Wings (1990) is a comedy, drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Wings online in HD.
Wings — Storyline
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: David Angell, Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
- Starring: Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, David Schramm, Rebecca Schull, Tony Shalhoub, Amy Yasbeck
Wings — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1990-04-19 |
| Seasons | 8 |
| Episodes | 172 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | NBC |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.9/10 (148 votes) |
Wings — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Legacy (1990-04-19) — In the series premiere, brothers Joe and Brian Hackett search for a suitcase full of cash that their dead father supposedly left them.
- E2: Around the World in Eighty Years (1990-04-26) — Fay encourages a retired pilot to complete his trip around the world.
- E3: Return to Nantucket (1) (1990-05-03) — Brian flys to Boston to see if he can reunite with his ex-wife Carol.
- E4: Return to Nantucket (2) (1990-05-10) — Joe and Brian compete to see who Carol loves more.
- E5: There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket (1990-05-17) — Brian sets Joe up on a date with a woman who's been with every man on the island.
- E6: All for One and Two for Helen (1990-05-24) — Joe spies on Brian and Helen when they go on a date.
Season 2
- E1: The Puppetmaster (1990-09-28) — Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.
- E2: The Story of Joe (1990-10-05) — A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting. Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson visit the island.
- E3: A Little Nightmare Music (1990-10-12) — Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.
- E4: Sports & Leisure (1990-10-19) — Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
- E5: A Standup Kind of Guy (1990-10-26) — Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with.
- E6: It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift (1990-11-09) — Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.
- E7: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned (1990-11-16) — Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Meanwhile, Lowell totes his video camera around the airport trying to capture something to submi
- E8: High Anxiety (1990-11-23) — Joe's grounded due to high blood pressure and he wonders if Helen will go out with him, now that he's not a pilot.
- E9: Friends or Lovers? (1990-12-07) — Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.
- E10: There's Always Room for Cello (1990-12-14) — Roy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.
- E11: A Terminal Christmas (1990-12-21) — After everybody's holiday plans fall through, they decide to surprise Faye at her Christmas party. When they arrive, they discover she'd lied about her plans and find her all alone
- E12: Airport '90 (1991-01-03) — Helen decides to take flying lessons from Joe but his classes are too long and boring so Brian offers to let her fly the plane. Shortly after, Brian is injured and Helen finds hers
- E13: Love Is Like Pulling Teeth (1991-01-10) — Joe plays nursemaid to Helen when she has her wisdom teeth pulled, but loses his patience when he tries to sneak away to watch a basketball game.
- E14: The Tennis Bum (1991-01-24) — Brian tries to save face when Fay trounces him in a friendly game of tennis.
- E15: My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble (1991-01-31) — When Joe's back goes out and forces him into a stay at the hospital, Brian takes over Sandpiper. His eagerness is soon deflated when all his new ideas and crazy promotions turns in
- E16: Plane Nine From Nantucket (1991-02-07) — During a cargo flight, Brian and Joe see a UFO. Joe's concerned about unfavorable media attention, but Brian wants to report the sighting to the FAA. Meanwhile, Helen and Fay end u
- E17: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places (1991-02-14) — When Joe and Helen decide to meet at their "special place" on Valentine's Day, they end up on opposite ends of the island. Meanwhile, when Roy's blind date exceeds all his low exp
- E18: Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo (1991-02-21) — Joe and Helen find themselves being rushed to the altar when Brian and the jet-setting woman of his dreams talk them into a double wedding.
- E19: All in the Family (1991-03-07) — When Brian starts to date Kenny's mother, Kenny is worried about Brian's reputation with women. But just as Kenny warms to the idea of them dating, Brian dumps her. Meanwhile, Joe
- E20: Mother Wore Stripes (1991-03-14) — Brian is ecstatic when he and Joe's mother returns to Nantucket years after deserting them and their father. For Joe, it's too little too late, because he can't forgive her for lea
- E21: Murder She Roast (1991-03-21) — While the house is being fumigated, Brian is forced to stay with Fay. The experience turns out to be surprisingly pleasant—that is, until he becomes convinced he's seen her feature
- E22: Duet for Plane and Cello (1991-03-28) — Much to Joe's surprise, Helen wins a job with the Maine State Symphony. But when Helen comes to Joe and tells him she would stay if he only asked, the discussion turns into a huge
Season 3
- E1: The Naked Truth (1991-09-19) — After a ten month silence, Joe hears from Helen in New York City. When Helen fishes around about there relationship, he can't bring himself to tell her about his new girlfriend, Ga
- E2: Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket…? (1991-09-26) — Helen refuses to pay for the repairs to Joe's office, even after she ran her Jeep through it. As matters escalate, Joe winds up struggling to find someone to deliver a subpoena to
- E3: The Taming of the Shrew (1991-10-10) — Concerned by Helen's persistent anger over her break up with Joe, the rest of the group convince her to seek help with a transition group, not realizing exactly who the group is fo
- E4: I Ain't Got No Bunny (1991-10-17) — Lowell is paranoid about his wife, Bunny, flirting with other men. When Brian offers to help by talking to Bunny, he gets more than he bargained for.
