In this episode, Frankie finds Sol and comes to realize that he slept on their patio at the beach house last night. Having been kicked out of the house by Robert, Sol didn’t know where else to go. Grace tries to help the situation by going to check on Robert and grabbing some things for Sol from his house. Frankie escapes the situation and goes to tell Jacob how she feels. When Grace returns to the beach house, she tells Sol that he needs to leave because being with Frankie is only hurting him more. However, when Grace gets a message on Facebook from Phil, she asks Sol to stick around to help her. In the end, Grace gets things under control, Sol leaves to go home, and Frankie returns from her boyfriends house.

 

Grace and Frankie “The Boar” passes the Bechdel Test by including…

  1. Two women: Grace and Frankie
  2. Conversations that occur between both Grace and Frankie
  3. There’s a conversation that doesn’t involve men in which Grace and Frankie talk about the dishwasher that Frankie broke.

 

Grace Skolka (Hanson)

Masculine Traits:

  • Assertive
    • When Sol showed up at Grace and Frankie’s, Frankie wanted to leave, and Grace tried to tell her that she had the strength to stay with Sol despite everything that happened.
  • Forceful
    • Grace got very forceful with Sol when she found out that he had told Robert what happened between him and Frankie.
  • Dominant
    • When Grace stopped in to check on Robert, Robert was very short with her. In response to this, Grace snapped back and said “don’t be sh*tty with me!”.
    • While with Robert, Grace told him what he did wrong and that he needs to do something different than what he usually did with her because in the end it didn’t work.
  • Aggressive
    • Grace, after leaving Robert, came home to Sol and very aggressively told him he should have never came to their house.
  • Ambitious
    • Grace was very ambitious to try to solve Robert and Sol’s argument. She went to the house to check on Robert and got some of Sol’s things for him.

Feminine Traits:

  • Cheerful
    • Grace was very cheerful and giddy when she saw that Phil had messaged her.
  •  Loyal
    • Grace showed her loyalty to Robert by coming to check on him after she found out that Sol had told him about his affair.
  • Sensitive to others’ needs
    • Grace knew that Frankie was very nervous to be alone in the house with Sol so Grace worked to comfort her.
  • Childlike
    • When Phil messages Grace, she doesn’t know what to say or how to act so she has to ask Sol for his help. It reminded me of a middle school relationship where 5 girls gather around and help one message a boy.

Frankie Bergestein

Masculine Traits:

  • Defends own beliefs
    • Frankie defends herself when she comes to find out that Jacob is going to hunt a boar. She is very against it and makes it known to him.
  • Assertive
    • When Frankie finds Sol asleep on their patio furniture, she asks him what he was doing there.
  • Self-sufficient
    • When Sol comes in the house, he tries to fix the dishwasher and do other tasks for Frankie, but she tells him that she can do that herself and she doesn’t need his help.
  • Dominant
    • Frankie goes to Robert and tells him that she has something to say. She continues to say she is sorry for jeopardizing his and Sol’s relationship, but she needed the closure that came with it.
  • Individualistic
    • When Frankie is driving to Jacob’s she is playing very loud upbeat music.

Feminine Traits:

  • Cheerful
    • Frankie is very cheerful and warm when she shows up to Jacob’s farm.
    • After leaving Robert’s house, Jacob calls her and she is cheerful then, too.
  • Feminine
    • When Jacob asks why Frankie came to his house, she answered that she came because she has feelings for him and she had to tell him.
  • Compassionate
    • Frankie, although still upset that he is at her house, shows compassion towards Sol after he finds out that he told Robert about them.
  • Soft-spoken
    • Frankie is very soft-spoken towards Grace, even though Grace is furious with her about the dishwasher.
  • Warm
    • Frankie is very warm towards Jacob when she starts to talk to him about everything that is going on in her life right now.
  •  Childlike
    • Frankie acts very childish with all of Jacob’s hunting items in efforts to try to get him not to hunt for the boar.
  • Sensitive
    • She is sensitive when Jacob does not tell her the truth about him hunting right away.
    • Frankie is also quite sensitive when she is talking to Robert.

 

In this episode of Grace and Frankie, I think that Grace portrays more masculinity and Frankie portrays more femininity. Grace, in trying to deal with the situation between Robert and Sol, had to be more outspoken and assertive throughout the episode. On the other hand, Frankie, in expressing her feelings to Jacob, was more soft and feminine throughout the episode.

Shared by: Reegan Haines
Image Credit: Grace and Frankie Season 2, Episode 7 (approximately 7:20)