Two women in their seventies discover their husbands have been a couple for two decades, and their lives are upended overnight in Grace and Frankie, the 2015 comedy series created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris.
What is Grace and Frankie about?
Grace and Frankie have spent years as reluctant acquaintances, their personalities and lifestyles never quite meshing despite their husbands' shared law practice. That distance collapses the moment Robert and Sol announce they are not just business partners but partners in love, and plan to leave their wives to marry each other. Forced into each other's company at an age when neither expected to rebuild a life from scratch, the two women navigate the practical and emotional fallout together, and the show follows how an unlikely friendship grows out of a shared upheaval neither one chose. Much of the series' pull comes from watching two very different personalities slowly find common ground while their extended families adjust around them.
About the cast
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin lead as the title characters, with Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston playing their husbands, and Ethan Embry, June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn, and Geoff Stults rounding out the adult children and family members drawn into the fallout.
Context & significance
Created by Marta Kauffman, of Friends fame, alongside Howard J. Morris, Grace and Frankie belongs to the comedy genre and unfolds in half-hour episodes typical of the format. Produced in the United States and premiering in 2015, the series became known for centering older women as its leads at a time when few American comedies did so, building a long-running run around its central pair. Its half-hour comedy structure keeps episodes focused on a handful of characters at a time, letting the ensemble grow more layered across seasons rather than resetting each week.
Watching Grace and Frankie on Ktime
Grace and Frankie is available to stream on K-Time, where the series page can be browsed freely and watching simply requires signing into a free account. K-Time's Farsi-first design makes it easy for Persian-speaking viewers to navigate the platform even while the show itself plays in its original English.