After last week’s political premiere, jam-packed with Cheeto-sized Trump jokes, this episode was a breath of fresh air.

It also reminded me why I loved Will & Grace so much to begin with.

And it addressed the elephant in the room – they’ve aged, we’ve aged.

So much of the first episode was about trying to pretend that everything was still the same; that no time had passed. But that isn’t true and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

For starters, these four are like a fine wine, they get better with age. But secondly, when Will & Grace made its debut in 1998 it was groundbreaking. Two GAY men spearheading a television series was unheard of. And yet it worked. It changed the landscape of television and paved the way for gay characters to the point that now when the series returns, the gay factor doesn’t make it as special as the friendships that they’ve built over the years.

And so as Jack and Will head out to find some millenial dates to prove that they “still got it,” the writers find a way to address all the progress we’ve made. Jack is called a “daddy,” which sends him on a spiral of trying to make himself appear youthful. Of course, it backfires completely providing a ton of comedic moments for anyone who has ever feared fine lines and wrinkles.

Will on the other hand scores a hot date with a 23-year-old but his joy quickly fades into astonishment when he realizes Blake doesn’t appreciate the gay movement at all. Or homemade dinners in an intimate setting. Instead of a hot hook-up, which Blake thought he came for, Will launches into a gay history lecture that includes everything from “tired Madonna” to explaining that “fagasaurus” doesn’t exist to the difference between Stonewall and Stonehedge.

Even though Will is baffled that Blake never had a hard coming out, was bullied for being gay or had to fight for his rights, it’s a telling moment of how far we’ve come since that 98 premiere. The millennial generation has its share of problems and still, not everyone approves of gay relationship and gay marriage, but it is significantly better than it was.  It’s more common, more talked about, more widely accepted and oftentimes even encouraged. This is a victory moment for the series teaching younger generations how far and how much the LGBTQ community has accomplished in such a short time and how much this series has helped shape that.

And it continues to bring gay culture to a wide-spread audience in a way that’s fun and lively and nostalgic of the series we once loved.

Karen and Grace were on the backburner during much of this episode after getting trapped in Karen’s automatic shower, which she reprogrammed with keywords. I couldn’t understand why they didn’t just squeeze through the little opening at the top or why they didn’t call in any of Karen’s numerous workers for help. Still, it was nice to see these two bond and for Grace to admit that she loves Karen and couldn’t do what she does without her. That love withered a bit when she realized Karen’s safe word during sex was her name, “Grace Adler.”

If Will & Grace keeps delivering these gems, punchlines and fantastic dance sessions between Jack and Will that bring out the queen in all of us, this reboot will be a smashing success.