- E5: If Elected, I Will Not Live (1991-10-31) — Roy's competition for the town council drops out, and the gang convinces Joe to run against him with Fay as a campaign manager. But when the local newspaper endorses Fay herself, R
- E6: My Brother's Keeper (1991-11-07) — The arrival of Millionaire Mimsy Borogroves has Fay, Roy and Helen eager to tap into her wealth. But Mimsy has eyes for Brian, and he soon enjoys the good life, receiving expensive
- E7: Crate Expectations (1991-11-14) — As his birthday approaches, Joe firmly insists that the rest of the gang not throw him a party. When Fay asks him to stay late to wait for a shipment of airplane seats, Joe becomes
- E8: Ladies Who Lunch (1991-11-21) — Tired of the bickering between Helen and Gail, Joe suggests that the two go out to lunch together. Things go farther than he expects, and the two women become fast friends, compari
- E9: Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered (1991-12-05) — Out of boredom while the airport is shut down for fog, Brian tries his hypnosis act on volunteers, during which Roy makes a shocking revelation.
- E10: The Late Mrs. Biggins (1991-12-12) — Roy reveals his wife Sylvia is not dead after all, but living in Boston after having deserted him abruptly sixteen years ago. Accompanied by Brian, Roy flies to Boston to win his w
- E11: The Bogey Men (1991-12-19) — Brian talks Joe into a vacation so they can do a little golfing, but neglects to tell him it's a time share weekend promotion. Roy and Lowell tag along and disasters mount. Meanwhi
- E12: Marriage, Italian Style (1992-01-09) — Antonio turns to a sham marriage to stay in the country after finding out he's about to be deported. He struggles to follow through—and fool the feds—when the only wife Brian comes
- E13: Divorce, American Style (1992-01-16) — Stunned by the news that their "quickie" divorce won't be for another three years, Helen sadly resigns herself to life as Antonio's wife. But she gains new hope when Brian tells he
- E14: Stew in a Stew (1992-01-23) — Fay is forgiving at the loss of her annual raise when Joe tells her how tight money is, but when she sees the brothers gloating over a pair of new leather flight jackets, she quits
- E15: This Old House (1992-01-30) — Joe and Brian learn their childhood home has been condemned due to storm damage and all efforts to save it fail. The gang visits one last time before the wrecking ball flies, and t
- E16: Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes (1992-02-13) — Dr. Frasier Crane's plans to conduct a self-esteem seminar on Nantucket are interrupted by Helen's accusations that he ruined her life in New York City when she attended one of his
- E17: Das Plane (1992-02-20) — Joe is thrilled to learn that, for a charity auction, a plane ticket he donated to fly to any nearby airport goes for a staggering $10,000. But his mood sours when a misprint on th
- E18: Take My Life, Please (1992-02-27) — Stuck behind a lunch counter and facing years of rejection as a musician, Helen takes a job placement exam. When the exam suggests she should pursue a career in music of food servi
- E19: Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy (1992-04-02) — Antonio's repeated success with a video dating service soon has Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell plunging into the video dating fray, with less than stellar results.
- E20: The Bank Dick (1992-04-23) — Brian is forced to take a job as a bank security guard to cover a spent tax refund that he received in error. But on his first day, he fails to stop an armed robber and has to deal
- E21: Say It Ain't So, Joe (1992-04-30) — To help commemorate the anticipated breaking of Joe's old high school strike-out record, Joe's old coach coerces him to fly him and his star player to the game. But when heavy fog
- E22: As Fate Would Have It (1992-05-07) — In a bizarre twist of fate, Helen spilling soup on a man lands her a job offer with the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She fights to get even one person (besides Roy) t
Season 4
- E1: Lifeboat (1992-09-24) — After their plane plunges into the Atlantic en route to Boston, the whole gang finds themselves at each others throats and struggling for survival in a leaky lifeboat.
- E2: The Fortune Cookie (1992-10-01) — Joe's future is up in the air when Sandpiper Air is grounded by his insurance company, but Brian's plan to save the airline doesn't fly right with Helen.
