Sweet, Muscular Jesus! Check Out the First-Look Photos From Grace and Frankie's Seventh and Final Season

Author:
Rose Maura Lorre
Apr 5, 2022

"Rise up," Grace and Frankie fans—we finally know when the rest of the series' Season 7 is going to premiere.

On March 22, 2022, Netflix revealed that the sitcom will close out its historic run with its last episodes arriving on Friday, April 29.

The news comes after Netflix surprise-dropped the first four episodes from Grace and Frankie's final season all the way back in August 2021. That shocker came after it was announced in 2019 that Season 7—which has been majorly delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic—would be the show's last and likely wouldn't arrive until 2022.

After surviving so-so reviews from Season 1, the series gained critical acclaim as one of the downright funniest shows on TV—and one of the frankest, given the jaw-droppingly wacky hijinks that Grace (JaneFonda) and Frankie (LilyTomlin) have gotten into as BFFs in their golden years. (Speaking of longevity, by the time it ends, Grace and Frankie will have aired 94 episodes in all, more than any other scripted series in Netflix history.)

Ready to catch up on all things Grace and Frankie? Fix yourself an extra-dry martini and take a look at our Grace and Frankie Season 7 guide below.

What’s Grace and Frankie’s Season 7 release date?

The remainder of Season 7 will hit Netflix on Friday, April 29, 2022.

In September 2020, Fonda told Al Roker on TODAY that Season 7 production was set to begin in “the third week of January [2021]” and that “extra precautions” would be taken on-set given that the show’s stars are older. “We’re gonna be able to do our final season,” she promised.

However, in a November 2020 post on her personal blog, Fonda revealed that filming had been pushed back even further to June 2021. “A long time to wait but, given the age and vulnerability of the four leads, it’s best,” Fonda added. “I’ll be headed into 84 by the time we’re done. Yikes!”

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Is there a Grace and Frankie Season 7 trailer?

There's still not a trailer, but on April 4, the official Grace and Frankie Twitter account shared several first-look pics from the final episodes.

Back when the season's first four episodes arrived, Netflix shared a video message from Fonda and Tomlin.

"We've missed you. But more important, you've missed us," Tomlin tells fans in the clip. After some classic bickering between her and Fonda, Tomlin then adds, "The first four episodes of Season 7 are out now!" Fonda chimed in with, "We just wanted to give you something special until we finish the rest of the season." Tomlin, always one to get the last laugh, then admitted she would've rather given their viewers Del Taco gift cards.

Are there Grace and Frankie spoilers for Season 7?

You bet! Dolly Parton—who costarred with Fonda and Tomlin in the iconic 1980 comedy 9 to 5—revealed that she would guest-star on the final season of the show. “I have been trying to do Grace and Frankie for years. We worked so well on 9 to 5 and it’s a crazy wonderful show,” Parton shared on the UK talk show Lorraine. “We have been trying to write me in somehow so when it is safe to actually do a production, I will probably get around to doing that.”

Meanwhile, back in April 2020, the cast streamed a live table read of the Season 7 premiere as a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. The episode (which, of course, fans can now watch in full on Netflix) opens with the FBI questioning Grace and Frankie about the decimated couch they left behind at Nick's place...and ends with the feds banging on their beach house door.

And waaaay back in January 2020, series creator Marta Kauffmanhinted about the final season, "We're going to be dealing with Robert, Sol, Grace, and Frankie in a way in that we haven't seen before,"

Which Grace and Frankie cast members are returning for Season 7?

Obviously, Fonda and Tomlin are gracing us with their presence. You'll be happy to hear that the following cast members are also returning:

Sam Waterston

Martin Sheen

June Diane Raphael

Brooklyn Decker

Baron Vaughn

Ethan Embry

Where is Grace and Frankie Season 7 being filmed?

The series is set in the affluent seaside community of La Jolla, which is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. However, filming has mostly taken place a couple of hours north of there, in and around Los Angeles. The real-life house that serves as the exterior of Grace and Frankie’s shared home is located at 31212 Broad Beach Rd in Malibu.

How many episodes will there be in Grace and Frankie Season 7?

On her blog, Fonda promised that Season 7 would include “16 episodes instead of the usual 12.” (That second number may have been a typo, as Season 1-6 were actually each 13 episodes long.) TVLine also reported that Season 7 will contain 16 episodes—meaning, the four that dropped on August 11, plus another 12 to arrive later on.

What happened in Grace and Frankie Season 6?

The friendship between Grace and Frankie weathered its ups and downs after Grace secretly married Nick (Peter Gallagher) at the end of Season 5. And speaking of ups and downs, Frankie came up with another kooky invention, devising a rising toilet to help Grace with her mobility issues. The two BFFs took their “Rise Up” commode on Shark Tank, which wound up being a disaster. Then in the Season 6 finale, all hell—and plumbing—broke loose. Nick got arrested by the FBI for securities fraud and tax evasion, then made a cryptic comment to Grace as he was being carted away in handcuffs that led her and Frankie to discover he’d hidden hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash inside the couch Grace loathed so much. (No wonder she found it so lumpy!) Grace then agreed to move back in with Frankie, but when the two headed back to the beach house, they discovered their ex-husbands sitting outside. It turns out Robert (MartinSheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) need a new place to live after their Rise Up toilet flooded their house.

Where to watch and stream Grace and Frankie Season 7

The rest of Season 7 of Grace and Frankie will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix, where the six previous seasons are likewise available for viewing now.

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