Wings Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Wings: Season 8 (1996 - 1997)

• Season 8 Episode 24: Final Approach

  Helen auditions at a music school; Joe finds a suitcase of money.

• Season 8 Episode 23: Final Approach

  Helen auditions at a music school; Joe finds a suitcase of money.

• Season 8 Episode 23: Final Approach

  Helen auditions at a music school; Joe finds a suitcase of money with a cryptic note from his father, leading the gang to search for more.

• Season 8 Episode 22: Raging Bull ...

  The brothers wind up opposing each other in a local boxing match.

• Season 8 Episode 21: Oedipus Wrecks

  Brian meets his new girlfriend's (Shannon Tweed) son; the circus comes to town.

• Season 8 Episode 20: Heartache Tonight

  Helen and Joe agree to attend Roy's dinner party; guest Rose Marie; Billy Dean.

• Season 8 Episode 19: Dreamgirl

  The brothers hire a beautiful temp to fill in for vacationing Fay.

• Season 8 Episode 18: Ms. Write

  Brian reads love letters mistakenly delivered to his address.

• Season 8 Episode 17: House of Blues

  Brian and Casey move into their new house, leaving Joe and Helen to themselves.

• Season 8 Episode 16: Escape From New York

  Helen and Brian get stranded in New York after seeing a Broadway show.

• Season 8 Episode 15: Fay There, Georgy Girl

  Fay's dead husbands appear to her as she sells their belongings at a flea market.

• Season 8 Episode 14: Just Call Me Angel

  Passenger Brian lands a commercial flight when the pilots become ill.

• Season 8 Episode 13: Hosed

  The breakdown of a new, expensive vacuum takes Joe and Helen to the cleaners.

• Season 8 Episode 12: Let's Talk About Sex

  Antonio discovers Roy is secretly dating his idol, talk-show host Mary Pat Lee.

• Season 8 Episode 11: All About Christmas Eve

  The gang's Christmas plans go awry.

• Season 8 Episode 10: Wingless

  Joe and Brian give a presentation at a company meeting when Cord gets cold feet.

• Season 8 Episode 9: Wingless

  The new business arrangement draws differing reactions from Joe and Brian.

• Season 8 Episode 8: Wingless

  Financial woes force the brothers to sell the airline to a rich businessman.

• Season 8 Episode 7: Olive or Twist

  Brian uses his insurance check to buy a bar instead of a house; guest John Melendez.

• Season 8 Episode 6: The Gift of Life

  Joe persuades a medical courier to postpone his trip on Halloween.

• Season 8 Episode 5: Too Beautiful for You

  Volunteer Antonio meets a beautiful woman who called the suicide hotline.

• Season 8 Episode 4: Single and Hating It

  Brian and Casey see familiar faces when they attend a singles mixer.

• Season 8 Episode 3: Maybe It's You

  Brian seeks a woman with whom he can settle down; guest Jenny McCarthy.

• Season 8 Episode 2: ... Like a Neighbor Scorned

  Joe and Helen learn a little too much about their new neighbors (Chris Elliott, Kelly Coffield).

• Season 8 Episode 1: Porno for Pyros

  Brian anticipates a large insurance check after his house burns.

Wings: Season 7 (1995 - 1996)

• Season 7 Episode 26: Grouses, Houses and Bickering Spouses

  Joe and Helen try to sell their house when they find the perfect home.

• Season 7 Episode 25: Love Overboard

  Casey's deadbeat husband (John Ritter) surfaces and begs her to take him back.

• Season 7 Episode 24: The Lyin' King

  A former classmate (Carol Alt) invites Brian and Joe to watch her strip-club act.

• Season 7 Episode 23: Life Could Be a Dream

  Joe finds a 1973 time capsule revealing the gang's dreams for the future.

• Season 7 Episode 22: The Lady Vanishes

  Antonio searches for a woman he briefly encountered in the terminal; guest Anne Francis.

• Season 7 Episode 21: What About Larry?

  Brian pesters actor George Kennedy who seeks a quiet vacation on the island.

• Season 7 Episode 20: A Tale of Two Sister Cities

  Casey's (Amy Yasbeck) idea of hosting dignitaries from a 'sister city' becomes a reality. With Tim Daly, Steven Weber.

