{{Short description|none}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Wings'' episodes}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
The following is an episode list for the American television sitcom ''Wings'', which ran on NBC from April 19, 1990, to May 21, 1997, with a total of 172 episodes produced, spanning eight seasons.
==Series overview== <onlyinclude>{{Series overview | infoA = Rank | infoB = Rating | infoC = Ref.
| color1 = #549CD7 | link1 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 1 (1990) | episodes1 = 6 | start1 = {{Start date|1990|4|19}} | end1 = {{End date|1990|5|24}} | infoA1 = {{N/A}} | infoB1 = {{N/A}} | infoC1 = {{N/A}}
| color2 = #3251AE | link2 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 2 (1990–91) | episodes2 = 22 | start2 = {{Start date|1990|9|28}} | end2 = {{End date|1991|3|28}} | infoA2 = 42 | infoB2 = 12.2{{refn|Tied with ''The NBC Tuesday Night Movie''.|group=lower-alpha}} | infoC2 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/08/1990-91-ratings-history-abc-reclaims.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1990-91 Ratings History -- ABC Reclaims 1st Place After 11 Years, Sitcoms Still Dominate}}</ref>
| color3 = #B11030 | link3 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 3 (1991–92) | episodes3 = 22 | start3 = {{Start date|1991|9|19}} | end3 = {{End date|1992|5|7}} | infoA3 = 18 | infoB3 = 15.1 | infoC3 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/08/1991-92-ratings-history-political.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1991-92 Ratings History -- Political Controversy Catapults CBS Back to 1st After 7-Year Absence, NBC Fortunes Plummet to 3rd}}</ref>
| color4 = #8B4513 | link4 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 4 (1992–93) | episodes4 = 22 | start4 = {{Start date|1992|9|24}} | end4 = {{End date|1993|5|13}} | infoA4 = 30 | infoB4 = 13.0 | infoC4 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/06/1992-93-sitcoms-ratings-on-technology.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1992-93 Sitcoms -- Ratings on The Technology Cusp}}</ref>
| color5 = #006161 | link5 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 5 (1993–94) | episodes5 = 24 | start5 = {{Start date|1993|9|16}} | end5 = {{End date|1994|5|12}} | infoA5 = 18 | infoB5 = 14.1{{refn|Tied with ''NYPD Blue''.|group=lower-alpha}} | infoC5 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/08/1993-94-ratings-history-abc-sitcoms-go.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1993-94 Ratings History -- ABC Sitcoms Go For Gold, NBC Still Down}}</ref>
| color6 = #FF8C00 | link6 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 6 (1994–95) | episodes6 = 26 | start6 = {{Start date|1994|9|20}} | end6 = {{End date|1995|5|23}} | infoA6 = 30 | infoB6 = 11.9 | infoC6 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/07/1994-95-ratings-history-abc-again-in.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1994-95 Ratings History -- ABC Again in 1st, NBC's Creative Renaissance Lands Them in 2nd, UPN and WB Debut in the Cellar}}</ref>
| color7 = #7CFC00 | link7 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 7 (1995–96) | episodes7 = 26 | start7 = {{Start date|1995|9|19}} | end7 = {{End date|1996|5|23}} | infoA7 = 35 | infoB7 = 11.0 | infoC7 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/07/1995-96-ratings-history-nbc-reclaims.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1995-96 Ratings History -- NBC Reclaims 1st Place After 5 Years as Seinfeld, Friends and ER Become the Thursday Rage}}</ref>
| color8 = #FFFF00 | link8 = <includeonly>List of Wings episodes</includeonly>#Season 8 (1996–97) | episodes8 = 24 | start8 = {{Start date|1996|9|18}} | end8 = {{End date|1997|5|21}} | infoA8 = 76 | infoB8 = 7.6{{refn|Tied with ''Almost Perfect'', ''Chicago Sons'', and ''Temporarily Yours''.|group=lower-alpha}} | infoC8 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/07/1996-97-ratings-history-no-changes-in.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1996-97 Ratings History -- No Changes In Ranks With NBC Leading, CBS Struggles}}</ref> }}</onlyinclude>
==Episodes== {{More citations needed section|date=March 2015}}
===Season 1 (1990)=== The first season consists of only 6 episodes. This is the shortest season of the series.
{{Episode table |background = #549CD7 |overall = 5 |season = 6 |title = 25 |director = 14 |writer = 25 |airdate = 14 |viewers = 11 |country = US |episodes = {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Legacy | DirectedBy = James Burrows | WrittenBy = David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|04|19}} | Viewers = 27.9<ref>{{cite news|title='Earth Day' ratings bloom|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 25, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In the series premiere, Joe Hackett gets a message that his late father planned a scavenger hunt for an old suitcase of his. However, it also requires Joe to reconnect with his estranged younger brother Brian, who ran off with Joe's ex-fiancée Carol six years earlier. | LineColor = 549CD7 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Around the World in Eighty Years | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Philip LaZebnik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|04|26}} | Viewers = 25.8<ref>{{cite news|title='Caroline?' a hit, no question|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 2, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay encourages a retired pilot to complete his trip around the world. Brian encourages Helen to wear something more revealing for an upcoming audition. | LineColor = 549CD7 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Return to Nantucket: Part 1 | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Philip LaZebnik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|05|03}} | Viewers = 23.6<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC barely sweeping by CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 9, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian flies through the fog to Boston to see if he can reunite with his ex-wife (and Joe's ex-fiancée) Carol (Kim Johnston Ulrich). | LineColor = 549CD7 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Return to Nantucket: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = David Angell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|05|10}} | Viewers = 21.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunday night sinks NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 16, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian compete to see who Carol loves more. Helen falls into old habits. | LineColor = 549CD7 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|05|17}} | Viewers = 22.0<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC, the big 'Videos' winner|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 23, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian sets Joe up on a blind date with Cindy McGrath (Megan Mullally), a drugstore cosmetics clerk with an "easy" reputation. | LineColor = 549CD7 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = All for One and Two for Helen | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|05|24}} | Viewers = 21.3<ref>{{cite news|title='Newhart' signs off at No. 1|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 30, 1990}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe spies on Brian and Helen when he thinks they're on a date. | LineColor = 549CD7 }} }}
===Season 2 (1990–91)=== {{Episode table |background = #3251AE |overall = 5 |season = 6 |title = 25 |director = 14 |writer = 25 |airdate = 14 |viewers = 11 |country = US |episodes = {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Puppetmaster | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Philip LaZebnik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|09|28}} | Viewers = 13.4<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC wins; CBS still surprises|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 3, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In order to get Helen to break her vow that she does not date pilots, Brian hires an actor (Craig Bierko) to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Story of Joe | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bruce Rasmussen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|05}} | Viewers = 13.5<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC tops in ratings, barely|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 10, 1990|author=Sloan, Eugene}}</ref> | ShortSummary = A magazine writer is on the island to do a cover story on Joe, but after he meets Brian he finds Brian's life more interesting. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) and Norm Peterson (George Wendt) visit the island. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = A Little Nightmare Music | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bryan Winter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|12}} | Viewers = 15.0<ref>{{cite news|title=For CBS, baseball's a grounder|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 17, 1990|author=Sloan, Eugene}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian schemes to get Helen an audition for a very famous conductor (David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible. Helen decides to give up the cello gaining a new level of peace, until she is thrown for a loop when the conductor concludes that with considerable effort she could show promise. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Sports and Leisure | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = David Angell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|19}} | Viewers = 11.2<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS slides easily into first place|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 24, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay keeps inviting Roy to group events despite how much the group dislikes him. Roy asks for help from Joe on how to be a nice guy and tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. Unfortunately, Lowell is his partner. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = A Stand Up Kind of Guy | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|26}} | Viewers = 13.1<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS, no longer the long shot|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 31, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe holds a bachelor party for Jerry Stark, a guy he can't remember going to high school with despite Jerry claiming Joe is his oldest and best friend. No one else on the island seems to know Jerry until the party's exotic dancer turns out to be his long lost love, suddenly putting the whole wedding in disarray. When Joe admits to the man that he cannot remember him, he thinks Joe is a great practical joker. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Peter Casey & David Lee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|09}} | Viewers = 12.2<ref>{{cite news|title='Cheers' sweeps up for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 14, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen has received a birthday package from her parents which includes some old home movies. Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift. Brian gives Helen a CD player and makes Joe jealous. After arguing about the gift, Joe gives Helen his mother’s cameo pin. Helen realizes the significance while watching her home movies after he leaves. Subplot: Fay helps Lowell with his budget. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Hell Hath No Fury like a Policewoman Scorned | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|16}} | Viewers = 12.8<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC pulls past CBS in sweeps|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 21, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian is roped into dating a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Unfortunately she's not his type and is very vindictive. Subplot: Lowell tries to capture something funny on his video camera for "America's Wackiest Videos." | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = High Anxiety | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bruce Rasmussen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|23}} | Viewers = 14.8<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC's 'It' confirms competitors' fears|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 28, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe is grounded due to hypertension with the unreliable Brian his only option for keeping the airline running. When Brian quits and Joe can't afford a new pilot Sandpiper's future seems in doubt. '''Guest star''': Robert Colbert. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Friends or Lovers? | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|07}} | Viewers = 11.9<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC wins a sub-par week|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 12, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey (Michael Manasseri) as a backup pilot for the still-grounded Joe. Joe and Helen decide to go on their first date and try to keep it from Brian. Joe and Helen decide they may be better as friends. