Grace And Frankie - Season 1 -

The bomb drops at a tense, awkward double date at a sushi restaurant. Robert, trembling with a mix of fear and relief, announces that he and Sol are in love. They have been secretly having an affair for 20 years. They are leaving their wives. For each other.

However, initial viewership was slow. Audiences over 50 were still skeptical of streaming; audiences under 30 assumed the show was for their grandparents. But word-of-mouth exploded. By the end of 2015, the show had become Netflix’s secret weapon—a bingeable comfort watch for every generation. Grace and Frankie - Season 1

The reaction is perfectly tuned to their characters: Grace smashes a plate and storms out. Frankie collapses into hysterical, wailing sobs on the floor of the restaurant. The bomb drops at a tense, awkward double

But to label Grace and Frankie - Season 1 as merely a show about divorce would be to ignore its radical heart. Created by Marta Kauffman (co-creator of Friends ) and Howard J. Morris, this first season did something unprecedented for television: it placed two women over the age of 70 at the center of a coming-of-age story. They are leaving their wives

is not about endings. It is about the terrifying, glorious chaos of a second act. Stream Grace and Frankie - Season 1 exclusively on Netflix.

introduces the show’s signature gallows humor. After cutting up their joint credit cards, the women realize they have zero access to liquid cash. A montage of Grace trying to buy groceries with a personal check (which gets rejected) and Frankie attempting to barter with a handmade pot holder is hilarious, but painfully real.

When Grace and Frankie premiered on Netflix in May 2015, it could have easily been dismissed as a high-concept gimmick. The premise was simple: two women, bound only by their husbands’ business partnership, discover that their spouses are not only having an affair—they are in love with each other and plan to get married.