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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 Worst Episode
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    Wings Season 8 Episode 22 - Raging Bull*&@!
    6.4/10(106 votes)

    #1 - Raging Bull*&@!

    S8:E22

    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

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  2. Wings Season 8 Episode 7 - Olive or Twist
    6.5/10(99 votes)

    #2 - Olive or Twist

    S8:E7

    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

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  3. Wings Season 4 Episode 18 - The Key to Alex
    6.7/10(113 votes)

    #3 - The Key to Alex

    S4:E18

    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

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  4. Wings Season 7 Episode 14 - Bye, George
    6.7/10(105 votes)

    #4 - Bye, George

    S7:E14

    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:Unknown

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  5. Wings Season 8 Episode 13 - Hosed
    6.7/10(112 votes)

    #5 - Hosed

    S8:E13

    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.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Christopher Vane

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  6. Wings Season 8 Episode 8 - Wingless (1)
    6.8/10(110 votes)

    #6 - Wingless (1)

    S8:E8

    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

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  7. Wings Season 8 Episode 9 - Wingless (2)
    6.8/10(111 votes)

    #7 - Wingless (2)

    S8:E9

    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:Unknown

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  8. Wings Season 8 Episode 18 - Ms. Write
    6.8/10(102 votes)

    #8 - Ms. Write

    S8:E18

    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.

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

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  9. Wings Season 7 Episode 6 - She's Gotta Have It
    7.0/10(103 votes)

    #9 - She's Gotta Have It

    S7:E6

    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:Unknown

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  10. Wings Season 7 Episode 17 - Lynch Party
    7.0/10(92 votes)

    #10 - Lynch Party

    S7:E17

    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

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  11. Wings Season 7 Episode 21 - What About Larry?
    7.0/10(119 votes)

    #11 - What About Larry?

    S7:E21

    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

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  12. Wings Season 8 Episode 10 - Wingless (3)
    7.0/10(105 votes)

    #12 - Wingless (3)

    S8:E10

    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:Unknown

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  13. Wings Season 8 Episode 16 - Escape from New York
    7.0/10(100 votes)

    #13 - Escape from New York

    S8:E16

    Brian and Helen's trip to New York to see "Rent" turns into a nightmare when the theatre refuses to transfer the tickets from Helen's benefactor to her. Even worse, a con-man robs them of their money and Helen is forced to compete in a drag queen contest in order to get the money to get home. Meanwhile, a bad back leaves Joe in the house alone with a suddenly talkative Antonio.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Jeffrey Richman

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  14. Wings Season 1 Episode 2 - Around the World in Eighty Years
    7.1/10(230 votes)

    #14 - Around the World in Eighty Years

    S1:E2

    Fay encourages a retired pilot to complete his trip around the world.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Philip LaZebnik

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  15. Wings Season 2 Episode 18 - Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo
    7.1/10(146 votes)

    #15 - Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

    S2:E18

    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

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  16. Wings Season 6 Episode 5 - The Waxman Cometh
    7.1/10(118 votes)

    #16 - The Waxman Cometh

    S6:E5

    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.

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

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  17. Wings Season 6 Episode 20 - Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man
    7.1/10(117 votes)

    #17 - Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man

    S6:E20

    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

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  18. Wings Season 7 Episode 15 - The Team Player
    7.1/10(120 votes)

    #18 - The Team Player

    S7:E15

    A publicity disaster occurs when Antonio covers for the Hacketts so they can go to a hockey game. Antonio bumps the Bruins' abrasive star goalie Danny "Dead End" Connelly off a Sandpiper flight to a critical game, causing the Bruins to lose. Meanwhile, winter tourism on the island takes an upswing when Casey welcomes the International Society of Masochists to Nantucket.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Howard Gewirtz

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  19. Wings Season 7 Episode 20 - A Tale of Two Sister Cities
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    #19 - A Tale of Two Sister Cities

    S7:E20

    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.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Jeffrey Richman

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  20. Wings Season 8 Episode 2 - ... Like a Neighbor Scorned
    7.1/10(136 votes)

    #20 - ... Like a Neighbor Scorned

    S8:E2

    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

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  21. Wings Season 8 Episode 5 - Too Beautiful for You
    7.1/10(113 votes)

    #21 - Too Beautiful for You

    S8:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wings Season 8 Episode 15 - Fay There, Georgy Girl
    7.1/10(92 votes)

    #22 - Fay There, Georgy Girl

    S8:E15

    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

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  23. Wings Season 1 Episode 5 - There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket
    7.2/10(216 votes)

    #23 - There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket

    S1:E5

    Brian sets Joe up on a date with a woman who's been with every man on the island.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wings Season 2 Episode 10 - There's Always Room for Cello
    7.2/10(173 votes)

    #24 - There's Always Room for Cello

    S2:E10

    Roy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  25. Wings Season 5 Episode 23 - Call of the Wild
    7.2/10(126 votes)

    #25 - Call of the Wild

    S5:E23

    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.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writers:Steven Levitan, Howard Gewirtz

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Raging Bull*&@!" is the worst rated episode of "Wings". It scored 6.4/10 based on 106 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, "Olive or Twist".