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = There's Always Room for Cello | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Peter Casey & David Lee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|14}} | Viewers = 11.5<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Nick can't lick TV lull|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 19, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy's son R.J. (Abraham Benrubi) takes cello lessons from Helen. Roy agrees to pay for the lessons after he thinks R.J. is "hot for teacher," but the truth is R.J. is gay. An enraged Roy then challenges R.J. to a one-on-one basketball match in which R.J. is not allowed to be gay if he loses. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = A Terminal Christmas | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|21}} | Viewers = 11.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Special help in ABC win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 26, 1990|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After all their plans for Christmas go badly, the gang tries to cheer Fay up who is having her first Christmas without her husband. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Airport '90 | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bruce Rasmussen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|03}} | Viewers = 28.1<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC News' winning streak ends|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 9, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After Helen asks to learn how to fly, Joe starts a flight school. Helen, annoyed with Joe's classroom ways, takes Brian up on his offer to let her fly the Sandpiper plane, despite her being unlicensed. When turbulence knocks Brian out Joe has to talk Helen through the landing. After the landing Joe and Helen realize life is too short and decide to start dating. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Love Is Like Pulling Teeth | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|10}} | Viewers = 24.5<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC wins with season best|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 16, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe has to take care of Helen when she gets her wisdom teeth pulled out. Unfortunately for Joe, her appointment falls on the same day as a gathering based around a much anticipated college basketball game and Helen's TV is in the shop. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = The Tennis Bum | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Peter S. Mehlman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|24}} | Viewers = 22.2<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC super-bowls over its rivals|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 30, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian's upset because Fay beat him at tennis. Meanwhile, Roy tries to mess with Helen's mind by claiming that one of his male pilots is actually female, and Joe accidentally destroys Lowell's beloved Graf Zeppelin model. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = My Brother's Back and There's Going to Be Trouble | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|31}} | Viewers = 22.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Where are the dominant series?|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 6, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves his normally overly detailed schedule for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe's schedule and runs the airline his own way. All his schemes suddenly go off the rails when the plane goes missing. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Plane Nine from Nantucket | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Philip LaZebnik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|07}} | Viewers = 22.7<ref>{{cite news|title=A good Friday fuels ABC win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 13, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian think they spotted a UFO but Joe is reluctant to report it to the FAA for fear of Sandpiper becoming a joke. Meanwhile, Helen and Fay squabble over a lunch bill. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|14}} | Viewers = 22.8<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS mines past and hits gold|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 20, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After a disastrous start to Valentine's Day, Joe and Helen agree to meet at their special place. Unfortunately, they each have a different idea as to where that is. First appearance of Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci, portraying a waiter. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bruce Rasmussen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|21}} | Viewers = 23.9<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC has a week of ratings ups and downs|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 27, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen want to spend time alone together, but Brian keeps interrupting them. After they kick him out of the house, Brian meets Gwen, a very spontaneous woman who convinces Brian to marry her... while jumping out of an airplane. Joe and Helen try to talk them out of it only to find they're no match for Gwen. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = All in the Family | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Bryan Winter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|07}} | Viewers = 23.1<ref>{{cite news|title='Baby Talk' helps ABC toddle past CBS to 2nd|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 13, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian dates young pilot Kenny's mother. Knowing Brian's ways with women, Kenny isn't thrilled. Subplot: Joe is paranoid that Helen is keeping a secret from him after she finds the name of an ex in his little black book. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Mother Wore Stripes | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|14}} | Viewers = 23.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Basketball sinks CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 20, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian’s estranged mother returns to reconnect with her sons. Brian is thrilled but Joe feigns apathy to hide his anger for having to be the responsible one of the Hackett household. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Murder She Roast | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|21}} | Viewers = 23.1<ref>{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' is top hour again|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 27, 1991|author=Sloan, Eugene}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives (hosted by Maury Povich) he's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him. | LineColor = 3251AE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Duet for Cello and Plane | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Philip LaZebnik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|28}} | Viewers = 23.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar wins big for ABC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 3, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen gets a music job with the Maine symphony orchestra forcing her and Joe to talk about their future. Joe and Helen have a messy fight and break up after neither is able to commit to changing their life for the other. When the symphony job falls through, Helen leaves for New York City. | LineColor = 3251AE }} }}
===Season 3 (1991–92)=== {{Episode table |background=#B11030 |overall=5 |season=6 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=25 |airdate=14 |viewers=11 |country=US |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Naked Truth | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|09|19}} | Viewers = 22.4<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces try to save 'One Life to Live'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 25, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After struggling in New York for ten months and resorting to waiting tables at a strip joint, Helen relents and wishes to return to Nantucket. Joe and Brian bring her back, but Joe does not mention that he has a new girlfriend, Gail, even though he and Helen had already broken up. Helen reacts to the news by driving her Jeep Wrangler through Joe's office. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket? | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|09|26}} | Viewers = 24.4<ref>{{cite news|title='Roseanne' comes out on top|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 2, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe sues Helen for running into his office. However, not even small-claims court can change Helen's anger. Tony Shalhoub joins the cast permanently as Antonio Scarpacci, former restaurant waiter who now is a cab driver. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Taming of the Shrew | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|10}} | Viewers = 22.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Hearings score a win for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 16, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen goes to a group therapy session to deal with her anger towards Joe. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = I Ain't Got No Bunny | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Ken Levine & David Isaacs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|17}} | Viewers = 18.8<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS bats one out of the park|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 23, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Lowell becomes paranoid, thinking that his wife Bunny (Laura Innes) is committing adultery. Lowell soon learns that paranoia does not nullify concern. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = If Elected, I Will Not Live | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|10|31}} | Viewers = 21.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratings contest narrows|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 6, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy and Joe both run for the position of alderman, but the local paper somehow endorses Fay. Subplot: Helen decides to sell her cello. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = My Brother's Keeper | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|11|07}} | Viewers = 22.7<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC's hurricane windfall|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 13, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When a rich woman, Mimsy Borogroves (Tyne Daly), comes to the island, she starts dating Brian. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Crate Expectations | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|11|14}} | Viewers = 21.4<ref>{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' clocks a 3rd win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 20, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The gang plans a surprise birthday for Joe. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Ladies Who Lunch | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Kathryn Baker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|11|21}} | Viewers = 23.3<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS scores a strong win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 27, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe doesn't like it when Helen becomes friends with his new girlfriend Gail. In a subplot, Roy tries to sneak aboard Air Force One when President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush are visiting Nantucket so he can bolster his political credibility. Fay also tries to sneak aboard so she can shake hands with Barbara Bush in order to keep her streak of touching every President's wife ever since Eleanor Roosevelt gave Fay a pat on the head when she was a little girl. Gail breaks up with Joe and ends her friendship with Helen when she sees the both of them having a messy fight, clearly not over each other but not ready to rekindle their romance. As Joe mopes about no one else having a worse day than him, a news report shows Roy getting arrested for trespassing on Air Force One. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|12|05}} | Viewers = 22.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Football a winner for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 11, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = With the airport fogged in, Brian entertains the gang with his hypnosis act and gets Roy to confess his deepest, darkest secret: he stole $250,000 from an old man at a local Norwegian restaurant and buried it in his backyard. As everyone excitedly digs up Roy's backyard, Brian wonders how effective his hypnosis was. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Late Mrs. Biggins | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|12|12}} | Viewers = 21.4<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Nick arrives early for CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 18, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy reveals the fact that his late wife is not dead, she left him. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Bogey Men | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|12|19}} | Viewers = 21.