6.6/1098 votesLoading...#1 - Raging Bull*&@!
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1997
When a long time rival drops out of a boxing tournament, Joe finds himself matched up against Brian. But what starts out as a friendly competition gets decidedly unpleasant.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Christopher Vane
6.7/1098 votesLoading...#2 - Bye, George
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1996
Fay quickly falls for Lyle, the dashing man she met on a cruise, but the wedding is jeopardized when Fay learns the awful truth about him. His real first name is George, just like her first three dead husbands. Armed with this new knowledge, Fay decides against marrying a fourth George and calls off the wedding.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
6.7/1092 votesLoading...#3 - Olive or Twist
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1996
Casey encourages Brian to use his insurance money to open a martini bar, offering to help manage it. But things go awry immediately when the first customer through the door slips and falls on the floor. Brian's problems are compounded when he learns Casey never got insurance.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Jeffrey Richman
6.8/10104 votesLoading...#4 - 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
6.8/10105 votesLoading...#5 - Hosed
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1997
Joe and Helen deal with a crooked vacuum cleaner salesman charging them to repair a vacuum originally sold with an "eternal" guarantee. Meanwhile, Brian gets close to Roy to get closer to his niece.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Christopher Vane
6.9/10103 votesLoading...#6 - Wingless (1)
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1996
A financial crisis forces Joe to seek out an investor for Sandpiper. He thinks his luck has changed when businessman Jonathan Clayton comes to the island. But he soon informs them he doesn't invest in companies; he buys them.
Director: Darryl Bates
Writer: Christopher Vane
7.0/10205 votesLoading...#7 - Around the World in Eighty Years
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/1990
Fay encourages a retired pilot to complete his trip around the world.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
7.0/10108 votesLoading...#8 - Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/21/1995
Lowell's innocent birthday gift to Casey lands him a show at an art museum when Casey shows off the gift to a museum director. Determined to launch both their careers in the art world, Casey relentlessly pushes Lowell's artistic abilities to the limit to try and meet the show's deadline, but eventually gives up after discovering how stressed Lowell becomes. Meanwhile, Brian's efforts to finish a roll of film for Joe and Helen are not appreciated, as the prank ends up in the hands of Helen's parents.
Director: Ken Levine
Writer: Jeffrey Richman
7.0/1094 votesLoading...#9 - She's Gotta Have It
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1995
Joe and Helen reap unpected benefits after getting a large insurance settlement for Helen's burnt down house. But Joe soon faces the task of stopping Helen's shopping spree before it leaves them broke. Meanwhile, Brian and Casey try to find something in common and Antonio returns to Edna, "The Big Faced Girl."
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.0/1083 votesLoading...#10 - Lynch Party
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1996
When news arrives that Davis Lynch has re-surfaced, Helen recounts the tale of how she never broke off her engagement with him, then tries to break the news to Davis, while not alerting Joe.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Mark Reisman
7.0/1091 votesLoading...#11 - A Tale of Two Sister Cities
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1996
On the verge of losing her job with the Tourism Board, Casey sees a solution when her sister city idea is accepted. But things go downhill when Brian sleeps with the visiting princess of prospective sister city Khirinan. Meanwhile, Antonio offers to take the little princesses for their hair care appointment. It turns out to be two dogs, which he promptly loses.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Jeffrey Richman
7.0/10110 votesLoading...#12 - What About Larry?
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/1996
The contractor Joe and Helen hires to build their new house falls apart when his wife kicks him out, and the Hacketts try to rebuild his confidence and get him back to work. Meanwhile, a vacationing George Kennedy is bothered by an annoying fan: Brian.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Mark Reisman
7.0/10103 votesLoading...#13 - Wingless (2)
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1996
Cord's first act as the new President of Sandpiper is to hold a meeting, informing everyone they need a "big idea". Something that drives Joe crazy, trying to get everyone to see there is no "Big Idea". But Roy mentions to Cord that the charter business is the one, he hasn't been able to crack. Roy's "Big Idea" pays off when Sandpiper becomes the charter for singing sensations, the Todds.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.0/1095 votesLoading...#14 - Ms. Write
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/1997
Brian falls for "R" after reading her love letters mistakenly sent to a former occupant of the house. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen ask Antonio to install a new security system for them.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: N/A
7.1/10193 votesLoading...#15 - There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/1990
Brian sets Joe up on a date with a woman who's been with every man on the island.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.1/10131 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.1/10120 votesLoading...#17 - Call of the Wild
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/1994
When Brian's old friend shows up and they resume their wild, partying lifestyle every night, Alex grows increasingly neglected. Lowell takes in his idol, over-the-hill television superhero Big Strong Man, who takes advantage of his hospitality.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Steven Levitan, Howard Gewirtz
7.1/10110 votesLoading...#18 - The Waxman Cometh
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1994
After receiving $25,000 from the family trust fund, Lowell invests the money in an old wax museum. Despite everyone's doubts, Lowell renovates the museum. but he comes to realize it won't be easy at the lackluster grand reopening of "Lowell Mather's House O' Wax". When news comes of a disastrous fire at the museum, Lowell is determined to start again from scratch.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: N/A
7.1/10114 votesLoading...#19 - Sons and Lovers
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1996
It's Roy's 12th birthday (he was born on a leap year), and Helen contacts Roy's son R.J. and convinces him to come back to Nantucket for the party. But the initial reconciliation is dashed when R.J. brings his significant other to the party. Meanwhile, Brian helps Antonio out by driving the cab while Antonio waits for his driver's license.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Jeffrey Richman
7.1/10130 votesLoading...#20 - ... Like a Neighbor Scorned
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1996
Joe and Helen meet the next-door neighbors, Steve and Barbara, but what starts out as pleasant soon turns disturbing when Steve asks for $5000 to cover his gambling debts. Becoming increasingly paranoid after a fight, Joe and Helen decide to try and make amends, only to find out their new neighbors are only on the island for the month. Meanwhile, Antonio receives his Uncle Bernardo's personal affects after he dies, including a set of perfume scented love letters appearantly from Bernardo to a certain very famous movie star of the times (Gina Lollobrigida). Hearing this, Antonio suddenly becomes a suave ladies' man with confidence, until he finds out his Uncle wasn't in love with Gina, but Gino.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Howard Gewirtz
7.1/10105 votesLoading...#21 - Too Beautiful for You
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1996
Antonio volunteers to man the Nantucket Suicide Hotline. It soon pays off for him when he scores a date with a caller he helped. When they meet he can't believe his eyes or his luck and keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop—for her to dump him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1098 votesLoading...#22 - Wingless (3)
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1996
When Cord chickens out on delivering a presentation before his father's board of directors, Joe and Brian must deliver it. Meanwhile, hanging in the men's, Helen learns a nasty secret: Cord was expected to fail at Sandpiper for the tax write-off.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.1/1085 votesLoading...#23 - Fay There, Georgy Girl
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1997
After selling off the valuables of her George's, Fay is visited by their ghosts, demanding that she buy back their items. Meanwhile, Joe's Valentine's Day efforts seem paltry to Helen compared to the man intending to propose to his beloved with a banner flying from the Sandpiper plane, and Brian and Casey prepare to go out on a sham date.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Ken Keeler
7.2/10154 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.2/10128 votesLoading...#25 - 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
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Raging Bull*&@!" is the worst rated episode of "Wings". It scored 6.6/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Jeff Melman and written by Christopher Vane, it aired on 5/14/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bye, George".