<P> In the fourth season , Stan is jailed for tax evasion and tells Karen to date other men . She can not bring herself to do so until she meets rich bachelor Lionel Banks ( Rip Torn ) , but just as their affair begins , Stan is released from jail . However , after Karen catches Stan with his mistress Lorraine Finster ( Minnie Driver ) -- a cafeteria worker at the prison -- the couple separate , and Karen moves into the Palace hotel . After beginning divorce proceedings at the end of the fifth season , Stan dies suddenly . Despite cruelly mocking him for years , Karen is genuinely saddened by his death . </P>
<P> In the fourth season , Stan is jailed for tax evasion and tells Karen to date other men . She can not bring herself to do so until she meets rich bachelor Lionel Banks ( Rip Torn ) , but just as their affair begins , Stan is released from jail . However , after Karen catches Stan with his mistress Lorraine Finster ( Minnie Driver ) -- a cafeteria worker at the prison -- the couple separate , and Karen moves into the Palace hotel . After beginning divorce proceedings at the end of the fifth season , Stan dies suddenly . Despite cruelly mocking him for years , Karen is genuinely saddened by his death . </P>
when does stan die in will and grace
when does stan die in will and grace
at the end of the fifth season
at the end of the fifth season