List of Wings episodes

The following is a list of all 172 episodes of the NBC television series Wings. Viewer ratings could not be found for five of the episodes, including; "Exclusively Yours", "Moonlighting", "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother", "All About Christmas Eve", and "House of Blues".

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	6	April 19, 1990	May 24, 1990
	2	22	September 28, 1990	March 28, 1991
	3	22	September 19, 1991	May 7, 1992
	4	22	September 24, 1992	May 13, 1993
	5	24	September 16, 1993	May 12, 1994
	6	26	September 20, 1994	May 23, 1995
	7	26	September 19, 1995	May 21, 1996
	8	24	September 18, 1996	May 21, 1997

Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Legacy"	James Burrows	David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee	April 19, 1990	27.9[1]
In the series premiere, Joe Hackett gets a message that his late father planned a scavenger hunt for a suitcase of his. It requires Joe to get in touch with his estranged brother Brian, who had run off several years ago with Joe's fiancee Carol.
2	2	"Around the World in Eighty Years"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	April 26, 1990	25.8[2]
Fay encourages a retired pilot to complete his trip around the world.
3	3	"Return to Nantucket: Part 1"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	May 3, 1990	23.6[3]
Brian flies to Boston to see if he can reunite with his ex-wife Carol. To be continued...
4	4	"Return to Nantucket: Part 2"	Noam Pitlik	David Angell	May 10, 1990	21.8[4]
Joe and Brian compete to see who Carol loves more.
5	5	"There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	May 17, 1990	22.0[5]
Brian sets Joe up on a date with a woman (Megan Mullally) who's been with every man on the island.
6	6	"All for One and Two for Helen"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	May 24, 1990	21.3[6]
Joe spies on Brian and Helen when they go on a date.

Season 2 (1990–91)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
7	1	"The Puppetmaster"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	September 28, 1990	13.4[7]
In order to get Helen to break her vow that she does not date pilots, Brian hires an actor (Craig Bierko) to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.
8	2	"The Story of Joe"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	October 5, 1990	13.5[8]
A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) and Norm Peterson (George Wendt) visit the island.
9	3	"A Little Nightmare Music"	Noam Pitlik	Bryan Winter	October 12, 1990	15.0[8]
Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible, so Joe decides to tell him the story of how Alan Shepard was discouraged from aviation in his youth. Helen decides to give up the cello, until she is thrown for a loop when the conductor concludes that with considerable effort she could show promise.
10	4	"Sports and Leisure"	Noam Pitlik	David Angell	October 19, 1990	11.2[8]
Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit.
11	5	"A Stand Up Kind of Guy"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	October 26, 1990	13.1[8]
Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with. Neither can Brian or anyone else, until the exotic dancer recalls him, suddenly putting the whole wedding in disarray. When Joe admits to the man that he cannot remember him, he thinks Joe is a great practical joker.
12	6	"It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift"	Noam Pitlik	Peter Casey & David Lee	November 9, 1990	12.2[9]
Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.
13	7	"Hell Hath No Fury like a Policewoman Scorned"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	November 16, 1990	12.8[9]
Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Subplot: Lowell tries to capture something funny on his video camera for "America's Wackiest Videos".
14	8	"High Anxiety"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	November 23, 1990	14.8[9]
Joe is grounded due to hypertension, and with the unreliable Brian seemingly his only option for keeping the airline running, Sandpiper's future seems very much in doubt.
15	9	"Friends or Lovers?"	Noam Pitlik	David Lloyd	December 7, 1990	11.9[10]
Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey (Michael Manasseri) as a backup pilot for the still-grounded Joe.
16	10	"There's Always Room for Cello"	Noam Pitlik	Peter Casey & David Lee	December 14, 1990	11.5[10]
Roy's son R.J. (Abraham Benrubi) takes cello lessons from Helen. Roy agrees to pay for the lessons after he thinks R.J. is "hot for teacher", but the truth is R.J. is a homosexual. An enraged Roy then challenges R.J. to a one-on-one basketball match in which R.J. is not allowed to be homosexual if he loses.
17	11	"A Terminal Christmas"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	December 21, 1990	11.1[10]
The gang tries to cheer Fay up because she misses her dead husband.
18	12	"Airport '90"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	January 3, 1991	28.1[10]
Joe teaches a flight school, with Helen as one of his students. Brian is annoyed with Joe's boring classroom ways and spices it up by allowing unlicensed Helen to fly the Sandpiper plane. When Helen and Brian run into danger, boring old Joe must guide them down.
19	13	"Love Is Like Pulling Teeth"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	January 10, 1991	24.5[11]
Joe has to take care of Helen when she gets her wisdom teeth pulled out, but unfortunately for him, her appointment falls on the same day as a gathering based around a much anticipated college basketball game.
20	14	"The Tennis Bum"	Noam Pitlik	Peter S. Mehlman	January 24, 1991	22.2[11]
Brian's upset because Fay beat him at tennis. Meanwhile, Roy tries to mess with Helen's mind by claiming that one of his male pilots is actually female, and Joe accidentally destroys Lowell's beloved Graf Zeppelin model.
21	15	"My Brother's Back and There's Going to Be Trouble"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	January 31, 1991	22.5[11]
Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves a color-coded timetable for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe fuddy schedule and runs the airline his own way. Brian has plenty of neat promotional ideas, but suddenly the plane goes missing.
22	16	"Plane Nine from Nantucket"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	February 7, 1991	22.7[12]
Joe and Brian think they spotted a UFO and are reluctant about reporting it to the FAA. When Brian finally does, they're visited by a UFO group who asks to ride in their plane to see if they can spot it again. Meanwhile, Helen and Fay squabble over a lunch bill.
23	17	"Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	February 14, 1991	22.8[13]
Joe and Helen both go to different places to meet each other on Valentine's Day. First appearance of Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci, portraying a waiter.
24	18	"Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	February 21, 1991	23.9[14]
Brian meets a wonderful, spontaneous girl and wants to spontaneously marry her... while jumping out of an airplane.
25	19	"All in the Family"	Noam Pitlik	Bryan Winter	March 7, 1991	23.1[15]
Brian dates young pilot Kenny's mother. Knowing Brian's ways with women, Kenny isn't thrilled.
26	20	"Mother Wore Stripes"	Noam Pitlik	David Lloyd	March 14, 1991	23.1[16]
Joe and Brian's mother shows up, and reveals where she's been all this time.
27	21	"Murder She Roast"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	March 21, 1991	23.1[17]
When Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives (hosted by Maury Povich), he's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him.
28	22	"Duet for Cello and Plane"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	March 28, 1991	23.3[18]
Helen gets a music job in Maine, only to learn the funding was cut. Joe and Helen have a messy fight, then break up when she leaves for New York City.

