Netflix’s Grace and Frankie will wrap up its seven season run on April 29, 2022 with the release of the critically acclaimed comedy’s final 12 original episodes. The new trailer shows we’ll be sending off the inseparable best friends with episodes that will take fans through every possible emotion…and maybe even invent a few on its way out.
The cast is led by Jane Fonda as Grace and Lily Tomlin as Frankie. Martin Sheen plays Robert, Sam Waterston is Sol, Baron Vaughn is Nwabudike, Ethan Embry is Coyote, and Brooklyn Decker is Mallory. June Diane Raphael stars as Brianna, Peter Cambor plays Barry, Lindsey Kraft is Allison, Marsha Mason is Arlene, and Tim Bagley plays Peter.
Additional cast members include Peter Gallagher as Nick Skolka, Millicent Martin as Joan-Margaret, and Christine Woods as Jessica.
Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris are the showrunners and executive produce along with Fonda, Tomlin, Robbie Tollin, Hannah KS Canter, Marcy Ross, Paula Weinstein, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Bill Bost.
Grace and Frankie‘s entering Netflix’s history books as the streaming services’ longest-running original series. In celebration of the impact the series has had on the lives of the cast, crew, and viewers, Netflix released a list of behind-the-scenes facts focusing on what sets Grace and Frankie apart from other scripted comedies.
A Sampling of Tidbits, Courtesy of Grace and Frankie Creators Marta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris:
- The seventh season took two years to shoot. As a matter of fact, it took us a year and a half to shoot one episode.
- Since the series’ inaugural season, 30 cast & crew babies were born.
- As far as we know, this is the only TV show that used a toilet as a bong.
- It is also the only time Jane Fonda has gone through a doggy door.
- This is the only show where most of the writing staff got arrested. All part of working with Jane Fonda.
- Mallory’s baby being born into her sweatpants is based on our costume designer Allyson
Fanger’s real-life experience delivering her second child. - When shooting in a working hospital during Season 2, Martin Sheen had to be in an elevator with a corpse.
Grace and Frankie Season 7 Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Seven years ago, Grace and Frankie’s lives turned upside down when their longtime husbands left them for… each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie formed an unlikely and unbreakable bond as they faced uncertain futures head-on, and hand-in-hand. They’ve laughed together, cried together, did shrooms together, and twice-over became successful entrepreneurs together. A history-making 94 episodes later, Grace and Frankie continue to show themselves, their families, and their fans what it means to live life to the fullest, fearlessly and unapologetically.
Here’s to seven seasons of laughs, tears, mood-enhancers, and good vibes. And, as Grace and Frankie would say, f*ck it. This may be their final chapter, but they’re just getting started.