• Season 7 Episode 19: Driving Mr. DeCarlo

  Antonio becomes a chauffeur for a dapper Italian businessman.

• Season 7 Episode 18: One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest

  Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) returns to the island and starts dating Brian.

• Season 7 Episode 17: Lynch Party

  Helen (Crystal Bernard) finds out that her fiance (Mark Harelik) is returning from Asia with the intention of marrying her.

• Season 7 Episode 16: Love at First Flight

  During a Valentine's Day flight from Boston, Brian finds himself instantly attracted to his sole passenger.

• Season 7 Episode 15: The Team Player

  On the airline desk, Antonio is a PR disaster; with David Gianopolous, Jay Leno.

• Season 7 Episode 14: Bye, George

  Having learned some disheartening facts about her groom-to-be (guest star Norman Lloyd), Fay (Rebecca Schull) gets cold feet at the altar.

• Season 7 Episode 13: Sons and Lovers

  Helen surprises Roy by inviting his estranged son to attend his birthday party.

• Season 7 Episode 12: B.S., I Love You

  Helen thinks Joe and Brian's long-lost grandfather (Pat Hingle) is an imposter.

• Season 7 Episode 11: Honey, We Broke the Kid

  Helen and Joe volunteer to baby-sit their friends' 6-year-old daughter.

• Season 7 Episode 10: 'Twas the Heist Before Christmas

  Hoping to go to Vermont, Joe tries to end Helen's lavish Christmas party early.

• Season 7 Episode 9: The Big Sleep

  Joe thinks he fears flying after dreaming about a bizarre plane crash.

• Season 7 Episode 8: When a Man Loves a Donut

  Feeling rejected by Joe, Brian binges with food.

• Season 7 Episode 7: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong

  A renowned architect (Edward Herrmann) designs Joe and Helen's new home.

• Season 7 Episode 6: She's Gotta Have It

  Helen goes on an insurance-settlement spending spree; guest Peter Tork.

• Season 7 Episode 5: Hooker, Line and Sinker

  Brian and Joe hire a hooker for romantically luckless Antonio.

• Season 7 Episode 4: The Person Formerly Known as Lowell

  A gangster's threats make Lowell (Thomas Haden Church) consider witness protection.

• Season 7 Episode 3: Death Becomes Him

  Joe and Brian fly a dead man from Miami to his memorial service on Nantucket.

• Season 7 Episode 2: Burnin' Down the House

  After banishing Brian from his life, Joe has a ghostly vision.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Burnin' Down the House

  Joe and Helen honeymoon in Jamaica; Brian and Casey cause a fire.

Wings: Season 6 (1994 - 1995)

• Season 6 Episode 26: Here It Is: The Big Wedding

  Wedding plans go awry when attendants focus on each other.

• Season 6 Episode 24: Et Tu, Antonio?

  Antonio is attracted to his visiting cousin's neglected fiancee.

• Season 6 Episode 23: Nuptials Off

  Helen discovers she is still married to Antonio.

• Season 6 Episode 22: A House to Die For

  Stressed Helen dreams she is Marcia Brady; guest Gilbert Gottfried.

• Season 6 Episode 21: The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen

  Brian's wedding gift is a videotaped account of Joe and Helen's relationship.

• Season 6 Episode 20: Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man

  Casey represents aspiring artist Lowell; Brian takes a rude photo.

• Season 6 Episode 19: Ex, Lies and Videotape

  Brian is lambasted on a talk show in which ex-flame Alex (Farrah Forke) appears.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Gone but Not Faygotten

  An unappreciated Fay announces her retirement.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Remembrance of Flings Past

  Everyone prepares for the high-school reunion; guest Sheila Kelley.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Remembrance of Flings Past

  Helen prepares for Valentine's Day; Joe awaits paternity-test results.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

  Joe and Helen crash a wedding reception to get ideas for their own nuptials.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Fools Russian

  Helen tries to dissuade Roy's Russian mail-order bride from marriage.

• Season 6 Episode 13: Have I Got a Couple for You

  Fay introduces Joe and Helen to another couple (Tony Carreiro, Amy Von Nostrand).

• Season 6 Episode 12: She's ... Back

  Joe can't convince Brian and Helen that Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) is obsessed with him.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Insanity Claus

  Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) is held hostage by an air traffic controller (guest star Dann Florek) on Christmas Eve.

