
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MUTCHNICK:We didnt want to have anything to do with the kids.
[Laughs] The kids aren’t a part ofthisshow.
This show is not about that.
How do you compare your feelings about this ending versus 14 years ago?
You’re saying goodbye after all these years together and this is going to be it.
And so, we feel a little more sure-footed this time.
We put them in the right place.
MUTCHNICK:Oh my God, thank God.
It would have been the most unfinished feeling to not get to the end of this season.
Thank God Debra had it in her contract that we had to be done by Christmas.
I finally found the silver lining in that really pain-in-the-ass clause.
[Laughs] We did run into trouble with the retrospective that’s airing right after the finale.
What is the episode or moment from this three-season run that youre most proud of?
I love that we did conversion therapy.
meant the most to me because I think it was a very pro-homonormative narrative.
And for Grace to say, I understand you and I apologize.
MUTCHNICK:You did nothing wrong.
I love that we stumbled upon something that has really not been talked about much.
That was never going to happen, right?
Or did you really entertain that idea?
How would you do it?
MUTCHNICK:We always work under this kind of motto that everything’s about the work.
It’s just about the work.