Season 3 (1991–92)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
29	1	"The Naked Truth"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	September 19, 1991	22.4
After struggling in New York City and resorting to a meager job waitressing in a strip club, Helen relents and wishes to go home to Massachusetts. Joe takes her back to Nantucket, but does not mention he found a girlfriend (even though he and Helen broke up earlier). Helen reacts to the news by driving her jeep through Joe's office.
30	2	"Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket?"	Andy Ackerman	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	September 26, 1991	24.4
Joe sues Helen for what she did to his office. However, not even the courts can change Helen's anger. Antonio Scarpacci joins the cast permanently, now as a cab driver.
31	3	"The Taming of the Shrew"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	October 10, 1991	22.5
Helen goes to a group therapy session to deal with her feelings for Joe.
32	4	"I Ain't Got No Bunny"	Andy Ackerman	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	October 17, 1991	18.8
Lowell becomes paranoid, thinking that his wife Bunny is committing adultery. Lowell soon learns that paranoia does not nullify concern.
33	5	"If Elected, I Will Not Live"	Andy Ackerman	Larry Balmagia	October 31, 1991	21.3
Roy and Joe both run for the position of alderman, but the local paper somehow endorses Fay. Subplot: Helen decides to sell her cello.
34	6	"My Brother's Keeper"	Andy Ackerman	David Lloyd	November 7, 1991	22.7
When a rich woman, Mimsy Borogroves (Tyne Daly), comes to the island, she starts dating Brian.
35	7	"Crate Expectations"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	November 14, 1991	21.4
The gang plans a surprise birthday for Joe.
36	8	"Ladies Who Lunch"	Andy Ackerman	Kathryn Baker	November 21, 1991	23.3
Joe doesn't like it when Helen becomes friends with his new girlfriend Gail. In a subplot, Roy tries to sneak aboard Air Force One when President of the United States George H.W. Bush and First Lady of the United States Barbara Bush are visiting Nantucket so he can bolster his political credibility. Fay also tries to sneak aboard so she can shake hands with Barbara Bush in order to keep her streak of touching every President's wife ever since Eleanor Roosevelt gave her a pat on the head when Fay was a little girl. Gail breaks up with Joe and ends her friendship with Helen when she sees the both of them having a messy fight, clearly not over each other but not ready to rekindle their romance. As Joe mopes about no one else having a worse day than him, a news report shows Roy getting arrested for trespassing on Air Force One.
37	9	"Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered"	Andy Ackerman	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	December 5, 1991	22.5
With the airport fogged in, Brian entertains the gang with his hypnosis act and gets Roy to confess his deepest, darkest secret; that he stole $250,000 from an old man and buried it in his backyard. As everyone excitedly digs up Roy's backyard, Brian wonders how effective his hypnosis was.
38	10	"The Late Mrs. Biggins"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	December 12, 1991	21.4
Roy reveals the fact that his late wife is not dead, she left him.
39	11	"The Bogey Men"	Andy Ackerman	Larry Balmagia	December 19, 1991	21.9
Roy and Brian trick Joe into coming with them to a timeshare lecture in South Carolina, to which both Brian and Roy assure Joe that they know how to finesse these hucksters and can use it for free golf, but a rain squall dampens their plot. Subplot: Antonio plays the only song he knows on guitar ("Michael, Row The Boat Ashore") over and over and over, entertaining airport customers, but not Helen.
40	12	"Marriage, Italian Style"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	January 9, 1992	20.9
Antonio's visa is not renewed and his deportment to Italy is imminent. Helen offers to marry Antonio so he can remain in the United States.
41	13	"Divorce, American Style"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	January 16, 1992	23.4
Helen learns that she will get arrested for matrimony fraud if she divorces Antonio before three years have elapsed, unless he wins a green card in a lottery. Antonio is ambiguous about whether or not he won, suggesting he has genuine feelings for Helen.
42	14	"Stew in a Stew"	Andy Ackerman	David Angell	January 23, 1992	20.1
Fay is upset when Joe declines to give her a raise, citing budget cutbacks. But when Joe appears with expensive sheep-lined bomber jackets for him and Brian, Fay is outraged and quits. Joe has to eat several slices of humble pie to convince Fay of their partnership. Note: This episode shows a flashback of how Joe met Fay when she was a stewardess, and they decided to start Sandpiper Air.
43	15	"This Old House"	Andy Ackerman	David Lloyd	January 30, 1992	22.0
Joe and Brian's childhood home is due to be demolished after a severe storm condemns it. At first they're upset, but then they can't really recall many happy memories of being there.
44	16	"Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes"	Andy Ackerman	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	February 13, 1992	20.9
In this Cheers crossover episode, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) visits the island (along with his then wife Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth)), and Helen wants her money back from one of his self-help seminars.
45	17	"Das Plane"	Andy Ackerman	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	February 20, 1992	18.5
Joe announces Sandpiper will give a plane ticket anywhere to whomever makes the biggest donation to charity by a deadline. Cranky Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) wins by making an amazing $10,000 donation. The catch is Carlton wants to fly cross country to reunite with his brother, and along the way, annoys everyone on the plane. Furthermore, Carlton has a dull memory, as he cannot recall whether his brother lives in Rock Springs, Wyoming or Las Cruces, New Mexico.
46	18	"Take My Life, Please"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	February 27, 1992	23.0
Helen wants a new goal in life, and takes an aptitude test. When the results are in, the gang intercepts the letter and sees her best skills are food service and musician. In order to avoid the forthcoming guilt, anger and depression from her, Brian falsifies the paper, which causes Helen to aspire to become a stand-up comedian. Guest appearance by Oliver North as himself.
47	19	"Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	April 2, 1992	21.4
Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell try out a video dating service and compare notes to each other's experiences. Brian gets matched up with a pushy trader (Peri Gilpin), Helen gets matched up with a local waiter who conscripts Helen into his work, Joe gets matched up with a ventriloquist who will not talk but her dummy has a crush on Joe, and Lowell gets matched up with an ordinary woman, but his idea of a fun date is to take her on a ride on the forklift.
48	20	"The Bank Dick"	Andy Ackerman	David Lloyd	April 23, 1992	19.2
Brian gets a large tax refund and treats himself to an expensive Caribbean vacation. When he learns the refund was in error and the IRS is demanding the money back, he is subject to a tirade from responsible Joe, who advised him to save the refund instead. Brian is made to get a second job as a security guard for a bank to get the money. In the subplot, "Responsible Joe" seems to only be so in financial matters, as he is taking a girl he is dating to Fenway Park for an opening daydespite the fact that Helen paid for the tickets when she was still dating Joe. This is one of the few episodes where the subplot and main plot collide.
49	21	"Say It Ain't So, Joe"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	April 30, 1992	22.6
Joe is reunited with his old baseball coach who touts his new star pitcher who is poised to break Joe's longstanding record at Siasconset High School for the most strikeouts. This causes Joe to feel both anger and jealousy at his age and his station in life.
50	22	"As Fate Would Have It"	Andy Ackerman	Larry Balmagia	May 7, 1992	22.1
The gang accompany Helen to her gig as a cellist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But on the way there, the plane's engines die.