• Season 6 Episode 10: The Wrong Stuff

  Joe and Brian want an endorsement from an astronaut (Robert Culp).

• Season 6 Episode 9: If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother

  Helen and Casey's mom (Debbie Reynolds) visits, unaware Casey is divorced.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Miss Jenkins

  Brian's ninth-grade teacher (Peggy Lipton) propositions him; guest Soupy Sales.

• Season 6 Episode 7: All's Fare

  Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) is upset when developer Gavin Rutledge (guest star Jonathan Frakes) romances Casey (Amy Yasbeck); Brian (Steven Weber) has a dream about Helen (Crystal Bernard).

• Season 6 Episode 6: Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

  Antonio misinterprets plans for an engagement party for Joe and Helen.

• Season 6 Episode 5: The Waxman Cometh

  Lowell plans to use an inheritance to buy a wax museum.

• Season 6 Episode 4: The Spark and How to Get It

  Brian imagines himself middle-aged; Lowell practices for commencement.

• Season 6 Episode 3: The Shrink

  Joe wants jilted Brian to see a psychotherapist (George Plimpton).

• Season 6 Episode 2: Twisted Sister

  Helen's older sister, Casey (Amy Yasbeck), moves to Nantucket after her marriage falls apart. With Crystal Bernard.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Whose Wife Is It, Anyway?

  After spending the night with Joe, Helen heads for her fiance's New York penthouse.

Wings: Season 5 (1993 - 1994)

• Season 5 Episode 24: A Decent Proposal

  Davis proposes to Helen; dumped Brian asks Ray Charles to serenade Alex.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Call of the Wild

  Alex breaks off her relationship with Brian after he and a friend go too far with their late-night drinking.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Long Distance Lament

  Davis finds Helen with another guy; Joe has two dates.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Roy Crazy

  Roy's ex-wife (Concetta Tomei) has ulterior motives for rekindling their relationship.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Boys Will Be Girls

  Brian and Joe get revenge for a high-school coach's insults.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Sleepless in Nantucket

  Brian and Alex move in together; Lowell is a godfather.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Moonlighting

  Everyone recalls odd jobs during the off season.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Exclusively Yours

  Visiting models prompt Brian to reconsider his commitment to Alex.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Hey, Nineteen

  Joe dates a 19-year-old; a stray endears Antonio and Roy to women.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Say Uncle Carlton

  The gang and an annoying old man are trapped in Antonio's cab.

• Season 5 Episode 14: The Faygitive

  Fay (Rebecca Schull) becomes paranoid when many of her friends tell her that a man is trying to track her down. With Tim Daly, Steven Weber.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Oh Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam

  Joe and Brian (Tim Daly, Steven Weber) finally get up the nerve to tell Lowell (Thomas Haden Church) to move out.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Ready, Teddy, Go

  Helen finds lingerie in Davis' suitcase; Fay saves a lab rat.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Happy Holidays

  Fay and Helen (Rebecca Schull, Crystal Bernard) plan a Christmas party for a local children's center. With Thomas Haden Church.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Come Fly With Me

  Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell seek a good time in Boston.

• Season 5 Episode 9: 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten

  An old classmate (Valerie Mahaffey) wants to re-create prom night with Joe.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Joe Blows

  With Joe gone, Brian must grow up and run the airline.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Joe Blows

  Disgusted with his life, Joe leaves town.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Black Eye Affair

  A black eye and discolored hair threaten Helen's date.

• Season 5 Episode 5: An Affair to Forget

  Foul weather pre-empts romance for Brian, Alex and Helen.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Business or Pleasure?

  Joe needs repair money from an investor who has an eye for Helen.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Bye-Bye, Bunny

  Impending divorce puts spark in Lowell's marriage.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Terminal Jealousy

  While Brian (Steven Weber) recuperates from an injury, he becomes jealous when Alex (Farrah Forke) spends time with Joe (Tim Daly).

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• Season 5 Episode 1: Stop in the Name of Love

  Brian has a difficult decision to make when he and Alex spend a week dating each other.

