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The Bender is the 11th episode of Season 2 on Netflix series Grace and Frankie.

Synopsis[]

Grace and Frankie nurse their emotional wounds: Frankie performs a ritual on the beach, and Grace goes out drinking. Bud and Coyote meet Jacob.

Starring[]

Jane Fonda as Grace Hanson
Lily Tomlin as Frankie Bergstein
Sam Waterston as Sol Bergstein
Martin Sheen as Robert Hanson
Ethan Embry as Coyote Bergstein
Baron Vaughn as Nwabudike "Bud" Bergstein
Special Guest Star
Estelle Parsons as Babe
Recurring cast
Ernie Hudson as Jacob
Guest starring
Briana Venskus as Billie

Quotes[]

Dad's the nicest guy in the world and he broke your heart. I mean, what's this guy gonna do?
—Bud to Frankie

Trivia[]

  • Jacob's ex-wife was the one who wanted to end things, but they spend holidays together, even though she's remarried and get along
  • Jacob was born in upstate New York
  • Grace gets wasted and makes out with a guy named Pete at Billie's bar. When she returns home, she unleashes a tirade on Frankie, blaming Frankie for her heartbreak with Phil
  • Someone named Stan Singer almost caught Sol and Robert kissing on New Year's Eve 1999 in the sun room of the Hanson House
  • Robert and Sol decide to move
  • Grace and Frankie's friend and neighbour Babe returns and tells Frankie she's throwing a bon voyage party because she's dying

Music[]

misty blue | DOROTHY MOORE
Frankie burns her designs
remake the world again | SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
Babe and Frankie talk
the party's on! | 7HORSE
Grace drinks at the bar
be lucky | THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Drunken Grace plays darts
put 'em up | BALANCE
Sol's noisy upstairs neighbour

Gallery[]

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