Season 4 (1992–93)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
51	1	"Lifeboat"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	September 24, 1992	24.3
The gang waits to be rescued from the plane crash. After making it back home, Joe considers whether it is time for Sandpiper to close up shop.
52	2	"The Fortune Cookie"	Andy Ackerman	David Lloyd	October 1, 1992	20.0
The amount of money Joe gets for insurance is low, so Brian tries to get Joe to fake being handicapped.
53	3	"Noses Off"	Andy Ackerman	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	October 8, 1992	19.8
When a plastic surgeon informs Brian of his imperfect nose, he plans to get a new one.
54	4	"Blackout Biggins"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	October 22, 1992	17.5
Roy faints when he tries to sing the National Anthem at a baseball game.
55	5	"Mathers of the Heart"	Andy Ackerman	Adam Belanoff	October 29, 1992	21.1
Lowell goes on a date with Helen.
56	6	"Two Jerks and a Jill"	David Lee and Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	November 5, 1992	23.4
When a female helicopter pilot, Alex Lambert (Farrah Forke) moves to the island, Joe and Brian compete to impress her. Subplot: Lowell invites Antonio to the weekly Tuesday Night Rat Shoot.
57	7	"It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House"	David Lee	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	November 12, 1992	24.3
Brian sinks Lowell's houseboat, so he lets Lowell stay with him and Joe. When Lowell proves to be a surprisingly adept chef, Joe and Brian wonder whether they should hide Lowell's insurance check.
58	8	"Just Say No"	Andy Ackerman	Adam Belanoff	November 19, 1992	20.4
A woman Brian is obsessed with comes back to the island, and Brian can't seem to say no to her, even though she stands him up several times.
59	9	"It May Have Happened One Night"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	December 3, 1992	20.6
Everyone's trying to find out whether or not Joe slept with Alex.
60	10	"The Customer's Usually Right"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Janet Leahy	December 17, 1992	22.1
In this Christmas episode, Joe goes insane when he's charged a 50 cent rewinding fee on a tape he is sure he rewound.
61	11	"Exit Laughing"	Andy Ackerman	Larry Balmagia	January 7, 1993	21.2
Helen goes on a date with a friend of Joe's, who has a laugh like a hyena.
62	12	"What the Cabbie Saw"	Judy Pioli	Steven Levitan	January 14, 1993	22.8
Antonio fears for his life when he testifies against a robber.
63	13	"Labor Pains"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	January 28, 1993	14.5
Lowell has been offered a job at Logan International Airport, but he doesn't want to leave Nantucket.
64	14	"I've Got a Secret"	Andy Ackerman	Adam Belanoff	February 4, 1993	17.4
Alex thinks Antonio blabbed her secret about posing for Playboy.
65	15	"The Gift: Part 1"	Andy Ackerman	David Angell	February 11, 1993	18.7
Joe mortgage's his house to buy Helen a new cello so she can audition for a string quartet. Subplot: Fay, Lowell, Roy and Antonio rehearse for a community theatre play: "Phantom Of The Oprah". To be continued...
66	16	"The Gift: Part 2"	Andy Ackerman	David Angell	February 18, 1993	17.5
Helen gets the job, but the string quartet drives Helen crazy.
67	17	"I Love Brian"	Andy Ackerman	Ian Gurvitz	February 25, 1993	20.1
Brian tries to impress Alex by telling her he knows Clint Black. Subplot: Antonio becomes a fan of I Love Lucy. Kirstie Alley makes a cameo as Rebecca Howe from Cheers.
68	18	"The Key to Alex"	Andy Ackerman	David Lloyd	April 8, 1993	13.1
Joe and Brian try to be more sensitive to get to Alex.
69	19	"The Houseguest"	Andy Ackerman	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	April 15, 1993	15.1
When Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) falls down the steps at Helen's house, she invites him to stay with her, until his ankle heals, fearing a lawsuit.
70	20	"Goodbye, Old Friend"	Andy Ackerman	Christopher Lloyd	April 29, 1993	18.1
Lowell has a hard time accepting that a mechanic friend of his died. Subplot: Joe and Brian have to keep an already sleepless Helen awake for another 18 hours after she suffers a concussion.
71	21	"Another Wedding"	Andy Ackerman	Larry Balmagia	May 6, 1993	17.3
The gang gets invited to attend the wedding of a friend of theirs.
72	22	"Date Package Number Seven"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	May 13, 1993	18.3
Brian tries to impress Alex with a spontaneous date to Maine, but the date is pre-planned.

