8.2/10199 votes#1 - The Puppetmaster
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1990
Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
7.5/10173 votes#2 - The Story of Joe
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1990
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
7.6/10165 votes#3 - A Little Nightmare Music
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1990
Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
8.1/10174 votes#4 - Sports & Leisure
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1990
Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Angell
7.5/10153 votes#5 - A Standup Kind of Guy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1990
Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.7/10133 votes#6 - It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1990
Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.6/10155 votes#7 - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1990
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 submit to the show "America's Wackiest Videos."
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.5/10145 votes#8 - High Anxiety
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1990
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
7.7/10145 votes#9 - Friends or Lovers?
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1990
Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: David Lloyd
7.3/10153 votes#10 - There's Always Room for Cello
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1990
Roy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.5/10130 votes#11 - A Terminal Christmas
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1990
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.5/10131 votes#12 - Airport '90
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1991
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 herself behind the controls.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
7.7/10148 votes#13 - Love Is Like Pulling Teeth
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1991
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.4/10138 votes#14 - The Tennis Bum
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1991
Brian tries to save face when Fay trounces him in a friendly game of tennis.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Peter Mehlman
7.7/10124 votes#15 - My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1991
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 into a disastrous mess.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.5/10146 votes#16 - Plane Nine From Nantucket
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1991
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 up arm wrestling over a lunch bill dispute.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
8.0/10154 votes#17 - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1991
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: N/A
7.1/10130 votes#18 - Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1991
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
7.2/10127 votes#19 - All in the Family
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1991
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 and Helen squabble over the issue of privacy.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.7/10140 votes#20 - Mother Wore Stripes
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1991
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 leaving.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: David Lloyd
8.6/10203 votes#21 - Murder She Roast
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1991
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: N/A
7.7/10143 votes#22 - Duet for Plane and Cello
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1991
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 fight involving a fire extinguisher and a grease gun. Meanwhile, a confused looking woman who doesn't speak english and has been hanging around the airport gains Fay's sympathy and Roy's hostility.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Puppetmaster" is the best rated episode of "Wings" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 199 votes. Directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Philip LaZebnik, it aired on 9/28/1990. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Story of Joe".