‘Will & Grace’ Season 9, Episode 14 ‘The Beefcake and The Cake Beef’ Recap: Is Jack In Love With Will? [SPOILERS]

On the latest episode of “Will & Grace,” titled “The Beefcake and The Cake Beef,” Will (Erick McCormack) is back together with Michael (Cheyenne Jackson), but Jack (Sean Hayes) and Grace (Debra Messing)–like the first time–don’t approve. When Jack confronts Will about this, Will opens up to Michael, and he tells Will something that could change their friendship big time. Meanwhile, in a cute bake shop downtown, Grace tries to get Karen (Megan Mullally) the worst cake ever.

Will and Michael or Will and Jack

After 20 years, Michael and Will are back together. But when Grace finds Jack “not robbing” their place, they remember why they didn’t like Michael in the first place. Grace tries to think of her friend’s happiness but Jack proves a sharp point, and they start to rant about how annoying Michael was. To add to the hate, Jack thinks Michael is just using his friend.

Then Will comes home with news that he’s taking Michael on a Caribbean cruise where they’re going to visit Rihanna’s middle school. When he starts packing, Jack is there with him, quietly sipping coffee. Then an opportunity presents itself, and Jack opens up about Michael. He tells Will he’s worried the on-again couple is moving too quickly. Surprisingly, Will took it calmly and said he’d look into it.
The old/new couple get a chance to talk at Michael’s gym. They talk about how coming back together felt like they never broke up. Then, Michael grabs Will’s hand and looks like he’s about to ask something big, something that will take their relationship to the next level. This gives Will an opportunity to talk to him about what Jack said, about moving to fast. But Michael wasn’t bothered at all. Instead, he tells Will it’s because has always been in love with him.

When he gets home, the opportunity to confront Jack presents itself when he sees his friend rummaging through their fridge. Jack laughs at the idea and adds that he’s in a “mature, loving, and adult relationship” with Drew. Ironically, Drew calls and Jack just screams at him through the phone.
Their friendship sort of hit a rough patch with this. Will agrees with Michael, and this infuriates Jack. He opened up and ranted about the basis of their relationship was that Jack was the loser friend and him being in love with Will was just perfect. In his rage, he also told Will that Michael was only a user.

Just as Jack stormed into his apartment, the elevator dings and Michael come out. He came to ask Will about that serious thing. Unfortunately, what he said just put a nail on Jack’s point. Michael requested Will to invest in his gym. Will said he’d think about it and Michael left. Feeling sorry for himself, Will sat down and Jack, his loving friend, sat beside him and held his hand.

Afterward, the two friends sat on the couch and talked about being in love with each other, the “what if’s,” and the “almosts.”

Grace tries to “Make America Great Again.”

In a bakeshop downtown, Karen asks for a very controversial cake. From the way she described the cake, who, and where it was for, it’s pretty apparent the simple cake was going to ruffle some political feathers. For once in her life, Amy (Vanessa Bayer), the sweet and innocent baker at the cashier took a stand and said no.
So, Karen needed Grace’s back up. At first, Grace refused, siding with the bakery’s stand. But Tony, her assistant, somehow convinces her to go to the bakery (with free cookie pizza samples). When she gets to the bakery, she tries to convince Amy to make the cake because “even people with hateful beliefs have rights.” But the sweet baker still stood firm and refused. Grace then went as far as comparing Karen to a marginalized person.

Then, a Latina came and commended Amy for being strong and shamed Grace and Karen for defending who she believed was a horrible man. Even a guy in a wheelchair joined in on the shaming. Karen, of course, gave sarcastic comments about them and it didn’t help Grace’s point of proving she isn’t siding with her. Tired and frustrated, Grace threatened to call the ACLU on Amy, even if it was firmly against her will. Amy agrees right before accusing Grace of being more of a monster than Karen, which in the eyes of Karen, was a compliment.

Amy did make the cake, but it wasn’t exactly what they wanted. Instead of “MAGA,” the cake said, “IMAGAY.” Grace took matters into her own hands when she tried to take the extra letters off. Amy refused, and they went back and forth with the frosting dispenser. In the end, Grace’s face went on the cake, and Amy regretfully agreed and made a new one, an actual MAGA cake.
“Will & Grace” continues Thursday, March 22nd, with “One Job” at 9/8c on NBC.