Season 5 (1993–94)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
73	1	"Stop in the Name of Love"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	September 16, 1993	19.8
Everyone is skeptical when Brian tells them his relationship with Alex is different from all the others.
74	2	"Terminal Jealousy"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Mark Reisman	September 23, 1993	20.8
Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense.
75	3	"Bye-Bye, Bunny"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ian Gurvitz	September 30, 1993	20.2
After Lowell finalizes his divorce with Bunny, he starts sleeping with her again.
76	4	"Business or Pleasure"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Steven Levitan	October 7, 1993	20.7
When Joe flies in potential investor Davis Lynch (Mark Harelik), he's more interested in Helen than Joe's airline.
77	5	"An Affair to Forget"	Andy Ackerman	Dave Hackel	October 14, 1993	21.2
Joe becomes everyone's chauffeur. First for Brian and Alex, then for Helen.
78	6	"A Black Eye Affair"	Andy Ackerman	Steven Levitan	October 28, 1993	23.3
Helen gets a black eye before she has a date with Davis.
79	7	"Joe Blows: Part 1"	David Lee	Steven Levitan	November 4, 1993	24.0
Joe gets tired of everyone running to him with their problems, so he leaves the island. To be continued... Kevin Connolly appears in this episode.
80	8	"Joe Blows: Part 2"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ian Gurvitz	November 11, 1993	20.7
Brian is now in charge of the airline and realizes how much he needs Joe.
81	9	"2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Rick Copp & David A. Goodman	November 18, 1993	19.9
When Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey), an old high school friend, returns to the island, Joe fears she's still obsessed with him. Subplot: Antonio tries to sell some of his personal items to raise money for his family back in Italy.
82	10	"Come Fly with Me"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Howard Gewirtz	December 2, 1993	19.5
Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell go to a singles party in Boston. Back at the airport, Roy, Fay and Antonio team up to try to win a radio call-in contest.
83	11	"Happy Holidays"	Andy Ackerman	Mark Reisman	December 16, 1993	19.8
It's Christmas, and Lowell's ex-wife Bunny shows up and ends up sleeping with Antonio. Subplots: Brian is skeptical about meeting Alex's family and Fay becomes overbearing in preparing for the annual holiday party.
84	12	"Ready, Teddy, Go"	Andy Ackerman	Joyce Gittlin	January 6, 1994	25.8
Helen's upset because she thinks Davis (Mark Harelik) bought her a teddy.
85	13	"Oh Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam"	Peter Bonerz	Shelly Landau	January 20, 1994	21.8
Lowell buys a new house, but is afraid of living there alone.
86	14	"The Faygitive"	Peter Bonerz	Shelly Landau	January 27, 1994	25.7
Fay thinks she's being stalked when a P.I. starts asking questions.
87	15	"Say Uncle Carlton"	Peter Bonerz	Steven Levitan	February 3, 1994	25.6
Antonio chauffeurs Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) around the island for extra money. Carlton's nephew, Lewis (Gilbert Gottfried) also visits the island.
88	16	"Hey, Nineteen"	Peter Bonerz	Howard Gewirtz	February 10, 1994	27.6
Joe dates a nineteen-year-old woman.
89	17	"Exclusively Yours"	Peter Bonerz	David Lloyd	February 14, 1994	N/A
Brian and Alex vow to date only each other.
90	18	"Moonlighting"	Peter Bonerz	Ian Gurvitz	February 17, 1994	N/A
The gang recalls odd jobs they've had in the off season.
91	19	"Sleepless in Nantucket"	Peter Bonerz	Jeffrey Richman and Joyce Gittlin	March 10, 1994	20.7
Brian moves in with Alex, and they find each other hard to live with.
92	20	"Boys Will Be Girls"	Peter Bonerz	David Lloyd	April 7, 1994	21.6
When Sconset High School, Joe and Brian's alma mater is commissioning a gymnasium, a mean-spirited football coach who routinely insulted the brothers comes to the island. Brian and Joe decide to sneak into the coach's hotel room at night to give him a makeover, unaware that he just died in his sleep.
93	21	"Roy Crazy"	Peter Bonerz	Mark Reisman	April 14, 1994	17.3
Roy's ex-wife Sylvia (Concetta Tomei) shows up, and Roy tries to win her back. Subplot: A waiter from a local restaurant goes gaga over Helen.
94	22	"Long Distance Lament"	Peter Bonerz	Shelly Landau	April 28, 1994	17.9
When Davis (Mark Harelik) cancels another date with Helen, she decides to date another guy.
95	23	"Call of the Wild"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Howard Gewirtz and Steven Levitan	May 5, 1994	18.4
An old friend of Brian's (Charles Rocket) shows up, and they relive some wild time, much to Alex's dismay. Subplot: Lowell takes in his idol, an over-the-hill television superhero (Robert Ridgely), who takes advantage of his hospitality.
96	24	"A Decent Proposal"	Peter Bonerz	Mark Reisman and Ian Gurvitz	May 12, 1994	17.7
Davis proposes to Helen, but Joe still has feelings for her. Subplot: Brian tries to win Alex back. Singer/pianist Ray Charles makes a cameo appearance in the teaser. This was Farrah Forke's final appearance as a cast regular; she would make a guest appearance in the following season.