- E3: Noses Off (1992-10-08) — Sandpiper is finally back in business but Joe's nose is broken by a man who mistakes him for Brian. At the surgeon's office, the doctor's observation of a bump on Brian's nose has
- E4: Blackout Biggins (1992-10-22) — Roy is struck out at Fenway Park by his own rendition of the National Anthem, and Fay commits a costly personal foul at work.
- E5: Mathers of the Heart (1992-10-29) — Lowell convinces Helen to go on a date with him.
- E6: Two Jerks and a Jill (1992-11-05) — Antonio upstages Lowell in front of the Tuesday Night Rat Club, while Brian and Joe are grounded by an attractive helicopter pilot.
- E7: It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House (1992-11-12) — Brian and Joe gain a new roommate after Brian accidentally sinks Lowell's houseboat.
- E8: Just Say No (1992-11-19) — Brian's ex-flame arrives from New York to rekindle the fire and it's up to his friends to keep him from getting burned again.
- E9: It May Have Happened One Night (1992-12-03) — After having a few drinks, Alex asks Joe to drive her home and when he arrives late the next day everyone assumes that they spent the night together.
- E10: The Customer's Usually Right (1992-12-17) — Joe is irritated about getting charged a rewind fee for a returned video tape which he believes was rewound.
- E11: Exit Laughing (1993-01-07) — Helen dates a guy with an annoying laugh. Antonio has trouble with his jerk neighbor.
- E12: What the Cabbie Saw (1993-01-14) — Antonio performs his civic duty when he helps bring to court a suspected robber and then testifies against him. But then the suspect gets released on a technicality, and Antonio st
- E13: Labor Pains (1993-01-28) — When Lowell demands a raise from Joe and Roy, shrewd bargaining tactics by Antonio and Roy leave Lowell dejected and jobless.
- E14: I've Got a Secret (1993-02-04) — When Alex tells Antonio and Helen that she posed nude for Playboy while in college, the secret is just too good to keep quiet.
- E15: The Gift (1) (1993-02-11) — With an opening in a quartet, Helen wants to try out but her cello is on the bottom of the ocean. She gets a second job to purchase a new cello but things don't go as planned. Lowe
- E16: The Gift (2) (1993-02-18) — Helen gets the quartet role but hates it. However, she doesn't know how to quit without letting Joe and Brian down. Faye, Roy, Antonio and Lowell practice for their awful play.
- E17: I Love Brian (1993-02-25) — Hoping to impress Alex, Brian claims to know Clint Black. Helen and Alex are entertained while they expect Brian's scheme to attend a concert and meet him will backfire.
- E18: The Key to Alex (1993-03-15) — Joe and Brian, in heated competition, pull out all the stops in a transparent attempt to get closer to Alex.
- E19: The Houseguest (1993-04-08) — Helen throws a surprise birthday for Nantucket's most unpopular resident, 70-year-old Carlton Blanchard, who threatens to become a permanent household fixture after suffering a fal
- E20: Goodbye, Old Friend (1993-04-29) — Weeb Gilroy's death has Lowell searching for the right words to eulogize his long time friend. Words fail him at the end and all he can think of is to finish working on the plane t
- E21: Another Wedding (1993-05-06) — The crew is invited to the wedding of the air traffic controller.
- E22: Date Package Number Seven (1993-05-13) — Alex finally agrees to a date with Brian, only to find out later it was all a set-up.
Season 5
- E1: Stop in the Name of Love (1993-09-16) — Everyone is of course skeptical when Brian announces that his relationship with Alex is special. To try to insure that their relationship lasts longer than a couple of weeks, they
- E2: Terminal Jealousy (1993-09-23) — Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense.
- E3: Bye-Bye, Bunny (1993-09-30) — Lowell and Bunny make their separation final by signing the divorce papers only to start sleeping together again. Meanwhile, Antonio consoles a woman who's cheating husband left h
- E4: Business or Pleasure (1993-10-07) — When Joe flies in a potential investor, he's more interested in Helen than Joe's airline.
- E5: An Affair to Forget (1993-10-14) — Joe is upset at playing chauffeur to the other couples for their romantic trips off the island but it's everybody else who ends up suffering. Meanwhile, Antonio and Fay help Roy ch
- E6: Black Eye Affair (1993-10-28) — While trying to create a perfect evening with her boyfriend, Davis, Helen runs into obstacle after obstacle with various friends who assist in aiding with what can only be certain
- E7: Joe Blows (1) (1993-11-04) — Joe feels the weight of the world coming down on him as everyone comes to him to help solve their problems. As the stress mounts, he knows he must make a drastic change.
