'Grace and Frankie' Season 6: Release date, plot, cast, trailer and everything else about Netflix's comedy-drama
Bringing an awkward gay romance twist to two old couples' lives, 'Grace and Frankie' is a one-of-a-kind comedy series on Netflix. After a successful run of five seasons, viewers have been anticipating the renewal of the show. Unfolding a new chapter for the fans, Netflix confirmed that the show will be coming back for a sixth season earlier in January this year.
The story revolves around Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin) — two longtime rivals who become friends — after discovering their husbands have been in a secret relationship for decades behind their backs.
Release date
The show was renewed by Netflix for season six in January 2019. However, the new season will not air until January 2020.
Plot
The show follows the lives of Grace, a retired cosmetics mogul, and Frankie, a hippie art teacher. The two women find themselves in an awkward situation when their husbands, Robert and Sol—successful divorce lawyers in San Diego — confess they are in love with each other. Grace and Frankie never particularly got along, but when they are forced to live together and cope with new difficulties, they find out that they are the perfect mates for each other indeed!
Cast
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda plays the role of Hanson (née Purcell), a retired cosmetics mogul, in the show. The actress, political activist and former fashion model has several awards to her credit, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Honorary Golden Lion.
Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin essays the character of Frances "Frankie" Bergstein (née Mengela), a hippie art teacher. The actress starred in many popular movies like 'The Late Show' (1977), '9 to 5' (1980), 'All of Me' (1984), 'Big Business' (1988), 'Flirting with Disaster' (1996), 'Tea with Mussolini' (1999), 'I Heart Huckabees' (2004), and 'Grandma' (2015).
Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen plays Robert Hanson, a successful divorce lawyer, in the show. He is Grace's former husband who later becomes Sol's husband. The actor achieved wide recognition for his leading role in 'Apocalypse Now' (1979) and as President Josiah Bartlet in the television series 'The West Wing' (1999–2006).
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston plays Sol Bergstein, a successful divorce lawyer. Frankie's former husband, he later gets married to Robert in the show. The actor is known for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 'The Killing Fields' (1984), which earned him an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the NBC television series 'Law & Order' (1994–2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Director/Writer
Marta Kauffman
The comedy web television series has been created by Marta Kauffman along with Howard J. Morris for Netflix. Kauffman is best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom 'Friends', alongside David Crane.
Not just Kauffman and Morris but Fonda and Tomlin are also executive producers on the show along with Tate Taylor (pilot), Paula Weinstein, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison, Marcy Ross, and Alexa Junge. The series has been produced by Okay Goodnight in association with Skydance Television and distributed by Netflix.
Trailer
The trailer for ‘Grace and Frankie’ Season 6 dropped Thursday and there is a lot to look forward to this season. First things first, from the looks of it, Frankie (Lily Tomlin) is still as freaked out about Grace (Jane Fonda) getting married as she was at the end of Season five.
She continues to drink a lot of wine and have public meltdowns. Sol (Sam Waterston), on the other hand, is mentally preparing himself for surgery and Robert (Martin Sheen) is there by his side.
There’s a small scene where the two can be seen in a boat, holding hands and it is all kinds of adorable. We also see that Grace and Frankie have a new business idea. The idea takes them to ABC’s reality show ‘Shark Tank’ to pitch Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Rohan Oza on their new invention called “Rise Up” -- a device that helps lift senior citizens off the toilet. Grace was struck by inspiration when she couldn't get up from her new husband's fancy toilet.
Where to watch
You can stream seasons one to five on Netflix as season six is expected to drop early in January 2020.
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