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratings for CBS to celebrate|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 26, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy and Brian trick Joe into coming with them to a timeshare lecture in South Carolina, to which both Brian and Roy assure Joe that they know how to finesse these hucksters and can use it for free golf, but a rainstorm ruins their plan. Subplot: Antonio plays the only song he knows on guitar ("Michael, Row the Boat Ashore") over and over, entertaining the passengers, but annoying Helen. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Marriage, Italian Style | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|09}} | Viewers = 20.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Pigskin plays in to CBS win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 15, 1992}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio's visa is not renewed and his deportment to Italy is imminent. Helen offers to marry Antonio so he can remain in the United States. (Part 1 of a two-part episode.) | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Divorce, American Style | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|16}} | Viewers = 23.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Brooks ropes ratings for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 22, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen learns that she will get arrested for matrimony fraud if she divorces Antonio before three years have elapsed, unless he wins a green card in a lottery. Antonio is ambiguous about whether or not he won, suggesting he has genuine feelings for Helen. (Part 2 of a two-part episode.) | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Stew in a Stew | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Angell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|23}} | Viewers = 20.1<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC's horror tale surprise|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 29, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay is upset when Joe declines to give her a raise, citing budget cutbacks. But when Joe appears with expensive sheep-lined bomber jackets for him and Brian, Fay is outraged and quits. Joe has to eat several slices of humble pie to convince Fay of their partnership. Note: This episode shows a flashback of how Joe met Fay when she was a stewardess, and they decided to start Sandpiper Air. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = This Old House | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|30}} | Viewers = 22.0<ref>{{cite news|title=A show of CBS strength|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 5, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian's childhood home is due to be demolished after a severe storm condemns it. At first they're upset, but then they can't really recall many happy memories of being there. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Ken Levine & David Isaacs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|13}} | Viewers = 20.9<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS wins, but ABC gets silver|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 19, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In this ''Cheers'' crossover episode, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) visits the island with his then-wife Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth), and Helen wants her money back from one of his self-help seminars. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Das Plane | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|20}} | Viewers = 18.5<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS' all-around Olympic win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 26, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe announces Sandpiper will give a plane ticket anywhere to whoever makes the biggest donation to charity by a specific deadline. Cranky Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) wins by donating $10,000. The catch is Carlton wants to fly cross-country to reunite with his estranged brother, and along the way, annoys everyone on the plane. Furthermore, Carlton has a dull memory, as he cannot recall whether his brother lives in Rock Springs, Wyoming or Las Cruces, New Mexico. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Take My Life, Please | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|27}} | Viewers = 23.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Last-place Fox is rising fast|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 4, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen wants a new goal in life and takes an aptitude test. When the results are in, the gang intercepts the letter and sees her best skills are food service and musician. In order to avoid the forthcoming guilt, anger and depression from her, Brian falsifies the paper, which prompts Helen to aspire to become a stand-up comedienne. Guest appearance by Oliver North as himself. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|04|02}} | Viewers = 21.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar sweep extends to ABC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 8, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell try out a video dating service and compare notes to each other's experiences. Brian gets matched up with a pushy trader (Peri Gilpin), Helen gets matched up with a local waiter who conscripts Helen into his work, Joe gets matched up with a ventriloquist who will not talk but her dummy has a crush on Joe, and Lowell gets matched up with an ordinary woman, but his idea of a fun date is to take her on a ride on the forklift. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = The Bank Dick | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|04|23}} | Viewers = 19.2<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC wins with news, goodbyes|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 29, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian gets a large tax refund and treats himself to an expensive vacation in Barbuda. When he learns the refund was in error and the IRS is demanding the money back, he is subject to a tirade from responsible Joe, who advised him to save the refund instead. Brian gets a second job as a security guard at a bank to earn the money. In the subplot, "Responsible Joe" seems to only be so in financial matters, as he is taking a girl he is dating to Fenway Park for an opening day Red Sox game despite the fact that Helen paid for the tickets when she was dating Joe. This is one of the few episodes where the subplot and main plot collide. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Say It Ain't So, Joe | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|04|30}} | Viewers = 22.6<ref>{{cite news|title='Cosby' goes out on top|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 6, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe is reunited with his old baseball coach Snyder (Brian Doyle-Murray) who touts his new star pitcher Ty Warner (Matthew Fox) who is poised to break Joe's longstanding record at Siasconset High School for the most strikeouts. This causes Joe to feel both anger and jealousy at his age and station in life. | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = As Fate Would Have It | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|05|07}} | Viewers = 22.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Finales put NBC in first|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 13, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The gang accompanies Helen to her gig as a cellist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But on the way there, the plane's engines die. | LineColor = B11030 }} }}
===Season 4 (1992–93)=== {{Episode table |background = #8B4513 |overall = 5 |season = 6 |title = 25 |director = 14 |writer = 25 |airdate = 14 |viewers = 11 |country = US |episodes = {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Lifeboat | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|09|24}} | Viewers = 24.3<ref>{{cite news|title='Murphy' wave carries CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 30, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The gang waits to be rescued from the plane crash. After making it back home, Joe considers whether it is time for Sandpiper to close up shop. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Fortune Cookie | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|1}} | Viewers = 20.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Monday lineup bolsters No. 1 CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 7, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The amount of insurance money Joe gets for the plane is so low that Brian tries to get Joe to fake being handicapped. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Noses Off | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Ken Levine & David Isaacs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|08}} | Viewers = 19.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Rankings omit Perot' paid ad|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 14, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When a plastic surgeon informs Brian of his imperfect nose, he plans to get a new one. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Blackout Biggins | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|22}} | Viewers = 17.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Baseball cleans up for CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 28, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy faints when he tries to sing the National Anthem at a Red Sox game. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Mathers of the Heart | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Adam Belanoff | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|29}} | Viewers = 21.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Politics, Halloween scare up an ABC win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 4, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Lowell goes on a date with Helen. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Two Jerks and a Jill | DirectedBy = David Lee and Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|05}} | Viewers = 23.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Election news, football kick up ABC's ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 11, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When a female helicopter pilot, Alex Lambert (Farrah Forke) moves to the island, Joe and Brian compete to impress her. Subplot: Lowell invites Antonio to join him and his friends for their Tuesday night rat shoot at the local dump, and is upset when Antonio shoots more rats than he does. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House | DirectedBy = David Lee | WrittenBy = Ken Levine & David Isaacs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|12}} | Viewers = 24.3<ref>{{cite news|title='Jacksons,' solid gold for ABC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 18, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian sinks Lowell's houseboat, so he lets Lowell stay with him and Joe. When Lowell proves to be a surprisingly adept chef, Joe and Brian wonder whether they should hide Lowell's insurance check. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Just Say No | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Adam Belanoff | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|19}} | Viewers = 20.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Jacksons help as-easy-as-ABC win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 25, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Shannon Moss (Teri Austin), a woman Brian is obsessed with comes back to the island, and Brian can't seem to say no to her, even though she stands him up several times. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = It May Have Happened One Night | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|03}} | Viewers = 20.6<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC's Tuesday lineup ends up rosy|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 9, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Everyone's trying to find out whether or not Joe slept with Alex. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Customer's Usually Right | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Janet Leahy | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|17}} | Viewers = 22.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Early Christmas gift for CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 23, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In this Christmas episode, Joe has a meltdown when he's charged a 50-cent rewinding fee on a videotape he is sure he rewound. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 61 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Exit Laughing | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|07}} | Viewers = 21.2<ref>{{cite news|title=Women help push CBS to victory|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 13, 1993}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen goes on a date with a friend of Joe's (Steven Eckholdt), who laughs like a hyena. Subplot: Roy helps Antonio with an irritating neighbor who uses a leaf blower. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 62 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = What the Cabbie Saw | DirectedBy = Judy Pioli | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|14}} | Viewers = 22.8<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC gets a Thursday night boost|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 20, 1993|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio fears for his life when he testifies against a jewelry store robber. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 63 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Labor Pains | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|28}} | Viewers = | ShortSummary = Lowell has been offered a job at Logan Airport in Boston, but he doesn't want to leave Nantucket. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 64 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = I've Got a Secret | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Adam Belanoff | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|04}} | Viewers = 17.4<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS rides to top on wings of 'Skylark'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 10, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Alex thinks Antonio blabbed her secret about posing for Playboy. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 65 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Gift: Part 1 | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Angell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|11}} | Viewers = 18.7<ref>{{cite news|title=King of Pop and 'Queen' rule the ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 17, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe mortgages his house to buy Helen a new cello so she can audition for a string quartet. Subplot: Fay, Lowell, Roy and Antonio rehearse for a community theatre play titled "Phantom of the Oprah". | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 66 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = The Gift: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Angell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|18}} | Viewers = 17.5<ref>{{cite news|title='Queen' rules in CBS' royal sweep|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 24, 1993|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen gets the job, but the string quartet drives her crazy. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 67 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = I Love Brian | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|25}} | Viewers = 20.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Grammy show a winner for CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 3, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian tries to impress Alex by telling her he knows Clint Black. Subplot: Antonio becomes a fan of ''I Love Lucy''. Kirstie Alley makes a cameo as Rebecca Howe from ''Cheers''. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 68 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = The Key to Alex | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|04|08}} | Viewers = 13.1<ref>{{cite news|title=NCAA aside, the big winner is ABC's '20/20'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 14, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After Helen agrees to a date with a sensitive guy she just met, Joe and Brian try to be more sensitive to get to Alex. Subplot: Lowell wants a nickname. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 69 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = The Houseguest | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|04|15}} | Viewers = 15.1<ref>{{cite news|title=New shows find their niches|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 21, 1993|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) falls down the stairs at Helen's house, she lets him stay with her until his ankle heals, fearing a lawsuit. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 70 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Goodbye, Old Friend | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Christopher Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|04|29}} | Viewers = 18.1<ref>{{cite news|title='Fried Green Tomatoes' gives NBC sizzle|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 5, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Lowell has a hard time accepting that a long-time mechanic friend of his, Weeb Gilroy, has died. Subplot: Joe and Brian have to keep an already sleepless Helen awake for another 18 hours after she suffers a concussion. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 71 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Another Wedding | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|05|06}} | Viewers = 17.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Sturdy 'Home' helps lift ABC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 12, 1993|author=Donlon, Brian}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The gang gets invited to attend the wedding of Walter, the airport's air traffic controller. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 72 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Date Package Number Seven | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|05|13}} | Viewers = 18.3<ref>{{cite news|title='Cheers' nudges NBC to No. 1|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 19, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian tries to impress Alex with a spontaneous date to Maine, but the date is pre-planned. | LineColor = 8B4513 }} }}
===Season 5 (1993–94)=== {{Episode table |background=#006161 |overall=5 |season=6 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=25 |airdate=14 |viewers=11 |country=US |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 73 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Stop in the Name of Love | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|09|16}} | Viewers = 19.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 22, 1993}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Everyone is skeptical when Brian tells them his relationship with Alex is different from all his past ones. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 74 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Terminal Jealousy | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|09|23}} | Viewers = 20.8<ref>{{cite news|title='Dave's World,' 'Harts' help CBS to victory|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 29, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 75 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Bye-Bye, Bunny | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|09|30}} | Viewers = 20.2<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 6, 1993}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After Lowell finalizes his divorce with his wife Bunny, he starts sleeping with her again. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 76 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Business or Pleasure | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|10|07}} | Viewers = 20.7<ref>{{cite news|title=New shows pick up steam in ABC win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 13, 1993|author=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Joe flies in potential investor Davis Lynch (Mark Harelik), he's more interested in Helen than in Sandpiper. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 77 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = An Affair to Forget | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Dave Hackel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|10|14}} | Viewers = 21.2<ref>{{cite news|title='Home Improvement' powers to No. 1|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 20, 1993|author1=Graham, Jefferson|author2=Gable, Donna}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe becomes everyone's chauffeur; first for Brian and Alex, then for Helen. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 78 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = A Black Eye Affair | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|10|28}} | Viewers = 23.3<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC usurps CBS as No. 1|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 3, 1993|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen gets a black eye before her date with Davis. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 79 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Joe Blows: Part 1 | DirectedBy = David Lee | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|11|04}} | Viewers = 24.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 10, 1993}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe gets tired of everyone running to him with their problems, so he leaves the island. Kevin Connolly guest stars. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 80 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Joe Blows: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|11|11}} | Viewers = 20.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Walters gives ABC a special boost|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 17, 1993|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian is now in charge of Sandpiper and realizes how much he needs Joe. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 81 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = 2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Rick Copp & David A. Goodman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|11|18}} | Viewers = 19.9<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS sweeps back to top|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 24, 1993|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey), an old high school classmate, returns to Nantucket, Joe fears she's still obsessed with him. Subplot: Antonio tries to sell some of his personal items to raise money for his family back in Italy. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 82 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Come Fly with Me | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|12|02}} | Viewers = 19.5<ref>{{cite news|title='White Dog' has its day; CBS, its week|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 8, 1993|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell go to a singles party in Boston. Back at the airport, Roy, Fay and Antonio team up to try to win a radio call-in contest. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 83 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Happy Holidays | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|12|16}} | Viewers = 19.8<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC on top for 2nd week|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 22, 1993|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = It's Christmas, and Lowell's ex-wife Bunny shows up and ends up sleeping with Antonio. Subplots: Brian is skeptical about meeting Alex's family and Fay becomes overbearing in preparing for the annual holiday party. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 84 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Ready, Teddy, Go | DirectedBy = Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy = Joyce Gittlin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|06}} | Viewers = 25.8<ref>{{cite news|title='Improvement' leads ABC charge|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 12, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen's upset because she thinks Davis bought her a teddy. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 85 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Oh Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Shelly Landau | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|20}} | Viewers = 21.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 26, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Lowell buys a new house, but is afraid to live there alone. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 86 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = The Faygitive | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Shelly Landau | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|27}} | Viewers = 25.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Super Bowl runs up NBC's score|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 2, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay thinks she's being stalked when a P.I. starts asking questions. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 87 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Say Uncle, Carlton | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|03}} | Viewers = 25.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Lilith brings ratings to 'Frasier'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 9, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio chauffeurs Carlton Blanchard (William Hickey) around the island for extra money. Carlton's equally irritating nephew Lewis (Gilbert Gottfried) also visits the island. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 88 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Hey, Nineteen | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|10}} | Viewers = 27.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 16, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe dates a 19-year-old college student (Liz Vassey) that Helen babysat when she herself was 19. