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Wings Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Porno for Pyros
Wed, Sep 18, 199622 mins
After Joe and Helen accidentally burn down Brian's house, Brian gets excited over the thought of a big insurance check. The insurance company sends an investigator because they don't believe the couples could accidentally burn each other houses down during sex. Antonio develops a crush on the investigator and follows her around like a puppy dog. Everyone is questioned and, as expected, make themselves look guilty.
Episode 2
...Like a Neighbor Scorned
Wed, Sep 25, 199622 mins
Joe and Helen take an immediate liking to their new neighbors--then quickly change their minds. Antonio thinks his late uncle had an affair with movie star Gina Lollobrigida.
Episode 3
Maybe It's You
Wed, Oct 2, 199622 mins
Brian's vow to find deeper relationships is tested by beautiful but dumb Dani. Joe tries to deal with his best friend's not inviting him to a wedding.
Episode 4
Single and Hating It
Wed, Oct 9, 199622 mins
The whole gang end up at a singles mixer together.
Episode 5
Too Beautiful for You
Wed, Oct 23, 199622 mins
Antonio works a suicide hotline one night and finds himself on a date with a depressed caller. When she turns out to be gorgeous he wonders how long until he gets dumped. Helen has to compete with a sandwhich vendor cart.
Episode 6
The Gift of Life
Wed, Oct 30, 199621 mins
It's Halloween and everybody wants to enjoy it and go to parties. A guy shows up and buys a ticket. Joe and Brian don't want to fly him because they have plans. The guy gets a call from his wife, who had earlier dumped him. He says that he's a medical courier and he is carrying the gift of life. Joe and Brian convince him to go to his wife and he leaves his cooler behind. They look inside and see a canister that says Nelson's heart. They assume it's a heart for a transplant. So they try to find out where it goes.
Episode 7
Olive or Twist
Wed, Nov 6, 199622 mins
Casey encourages Brian to use his insurance money to open a martini bar. Things go awry when the first customer through the door slips and falls. Brian's problems are compounded when he learns Casey never got insurance. Roy and Faye hunt for ET's.
Episode 8
Wingless: Part 1
Wed, Nov 13, 199622 mins
The Sandpiper airplane gets repossessed, forcing Joe and Brian to sell the airline.
Episode 9
Wingless: Part 2
Wed, Nov 20, 199622 mins
Cord's first act as the new President of Sandpiper is to hold a meeting, informing everyone they need a "big idea". Joe tries to get everyone to see there is no "Big Idea". But it turns out there is. Little 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 business, the "Big Idea" pays off when Sandpiper becomes the charter for the singing sensation the Todds (a TV version of the Judds), that is until a feud breaks out and the tour is canceled.
Episode 10
Wingless: Part 3
Wed, Dec 11, 199622 mins
When Cord chickens out on delivering a presentation before his father's board of directors, Joe and Brian must deliver it. Meanwhile, hanging out in the men's room, Helen's learns a nasty secret: Cord was expected to fail at Sandpiper for the tax write-off.
Episode 11
All About Christmas Eve
Wed, Dec 18, 199622 mins
Another odd Christmas falls on Nantucket, as Antonio drives a nun around in search of a vision she saw in a dream. Meanwhile Joe plays reluctant host to feuding brothers Lou and Harry, and a little last-minute shopping ends up trapping Fay, Helen, and Casey.
Episode 12
Let's Talk About Sex
Wed, Jan 8, 199722 mins
Joe and Helen get blind-sided on TV by Roy's new girlfriend, Mary Pat.
Episode 13
Hosed
Wed, Jan 15, 199722 mins
Joe gets shaken down by the door-to-door salesman.
Episode 14
Just Call Me Angel
Wed, Feb 5, 199722 mins
Brian becomes a hero when he has to land a jumbo-jet while returning home from a trip to Las Vegas. He doesn't handle the resulting fame very well.
Episode 15
Fay There, Georgy Girl
Wed, Feb 12, 199722 mins
When Fay sells the things of her dead husbands, they haunt her.
