Episode #309 "Grace Under A Wig"

When Rick invites Grace to a literary evening at a local community college, she resentfully reminds him that it's Halloween, a kids' holiday, and she's stuck at home with family responsibilities. Grace feels stifled and bored with motherhood and just wants to go out and have some fun. Libby gets in a fight with a neighbor boy who tells her she's going to hell for celebrating Halloween. Grace defends her to Betty, the boy's mother, but Libby's grandmother Jean suggests that the kids at least should be going to church regularly. Grace playfully dons a black wig and sunglasses and becomes Natasha, a fascinating, mysterious Slavic woman, who works her charms on Russell. Grace grounds Quentin as he's leaving the house with a carton of eggs to use for Halloween pranks. Jean surprises Grace by telling her that she thinks Grace is a good mother; getting sick to death of her kids doesn't mean she doesn't love them. Jean tells Grace to go out and have a good time; she and Nadine will handle the Halloween chores. And Rick takes Grace, dressed as Natasha, to a coffee bar where she recites poetry to an admiring audience.