'Grace and Frankie': Which Beatles Songs Does Frankie Use as a Code in Season 7?

Grace and Frankie has returned with four episodes of its seventh and final season, which Netflix released as a surprise on August 13.

The opening episode saw Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin's eponymous characters stuck in a bind, trying to hide the money Grace found at her husband Nick's (Peter Gallagher) home after the FBI arrested him for tax evasion in season 6.

Grace (Fonda) and Frankie (Tomlin) not only had to hide the money from the officers investigating Nick's case, but also from their ex-husbands Saul (Sam Waterston) and Robert (Michael Sheen), who announced they were moving in with them after their home was flooded by the entrepreneurs' new toilet The Rise Up.

Frankie comes up with a special code to remember where she put all the money in their house: in places that she most associates with each member of The Beatles.

Desperate to find the cash again and put it in another location before the FBI get a search warrant for the beach house, Grace and Frankie wrack their brains to figure out which hit songs by the Fab Four were used for the code.

Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie
Lily Tomlin as Frankie in "Grace and Frankie" Tyler Golden/Netflix

Which songs by The Beatles does Frankie use as a code?

When Frankie first discusses the ins and outs of the key she holds up a box of Mrs. Paul's Fishsticks, which she says represents Paul McCartney.

Later, Grace discovers another stash of cash hidden in a cereal box, though she doesn't understand the logic of the hiding spot.

Frankie informs her it's a reference to "I Am The Walrus," which was written by John Lennon, and features the lyrics "sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come."

The stash of money associated with George Harrison is linked to the song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," which he wrote.

Trying to figure out her own code, Frankie questions whether she changed the lyrics to "sleeps" or "sweeps," suggesting Grace check the bedroom that has a queen bed because the guitarist was British.

However, Frankie soon realizes that she'd actually changed the lyrics to "sweeps," and she then finds the money sequestered with a dustpan and brush.

Jane Fonda in Grace and Frankie
Jane Fonda as Grace in "Grace and Frankie" Tyler Golden/Netflix

The cash associated with Ringo Starr is hidden away in a yellow kayak, which Grace takes to be a reference to "Yellow Submarine", but Frankie says it's not linked to the song and doesn't elaborate further on her reasoning for using the hiding place.

But that wasn't all, as Frankie even hid some money in a spot she associated with Pete Best, who was the band's original drummer before Starr joined the group.

The wad of cash is hidden underneath a chess board, which Robert finds, though again Frankie does not explain why she chose the spot as a reference to Best.

Grace and Frankie seasons 1 to 6 and the first four episodes of season 7 are available on Netflix now. Remaining 12 episodes of the final season will air in 2022.

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