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Wings Season 8 |
| Episode 1 - [Porno For Pyros] |
| Details : After Joe and Helen burn down Brian's househe's expecting a big checkmuch like the one Joe and Helen gotbut the gutting of the old Hackett house is cause for an appearance by an insurance investigatorwho has serious doubt about the legitimacy of the two claims in the last year.Until she and Antonio's wild night of passion sparks a blaze at the local hotel and that convinces her the cases are Legit. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Roma Maffia | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Sep. 18, 1996 |
| Episode 2 - [Like A Neighbor Scorned] |
| Details : Joe and Helen meet the next-door neighbors Steve and Barbara but what starts out as pleasant soon turns disturbing when Steve asks for $5000 to cover his gambling debts. Becoming increasingly paraniod after a fight Joe and Helen decide to try and make amends only to find out their new neighbors are only on the island for the month. Meanwhile Antonio recieves his Uncle Bernardo's personal affects after he dies. Which includes a set of perfume scented love letters appearantly from Bernardo to a certain very famous movie star of the times (Gina Lollobrigida). Hearing this Antonio suddenly becomes a suave ladies man with confidence until he finds out his Uncle wasn't in love Gina but Gino. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chris Elliott | Director : Jeff Melman | Writer : Howard Gewirtz | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 1996 |
| Episode 3 - [Maybe It's You] |
| Details : Brian's vows to find a deepermore meaningful relationship is tested by beautiful but dumb Dani. MeanwhileJoe tries to deal with the fact that one of his best friends didn't invite him to his wedding. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jenny McCarthy | Mark Arnold | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | Writer : Mark Reisman | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 1996 |
| Episode 4 - [Single And Hating It] |
| Details : As a furious storm rages outsideJoe and Helen stop by the Singles Mingle to drop off Brian's walletintent on leaving as soon as possible to begin celebrating the first anniversary of their wedding.But news soon comes that the roads are closed due to high water and everyone is trapped.Not wanting to let everyone know they are marriedfor fear of their reactionJoe asks Helen to be his bride again. MeanwhileFayRoy and Casey minglewhile Antonio is offered his money back and asked to wait in the office till the party is over.And Brian tries to convince the only woman in the place he's attracted tothe sexy Bartenderthat he's not a pathetic as he seems. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Judy Gold | Stephanie Faracy | Victor Wilson | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 1996 |
| Episode 5 - [Too Beautiful For You] |
| Details : Antonio volunteers to man the Nantucket Suicide Hotlineit soon pays off for him when he scores a date with a caller he helped.When they meet he can't believe his eyes or his luck and keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for her to dump him.But the weird thing isshe never does. MeanwhileHelen faces some new competition when a |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tracy Scoggins | Philip Casnoff | Ryan Hurst | |
| Air Date : Oct. 23, 1996 |
| Episode 6 - [The Gift Of Life] |
| Details : When a medical courier leaves his package in the terminal on Halloween Evethe gang scramble to find him before time runs out. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Nick Kiriazis | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 1996 |
| Episode 7 - [Olive Or Twist] |
| Details : Casey encourages Brian to use his insurance money to open a martini baroffering to help Brian manage it.But things go awry immediately when the first customer through the door slips and falls on the floor.Brian's problems are compounded when he learns Casey never got insurance. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Melendez | Diana Bellamy | John P. Connolly | Writer : Jeffrey Richman | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 1996 |
| Episode 8 - [Wingless Part 1] |
| Details : A financial crisis forces Joe to seek out an investor for Sandpiper.He thinks his luck has changed when businessman Jonathan Clayton comes to the island.But he soon informs themhe doesn't invest in companies he buys them.Having no other choice |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mitchell Ryan as Jonathan Clayton | Jonathan Slavin as Cord Clayton | Writer : Christopher Vane | Director : Darryl Bates | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 1996 |
| Episode 9 - [Wingless Part 2] |
| Details : Cord's first act as the new President of Sandpiper is to hold a meeting informing everyone they need a big idea.Something that drives Joe crazy trying to get everyone to see there is no Big Idea.But there isLittle does Roy know that he would be responsible for the Big Idea.Mentioning to Cord that the charter business is the one he hasn't been able to crack. So after contacting friend of his in the music businessthe Big Idea pays off when Sandpiper becomes the charter for the singing sensation the Todds.That is until a fued breaks out and the tour is cancelled. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mitchell Ryan as Jonathan Clayton | Jonathan Slavin as Cord Clayton | Karen Kilgariff | Linda Porter | Cynthia Sikes | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 1996 |
| Episode 10 - [Wingless Part 3] |
| Details : When Cord chickens out on delivering a presentation before his father's board of directorsJoe and Brian must deliver it. Meanwhilehanging in the men'sHelen's learns a nasty secret:Cord was expected to fail at Sandpiper for the tax write-off. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mitchell Ryan as Jonathan Clayton | Mark Rafael Truitt | Jonathan Slavin as Cord Clayton | John Ducey | Steven Flynn | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 1996 |
| Episode 11 - [All About Christmas Eve] |
| Details : Another odd christmas falls on Nantucketas Antonio drives a nun around in search of a vision she saw in a dream.While Joe plays reluctant host to feuding brothers Lou and Harry and a little last minute shopping ends up trapping FayHelen and Casey. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Abe Vigoda | Phil Leeds | |
