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The Best Episodes of Wings Season 4

Every episode of Wings Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wings Season 4!

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...
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:NBC
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.8
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.7
7.6
7.8

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Lifeboat" is the best rated episode of "Wings" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Andy Ackerman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1992. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Fortune Cookie".

  • Lifeboat
    7.7/10(117)

    #1 - Lifeboat

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/24/1992

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fortune Cookie
    7.6/10(119)

    #2 - The Fortune Cookie

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 10/1/1992

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Noses Off
    7.8/10(125)

    #3 - Noses Off

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 10/8/1992

    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 him obsessing about getting a nose job.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • Blackout Biggins
    8.0/10(135)

    #4 - Blackout Biggins

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 10/22/1992

    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

  • Mathers of the Heart
    7.6/10(109)

    #5 - Mathers of the Heart

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 10/29/1992

    Lowell convinces Helen to go on a date with him.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Adam Belanoff

  • Two Jerks and a Jill
    7.5/10(138)

    #6 - Two Jerks and a Jill

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 11/5/1992

    Antonio upstages Lowell in front of the Tuesday Night Rat Club, while Brian and Joe are grounded by an attractive helicopter pilot.

    Director: Andy Ackerman, David Clark Lee

    Writer: N/A

  • It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House
    8.1/10(137)

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

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 11/12/1992

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

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • Just Say No
    7.3/10(114)

    #8 - Just Say No

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 11/19/1992

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Adam Belanoff

  • It May Have Happened One Night
    7.9/10(112)

    #9 - It May Have Happened One Night

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 12/3/1992

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Customer's Usually Right
    8.0/10(134)

    #10 - The Customer's Usually Right

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 12/17/1992

    Joe is irritated about getting charged a rewind fee for a returned video tape which he believes was rewound.

    Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.

    Writer: Janet Leahy

  • Exit Laughing
    8.2/10(107)

    #11 - Exit Laughing

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 1/7/1993

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

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • What the Cabbie Saw
    8.0/10(119)

    #12 - What the Cabbie Saw

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 1/14/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: Steven Levitan

  • Labor Pains
    7.9/10(114)

    #13 - Labor Pains

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 1/28/1993

    When Lowell demands a raise from Joe and Roy, shrewd bargaining tactics by Antonio and Roy leave Lowell dejected and jobless.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • I've Got a Secret
    7.8/10(114)

    #14 - I've Got a Secret

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 2/4/1993

    When Alex tells Antonio and Helen that she posed nude for Playboy while in college, the secret is just too good to keep quiet.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Adam Belanoff

  • The Gift (1)
    7.5/10(88)

    #15 - The Gift (1)

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 2/11/1993

    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. Lowell, Faye, Roy and Antonio audition for a play.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Angell

  • The Gift (2)
    7.5/10(91)

    #16 - The Gift (2)

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 2/18/1993

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Angell

  • I Love Brian
    7.8/10(101)

    #17 - I Love Brian

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 2/25/1993

    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.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Key to Alex
    6.8/10(105)

    #18 - The Key to Alex

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 3/15/1993

    Joe and Brian, in heated competition, pull out all the stops in a transparent attempt to get closer to Alex.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • The Houseguest
    7.7/10(131)

    #19 - The Houseguest

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 4/8/1993

    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 fall in her home.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Michael Saltzman, Bill Diamond

  • Goodbye, Old Friend
    7.8/10(112)

    #20 - Goodbye, Old Friend

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 4/29/1993

    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 they built together.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Another Wedding
    8.1/10(91)

    #21 - Another Wedding

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 5/6/1993

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

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Date Package Number Seven
    7.9/10(124)

    #22 - Date Package Number Seven

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 5/13/1993

    Alex finally agrees to a date with Brian, only to find out later it was all a set-up.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Steven Levitan