Season 6 (1994–95)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
97	1	"Whose Wife Is It Anyway"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ian Gurvitz	September 20, 1994	16.7
Joe's determined to win back Helen, so he goes to New York to stop her from marrying Davis Lynch.
98	2	"Twisted Sister"	David Lee	Steven Levitan	September 27, 1994	19.6
Helen's snob of a sister Casey shows up. When Joe and Helen confront Casey, she reveals a big secret of her own.
99	3	"The Shrink"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Mark Reisman	October 4, 1994	19.2
Joe takes Brian to see a psychiatrist (George Plimpton), but he ends up treating Joe instead. Subplot: Lowell goes on a search for his favorite hat that Antonio lost.
100	4	"The Spark and How to Get It"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Howard Gewirtz	October 11, 1994	19.2
Thinking he's over Alex, Brian gets back on the singles scene, but he is disturbed by visions of himself as a senior citizen prowling for casual sex. Brian wonders if he should get serious with a straight-laced woman named Joan, but cannot find "the spark".
101	5	"The Waxman Cometh"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Shelly Landau	October 18, 1994	18.2
Lowell inherits $25,000, which he uses to buy the town's wax museum.
102	6	"Is That a Ten Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	November 1, 1994	19.9
Casey and Brian plan Joe and Helen's engagement party, while Joe and Helen think they're having an affair.
103	7	"All's Fare"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Steven Levitan	November 8, 1994	16.6
Lovesick Antonio finally works up the nerve to ask Casey on a date, but before he's able to, he must earn some money to pay his back taxes. Antonio ends up working as a chauffeur to a successful businessman (Jonathan Frakes) who also has his eye on Casey, but is insistent with Antonio the concept of "what goes onboard ship stays onboard ship". Antonio is torn between upsetting Casey or honoring his conscience.
104	8	"Miss Jenkins"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Michael Sardo	November 15, 1994	14.6
Brian's attractive ninth-grade teacher (Special guest star Peggy Lipton) shows up, and he goes out with her. Although Joe and Lowell are thrilled that Brian is "hot for teacher", he cannot get over the fact she is an older woman who once taught him. TV legend Soupy Sales makes a cameo appearance in the teaser as a "Simon Says" competitor who courts Roy's mother.
105	9	"If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother"	Jeff Melman	Joyce Gittlin and Jeffrey Richman	November 22, 1994	N/A
Helen and Casey's mother Dee Dee (Special guest star Debbie Reynolds) comes to the island to help plan the wedding. Subplots include Fay and Roy splitting a ticket to see Barbra Streisand, and Brian and Lowell compete to see who can eat more of Dee Dee's food.
106	10	"The Wrong Stuff"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	David Lloyd	November 29, 1994	17.7
When Sandpiper is losing business to Aeromass, Brian tries a celebrity endorsement by hiring an ex-astronaut (Robert Culp), but the guy turns out to be even more obnoxious than Roy. Despite his private bluster, the astronaut's excellent public image is helping Sandpiper business, but can they bank on it?
107	11	"Insanity Claus"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ian Gurvitz	December 13, 1994	18.1
When an air traffic controller (Dann Florek) finds out Antonio ate his donut, he holds the entire airport hostage on Christmas Eve, with Antonio at gunpoint in the control tower. In getting to know the man, he admits he was on edge because his wife was committing adultery, but the gang soon learns Antonio was the one she was having the fling with.
108	12	"She's Baaack"	Rick Beren	Rick Copp & David A. Goodman	January 3, 1995	20.8
Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) is back on the island, and Joe tries again to get anyone to believe she's obsessed with him. Subplot: Fay gives Antonio her third husband's wardrobe, which makes Antonio the butt of 1970s jokes.
109	13	"Have I Got a Couple for You"	Jeff Melman	Mark Reisman	January 10, 1995	17.9
Fay sets Joe and Helen up with another married couple whom they love, but they get a little too clingy with the other couple. Subplots: Antonio assists Lowell after he injures his hands working on Antonio's taxi, and Brian and Casey try out a new singles place in Boston.
110	14	"Fools Russian"	Jeff Melman	Howard Gewirtz	January 31, 1995	16.9
Roy plans to marry a mail-order bride from Russia, but problems arise when Helen sees she is better suited for a professor from Boston University.
111	15	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	February 7, 1995	17.2
Joe and Helen crash a wedding to see how much things will cost, and end up getting into a fight which spills over onto the bride and groom. Subplot: Lowell and Antonio train for a Polar Bears water jump competition.
112	16	"Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 1"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz	February 9, 1995	30.0
It's the gang's high school reunion, and Brian's old girlfriend shows up, informing Joe that he might be the father of her child. To be continued...
113	17	"Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 2"	Jeff Melman	Howard Gewirtz and Steven Levitan	February 14, 1995	17.2
Joe has to wait for blood test results to come back to find out whether or not he's the boy's father. The waiting game is tense for all as Brian has to deal with his ex-girlfriend having a fling with Joe, which also goes over poorly with Helen. Although Joe was not dating Helen when this happened, the fact he may have a son is a trust issue for their upcoming wedding.
114	18	"Gone But Not Faygotten"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Shelly Landau and Michael Sardo	February 21, 1995	19.3
Fay retires and Casey takes her place behind the ticket counter, proving to be adept at the job. When Fay returns wanting her job back, Sandpiper runs into human resource problems.
115	19	"Ex, Lies, and Videotape"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	February 28, 1995	18.6
Brian appears on a popular woman's talk show hosted by Mary Pat Lee (Caroline Aaron), but it turns out to be a trap set up by his ex-girlfriend Alex (Farrah Forke in a guest appearance).
116	20	"Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man"	Ken Levine	Joyce Gittlin and Jeffrey Richman	March 21, 1995	17.9
Casey gets interested in the sculptures Lowell makes out of old plane parts, and wants him to make a career of it. Subplot: Brian takes a prank snapshot which ends up in the wrong hands.
117	21	"The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen"	Jeff Melman	Steven Levitan	April 4, 1995	18.3
Brian makes a video diary of Joe and Helen's relationship for them as a wedding gift.
118	22	"A House to Die For"	Jeff Melman	David Lloyd	May 2, 1995	11.9
Cranky Carlton Blanchard is at death's door, and everyone goes to his house to set what they can buy from his greedy nephew. The kids from The Brady Bunch Movie make a cameo appearance when Helen dreams she is Marcia.
119	23	"Nuptials Off"	Jeff Melman	Michael Sardo	May 9, 1995	11.5
Helen realizes she never sent in the paperwork to divorce her and Antonio. So she enlists the help of Brian to fly her and Antonio to Mexico to get a divorce before Joe finds out. Subplot: Lowell refuses to rest despite his obvious signs of illness.
120	24	"Et Tu, Antonio?"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ian Gurvitz and Mark Reisman	May 16, 1995	12.7
Antonio plays host to his cousin, who is engaged to a beautiful woman. Subplot: Joe and Helen receive their first wedding gifts, but the ones from Helen's side are better than those from Joe's side.
121	25	"Boys Just Wanna Have Fun"	Rick Beren	Michael Sardo and Shelly Landau	May 23, 1995	17.9
Casey throws Helen a bachelorette party and Brian throws Joe a bachelor party. But Helen has a better time at her party than Joe does at his.
122	26	"Here It Is: The Big Wedding"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	May 23, 1995	17.9
Joe and Helen are finally set to get married, except for a few minor setbacks, such as Joe dropping Helen's wedding ring in the toilet and getting his hand stuck, and Brian picking up the wrong size tuxedos. This was Thomas Haden Church's last appearance as a cast regular, having made one final appearance in the next season.