  Next on: Monday 3rd June 12:00pm EDT - ReelzChannel

Wings: Season 4 (1992 - 1993)

• Season 4 Episode 22: Date Package Number Seven

  Alex learns Brian planned their date for a previous girlfriend.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Another Wedding

  At a wedding, Lowell sees his ex-wife, and Brian seeks a date.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Goodbye, Old Friend

  Lowell eulogizes his mentor; head-injured Helen must stay awake.

• Season 4 Episode 19: The Houseguest

  Helen's elaborate plans for a surprise birthday party go up in smoke when the honoree injures himself in her house.

• Season 4 Episode 18: The Key to Alex

  Joe and Brian (Tim Daly, Steven Weber) get tips from Helen (Crystal Bernard) on what women like in men in order to interest Alex (Farrah Forke) in a date.

• Season 4 Episode 17: I Love Brian

  Brian schemes to get tickets to see Clint Black for him and Alex.

• Season 4 Episode 15: The Gift

  Joe and Brian (Tim Daly, Steven Weber) take out a second mortgage on their house to buy Helen (Crystal Bernard) a cello for her audition.

• Season 4 Episode 14: I've Got a Secret

  An embarrassment Alex told to Antonio and Helen becomes public.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Labor Pains

  A job offer in Boston prompts Lowell to bargain for a raise.

• Season 4 Episode 12: What the Cabbie Saw

  Antonio believes he is being stalked by a sociopath (Beau Starr) when he identifies a robbery suspect.

  Next on: Tuesday 28th May 12:00pm EDT - ReelzChannel
• Season 4 Episode 11: Exit Laughing

  Joe arranges a date between Helen and his buddy (Steven Eckholdt); Antonio has a problem with his neighbors.

• Season 4 Episode 10: The Customer's Usually Right

  Joe causes an elderly video-store clerk to have a heart attack after an argument over a videotape charge.

  Next on: Tuesday 28th May 1:00pm EDT - ReelzChannel
• Season 4 Episode 9: It May Have Happened One Night

  Joe (Tim Daly) keeps the gang wondering as to what really occurred during an impromptu evening with Alex (Farrah Forke). With Steven Weber.

  Next on: Tuesday 28th May 12:30pm EDT - ReelzChannel
• Season 4 Episode 8: Just Say No

  Joe and Helen try to save a vulnerable Brian from heartbreak when his old flame (Teri Austin) comes to town.

• Season 4 Episode 7: It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House

  Lowell moves in after Brian sinks his houseboat.

  Next on: Tuesday 28th May 11:30am EDT - ReelzChannel
• Season 4 Episode 6: Two Jerks and a Jill

  Brian and Joe both take an interest in a helicopter pilot who has come to the island to start a tour business.

  Next on: Tuesday 28th May 11:00am EDT - ReelzChannel
• Season 4 Episode 5: Mathers of the Heart

  Lowell gets the wrong idea from an innocent kiss given by Helen; Roy and Antonio take a new interest in Fay.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Blackout Biggins

  Brian (Steven Weber) arranges for Roy (David Schramm) to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game. With Tim Daly and Crystal Bernard.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Noses Off

  Brian (Steven Weber) becomes the victim of a plastic surgeon (Peter Brown); Roy (David Schramm) teaches a high-school intern (Scott Grimes) a lesson.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Fortune Cookie

  Brian (Steven Weber) convinces Joe (Tim Daly) to fake a crash-related injury to help finance the rebuilding of the airline. With Crystal Bernard.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Lifeboat

  The gang contemplates life while adrift on a raft.

Wings: Season 3 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 3 Episode 22: As Fate Would Have It

  Foul weather forces an ocean landing en route to Helen's debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Say It Ain't So, Joe

  Joe's high-school baseball strikeout record is threatened; guest Brian Doyle-Murray.

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Bank Dick

  Brian takes a second job when the IRS recalls his refund.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy

  The gang bets who will get the worst date from a dating service.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Take My Life, Please

  Oliver North is a passenger on Brian's plane.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Das Plane

  A typo forces Joe and Brian to fly a daffy old man across the country.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes

  Frasier and Lilith Crane fly to Nantucket to film a self-help video but run into a storm of trouble named Helen.

• Season 3 Episode 15: This Old House

  Joe and Brian relive the past in their condemned childhood home.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Stew in a Stew

  A labor dispute sends Fay to work for Roy.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Divorce, American Style

  Helen tries to escape her marriage to Antonio.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Marriage, Italian-Style

  Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) enlists Helen (Crystal Bernard) to pretend to be his fiancee to avoid his deportation by the INS.

