8.6/1036 votes#1 - Nuggets
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1998
Kelly is assigned to train neophyte jet pilots (Nuggets). Hammer, his second in command; Kate, a bar owner; and three nuggets, Burner, Ice and Spoon are introduced.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano
- 8.6/1031 votes
#2 - Burn Out
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1998
Ice takes her first flight with Kelly/Raider as her I.P. (Instructor Pilot) in the backseat. Burner is grounded by Hammer for losing his temper when a snob hits his motorcycle but ultimately proves himself and takes his first flight with Hammer as his I.P. Spoon's father, T.H., visits. He surprises Spoon with a girlfriend who is about 2 years younger than Spoon. Spoon is very rude to her. However the sparks fly when T.H. takes business meetings and the two spend the day together.
Director: Peter Ellis
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1032 votes
#3 - Solo Flight
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1998
Ice's plane has a major mechanical problem during her first solo flight and her confidence is shaken, Burner is covers up a water jet ski injury so he won't be grounded until he is 100% healthy and Spoon and his father's girlfriend, Teri, start falling for each other when they spend time together.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1034 votes
#4 - S.O.D.
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1998
Spoon and Teri start an affair. Breaker does not get a S.O.D. for extremely bad flying and then Spoon, thinking about Teri, gets a S.O.D. for approaching the wrong runway, causing friction. A reporter does a negative story about the treatment of female pilots. Burner talks Teri into staying away from Spoon while she thinks things over instead of staying with him.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1030 votes
#5 - Stand Down
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1998
Breaker's plane suffers a hydraulic failure and she dies trying to land the plane.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: Kristy Dobkin
- 8.5/1033 votes
#6 - Raid on Osirak
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1998
While Hammer and Kelly go on a top secret mission, Burner and Spoon find they have their hands full when they try to look after Kelly's ostensibly prim and proper niece. (It is revealed that Hammer was briefly a P.O.W. during the Gulf War.)
Director: Peter Ellis
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1031 votes
#7 - Boom
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1998
Burner may lose his wings for causing a sonic boom while showing off for two women. Also Kate may lose her bar when an underage woman is found with a drink.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1034 votes
#8 - The Red Baron
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1998
A hot shot German pilot shows off and annoys Burner, scares Spoon with his (off screen) reckless driving and romances Ice. But he has a problem which may ground him. Also Spoon gets the wrong idea when Kate asks him probing questions to plan a surprise birthday party for him.
Director: James Brolin
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1036 votes
#9 - Vertigo
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1998
A young man shows up at the Bucket and informs Hammer that he is his son and that his mother has died. The Nuggets train to fly using instrumentation only because at night or in clouds after making high gee moves they can get vertigo and become disoriented. Burner and Spoon volunteer to become judges at a ""talent contest"" (Miss Pensacola).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1030 votes
#10 - Wild, Wild West
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1998
The Nuggets go to Fallon Air Base to learn low level bombing, where a shifty Lt. Colonel makes trouble for them. Spoon is doubtful when told he is jinxed after breaking an Indian artifact. Burner falls for a woman whose abusive boyfriend turns out to also be her boss. An old friend lodges a complaint against Kelly.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1031 votes
#11 - Class Strike
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1998
High-scoring Ice is made Strike Leader for a fiercely competitive bombing exercise against missle and fighter defenses. Spoon is attracted to Gunslinger, a pretty blonde operator of missle defenses. Jackal, still angling to obtain Kelly's command, intends to cheat during the Class Strike. And things escalate personally for Burner as he continues his attempts to help the woman with the abusive boyfriend.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1035 votes
#12 - Blue Angel
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1999
A former Blue Angel leader is now recruiting and he offers Hammer a position on the Blue Angels. He also begins a romance with Kate. Burner and Spoon try to play matchmaker between Kate and Kelly. Meanwhile a retired general who is a fan of Teddy Roosevelt drops by and takes the unit on a fifty mile march with full gear.
Director: James Brolin
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1032 votes
#13 - Lost
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1999
During a community relations day, a orphaned boy living with his aunt is kidnapped for ransom.
Director: Michael Levine
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1034 votes
#14 - Mishap
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1999
Ice's mother shows up without calling and arranges a date with Col. Kelly, not knowing that he is Ice's commanding officer. A private propeller plane strays into military airspace and crashes when Spoon flies too close to it. Spoon is put through the wringer in the subsequent ""Mishap investigation.""
Director: James Brolin
Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano
- 8.6/1033 votes
#15 - Fox Two
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1999
Swamp has a loss of confidence both in his flying and when he tries to romance Holly ""of Hollywood."" Burner competes against a new instructor from Top Gun who can't accept losing even though instructors are supposed to be able hold back. Pearly, who was one of Hammer's trainers, is trying to requalify in order to take a fleet assignment, but he seems to have lost his skills.
Director: Peter Ellis
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1012 votes
#16 - Blue on Blue
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1999
A nugget, flying as wingman, shoots down his lead in simulated dogfighting (ACM / Air Combat Manuevering). This is called Blue on Blue. Two women seek Spoon's affections while two pilots pursue Ice.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1010 votes
#17 - Cuba Libre
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/1999
Still in Key West. News reports have a boat with Cuban refugees being fired on by Castro's air force, a family whom the Nuggets are socializing with is directly affected, and a Cuban ace who met Kelly in the past is flying unusually close to the Nuggets training exercises. Also, Paddles has back trouble which may ground him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1030 votes
#18 - Sortie
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/1999
Burner meets and falls for a woman with a secret. Kelly and Hammer try to get recognition for a suicidal man who threw himself on a grenade while serving as a marine but lived while the people he tried to save died. Kelly asks Kate on a date? to the retirement party of a General. The Nuggets are evaluated as they go on a ""obstacle course"" (or sortie) ending with a bombing run.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tim Davis
- 8.5/1033 votes
#19 - Touch and Go
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1999
The nuggets practice touch and go landings before trying to land on a carrier, Spoon's father returns, a young acquaintance of Kelly's seeks romance with Ice and a sleep deprivation study needs participants.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1033 votes
#20 - C.Q.
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/1999
Spoon's father comes by with bad news. The Nuggets head out to try landing on an aircraft carrier, a dangerous and difficult skill to master.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1034 votes
#21 - Night Traps
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1999
On the carrier, Kristi Blake, an actress planning to play a female pilot, studies and bunks with (and annoys) Ice. Spoon thinks of resigning. He confides in Ice about his father's cancer. Burner tries to argue Spoon out of resigning and learns that Spoon's father has cancer. Swamp is unable to make the trap (landing wires) at night and washes out. Burner's plane has a hydraulic problem and he is forced to try an emergency landing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1033 votes
#22 - Rules of Engagement
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1999
Someone is trying to kill Kelly and Hammer. Both are shot at, apparently in reprisal for the events of the Raid on Osirak episode. Burner and Spoon compete for a prized spot on the ""Panthers"" while Ice seems to be getting passed over because she is a woman. Burner is the favorite to get the spot but he develops a medical condition which may ground him so Spoon may get the spot by default. The pilots perform in an final exhibition before receiving their duty assignments.
Director: James Brolin
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Pensacola: Wings of Gold Season 2
Every episode of Pensacola: Wings of Gold Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Pensacola: Wings of Gold Season 2!
Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Nuggets" is the best rated episode of "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Vern Gillum and written by Jacqueline Zambrano, it aired on 9/7/1998. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Burn Out".