Season 7 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
123	1	"Burnin' Down the House: Part 1"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz	September 19, 1995	16.9
Joe and Helen return from their honeymoon in Jamaica to discover that their house burned down. Joe tries to find the root cause, but when he learns it was Brian (who unawaringly threw Casey's clothes too close to the fireplace while having sex with her), he fires Brian from Sandpiper and orders him out of his life. Subplot: Antonio hopes for one more shot at winning Casey's heart. To be continued...
124	2	"Burnin' Down the House: Part 2"	Jeff Melman	Howard Gewirtz	September 26, 1995	16.3
While digging through the remains of Helen's home, Brian discovers the old suitcase their father left them and tries to use it to make up with Joe. Joe is resisting control, until he is visited by the ghost of his father (Don Murray), who uses reverse psychology to make peace with Brian. Subplots: Helen has her own method of revenge on Casey and Antonio exacts his revenge on Casey and Brian.
125	3	"Death Becomes Him"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Mark Reisman and Ian Gurvitz	October 10, 1995	19.9
Joe and Brian are chartered to fly to Miami, where the richest man in Nantucket died, and the two enjoy a night of partying. But when a buzzed Joe picks up the wrong dead body to deliver to a funeral, he must become the replacement corpse, where he overhears shocking evidence of the actual cause of death.
126	4	"The Person Formerly Known as Lowell"	Jeff Melman	Mark Reisman	October 31, 1995	12.7
When Lowell witnesses a mob hit, he must decide whether or not to enter the Witness Protection Program, struggling with the issue of leaving his friends behind forever versus letting a guilty man run free and hurt again should Lowell not testify in court. This was Thomas Haden Church's final appearance on the show.
127	5	"Hooker, Line, and Sinker"	Rick Beren	Christopher Vane	November 7, 1995	17.7
Joe and Brian set Antonio up with a great women not knowing she's a hooker. Seeing her talent, Roy asks Casey to illustrate a children's book he wrote.
128	6	"She's Gotta Have It"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	November 14, 1995	16.3
Helen goes on a wild shopping spree with her insurance check. Peter Tork of The Monkees makes a guest appearance.
129	7	"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong"	Rick Beren	Howard Gewitz	November 21, 1995	15.8
Brian hires a new mechanic to replace Lowell, while Joe and Helen engage a famous architect to build their new home.
130	8	"When a Man Loves a Donut"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Jeffrey Richman and Joyce Gittlin	November 28, 1995	14.3
Brian feels left out now that Joe's married, so he starts to overeat. Subplots include Casey applying for a job and Antonio buying a valuable (and painful) pair of shoes.
131	9	"The Big Sleep"	Jeff Melman	Michael Sardo	December 12, 1995	14.1
After fighting with Helen over the plans for the new house, Joe dreams that he and Helen are in a plane crash.
132	10	"Twas the Heist Before Christmas"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	December 19, 1995	19.1
Joe and Helen throw a Christmas party that everyone wants to leave.
133	11	"Honey, We Broke the Kid"	Jeff Melman	Lori Kirkland	January 2, 1996	15.8
When babysitting the daughter of a friend of theirs, Joe and Helen each have their own way of parenting.
134	12	"B.S. I Love You"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Christopher Vane	January 9, 1996	17.7
Joe and Brian reunite with whom they think is their grandpa, but is actually an old roommate of their dad's from the mental hospital. Subplot: Antonio breaks a chain letter and bad fortune follows.
135	13	"Sons and Lovers"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Richman and Joyce Gittlin	January 16, 1996	16.7
Roy is celebrating his birthday, and Helen invites R.J., who has recently finished law school. Roy seems glad to see R.J., but R.J. does not mention he also brought his partner.
136	14	"Bye, George"	Jeff Melman	Jim McGoulf	January 30, 1996	16.7
Fay plans to marry a man she met on a cruise, until she finds out his real first name. Subplot: Joe gets a cold after playing football.
137	15	"The Team Player"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Howard Gewirtz	February 6, 1996	16.0
When Antonio runs the ticket desk for Joe and Brian, a star from the Boston Bruins misses his flight due to being late. Even though the guy's a jerk, Antonio must apologize to him. When the player acts pompous to Antonio during a press conference, Joe sticks up for Antonio simply doing his job and tells the player to get lost. Did sticking up for their friend cost and Brian their business, or has the player's arrogance earned him his comeuppance?
138	16	"Love at First Flight"	Darryl Bates	Michael Sardo	February 13, 1996	15.4
Brian falls in love with a woman who's just about to get married. Subplot: Roy acts like he is going out with Edna so that Antonio falls back in love with Edna.
139	17	"Lynch Party"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz and Mark Reisman	February 20, 1996	16.6
In flashbacks explaining the continuation of "Whose Wife is it Anyway", Helen shows that she never got the chance to inform Davis Lynch the wedding was off, as during the engagement party he was rushed off to Burma in wake of a military coup to salvage his major investments. Once there he had been taken hostage and only now is released, and is coming to Nantucket to marry Helen. She tries to find a way to end the engagement while doing so behind Joe's back.
140	18	"One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest"	Jeff Melman	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	February 27, 1996	16.9
Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) is back in town and Joe tries, yet again, to prove to Helen just how nuts she is. But it is he who ends up in the psychologist's chair. Subplot: Roy, Fay, Antonio and Casey fear that the tuna they had for lunch may be tainted.
141	19	"Driving Mr. DeCarlo"	Jeff Melman	Christopher Vane	March 12, 1996	16.7
Antonio starts driving around a man everyone thinks is connected to the mob.
142	20	"A Tale of Two Sister Cities"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Jeffrey Richman	March 26, 1996	14.5
Casey is in danger of losing her job, so she tries to create a sister city for Nantucket. Brian unknowingly slept with the wife of the leader of Kiranon. In a rare example where the subplot collides with the main plot, Joe is becoming increasly angry with other men who pay attention to Helen.
143	21	"What About Larry?"	Jeff Melman	Mark Reisman and Michael Sardo	April 9, 1996	13.7
Joe and Helen's new contractor ends's up crashing at their place because his wife leaves him. George Kennedy guest stars as himself.
144	22	"The Lady Vanishes"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz and Michael Sardo	April 23, 1996	18.6
Antonio goes on a quest looking for this woman he met in the terminal.
145	23	"Life Could Be a Dream"	Jeff Melman	Lori Kirkland	April 30, 1996	15.5
When the gang opens up a time capsule they buried 20 years ago, they imagine what their lives would've been like.
146	24	"The Lyin' King"	Jeff Melman	Christopher Vane	May 7, 1996	15.1
Joe feels awful about lying to Helen about going to help out at an old age home, when he's actually going to see an old girlfriend at a strip club.
147	25	"Love Overboard"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	May 14, 1996	15.0
Casey's ex-husband Stuart (John Ritter) shows up with news that he is bankrupt. Subplot: Roy teaches Antonio how to dance, and they enter a contest on a cruise ship.
148	26	"Grouses, Houses, and Bickering Spouses"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Richman and Lori Kirkland	May 21, 1996	15.0
When celebrating their departure from living in the same house as Brian and Casey, Joe and Helen accidentally burn Brian's house down.

