Perhaps no television series has done more to normalise the visibility of older women than Grace and Frankie . Debuting in 2015 and running for seven seasons, the Netflix comedy stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two women whose husbands leave them for each other. The show follows Grace, a sharp-tongued retired cosmetics executive, and Frankie, a free-spirited artist, as they navigate the unexpected third act of their lives. What makes Grace and Frankie revolutionary is not merely its premise but its refusal to patronise its characters. These women are funny, flawed, sexually active, and fiercely independent. They face ageing not as decline but as transformation. As one critic noted, the show invites audiences to "start laughing with the older generation, instead of laughing at them".