Wings

10 Best Episodes of Wings - Season 2

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 10, 2023.

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#15 - The Puppetmaster (Season 2 - Episode 1)

Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.

The episode was rated 7.51 from 45 votes.

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#14 - A Little Nightmare Music (Season 2 - Episode 3)

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Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.

The episode was rated 7.53 from 36 votes.

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#13 - Sports and Leisure (Season 2 - Episode 4)

Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.

The episode was rated 7.54 from 35 votes.

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#12 - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned (Season 2 - Episode 7)

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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."

The episode was rated 7.55 from 29 votes.

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#11 - Airport '90 (Season 2 - Episode 12)

At the urging of an enthusiastic Helen,Joe starts a flight school.With Lowell and another student the only ones enrolled.Joe spends 3 days on lift,and Helen is ready to quit.Bored out of her mind,Brian offers her a chance to fly the plane.But air turbulence knocks out Brian shortly into the flight leaving Helen on her own in the skies.Joe talks her down,and the near death experience has Joe and Helen finally taking the final plunge into dating.

The episode was rated 7.59 from 22 votes.

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#10 - It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift (Season 2 - Episode 6)

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Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 26 votes.

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#9 - Friends or Lovers? (Season 2 - Episode 9)

Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey (Michael Manasseri) as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 27 votes.

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#8 - The Story of Joe (Season 2 - Episode 2)

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A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) and Norm Peterson (George Wendt) visit the island.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 36 votes.

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#7 - Mother Wore Stripes (Season 2 - Episode 20)

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 to late,because he can't forgive her for leaving.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 18 votes.

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#6 - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places (Season 2 - Episode 17)

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Valentines Day gets off to a rocky start for Helen and Joe;Joe's gift of chocolates is not appreciated by the once overweight Helen.But Helen apologizes for taking it the wrong way,sending Joe a note telling him to her at the their special place later that night.However the have different places in mind,for Joe,it's Indian Point,where they had there first date.For Helen it was Pontorelli's,where they first ate.After a confusing night they finally end up at Pontorelli's for a late Valentine's day. 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.

The episode was rated 7.75 from 24 votes.

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#5 - Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo (Season 2 - Episode 18)

Wanting a night alone,Joe and Helen kick Brian out of the house,but Brian shows up the next day with a woman named Gwen who he intends to marry.Despite the objections of Joe and Helen,the happy couple and the wedding party (with Roy as the minister and Joe and Helen as the Best Man and Brides Maid,respectively) go up in Joe's plane,to watch the marriage ceremony and subsequent sky-dive.In the midst of all this excitement Joe and Helen decide to take the plunge too.Suddenly Gwen has a major change of heart,and her and Brian decide not to get married after all,as do Joe and Helen.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 23 votes.

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#4 - Duet for Cello and Plane (Season 2 - Episode 22)

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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.Then comes the unwelcome news that the Symphony has lost there funding and there is no job.Joe prepares to apologize but,Helen's ready to leave;tired of not getting anywhere with her musical career,she decides to leave Nantucket for New York City.When Joe does ask her to stay,she leaves anyway. 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.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 20 votes.

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#3 - Murder She Roast (Season 2 - Episode 21)

While the brother's house is being fumigated,Brian is forced to stay with Fay,because Joe refuses to let him stay with him at Helen's.As Brian soon learns it's not that bad staying with Fay,that is until he thinks it's her being featured on the "Most Wanted" show he is watching. Fay makes Brian a "Farewell" dinner,and an anxious forces Joe and Helen to attend as well.But that still doesn't stop Fay from knocking out both brother's accidentally with a frozen leg of lamb,she had planned to cook for dinner the next night.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 21 votes.

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#2 - Plane Nine from Nantucket (Season 2 - Episode 16)

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During a cargo flight,Brian and Joe see a UFO. Despite Joe's concerns about bringing down unfavorable media attention to Sandpiper, Brian reports the sighting to the FAA. Brian's report is ignored by the federal agents, but not by the UFO Society that visits afterward. Unfortunately, when Joe and Brian agree to take the group and a reporter up to see if they can see the UFO again, the UFO society shows it's true colors. Meanwhile, Helen informs Fay she still owes her money on the lunch bill, which Fay insists she payed. They end up resorting to an arm wrestling contest to settle the dispute.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 22 votes.

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#1 - My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble (Season 2 - Episode 15)

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 (like inviting some Travel Agents for an all expenses paid trip to Nantucket) and crazy promotions (painting the Sandpiper logo on the back of a crab and giving them to passengers)turns into a disastrous mess. When Joe returns he finds the Airport in complete chaos,with the Marching band and the team mascot ready to board the plane for a world record attempt,and Brian looking for the plane after he misplaced it.

The episode was rated 8.19 from 21 votes.

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