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 89 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Exclusively Yours | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|14}} | Viewers = 13.9<ref name="5.17-5.18">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 23, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian and Alex vow to date only each other. '''Guest star''': Lee Garlington. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 90 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Moonlighting | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|17}} | Viewers = 15.0<ref name="5.17-5.18"/> | ShortSummary = The gang recalls odd jobs they've had during the off-season. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 91 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Sleepless in Nantucket | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman & Joyce Gittlin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|03|10}} | Viewers = 20.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Premieres give ABC pull|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 16, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian moves in with Alex, and they find each other hard to live with. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 92 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Boys Will Be Girls | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|04|07}} | Viewers = 21.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Hoops figure in to CBS' net again|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 13, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Dan Mattay (Jack Ging), Joe and Brian's mean-spirited football coach from Siasconset High, returns to Nantucket as the school is dedicating the gymnasium in his honor. As revenge for all his insults and torture, Joe and Brian sneak into Coach Mattay's hotel room in the middle of the night and dress him up in drag as a prank, unaware that he just died in his sleep. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 93 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Roy Crazy | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|04|14}} | Viewers = 17.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 20, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy's ex-wife Sylvia (Concetta Tomei) shows up, and Roy tries to win her back. Subplot: A waiter from a local restaurant goes gaga over Helen. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 94 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Long Distance Lament | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Shelly Landau | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|04|28}} | Viewers = 17.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 4, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Davis cancels another date with Helen, she decides to date another guy. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 95 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Call of the Wild | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner, Jr. | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz & Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|05|05}} | Viewers = 18.4<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC keeps hammering away|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 11, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Danny (Charles Rocket), an old friend of Brian's, shows up, and they relive some wild times, much to Alex's dismay. Lowell takes in his idol, an over-the-hill television superhero (Robert Ridgely), who takes advantage of his hospitality. | LineColor = 006161 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 96 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = A Decent Proposal | DirectedBy = Peter Bonerz | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman & Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|05|12}} | Viewers = 17.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 18, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Davis proposes to Helen, but Joe still has feelings for her. Subplot: Brian tries to win Alex back. Ray Charles makes a cameo appearance in the teaser. This was Farrah Forke's final appearance as a cast regular; she would make a guest appearance in the following season. | LineColor = 006161 }} }}
===Season 6 (1994–95)=== {{Episode table |background=#FF8C00 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=25 |airdate=14 |prodcode=10 |viewers=11 |country=US |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Whose Wife Is It Anyway? | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|09|20}} | ProdCode = 40346-097 | Viewers = 16.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 28, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe's determined to win back Helen, so he goes to New York to stop her from marrying Davis Lynch. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Twisted Sister | DirectedBy = David Lee | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|09|27}} | ProdCode = 40346-098 | Viewers = 19.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 5, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen's snobby sister Casey (Amy Yasbeck) shows up. When Joe and Helen confront Casey, she reveals a big secret of her own. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Shrink | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|04}} | ProdCode = 40346-099 | Viewers = 19.2<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS edges into No. 1 spot, but can it stay?|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 12, 1994|author=Graham, Jefferson}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe takes Brian to see a psychiatrist (George Plimpton), but he ends up treating Joe instead. Subplot: Lowell goes on a search for his favorite hat that Antonio lost. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Spark and How to Get It | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|11}} | ProdCode = 40346-100 | Viewers = 19.2<ref>{{cite news|title=Regular series put ABC back on top|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 19, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After his therapist pronounces him fully recovered from his break-up with Alex, Brian plunges back into the dating world. His efforts at the Club Car yield nothing of interest (despite Antonio's assistance with the "Good Cop, Bad Cop" routine), so he follows the advice of others and starts dating casual friend Joan. That elusive "spark" that is missing from their first three dates finally comes to life when Brian breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Lowell prepares a commencement speech address for his alma mater and Casey has trouble getting a good haircut. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 101 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Waxman Cometh | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Shelly Landau | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|18}} | ProdCode = 40346-101 | Viewers = 18.2<ref>{{cite news|title='Grace' leads ABC to tie with CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 26, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After receiving $20,000 from his family's trust fund, Lowell invests the money in an old wax museum. Despite everyone's doubts about it, Lowell renovates the museum and renames it "Lowell Mather's House O' Wax", but at the lackluster grand reopening, he comes to realize that running the museum won't be easy. When fire ravages the museum, Lowell is determined to start again from scratch, but after realizing that the museum has fire insurance, he's just thankful to get his money back. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 102 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Is That a Ten Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me? | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|01}} | ProdCode = 40346-102 | Viewers = 19.9<ref>{{cite news|title='Cagney & Lacey' makes winning return|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 9, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen just want some time alone with one and another, but Brian and Casey continually interrupt them. To apologize, Brian and Casey decide to surprise them with an engagement party, but Antonio misinterprets an overheard conversation and believes Brian to be sleeping with Casey. When she hears about it, Helen drags Joe to the party site well before they are expected. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 103 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = All's Fare | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|08}} | ProdCode = 40346-104 | Viewers = 16.6<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS' 'Scarlett' sweeps to No. 1|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 16, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Lovesick Antonio finally works up the nerve to ask Casey on a date, but before he's able to, he must earn some money to pay his back taxes. Antonio ends up working as a chauffeur to a successful businessman (Jonathan Frakes) who also has his eye on Casey. However, when this man has the attitude of "what goes onboard ship stays onboard ship", both Antonio and Casey are forced to look to themselves for who they really are: Antonio about how integrity and honor vs. success and money, and Casey for seeing more to men than their ability to take care of a wife. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 104 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Miss Jenkins | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|15}} | ProdCode = 40346-103 | Viewers = 14.6<ref>{{cite news|title='Scarlett,' CBS' sweeping epic|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 23, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian's attractive ninth-grade teacher Laurie Jenkins (Peggy Lipton) shows up, and he goes out with her. Although Joe and Lowell are thrilled that Brian is "hot for teacher", he cannot get over the fact she is an older woman who once taught him. TV legend Soupy Sales makes a cameo appearance in the teaser as a "Simon Says" competitor who courts Roy's mother. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 105 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Joyce Gittlin & Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|22}} | ProdCode = 40346-105 | Viewers = 18.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Reason for CBS to love 'Rockford'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 30, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen and Casey's mother Dee Dee (Debbie Reynolds) comes to the island to help plan the wedding. Subplots include Fay and Roy splitting a ticket to see Barbra Streisand, and Brian and Lowell compete to see who can eat more of Dee Dee's food. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 106 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Wrong Stuff | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|29}} | ProdCode = 40346-106 | Viewers = 17.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 7, 1994}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Sandpiper is losing business to Aeromass, Brian tries a celebrity endorsement by hiring an ex-astronaut (Robert Culp), but the guy turns out to be even more obnoxious than Roy. Despite his private bluster, the astronaut's excellent public image is helping Sandpiper business, but can they bank on it? | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 107 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Insanity Claus | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|12|13}} | ProdCode = 40346-107 | Viewers = 18.1<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC's winning way with comedy|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 21, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When an air traffic controller (Dann Florek) finds out Antonio ate his donut, he holds the entire airport hostage on Christmas Eve, with Antonio at gunpoint in the control tower. In getting to know the man, he admits he was on edge because his wife was committing adultery, but the gang soon learns Antonio was the one she was having the fling with. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 108 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = She's ... Back | DirectedBy = Rick Beren | WrittenBy = Rick Copp & David A. Goodman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|01|03}} | ProdCode = 40346-108 | Viewers = 20.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 11, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) is back on the island, and Joe tries again to get anyone to believe she's obsessed with him. Subplot: Fay gives Antonio her third husband's wardrobe, which makes Antonio the butt of 1970s jokes. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 109 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Have I Got a Couple for You | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|01|10}} | ProdCode = 40346-109 | Viewers = 17.9<ref>{{cite news|title='ER' rolls into the No. 1 spot|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 18, 1995|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay sets Joe and Helen up with another married couple whom they love, but they get a little too clingy with the other couple. Subplots: Antonio assists Lowell after he injures his hands working on Antonio's taxi, and Brian and Casey try out a new singles place in Boston. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 110 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Fools Russian | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|01|31}} | ProdCode = 40346-110 | Viewers = 16.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 8, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy plans to marry a mail-order bride from Russia, but problems arise when Helen sees she is better suited for a professor from Boston University. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 111 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|02|07}} | ProdCode = 40346-111 | Viewers = 17.2<ref name="6.15-6.16">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 15, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen crash a wedding to see how much things will cost, and end up getting into a fight which spills over onto the bride and groom. Subplot: Lowell and Antonio train for a Polar Bears water jump competition. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 112 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 1 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|02|09}} | ProdCode = 40340-112 | Viewers = 30.0<ref name="6.15-6.16"/> | ShortSummary = It's the gang's high school reunion, and Brian's old girlfriend shows up, informing Joe that he might be the father of her child. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 113 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz & Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|02|14}} | ProdCode = 40340-113 | Viewers = 17.2<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 22, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe has to wait for blood test results to come back to find out whether or not he's the boy's father. The waiting game is tense for all as Brian has to deal with his ex-girlfriend having a fling with Joe, which also goes over poorly with Helen. Although Joe was not dating Helen when this happened, the fact he may have a son is a trust issue for their upcoming wedding. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 114 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Gone But Not Faygotten | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Shelly Landau & Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|02|21}} | ProdCode = 40340-114 | Viewers = 19.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 1, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay retires and Casey takes her place behind the ticket counter, proving to be adept at the job. When Fay returns wanting her job back, Sandpiper runs into human resource problems. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 115 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Ex, Lies and Videotape | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|02|28}} | ProdCode = 40340-116 | Viewers = 18.6<ref>{{cite news|title='Murphy,' 'Dust' help push CBS to No. 1 tie|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 8, 1995|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian appears on a popular woman's talk show hosted by Mary Pat Lee (Caroline Aaron), but it turns out to be a trap set up by his ex-girlfriend Alex (Farrah Forke in a guest appearance). | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 116 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man | DirectedBy = Ken Levine | WrittenBy = Joyce Gittlin & Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|03|21}} | ProdCode = 40340-115 | Viewers = 17.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 29, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Casey gets interested in the sculptures Lowell makes out of old plane parts, and wants him to make a career of it. Subplot: Brian takes a prank snapshot which ends up in the wrong hands. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 117 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Steven Levitan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|04|04}} | ProdCode = 40340-117 | Viewers = 18.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 12, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian makes a video diary of Joe and Helen's relationship for them as a wedding gift. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 118 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = A House to Die For | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = David Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|02}} | ProdCode = 40340-120 | Viewers = 11.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratings go to the movies|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 10, 1995|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Cranky Carlton Blanchard is at death's door, and everyone goes to his house to set what they can buy from his greedy nephew. The kids from ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' make a cameo appearance when Helen dreams she is Marcia. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 119 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Nuptials Off | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|09}} | ProdCode = 40340-118 | Viewers = 11.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 17, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen realizes she never sent in the paperwork to divorce her and Antonio. So she enlists the help of Brian to fly her and Antonio to Mexico to get a divorce before Joe finds out. Subplot: Lowell refuses to rest despite his obvious signs of illness. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 120 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Et Tu, Antonio? | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz & Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|16}} | ProdCode = 40340-119 | Viewers = 12.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 24, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio plays host to his cousin, who is engaged to a beautiful woman. Subplot: Joe and Helen receive their first wedding gifts, but the ones from Helen's side are better than those from Joe's side. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 121 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = Boys Just Wanna Have Fun | DirectedBy = Rick Beren | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo & Shelly Landau | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|23}} | ProdCode = 40340-121 | Viewers = 17.9<ref name="6.25-6.26">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 31, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Casey throws Helen a bachelorette party and Brian throws Joe a bachelor party. But Helen has a better time at her party than Joe does at his. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 122 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Here It Is: The Big Wedding | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|23}} | ProdCode = 40340-122 | Viewers = 17.9<ref name="6.25-6.26"/> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen are finally set to get married, except for a few minor setbacks, such as Joe dropping Helen's wedding ring in the toilet and getting his hand stuck, and Brian picking up the wrong size tuxedos. This was Thomas Haden Church's last appearance as a cast regular, having made one final appearance in the next season. | LineColor = FF8C00 }} }}
===Season 7 (1995–96)=== {{Episode table |background = #7cfc00 |overall = 5 |season = 6 |title = 25 |director = 14 |writer = 25 |airdate = 14 |viewers = 11 |country = US |episodes = {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 123 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Burnin' Down the House: Part 1 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|19}} | Viewers = 16.9<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC Sunday starters stumble|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 27, 1995|author=Graham, Jefferson}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen return from their honeymoon in Jamaica to discover that their house burned down. Joe tries to find the root cause, but when he learns it was Brian (who unknowingly threw Casey's clothes too close to the fireplace hearth while having sex with her), he fires Brian from Sandpiper and disowns him. Subplot: Antonio hopes for one more shot at winning Casey's heart.
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 124 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Burnin' Down the House: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|26}} | Viewers = 16.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 4, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = While digging through the remains of Helen's house, Brian discovers the old suitcase their late father left them and tries to use it to make up with Joe. Joe is extremely reluctant, until he is visited by his father's ghost (Don Murray), who uses reverse psychology to get Joe to reconcile with Brian. Subplots: Helen has her own method of revenge on Casey and Antonio exacts his revenge on both Casey and Brian. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 125 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Death Becomes Him | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman & Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|10}} | Viewers = 19.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 18, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Sandpiper is chartered by Eleanor Kingsbury (Marian Seldes) to fly to Miami to retrieve the body of her late father Harrison, Nantucket's richest man, for his funeral service. While in Miami, Joe and Brian live it up and party, but when a buzzed Joe picks up the wrong corpse the next day, he must become the replacement corpse until Kingsbury's body can be found and switched. At the funeral, Joe overhears shocking evidence of the actual cause of Kingsbury's death. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 126 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Person Formerly Known as Lowell | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|31}} | Viewers = 12.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 8, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Lowell witnesses a mob hit, he must decide whether or not to enter the Witness Protection Program, struggling with the issue of leaving his friends behind forever versus letting a guilty man run free and hurt again should Lowell not testify in court. This was Thomas Haden Church's final appearance on the show. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 127 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Hooker, Line, and Sinker | DirectedBy = Rick Beren | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|07}} | Viewers = 17.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 15, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian set up Antonio with a fabulous woman, only to later discover that she is a call girl. Subplot: When Casey shows drawing talent, Roy shows her a manuscript to a children's book he wrote, asking if she would illustrate it. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 128 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = She's Gotta Have It | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|14}} | Viewers = 16.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 22, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Helen goes on a wild shopping spree with her insurance check. Peter Tork of The Monkees makes a guest appearance. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 129 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong | DirectedBy = Rick Beren | WrittenBy = Howard Gewitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|21}} | Viewers = 15.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 29, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen engage a famous architect to build their new home. Subplot: Brian must find out why Budd, Lowell's replacement, is having bad flashbacks of his days in the Marine Corps. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 130 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = When a Man Loves a Donut | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman & Joyce Gittlin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|28}} | Viewers = 14.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 6, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian feels left out now that Joe's married, so he starts to overeat. Subplots include Casey applying for a job as a tour guide and Antonio buying a valuable (and painful) pair of Italian leather shoes. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 131 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Big Sleep | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|12}} | Viewers = 14.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 20, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = After fighting with Helen over the plans for the new house, Joe dreams that he and Helen are in a plane crash. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 132 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Twas the Heist Before Christmas | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|19}} | Viewers = 19.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 27, 1995}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen throw a Christmas party that everyone wants to leave, including Joe himself.