- E8: Joe Blows (2) (1993-11-11) — With Joe MIA, the burden of running Sandpiper Air falls all on Brian. As he struggles to keep things in the air, he gets a clue to where Joe ran off to.
- E9: 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten (1993-11-18) — When news arrives that Sandy Cooper is returning to Nantucket, Joe fears her high school obsession with him will return but the others think he's imagining things. Meanwhile, Anto
- E10: Come Fly with Me (1993-12-02) — Joe, Brian, Helen, and Lowell head to Boston for a night on the town but end up at a party that's more than what it seems. Roy, Fay and Antonio pool their resources to win a radio
- E11: Happy Holidays (1993-12-16) — Lowell's ex-wife arrives on Nantucket for a friend's wedding. Brian faces the prospect of meeting Alex's parents. Joe deals with the loss of a tree and Fay becomes overbearing as H
- E12: Ready, Teddy, Go (1994-01-06) — Davis finally shows up to see Helen after a string of cancellations. A furtive search through his luggage reveals a gift that may be inappropriate at this stage of their relationsh
- E13: Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam (1994-01-20) — Tired of Lowell's strictness, the brother's boot him out of the house. Despite his reluctance, Lowell buys a new house and tries to adjust to the experience of living alone for the
- E14: The Faygitive (1994-01-27) — Somebody is asking questions around the island in search of Fay and she's spooked. Antonio loves the new cable TV service that Roy's shady friend installed.
- E15: Say Uncle, Carlton (1994-02-03) — To help pay for his new used cab, Antonio gets a job as a chauffeur for Carlton Blanchard. Things get even worse when Carlton's equally annoying nephew, Lewis, arrives on Nantucket
- E16: Hey, Nineteen (1994-02-10) — To Helen's disgust and Brian's envy, Joe starts dating a 19-year-old co-ed. Roy and Antonio find a dog whose cute charm no woman can resist.
- E17: Exclusively Yours (1994-02-14) — Brian's exclusive commitment to Alex is sorely tested when Joe flies in a group of models for a photo shoot. Helen's decision to name food items on her menu after the people in the
- E18: Moonlighting (1994-02-17) — To ease Alex's embarrassment over having to take a job as a waitress at a medieval themed restaurant during the off-season, the gang tell their own stories of embarrassing off-seas
- E19: Sleepless in Nantucket (1994-03-10) — Brian moves in with Alex, and both quickly become irritated by the other's annoying habits. Meanwhile, Lowell attempts to come up with a name for his sister's baby.
- E20: Boys Will Be Girls (1994-04-07) — When the football coach who belittled Joe and Brian in high school returns to Nantucket to be honored in a gym dedication, they plan a practical joke that gets way out of hand.
- E21: Roy Crazy (1994-04-14) — Roy's ex-wife makes a surprise appearance on the island. She seems to be up for a reconciliation, much to Roy's delight, but may have ulterior motives. Helen tries to fend off a sm
- E22: Long Distance Lament (1994-04-28) — Davis cancels yet another date leading Helen to accept a date with another man. As for Joe, after two dates conflict, he tells a lie to get out of one of them only to have the othe
- E23: Call of the Wild (1994-05-05) — When Brian's old friend shows up and they resume their wild, partying lifestyle every night, Alex grows increasingly neglected. Lowell takes in his idol, over-the-hill television s
- E24: A Decent Proposal (1994-05-12) — Joe may have finally found a bank willing to float him a loan to expand Sandpiper Air. Helen anxiously awaits Davis' mid-week arrival, sure that he's coming to break up with her.
