7.7/10116 votes#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
7.6/10118 votes#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
7.9/10123 votes#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: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
8.0/10132 votes#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
7.6/10108 votes#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
7.5/10136 votes#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
8.1/10134 votes#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: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.3/10113 votes#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
7.9/10112 votes#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
8.0/10132 votes#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
8.2/10106 votes#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
8.1/10118 votes#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
7.9/10113 votes#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
7.8/10112 votes#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
7.5/1088 votes#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
7.5/1091 votes#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
7.8/1098 votes#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
6.9/10104 votes#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
7.7/10128 votes#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
7.8/10110 votes#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
8.1/1089 votes#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
7.9/10122 votes#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
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Lifeboat" is the best rated episode of "Wings" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 116 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".