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 133 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Honey, We Broke the Kid | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|02}} | Viewers = 15.8<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 10, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = While babysitting the daughter of a mutual friend, Joe and Helen each have their own way of parenting. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 134 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = B.S. I Love You | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|09}} | Viewers = 17.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 17, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian reunite with whom they think is their grandfather (Pat Hingle), but is actually an old roommate of their dad's from the mental hospital. Subplot: Antonio throws away a chain letter as superstitious garbage and bad fortune follows. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 135 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Sons and Lovers | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman & Joyce Gittlin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|16}} | Viewers = 16.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 24, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy is celebrating his leap year birthday at a Chuck E. Cheese-style restaurant, and Helen invites his estranged gay son R.J., who has recently finished law school. Roy seems glad to see R.J., but R.J. does not mention he also brought along his boyfriend Luke (Tim Bagley). Meanwhile, Joe becomes frustrated in his attempts to win Helen a stuffed bear from the restaurant's Claw machine. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 136 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Bye, George | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jim McGoulf | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|30}} | Viewers = 16.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 7, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay plans to marry a man she met on a cruise, until she finds out his is the same as her late husbands: George. Subplot: A bedridden Joe expects Helen to baby him. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 137 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Team Player | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|06}} | Viewers = 16.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 14, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Antonio runs the ticket desk for Joe and Brian, a star from the Boston Bruins misses his flight due to being late and Antonio selling the player's seat to a woman with a standby ticket. This soon ruins Sandpiper's business reputation, even making its way into a ''Tonight Show'' joke (Jay Leno in a cameo).
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 138 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Love at First Flight | DirectedBy = Darryl Bates | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|13}} | Viewers = 15.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Powerhouse Thursday propels NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 21, 1996|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian falls in love with Melissa Williams (Ally Walker), a woman who's just about to get married. Roy acts like he is going out with Edna so that Antonio falls back in love with Edna. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 139 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Lynch Party | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz & Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|20}} | Viewers = 16.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 28, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = In flashbacks explaining the continuation of "Whose Wife is it Anyway", Helen shows that she never got the chance to inform Davis Lynch the wedding was off, as during the engagement party he was rushed off to Burma in wake of a military coup to salvage his major investments. Once there he had been taken hostage and only now is released, and is coming to Nantucket to marry Helen. She tries to find a way to end the engagement while doing so behind Joe's back.
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 140 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|27}} | Viewers = 16.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 6, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Sandy Cooper (Valerie Mahaffey) is back in town and Joe tries, yet again, to prove to Helen just how nuts she is. But it is he who ends up in the psychologist's chair. Roy, Fay, Antonio and Casey fear that the tuna they had for lunch may be tainted. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 141 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Driving Mr. DeCarlo | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|12}} | Viewers = 16.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 20, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio starts driving around a man everyone thinks is connected to the mob. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 142 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = A Tale of Two Sister Cities | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|26}} | Viewers = 14.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 3, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Casey is in danger of losing her job, so she tries to create a sister city for Nantucket. Brian unknowingly slept with the wife of the leader of Kiranon. In a rare example where the subplot collides with the main plot, Joe is becoming increasingly angry with other men who pay attention to Helen. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 143 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = What About Larry? | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman and Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|04|09}} | Viewers = 13.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 17, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen's new contractor ends up crashing at their house after his wife leaves him. George Kennedy guest stars as himself. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 144 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = The Lady Vanishes | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz and Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|04|23}} | Viewers = 18.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 1, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio goes on a quest looking for this woman he met in the terminal. Anne Francis guest stars as Vera. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 145 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Life Could Be a Dream | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|04|30}} | Viewers = 15.5<ref>{{cite news|title='ER,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Beast' lead NBC sweep|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 8, 1996|author=DeRosa, Robin}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When the gang opens up a time capsule they buried 20 years ago, they imagine what their lives would've been like. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 146 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = The Lyin' King | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|05|07}} | Viewers = 15.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 15, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe feels awful about lying to Helen about going to help out at an old age home, when he's actually going to see an old girlfriend at a strip club. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 147 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = Love Overboard | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|05|14}} | Viewers = 15.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 22, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Casey's ex-husband Stuart (John Ritter) shows up with news that he is bankrupt. Roy teaches Antonio how to dance, and they enter a contest on a cruise ship. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 148 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Grouses, Houses, and Bickering Spouses | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman & Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|05|21}} | Viewers = 15.0<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 29, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = While celebrating moving into their new house, Joe and Helen accidentally burn Brian's house down. | LineColor = 7CFC00 }} }}
===Season 8 (1996–97)=== {{Episode table |background=#ffff00 |overall=5 |season=6 |title=25 |director=14 |writer=25 |airdate=14 |viewers=11 |country=US |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 149 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Porno for Pyros | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|09|18}} | Viewers = 10.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 25, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen burn Brian's house down and he expects to get a big check like they did. But the insurance investigator thinks Joe, Helen, Brian and Casey are conspiring to commit insurance fraud. Antonio manages to woo the woman and get a room at the Century Inn, where she leaves an unextinguished cigarette lying around. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 150 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Like a Neighbor Scorned | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Howard Gewirtz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|09|25}} | Viewers = 10.4<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 2, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = When Joe and Helen meet their new neighbors Steve and Barbara, they think they are great at first until Steve asks Joe to bail him out of $5,000 of gambling debts and Barbara bluntly accuses Helen of sleeping with Steve. Now scared of these two, Joe and Helen must find a way to avoid them, even going so far as to break into their own dark house. Subplot: Antonio receives his recently deceased Uncle Bernardo's personal belongings, which include perfumed love letters written to Gina Lollobrigida. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 151 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Maybe It's You | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Mark Reisman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|02}} | Viewers = 11.1<ref>{{cite news|title=Baseball on NBC helps CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 9, 1996|author=Graham, Jefferson}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian's vow to find a meaningful relationship is tested when he meets a beautiful but annoying woman named Dani (Jenny McCarthy). | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 152 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Single and Hating It | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|09}} | Viewers = 9.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 16, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = While a storm rages outside, Joe and Helen stop by a singles mixer to drop off Brian's wallet and end up stuck there for their first anniversary. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 153 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Too Beautiful for You | DirectedBy = Joyce Gittlin | WrittenBy = Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|23}} | Viewers = 10.9<ref>{{cite news|title=World Series lineup gives Fox a major win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 30, 1996|author=Bush, Alan}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Antonio mans the suicide hotline and makes a date with a woman who calls. Subplot: Helen loses customers when a new food cart arrives at the airport. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 154 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Gift of Life | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|30}} | Viewers = 11.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 6, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = On Halloween, the gang convinces a man who is separated from his wife to stop being so focused on work and spend time with her. Little do they realize that he is a medical courier, and he left a cooler with one of his deliveries at the airport. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 155 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Olive or Twist | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|06}} | Viewers = 10.9<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 13, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Casey suggests that Brian uses his insurance check to open a martini bar with her as the manager. However, when a customer (Stuttering John) suffers an accident on Brian's property, Casey says she neglected to have Brian's bar insured. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 156 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Wingless: Part 1 | DirectedBy = Darryl Bates | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|13}} | Viewers = 10.3<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 20, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = A financial crisis forces Joe to seek out an investor. When businessman Edgar Clayton comes to the island, Joe thinks it's his lucky day. But Clayton informs Joe he doesn't invest in businesses, he buys them. With no other choice, Joe sells. Joe and Brian are glad that with Clayton's backing they got their plane out of repossession and are up and running, until Clayton says now his slacker son Cord is the new president of Sandpiper. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 157 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Wingless: Part 2 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|20}} | Viewers = 9.5<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 27, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = The first act that new Sandpiper president Cord Clayton does is hold a meeting telling everyone they need a big idea. After learning that Roy cannot break into the market of charter flights, Cord proposes making Sandpiper an exclusive charter service, and has Joe and Brian fly a pair of bickering mother-daughter country music singers. When the tour fails, Cord tries fleeing, only for Joe and Helen to tell him he must be a man and face his father at a business meeting in New York. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 158 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Wingless: Part 3 | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|11}} | Viewers = 9.6<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 18, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Cord returns but becomes nervous during a presentation before his father's board of directors and leaves, leaving Joe and Brian to continue. Helen overhears one of Clayton's young hotshots saying that he recommended Cord for the presidency of Sandpiper in order for him to run Sandpiper into the ground, which Clayton could use as a tax write off. Clayton takes the news badly but, at Cord's behest, allows Joe to run Sandpiper to him and agrees to stay on as a silent investor. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 159 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = All About Christmas Eve | DirectedBy = Joyce Gittlin | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|18}} | Viewers = 9.7<ref>{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 25, 1996}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Another odd Christmas hits Nantucket as Antonio drives a nun around the island who's in search of a vision she saw in a dream, Joe and Brian try to defuse a long-standing feud between two elderly brothers, and Fay, Helen and Casey get trapped in the basement of the department store where Casey works. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 160 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Let's Talk about Sex | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|01|08}} | Viewers = 12.13<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385853/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 6-12, 1997)|date=January 15, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy falls in love with talk show host Mary Pat Lee (Caroline Aaron), but discovers she's using information he gave her to ambush Joe and Helen on her show. Subplot: Brian pays Casey to run errands for him. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 161 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Hosed | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Christopher Vane and Art Baer & Ben Joelson|t= Christopher Vane}} | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|01|15}} | Viewers = 12.03<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41303321/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 13-19, 1997)|date=January 22, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Helen deal with a crooked vacuum cleaner salesman who charges them for a vacuum cleaner that had an eternal guarantee. Subplot: Brian comes up with a scheme to date Roy's niece. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 162 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Just Call Me Angel | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane and Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|02|05}} | Viewers = 9.79<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41304408/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 3-9, 1997)|date=February 12, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe and Brian return home after vacationing in Las Vegas, during which Joe gets food poisoning after eating at a cheap casino breakfast buffet. When the flight's pilots also get food poisoning, Brian lands the plane safely and is hailed by the media as the "Angel of Flight 28". Brian's newfound fame is taking up all his time and overloading Joe at Sandpiper. Cameo appearance by Steve Young playing himself as one of Flight 28's passengers. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 163 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Fay There, Georgy Girl | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Ken Keeler | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|02|12}} | Viewers = 8.65<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41315405/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 10-16, 1997)|date=February 20, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Fay holds a yard sale to help clear all of the clutter from her house. After selling goods that belonged to her three late husbands, Fay begins to be visited by their ghosts. However, Fay is also asked out by a man she met at the yard sale who tells her he values the memories of his relatives more so than the gifts they gave him. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 164 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Escape from New York | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|02|19}} | Viewers = 9.35<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313412/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 17-23, 1997)|date=February 26, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian and Helen go to New York to see the Broadway musical Rent, but their trip turns into a nightmare when Helen loses all her money in a card game. Cameo appearance by Calvert DeForest.
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 165 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = House of Blues | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Richman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|03|05}} | Viewers = 10.41<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385437/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 3–9, 1997)|date=March 12, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian and Casey are kicked out of Joe and Helen's place, so they rent a house of their own with help from Antonio as they know he's spending all his time at his new girlfriend's house and won't be there. When Antonio and his girlfriend break up, however, they find themselves all living together. Subplot: Helen and Joe are blackmailed by some teenagers who have pictures of them doing various things around their house in the nude. Guest Starring Sibel Ergener. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 166 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Ms. Write | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|03|19}} | Viewers = 9.46<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386113/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 17–23, 1997)|date=March 26, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian falls for someone after reading love letters mistakenly sent to the old occupant of the house. Antonio installs a home security system for Joe and Helen. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 167 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Dreamgirl | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Michael Sardo | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|04|02}} | Viewers = 9.48<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41299344/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 31-April 6, 1997)|date=April 9, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = With Fay on vacation, Joe and Brian hire a beautiful woman to fill in. Subplot: Casey gets Antonio a job at the department store where she works. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 168 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Heartache Tonight | DirectedBy = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | WrittenBy = Lori Kirkland | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|04|16}} | Viewers = 10.32<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385180/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 14–20, 1997)|date=April 23, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Roy invites Joe and Helen over to his house to meet his mother (Rose Marie) and tells her that Helen is his girlfriend and Joe's the help. Subplot: Casey catches Brian's cold before a date. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 169 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Oedipus Wrecks | DirectedBy = Darryl Bates | WrittenBy = Ellen Byron & Lissa Kapstrom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|07}} | Viewers = 8.25<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385049/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 5–11, 1997)|date=May 14, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Brian's surprised to find out his girlfriend Emily Palmer (Shannon Tweed), has son is in college, named Shawn (Christopher Wiehl). Further complications happen when Casey starts dating Shawn. Joe and Roy try to overcome a fear of the circus.
'' Rebecca Schull does not appear in the episode.'' | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 170 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Raging Bull*&@! | DirectedBy = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy = Christopher Vane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|14}} | Viewers = 7.46<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41317470/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 12–18, 1997)|date=May 21, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = Joe enters a boxing tournament to beat an old rival. Things turn unusual when the rival is injured and the replacement contender turns out to be Brian. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} {{Episode list | NumParts = 2 | EpisodeNumber_1 = 171 | EpisodeNumber_2 = 172 | EpisodeNumber2_1 = 23 | EpisodeNumber2_2 = 24 | Title = Final Approach | DirectedBy_1 = Leonard R. Garner Jr. | DirectedBy_2 = Jeff Melman | WrittenBy_1 = Michael Sordo | WrittenBy_2 = Ian Gurvitz | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|21}} | Viewers = 14.23<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41384795/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 19–25, 1997)|date=May 29, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> | ShortSummary = To cheer up Helen, Joe restores her cello. While she rediscovers her passion for music, the rest of the gang hunts for money that Joe and Brian's father left them. They eventually find it and now have $250,000. Joe and Brian each have different plans for the money; Joe wants to expand Sandpiper while Brian wants to leave Nantucket. In the end, Joe and Helen move to Vienna for a year so that Helen can study cello with a famous conductor, while Brian agrees to run Sandpiper while Joe is away. Fay will continue on at Sandpiper (and is given a small ownership stake as a reward for her dedicated service), and it's strongly implied that Casey will run the lunch counter in Helen's absence. | LineColor = FFFF00 }} }}
==Home releases== All eight seasons of this series have been released on DVD.<ref>''[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Wings/4690 Wings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022165523/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Wings/4690 |date=2014-10-22 }}'' at TVShowsOnDVD.com</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! colspan=2| DVD set ! Episodes ! Company ! Release date |- | style="width:5px; background:#549CD7"| | rowspan=2 align="left"| ''Wings: Seasons 1 & 2'' | rowspan=2| 28 | rowspan=2| Paramount Home Video | rowspan=2| May 23, 2006 |- | bgcolor="3251AE"| |- | bgcolor="B11030"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete 3rd Season'' | 22 | Paramount Home Video | October 24, 2006 |- | bgcolor="8B4513"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete 4th Season'' | 22 | Paramount Home Video | May 15, 2007 |- | bgcolor="006161"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete 5th Season'' | 24 | Paramount Home Video | November 6, 2007 |- | bgcolor="FF8C00"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete 6th Season'' | 26 | Paramount Home Video | March 25, 2008 |- | bgcolor="7CFC00"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete 7th Season'' | 26 | Paramount Home Video | September 9, 2008 |- | bgcolor="FFFF00"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The 8th and Final Season'' | 24 | Paramount Home Video | April 14, 2009 |- | bgcolor="549CD7"| | rowspan=2 align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2'' | rowspan=2| 28 | rowspan=2| Mill Creek Entertainment | rowspan=2| October 1, 2013 |- | bgcolor="3251AE"| |- | bgcolor="B11030"| | rowspan=2 align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete Seasons 3 & 4'' | rowspan=2| 44 | rowspan=2| Mill Creek Entertainment | rowspan=2| January 21, 2014 |- | bgcolor="8B4513"| |- | bgcolor="3251AE"| | align="left"| ''Wings: The Complete Series'' | 172 | Mill Creek Entertainment | November 11, 2014 |- |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.tv.com/wings/show/161/episode_guide.html Episode airdates and summaries from TV.com]
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