Season 6
- E1: Whose Wife is it Anyway? (1994-09-20) — After their night together, Helen tells Joe that it was all a big mistake and she goes to New York to marry Davis. While bemoaning his loss with Brian (who has sorrows of his own,
- E2: Twisted Sister (1994-09-27) — The arrival of Helen's elder sister Casey to Nantucket sidetracks Joe's plan to give Helen an engagement ring. What was originally planned to be an evening for two at Lexington's b
- E3: The Shrink (1994-10-04) — After Brian's depression over Alex's departure results in a near break-down during a flight, Joe suggests he go see a psychiatrist. Once there Brian makes a partial recovery, but J
- E4: The Spark and How to Get It (1994-10-11) — After his therapist pronounces him fully recovered from his break-up with Alex, Brian plunges back into the dating world. His efforts at the Club Car yield nothing of interest (des
- E5: The Waxman Cometh (1994-10-18) — After receiving $25,000 from the family trust fund, Lowell invests the money in an old wax museum. Despite everyone's doubts, Lowell renovates the museum. but he comes to realize i
- E6: Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me? (1994-11-01) — Joe and Helen just want some time alone with one another, but Brian and Casey continually interrupt them. Brian and Casey decide to surprise them with an engagement party as an apo
- E7: All's Fare (1994-11-08) — To pay off a $1500 IRS fine, Antonio becomes the driver/errand boy/personal assistant to Gavin Rutledge, a businessman visiting Nantucket for a week for a real estate deal. Uncomfo
- E8: Miss Jenkins (1994-11-15) — The return of 9th grade English teacher Laura Jenkins to Nantucket reawakens the Hacketts' schoolboy crushes. For Brian, fantasy becomes reality when he spends the night with her,
- E9: If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother (1994-11-22) — When Helen and Casey's mother arrives on Nantucket, Helen isn't sure which sister her mother came to see. And when she finds out her mother gambled away the $10,000 for her and Joe
- E10: The Wrong Stuff (1994-11-29) — To counteract Roy's Aeromass promotions, the Hacketts woo famous astronaut Ace Galvin as a celebrity spokeman for Sandpiper. Joe and Brian soon discover that Ace is as charming and
- E11: Insanity Claus (1994-12-13) — On Christmas Eve, new air traffic controller Bob snaps when Antonio buys Helen's last jelly donut, pulling out a gun and taking Antonio hostage. Matters for Antonio only get worse
- E12: She's … Back (1995-01-03) — When Sandy Cooper returns to the island, Joe fears yet another bizarre encounter with the obsessed woman. She tells him it was all a practical joke, and he believes her until a sto
- E13: Have I Got a Couple for You (1995-01-10) — With nothing to do one Saturday night, Joe and Helen start socializing with a new couple on the island, the Tuckers. Their initial trepidation is soon forgotten in all the fun, but
- E14: Fools Russian (1995-01-31) — When Roy flies in a mail-order bride from Russia, Helen tries to convince Roy and Anya that this marriage should never be, but both ignore her. Anya's resolve is weakened by a chan
- E15: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (1995-02-07) — Struggling to agree on wedding plans, Joe and Helen decide to crash another couple's wedding to check out a place. Unfortunately their fighting infects the newlyweds. At the airpor
- E16: Remembrance of Flings Past (1) (1995-02-09) — The Gang make preparations for the upcoming Siasconset High School reunion, but the events of the reunion are not what anyone expects.
- E17: Remembrance of Flings Past (2) (1995-02-14) — After receiving the news that he might be the father of Sara's little boy, Jason, Joe is advised by Roy to keep quiet on the whole affair, but Joe's guilt forces him to tell Joe an
- E18: Gone But Not Faygotten (1995-02-21) — When Fay decides to retire, Joe and Brian hire Casey to replace Fay at the counter. To the Hacketts' surprise, Casey works wonders for their business. When Fay asks for her old job
- E19: Ex, Lies and Videotape (1995-02-28) — Brian's excitement over appearing on a talk show is dampened when his ex-girlfriend Alex also appears. After bitter words on and off the screen, the two sleep together, but Brian d
- E20: Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man (1995-03-21) — Lowell's innocent birthday gift to Casey lands him a show at an art museum when Casey shows off the gift to a museum director. Determined to launch both their careers in the art wo
- E21: The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen (1995-04-04) — As the wedding draws near, Brian struggles to come up with a gift idea for Joe and Helen. He finally hits on the idea of making a video for them, and goes about capturing everyone'
- E22: A House to Die For (1995-05-02) — Carlton's ill health becomes a boon to the gang when Carlton's nephew Lewis invites them over to Carlton's house to start selling off the old man's items. Joe and Helen have an eye
- E23: Nuptials Off (1995-05-09) — When Helen discovers that she and Antonio are still married (by finding papers under her cash register), she turns to Roy for help. He convinces her she needs to fly to Mexico over
- E24: Et Tu, Antonio? (1995-05-16) — When Antonio's cousin Dominic and his fiancée Teresa visit Nantucket, Antonio finds himself struggling to ignore his feelings for Teresa. He succumbs to temptation during supper at
- E25: Boys Just Want to Have Fun (1) (1995-05-23) — The night before the wedding, Helen warns Joe not to have too wild of a bachelor party. But it's Helen who ignores her own advice in a wild bachelorette party, while Joe suffers th
- E26: Here It Is: The Big Wedding (2) (1995-05-23) — Joe and Helen's wedding day gets off to a bad start when the best man and maid of honor, Brian and Casey, oversleep after spending the night together. When Antonio discovers this,
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Wings have? 8 season(s) with 172 episodes.
Who created Wings? David Angell, Peter Casey, David Clark Lee.
Where can I watch Wings? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.