Episode 16
Escape from New York
Wed, Feb 19, 199722 mins
Brian and Helen's trip to New York to see "Rent" turns into a nightmare when the theatre refuses to transfer the tickets from Helen's benefactor to her. A con-man robs them of their money, Helen is forced to compete in a drag queen contest. A bad back leaves Joe in the house alone with a talkative Antonio.
Episode 17
House of Blues
Wed, Mar 5, 199722 mins
Kicked out by Joe and Helen, Brian and Casey move into a new home with the help of a new roommate Antonio who actually lives with his girlfriend. Things suddenly become crowded when Antonio is dumped and has to move back home. Joe and Helen's nudism has them threatened with blackmail when the neighbor kids snap photos of them.
Episode 18
Ms. Write
Wed, Mar 19, 199722 mins
Brian becomes enamored with a lady writing letters to a lover.
Episode 19
Dreamgirl
Wed, Apr 2, 199722 mins
When Fay goes on vacation, Brian and Joe need to find someone to fill in. And the best applicant is a woman named Shannon. Brian doesn't want to hire her because she's very attractive and Joe concurs. But Helen tells them that's not right so Joe hires her. And Helen is also uncomfortable when she sees her. Brian so uncomfortable when he's with her that he constantly goes into Helen's freezer. And Helen and Joe have dreams of him being "with" her. When Antonio's cab business is waning because of the new airport shuttle, Casey gets him a job at the store where she works. Antonio discovers that Casey and her co workers are slacking; going in late because they got someone covering for them. But he goes in on time. Eventually he gets promoted and is now Casey's boss and puts an end to her slacking.
Episode 20
Heartache Tonight
Wed, Apr 16, 199722 mins
Brian and Casey are ill. Joe and Helen visit Roy's house and meet Roy's mother, Eleanor.
Episode 21
Oedipus Wrecks
Wed, May 7, 199722 mins
Brian is dating a woman who has a son. He's OK with it till he sees just how old he is, which makes him question her age which he doesn't want to ask her. And things get more complicated when her son hooks up with Casey. When a circus comes to the island, Helen wants to go and invites everyone to join her. Roy and Antonio go but Joe because of a past experience doesn't. Roy comes back humiliated because of the clowns. Joe convinces him to go back and confront him and Roy tells Joe he needs to face what happened to him.
Episode 22
Raging Bull*&@!
Wed, May 14, 199721 mins
Joe and Brian go up against each other in a boxing match.
Episode 23
Final Approach: Part 1
Wed, May 21, 199722 mins
Joe makes a music room in the attic for Helen. He moves a piece of luggage out for Brian, who discovers a secret note from their deceased father and key for a lock box. The duo set out on another finder's keepers quest, just like they did eight years earlier. They enlist Faye, Antonio and Casey on their quest, which takes them to Boston, New York, and eventually back to Nantucket, only to find another suitcase in the airport locker, right next to the one from eight years before. Helen plays for another symphony and gets turned down again.
Episode 24
Final Approach: Part 2
Wed, May 21, 199722 mins
This time the suitcase actually contains money - a lot of money. Brian and Joe fight over what to do with the money, Joe always practical, Brian always impulsive, and go their separate ways. This leaves Fay wondering if she will still have a job, but instead Joe offers her 5% of the company for her loyalty. Helen hears back from the conductor in her interview and is invited to study with him in Vienna, but Joe doesn't want to leave Sandpiper. But when he learns of Helen's amazing opportunity he makes the ultimate sacrifice and finally actually agrees to sell Sandpiper to Roy, to go with her to Vienna. Brian readies for his departure to Bali, with Casey clinging at his heels, and readily signs for the sale, but after Joe signs Brian comes back and rips the contract. He tells Joe he will run Sandpiper for one year, and then Joe has to come back. This is of course much to the dismay of Casey, who has told off everyone on the island and quit her job. Joe and Helen leave, and Sandpiper goes on.