Wings

10 Best Episodes of Wings - Season 5

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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Wings - S5E5

#15 - An Affair to Forget (Season 5 - Episode 5)

Joe is upset when he becomes Brian and alex's chauffeur to their Vermont getaway and Helen's to New York City to see Davis.But he ends up having the most fun,as he and Helen are forced to stay with Brian and Alex,ruining their much anticipated first night as lovers.Brian and Alex end up having a huge fight and almost break up and Helen gets smashed out of her mind. Meanwhile,Antonio and Fay help Roy change his image to try and impress a new woman.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 20 votes.

Wings - S5E4

#14 - Business or Pleasure (Season 5 - Episode 4)

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Intent on expanding Sandpiper,Joe flies in potential investor Davis Lynch from New York City.Smitten with Helen,Davis gets Joe to show him around the island.Accused by the others of treating Helen like a prostitute,Joe goes to the crab house where Helen and Davis are dining to get her off the hook.But there's bad news;Davis isn't going invest in Sandpiper and Helen refuses to leave with him.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 15 votes.

Wings - S5E22

#13 - Long Distance Lament (Season 5 - Episode 22)

When Davis cancels yet another date,Helen decides to go ut with another man.When Joe's date with Sandra suddenly comes into conflict with his date with Joy,Joe decides to lie his way of his date with Sandra.Joe's lies come back to bite him,as Joy cancels on him.Davis shows up on the island after all,only to find out Helen is out with another man.So he treats Joe to a night out at the Club Car,where Helen and her date show up,followed quickly by Sandra.Joe ends up busted while Davis and Helen go elsewhere to reconcile.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 16 votes.

Wings - S5E16

#12 - Hey, Nineteen (Season 5 - Episode 16)

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To Helen's discust and Brian's envy,Joe starts dating 19 year old Courtney Blake.For Joe it's a perfectly meanlingless relationship,but for Courtney it appears to be much more serious,as her poem vows her love or else death seems to attest to.But Joe soon finds out that those words where spoken for another,much older man than he. Meanwhile,Roy and Antonio find a dog whose cute charm no woman can resist.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 16 votes.

Wings - S5E20

#11 - Boys Will Be Girls (Season 5 - Episode 20)

When the High School football coach who used to terrorize the Hackett's returns to Nantucket to be honored in a Gym dedication,Joe and Brian plan a practical joke to get even.Sneaking into the Coach's hotel room at night,the brothers dress him up like a woman and take pictures of him.Unfortunately,the coach died earlier that night,and when his body is discovered in the morning,rumors abound about his crossdressing private life.When Helen learns about the brothers' practical joke,she forces them to speak at the dedication ceremony,but instead of admitting their deed,the brothers defend the of privacy of individuals and escape unscathed.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 17 votes.

Wings - S5E10

#10 - Come Fly with Me (Season 5 - Episode 10)

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When their gone awry one saturday night,Joe, Brian,Helen and Lowell all fly up to Boston for a night on the town.But what originally turns out to be a great party turns out to be a pick up place for call girls.Where one guy offers Helen 500 bucks to dress up like Little Bo Peep and spank him. Meanwhile,Roy,Fay and Antonio pool their resources to try and win a radio call-in contest.But when Fay leaves for second,Roy gives the wrong answer and blows the night.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 19 votes.

Wings - S5E1

#9 - Stop in the Name of Love (Season 5 - Episode 1)

Everyone is of course skeptical when Brian announces that his relationship with Alex is special. To try to insure that their relationship lasts longer than a couple of weeks, they decide not to sleep with one another yet.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 14 votes.

Wings - S5E11

#8 - Happy Holidays (Season 5 - Episode 11)

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The Christmas season brings little joy to the airport.Bunny arrives on Nantucket to attend a friend's wedding,and ends up sleeping with Antonio in the backseat of his cab.Antonio struggles with the guilt and eventually tells Lowell. Meanwhile,Brian is reluctant to meet Alex's parents for Christmas,Joe deals with the loss of a tree and Fay's harpish efforts to organize the Christmas party are not appreciated by Helen.