Season 8 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
149	1	"Porno for Pyros"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz	September 18, 1996	10.7
Joe and Helen burn Brian's house down and he expects to get a big check like they did. But the insurance investigator doesn't believe the story of how the fire happened until the same thing happens to her.
150	2	"Like a Neighbor Scorned"	Jeff Melman	Howard Gewirtz	September 25, 1996	10.4
When Joe and Helen meet their new neighbors Steve and Barbara, they think they are great at first until Steve asks Joe for a $5000 loan for his gambling debts. Subplot: Antonio receives his recently deceased Uncle Bernardo's personal belongings, including perfumed letters written to Gina Lollobrigida.
151	3	"Maybe It's You"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Mark Reisman	October 2, 1996	11.1
Brian's vow to find a meaningful relationship is tested when he meets a beautiful but dumb woman (Jenny McCarthy).
152	4	"Single and Hating It"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	October 9, 1996	9.6
While a storm rages outside Joe and Helen stop by a singles mixer to drop off Brian's wallet and end up stuck there for their 1st anniversary.
153	5	"Too Beautiful for You"	Joyce Gittlin	Lori Kirkland	October 23, 1996	10.9
Antonio mans the suicide hotline and makes a date with a woman who calls. Subplot: Helen loses customers when a new food cart arrives at the terminal.
154	6	"The Gift of Life"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Michael Sardo	October 30, 1996	11.6
The group convinces a man who is separated from his wife to stop being so focused on work and spend time with her. Little do they realize his career is being a medical courier and he left a cooler with one of his deliveries at the terminal.
155	7	"Olive or Twist"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Richman	November 6, 1996	10.9
Casey suggests that Brian uses his insurance check to open a martini bar, with her as manager. However, when a customer (Stuttering John) suffers an accident on Brian's property, Casey says she neglected to have Brian's bar insured.
156	8	"Wingless: Part 1"	Darryl Bates	Christopher Vane	November 13, 1996	10.3
A financial crisis forces Joe to seek out an investor. When businessman Jonathan Clayton comes to the island, Joe thinks it's his lucky day. But Clayton informs Joe he doesn't invest in businesses, he buys them. With no other choice, Joe sells. Joe and Brian are glad that with Clayton's backing they got their plane out of repossession and are up and running, until Clayton says now his slacker son Cord is the new president of Sandpiper.
157	9	"Wingless: Part 2"	Jeff Melman	Ian Gurvitz	November 20, 1996	9.5
The first act that new Sandpiper president Cord Clayton does is hold a meeting telling everyone they need a big idea. Little does Roy know that he will be responsible for this big idea. When the idea fails, Cord leaves.
158	10	"Wingless: Part 3"	Jeff Melman	Lori Kirkland	December 11, 1996	9.6
Cord returns but becomes nervous during a presentation before his father's board of directors and leaves, leaving Joe and Brian to continue. Helen overhears one of Clayton's young hotshots saying that he recommended Cord for the presidency of Sandpiper in order for him to run Sandpiper into the ground, which Clayton could use as a tax write off. Clayton takes the news badly but, at Cord's behest, allows Joe to run Sandpiper to him and agrees to stay on as a silent investor.
159	11	"All About Christmas Eve"	Joyce Gittlin	Michael Sardo	December 18, 1996	N/A
Another odd Christmas hits Nantucket as Antonio drives a nun around the island who's in search of a vision she saw in a dream, Joe and Brian try to diffuse a long-standing feud between two elderly brothers, and Fay, Helen and Casey get trapped in the basement of the department store where Casey works.
160	12	"Let's Talk about Sex"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	January 8, 1997	12.1
Roy falls in love with talk show host Mary Pat Lee (Caroline Aaron), but discovers she's using information he gave her to ambush Joe and Helen on her show. Subplot: Brian pays Casey to run errands for him.
161	13	"Hosed"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Teleplay by: Christopher Vane Story by: Christopher Vane and Art Baer & Ben Joelson	January 15, 1997	12.0
