The BEST episodes of Wings season 2

Every episode of Wings season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Wings season 2!

Two brothers, Joe and Brian Hackett, run a one-plane commuter service from a small Nantucket airport. Along with Joe's on-again/off-again girlfriend, there are more hilarious and eccentric characters who work out of or at the airport.

Last Updated: 9/4/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Mother Wore Stripes
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7.81
83 votes

#1 - Mother Wore Stripes

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1991

The brothers' estranged mother returns to Nantucket after Brian sees her at a sporting event on TV. Brian is thrilled but Joe feigns apathy to hide his anger for having to be the responsible one of the Hackett household.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: David Lloyd
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Friends or Lovers?
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7.75
65 votes

#2 - Friends or Lovers?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1990

Joe and Helen attempt to secretively go on their first date. Brian hires a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: David Lloyd
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The Tennis Bum
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7.74
87 votes

#3 - The Tennis Bum

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1991

Brian is 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, despite being told otherwise, can't resist flying Lowell's prized Graf Zeppelin model he's keeping in Joe's office ahead of a model airplane show.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble
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7.68
84 votes

#4 - My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1991

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.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
A Terminal Christmas
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7.51
92 votes

#5 - A Terminal Christmas

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1990

After all their plans for Christmas go badly, the gang tries to cheer Fay up who is having her first Christmas without her husband.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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Airport '90
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7.48
84 votes

#6 - Airport '90

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1991

Helen is bitten by the flying bug after Brian lets her take the plane's controls for a few minutes. She decides to take flying lessons from Joe but his classes are too long and boring so Brian offers to take her up again. They experience some turbulence and Helen finds herself at the controls but never learned how to land.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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All in the Family
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7.43
82 votes

#7 - All in the Family

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1991

Brian demonstrates to young pilot Kenny how he is so successful with women. However, when Kenny learns that Brian asked out his mother, he is less than thrilled knowing of Brian's history. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen squabble over the issue of privacy in their relationship.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bryan Winter
The Story of Joe
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7.40
77 votes

#8 - The Story of Joe

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1990

A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe but finds Brian's life much more interesting. Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson visit the island.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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Sports and Leisure
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7.40
68 votes

#9 - Sports and Leisure

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1990

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.

Writer: David Angell
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The Puppetmaster
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7.37
81 votes

#10 - The Puppetmaster

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1990

In order to get Helen to break her vow that she does not date pilots, Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot to ask out Helen.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift
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7.28
60 votes

#11 - It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1990

Joe and Brian compete to get Helen the better birthday gift as a means to impress her. Fay creates a budget for Lowell and learns that he's still paying for a tuxedo he rented years ago.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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Plane Nine from Nantucket
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7.26
88 votes

#12 - Plane Nine from Nantucket

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1991

Joe and Brian think they see a UFO. Joe is hesitant to file an FAA report, fearing that Sandpiper Air will be blacklisted. Brian goes ahead and files the report which catches the notice of an eccentric group of UFO enthusiasts. Meanwhile, Helen informs Fay she still owes her money on her lunch tab but Fay insists she paid it.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
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7.26
88 votes

#13 - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1991

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. Roy's blind date exceeds all his low expectations but all he can do is try and figure out what's wrong with her.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
High Anxiety
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7.25
65 votes

#14 - High Anxiety

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1990

Joe is grounded due to hypertension forcing Brian to take every flight. Joe is unable to find a new pilot willing to work for what he can afford to pay leaving Joe to consider selling Sandpiper.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo
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7.24
88 votes

#15 - Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1991

Wanting a night alone, Joe and Helen kick Brian out of the house. Brian shows up the next day with an adventurous, globetrotting woman whom he intends to marry.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned
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7.22
65 votes

#16 - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1990

Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Meanwhile, Lowell totes his video camera around the airport trying to capture something to submit to "America's Wackiest Videos" TV show.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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A Little Nightmare Music
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7.21
75 votes

#17 - A Little Nightmare Music

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1990

Helen plays her cello for a very famous conductor visiting the island on his honeymoon. Meanwhile, Fay prepares for a role at a carnival by predicting the future reading tarot cards.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Bryan Winter
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A Standup Kind of Guy
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7.21
66 votes

#18 - A Standup Kind of Guy

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1990

Joe feels obligated to hold a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with but the guy considers Joe his best friend. Lowell is fascinated by a metal plate in Roy's head.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Dave Hackel
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Love Is Like Pulling Teeth
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7.12
88 votes

#19 - Love Is Like Pulling Teeth

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1991

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 party to watch the biggest college basketball game of the year between Boston College and Providence. With Helen's TV in the shop, Joe's loyalty is tested.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Dave Hackel
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There's Always Room for Cello
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7.10
62 votes

#20 - There's Always Room for Cello

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1990

Roy's son R.J. takes cello lessons from Helen. Roy agrees to pay for the lessons after he thinks R.J. is "hot for teacher." Helen convinces R.J. to divulge a secret that he is agonizing over telling his father.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
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Murder She Roast
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6.98
86 votes

#21 - Murder She Roast

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1991

While the brothers' house is being fumigated, Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives. He's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him.

Directors: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Dave Hackel
Duet for Cello and Plane
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6.64
84 votes

#22 - Duet for Cello and Plane

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1991

Helen gets a music job with the Maine Symphony Orchestra forcing her and Joe to talk about their future. Meanwhile, a confused woman who doesn't speak English has been hanging around the airport and gains Fay's sympathy and Roy's hostility.

Directors: Noam Pitlik