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The Best Episodes of Wings

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Wings Season 2 Episode 21 - Murder She Roast
    8.6/10(236 votes)

    #1 - Murder She Roast

    S2:E21

    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 featured on the "Most Wanted" show he is watching about a serial killer.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wings Season 7 Episode 3 - Death Becomes Him
    8.5/10(153 votes)

    #2 - Death Becomes Him

    S7:E3

    The sad news of Harrison Kingsbury's death in Miami is occasion for celebration at Sandpiper, as Kingsbury's oldest daughter hires the Hacketts to bring the body back to Nantucket for the memorial. But the brothers fly the wrong body back to the island, and it's up to Joe to impersonate the late Kingsbury at the funeral.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Mark Reisman

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  3. Wings Season 3 Episode 17 - Das Plane
    8.4/10(205 votes)

    #3 - Das Plane

    S3:E17

    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 the ticket forces him to fly crabby old Carlton Blanchard on a cross-country trip for a reunion with his brother.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wings Season 6 Episode 6 - Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
    8.4/10(150 votes)

    #4 - Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

    S6:E6

    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 apology, but Antonio misinterprets an overheard conversation and believes Brian to be sleeping with Casey. When she hears about it, Helen drags Joe to the party site well before they are expected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wings Season 6 Episode 23 - Nuptials Off
    8.4/10(144 votes)

    #5 - Nuptials Off

    S6:E23

    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 the weekend to get a quickie divorce, but that means sending Joe out of town on a weekend fly fishing trip. But Helen's plan are strained when Antonio brings in a priest for an annulment and Joe's flight is delayed.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wings Season 3 Episode 19 - Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy
    8.3/10(175 votes)

    #6 - Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wings Season 5 Episode 9 - 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten
    8.3/10(173 votes)

    #7 - 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten

    S5:E9

    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, Antonio tries to raise money to send to his family and Roy is worried about a visit from his cranky mother.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:David A. Goodman

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  8. Wings Season 8 Episode 24 - Final Approach (2)
    8.3/10(143 votes)

    #8 - Final Approach (2)

    S8:E24

    Joe and Brian are divided over their new-found inheritance: Joe wants to expand the business, and Brian wants to use the money to leave Nantucket and the tedium of his job. Joe's agony over the dissolving of the partnership is further complicated when he learns of Helen's earth shaking news: she's been invited to study cello in Vienna with the world's greatest cellist. Joe is prepared to sacrifice Sandpiper to help Helen finally live her dream, but it is Brian who makes the final sacrifice by postponing his and Casey's move to the Caribbean in order to run Sandpiper for one year while Joe and Helen are away in Vienna.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wings Season 2 Episode 1 - The Puppetmaster
    8.2/10(205 votes)

    #9 - The Puppetmaster

    S2:E1

    Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Philip LaZebnik

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  10. Wings Season 5 Episode 7 - Joe Blows (1)
    8.2/10(147 votes)

    #10 - Joe Blows (1)

    S5:E7

    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.

    Director:David Clark Lee
    Writer:Steven Levitan

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  11. Wings Season 6 Episode 8 - Miss Jenkins
    8.2/10(149 votes)

    #11 - Miss Jenkins

    S6:E8

    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, but to his embarrassment he doesn't perform. Meanwhile, Roy deals with a con man interested in marrying his mother for her social security check.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wings Season 6 Episode 26 - Here It Is: The Big Wedding (2)
    8.2/10(128 votes)

    #12 - Here It Is: The Big Wedding (2)

    S6:E26

    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, he and Brian fight. In the struggle, the wedding ring is lost down the toilet, followed quickly by Joe's searching hand, which gets stuck.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wings Season 7 Episode 23 - Life Could Be a Dream
    8.2/10(126 votes)

    #13 - Life Could Be a Dream

    S7:E23

    The unearthing of a 20-year old time capsule is occasion for Joe, Brian, Helen, and Casey to reflect on what kind of a future they envisioned themselves having as kids. Joe dreamed of being a pitcher for the Red Sox, Brian dreamed of being a suave secret agent , and Casey dreamed of being a supermodel—but only Helen's dream came true.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wings Season 7 Episode 24 - The Lyin' King
    8.2/10(134 votes)

    #14 - The Lyin' King

    S7:E24

    Joe faces a moral dilemma: can he lie to Helen so he can go to a strip club with Brian? To soothe his conscience, he volunteers some time at the Golden Crest retirement home, but ends up taking one of the residents with him to the strip club. Meanwhile, Fay and Antonio write their own eulogies.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Christopher Vane

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  15. Wings Season 2 Episode 4 - Sports & Leisure
    8.1/10(202 votes)

    #15 - Sports & Leisure

    S2:E4

    Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Angell

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  16. Wings Season 2 Episode 17 - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
    8.1/10(179 votes)

    #16 - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

    S2:E17

    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 expectations, all he can do is try and figure out what's wrong with her.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wings Season 3 Episode 7 - Crate Expectations
    8.1/10(148 votes)

    #17 - Crate Expectations

    S3:E7

    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 convinced they're throwing him a party anyway.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wings Season 3 Episode 9 - Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered
    8.1/10(140 votes)

    #18 - Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wings Season 3 Episode 16 - Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes
    8.1/10(210 votes)

    #19 - Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes

    S3:E16

    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 seminars. Instead of the refund she desires, Frasier allows Helen to attend the seminar for free to see if her problems can be solved.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:David Isaacs, Ken Levine

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  20. Wings Season 4 Episode 4 - Blackout Biggins
    8.1/10(154 votes)

    #20 - Blackout Biggins

    S4:E4

    Roy is struck out at Fenway Park by his own rendition of the National Anthem, and Fay commits a costly personal foul at work.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Steven Levitan

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  21. Wings Season 4 Episode 7 - It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    #21 - It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House

    S4:E7

    Brian and Joe gain a new roommate after Brian accidentally sinks Lowell's houseboat.

    Director:David Clark Lee
    Writers:David Isaacs, Ken Levine

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  22. Wings Season 4 Episode 11 - Exit Laughing
    8.1/10(119 votes)

    #22 - Exit Laughing

    S4:E11

    Helen dates a guy with an annoying laugh. Antonio has trouble with his jerk neighbor.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wings Season 4 Episode 12 - What the Cabbie Saw
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    #23 - What the Cabbie Saw

    S4:E12

    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 starts to fear for his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steven Levitan

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  24. Wings Season 4 Episode 21 - Another Wedding
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #24 - Another Wedding

    S4:E21

    The crew is invited to the wedding of the air traffic controller.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wings Season 5 Episode 6 - Black Eye Affair
    8.1/10(150 votes)

    #25 - Black Eye Affair

    S5:E6

    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 disaster.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Steven Levitan

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Best Episodes Summary

"Murder She Roast" is the best rated episode of "Wings". It scored 8.6/10 based on 236 votes. Directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/21/1991. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death Becomes Him".