Joe and Helen deal with a crooked vacuum cleaner salesman who charges them for a vacuum cleaner that had an eternal guarantee. Subplot: Brian comes up with a scheme to date Roy's niece.
162	14	"Just Call Me Angel"	Jeff Melman	Christopher Vane and Lori Kirkland	February 5, 1997	9.8
Joe and Brian go back to Boston after a vacation in Las Vegas, where Joe gets food poisoning from a cheap casino breakfast buffet. When the pilots of the flight also get food poisoning, Brian lands the jumbo jet and is hailed by the media as the "Angel of Flight 28". Brian's newfound celebrity is taking up all his time and overloading Joe at Sandpiper.
163	15	"Fay There, Georgy Girl"	Jeff Melman	Ken Keeler	February 12, 1997	8.7
Fay holds a yard sale to help clear clutter in her house. After selling goods that belonged to her three late husbands, Fay begins to be visited by their ghosts. However, Fay is also asked out by a man she met at the yard sale who tells her he values memories of his relatives more so than the gifts they gave him.
164	16	"Escape from New York"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Richman	February 19, 1997	9.4
Brian and Helen go to New York to see the broadway musical Rent. But their trip turns into a nightmare when Helen loses all her cash playing a card game.
165	17	"House of Blues"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Richman	March 5, 1997	N/A
Brian and Casey are kicked out of Joe and Helen's place so they buy a house of their own with help from Antonio. Subplot: Helen and Joe are blackmailed by some kids. Guest Starring Sibel Ergener
166	18	"Ms. Write"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	March 19, 1997	9.5
Brian falls for someone after reading love letters mistakenly sent to the old occupant of the house. Subplot: Antonio installs a home security system for Joe and Helen.
167	19	"Dreamgirl"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Michael Sardo	April 2, 1997	9.5
With Fay on vacation, Joe and Brian hire a beautiful woman to fill in. Subplot: Casey gets Antonio a job at the department store where she works.
168	20	"Heartache Tonight"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Lori Kirkland	April 16, 1997	10.3
Roy invites Joe and Helen over to his house to meet his mother (Rose Marie) and tells her that Helen is his girlfriend and Joe's the help. Subplot: Casey catches Brian's cold before a date.
169	21	"Oedipus Wrecks"	Darryl Bates	Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom	May 7, 1997	8.3
Brian's surprised to find out his girlfriend's son is in college. Further complications happen when Casey starts to date the young man. Subplot: Joe and Roy try to overcome a fear of the circus.
170	22	"Raging Bull-shoot"	Jeff Melman	Christopher Vane	May 14, 1997	7.5
Joe enters a boxing tournament to beat an old rival. Things turn unusual when the rival gets hospitalized and the replacement contender turns out to be Brian.
171 172	23 24	"Final Approach"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Jeff Melman	Michael Sordo Ian Gurvitz	May 21, 1997	14.2
To cheer up Helen, Joe restores her cello. While she rediscovers her passion for music, the rest of the gang hunts for money that Joe and Brian's father left them. They eventually find it and now have $250,000. Joe and Brian want to do different things with their money. Joe wants to expand his airport business and Brian wants to leave the island for good.

Home releases

At present, all eight seasons of this series have been released on DVD.^[19]

DVD set		Episodes	Company	Release date
	Wings: Seasons 1 & 2	28	Paramount Home Video	May 23, 2006
	Wings: The Complete 3rd Season	22	Paramount Home Video	October 24, 2006
	Wings: The Complete 4th Season	22	Paramount Home Video	May 15, 2007
	Wings: The Complete 5th Season	24	Paramount Home Video	November 6, 2007
	Wings: The Complete 6th Season	26	Paramount Home Video	March 25, 2008
	Wings: The Complete 7th Season	26	Paramount Home Video	September 9, 2008
	Wings: The 8th and Final Season	24	Paramount Home Video	April 14, 2009
	Wings: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2	28	Mill Creek Entertainment	October 1, 2013
	Wings: The Complete Seasons 3 & 4	44	Mill Creek Entertainment	January 21, 2014
	Wings: The Complete Series	172	Mill Creek Entertainment	November 11, 2014

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External links

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