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Bogey Men

  A tropical storm pre-empts the guys' golfing weekend.

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Late Mrs. Biggins

  Joe and Brian learn Roy's wife (Concetta Tomei) is alive.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered

  Under hypnosis, Roy admits to once stealing $250,000.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Ladies Who Lunch

  Helen and Gail have lunch and become friends, unnerving Joe.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Crate Expectations

  Joe overhears plans for his surprise party.

• Season 3 Episode 6: My Brother's Keeper

  A millionaire (Tyne Daly) romances Brian.

• Season 3 Episode 5: If Elected I Will Not Live

  Joe opposes Roy for town council.

• Season 3 Episode 4: I Ain't Got No Bunny

  Lowell lives in the plane after his wife kicks him out.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Taming of the Shrew

  Jilted Helen attends Fay's self-help group with Brian.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket ...?

  Joe sues Helen for damages to the office.

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Naked Truth

  After 10 months, Joe gets a cryptic call from Helen in New York.

Wings: Season 2 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 2 Episode 21: Murder, She Roast

  Brian (Steven Weber) gets nervous when he sees Fay's (Rebecca Schull) double -- the 'Culinary Killer' -- on television.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Mother Wore Stripes

  Joe and Brian's ex-convict mother (Barbara Babcock) resurfaces.

• Season 2 Episode 19: All in the Family

  Brian dates a traveler who turns out to be a friend's mother.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

  Brian's fiancee pushes Joe and Helen to marry.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places

  Joe and Helen go to different spots on Valentine's Day.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Plane Nine From Nantucket

  Brian tells the FAA about a UFO sighting.

• Season 2 Episode 15: My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

  Having a back injury, Joe entrusts the airline to Brian.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Tennis Bum

  Fay loses a tennis championship; Brian tries to cheer her.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Love Is Like Pulling Teeth

  Helen has her wisdom teeth out; Joe reluctantly plays nursemaid.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Airport '90

  A stint at the controls gives Helen flying fever.

• Season 2 Episode 11: A Terminal Christmas

  Helen, Brian and Joe crash Faye's Christmas party.

• Season 2 Episode 10: There's Always Room for Cello

  Roy balks at his son's taking cello lessons from Helen.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Friends or Lovers?

  Brian hides in the back seat during Joe and Helen's date.

• Season 2 Episode 8: High Anxiety

  High blood pressure grounds Joe.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned

  Brian's date with a policewoman becomes obsessive love.

• Season 2 Episode 6: It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift That Counts

  Joe and Brian compete for Helen's attention with birthday gifts.

• Season 2 Episode 5: A Standup Kind of Guy

  An unremembered classmate asks Joe to be his best man.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Sports and Leisure

  Roy invites himself into the trio's social circle.

• Season 2 Episode 3: A Little Nightmare Music

  Cellist Helen hopes to impress a visiting conductor (David Ogden Stiers).

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Story of Joe

  A reporter profiling Joe finds Brian more interesting; guests George Wendt, John Ratzenberger.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Puppetmaster

  Brian takes exception to Helen's rule against dating pilots.

Wings: Season 1 (1990)

• Season 1 Episode 6: All for One and Two for Helen

  Brian gets the chance to be alone with Helen -- and a distrustful Joe is not happy about the situation.

• Season 1 Episode 5: There Once Was a Girl From Nantucket

  Brian sets Joe up with a blind date (Megan Mullally).

• Season 1 Episode 4: Return to Nantucket

  Brian (Steven Weber) returns to Nantucket with his estranged wife (guest star Kim Ulrich), who promptly falls for Joe (Tim Daly).

• Season 1 Episode 3: Return to Nantucket

  Brian (Steven Weber) foolishly flies off for a rendezvous with his ex-wife. With Tim Daly and Crystal Bernard.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Around the World in Eighty Years

  Helen receives conflicting advice on what to wear to an audition.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Legacy

  Joe and Brian open a package from their late father.

Wings: Other Episodes

• Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

  Joe has a dull bachelor party in Atlantic City; Helen's has a stripper.

• Duet for Cello and Plane

  A symphony job forces Helen to a difficult decision.