| Air Date : Dec. 18, 1996 |
| Episode 12 - [Let's Talk About Sex] |
| Details : Roy falls for talk show host Mary Pat Leebut discovers she used confidential information to ambush her Joe and Helen on her show. MeanwhileBrian pays Casey to run errands for him. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Caroline Aaron | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 1997 |
| Episode 13 - [Hosed] |
| Details : Joe and Helen deal with a crooked Vacuum cleaner salesman charging them for a vacuum originally sold with an eternal guarantee. MeanwhileBrian gets close to Roy to get closer to his niece. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Leslie Jordan | Cec Verrell | Writer : Christopher Vane | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Jan. 15, 1997 |
| Episode 14 - [Just Call Me Angel] |
| Details : On their way home from Las VegasJoe has a bad case of food poisoning and is soon helpless in the airliner's bathroom.Where he is soon followed by the plains pilots.Leaving the job of hero to be played by Brian who safely lands the plane and becomes an instant celebrity. Joe tries to deal with Brian's newfound celebrity and all the grief he's getting from Helen over his Men's travel bagbut Brian's celebrity is short lived and he soon is back at Sandpiper asking for his old job back once again. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Young | Amzie Strickland | Carolyn Hennesy | Writer : Christopher Vane | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 1997 |
| Episode 15 - [Fay There Georgy Girl] |
| Details : After selling off the valuables of her GeorgesFay is visited by their ghostsdemanding that she buy back their items. MeanwhileJoe's Valentine's Day efforts seem paltry to Helen compared to the man intending to propose to his beloved with a banner flying from the Sandpiper plane (problem is she's not his belovedand she can't even stand him.) and Brian and Casey prepare to go out on a sham date. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : James Greene | Taylor Nichols | Writer : Ken Keeler | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 12, 1997 |
| Episode 16 - [Escape From New York] |
| Details : Brian and Helen's trip to New York to see Rent turns into a night mare when the theatre refuses to transfer the tickets from Helen's benefactor to her.Even worse a con-man robs them of their money and Helen is forced to compete in a drag queen contest in order to get the money to get home. MeanwhileA bad back leaves joe in the house alone with a suddenly talkative Antonio. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ray Laska | Jazzmun | Writer : Jeffrey Richman | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 1997 |
| Episode 17 - [House Of Blues] |
| Details : Kicked out by Joe and Helen Brian and Casey move into a new home home with Antonio. Meanwhile Joe and Helen's fling with nudism has them being threatened with blackmail when the neighbor kids snap pictures of them. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Justin Burnette | Bruce Thomas | Writer : Jeffrey Richman | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : Mar. 05, 1997 |
| Episode 18 - [MsWrite] |
| Details : Brian falls for Rafter reading her love lettersmistakenly sent to a former occupant of the house. MeanwhileJoe and Helen ask Antonio to install a new security system in their house. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kaitlin Hopkins | Ashley Johnson | Lisa Thornhill | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Mar. 19, 1997 |
| Episode 19 - [Dreamgirl] |
| Details : When Fay goes on vacationthe Hackett's hire a beautiful woman to fill in at the counter.Brian finds her distressingly distractivingwhile Joe and Helen have uneasy dreams about her. MeanwhileCasey helps Antonio get a job at the department storeonly to see him promoted ahead of her. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Samantha Smith | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 1997 |
| Episode 20 - [Heartache Tonight] |
| Details : Roy invites Joe and Helen over to his house on an important night for him:the introduction of his girlfriend to his mother.But when he's dumped before the fateful eveningHelen reluctantly fills in. MeanwhileBrian passes on his cold to Casey before her big date. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Dean | Rose Marie | David Moreland | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Apr. 16, 1997 |
| Episode 21 - [Oedipus Wrecks] |
| Details : Brian is surprised to find out his new girlfriendEmily's son is already in college.Further complications ensue when Casey takes a shine to young shine. MeanwhileJoe and Roy go to the circus:Joe to try and deal with his childhood trauma and Roy to demand an apology from the clown who humilated him in his act. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Shannon Tweed | Chip Zien | Christopher Wiehl | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 1997 |
| Episode 22 - [Raging Bull-and!] |
| Details : When a long time rival drops out of a boxing tournamentJoe finds himself matched up against Brian.But what starts out as a friendly competition gets decidedly unpleasant. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Christopher Vane | Director : Jeff Melman | |
| Air Date : May. 14, 1997 |
| Episode 23 - [Final Approach Part 1] |
| Details : To cheer up HelenJoe restores her old cello.While Helen is busy rediscovering her old passionJoe and Brian discover the ages old treasure hunt they undertook when their father died isn't over yet.They and the rest of the gang are led all over New Englandonly to wind up back at the airportto discover $250000 in an old suitcase in an airport locker. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : May. 21, 1997 |
| Wings Season 8 Episode 24 |
| Episode 24 - [Final Approach Part 2] |
| Details : Joe and Brian are divided over their new-found inheritance:Joe wants to expand the businessand Brian wants the money to leave Nantucket and the tedium of his job.Joe's agony over the dissolving of the partnership is further complicated when he learns of Helen's earth shaking news:she's been invited to study cello in Vienna with the world's greatest cellist.Joe is prepared to sacrifice Sandpiper to help Helen finally live her dream.But it is Brian who makes the final sacrificeby postponing his and Casey's move to the Carribeanin order to run Sandpiper for one year while Joe and Helen are away in Vienna. |
| Air Date : May. 21, 1997 |