The episode was rated 7.75 from 16 votes.

Wings - S5E2

#7 - Terminal Jealousy (Season 5 - Episode 2)

On a boring day,Roy decides to have some fun at everyone's else's expense.He plants the idea in Brian's head that Joe and Alex have something going on,which soon has Brian obsessing about it.Then misleads Helen into insulting the state health inspector,who happens to be an old foe from her high school days.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 17 votes.

Wings - S5E6

#6 - A Black Eye Affair (Season 5 - Episode 6)

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News of Davis' impending arrival on Nantucket is soon followed by troubles for Helen:a friend drops by in need of a sympathetic ear,a quick trip to the gym results in a black eye and the chlorine reacts with the highlights in her hair.Then a skin rash appears which turns out to be poison ivy.While Lowell is having trouble cooking dinner,Roy shows up with his pals to get a picture of Stella in the buff and hopefully have her sign it.All of this before Davis even is expected.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 19 votes.

Wings - S5E9

#5 - 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten (Season 5 - Episode 9)

When news arrives that Sandy Cooper is returning to Nantucket, Joe fears her high school obsession with him will return,but the others think he's imagining things.Joe's fears are soon realized when he goes to help her move some books from her basement,and it becomes their prom night all over again. Meanwhile,Antonio tries to raise money to send his family and Roy is worried about a visit from his cranky mother.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 20 votes.

Wings - S5E15

#4 - Say Uncle, Carlton (Season 5 - Episode 15)

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To help pay of his new used cab,Antonio gets a job as a chauffeur...for Carlton Blanchard.Things get even worse when Carlton's equally annoying Nephew Lewis arrives on Nantucket to attend Carlton's Retired Businessman of the Year banquet.

The episode was rated 7.94 from 16 votes.

Wings - S5E7

#3 - Joe Blows (1) (Season 5 - Episode 7)

The day starts of bad for Joe when a passenger threatens a lawsuit if his lost luggage isn't returned by the end of the day.After he struggles to trace the luggage,the pthers intrude their concerns into his life.Antonio wants Joe to co-sign a loan for a new cab.Helen wants advice about what to do with her relationship with Davis.Brian wants Joe to ask Alex about their disappointing first night as lovers.Roy annoys everyone by showing off his new radio commercial for AeroMass.Fay wants Joe to talk to the town council about stopping them from moving one of her dead husbands into a another graveyard with her other dead husband.Lowell guns the motor on his Harley, raising the level of noise in Joe's office.And when Joe's relief at giving the passenger his luggage is blunted by the man's insistence that someone else pay for the scratches on it,he finally loses it.Tired of his stressful life,Joe leaves Nantucket.

The episode was rated 8.05 from 19 votes.

Wings - S5E8

#2 - Joe Blows (2) (Season 5 - Episode 8)

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With gone to parts unknown,the heavy burden of running Sandpiper falls on Brian's shoulders.But it's soon revealed through his credit card statement that Joe is in Brian old stomping grounds,Mustique.Brian travels down to get Joe back,but ends buying Sandpiper from for a dollar.After struggling to right Sandpiper,Brian finally seems to have things under control when Joe returns.Brian unwilling to relinquish control of the airline,but Joe only wants Brian's old job,the two finally agree to be partners.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 17 votes.

Wings - S5E3

#1 - Bye-Bye, Bunny (Season 5 - Episode 3)

Lowell and Bunny make their seperation final by signing the divorce papers,but as Joe and Brian discover the next morning,they again start sleeping together.Lowell begins thinking the marriage can be saved,until he finds out that Bunny has a fiance in Boston. Meanwhile,Antonio consoles a woman named Betty,via a cellular phone left in his cab, by her cheating husband.Fay is soon in on the plot as she too talks to her daily.But it's soon revealed that Betty's husband came to Nantucket to have an affair,but couldn't go through with it.

The episode was rated 8.07 from 15 votes.

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