"The Hackett Brothers."- starring Tim Daly

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TIM DALY
STEVEN WEBER
IN
"THE HACKETT BROTHERS."


ALSO STARRING CRYSTAL BERNARD.
AMY YASBECK
DAVID SCHRAMM AND REBECCA SCHULL AS FAYE AND TONY SHALHOUB AS ANTONIO.

1- "Pilot (1)." With Joe back from Vienna, he is stunned to find that Brian has fallen in love with the idea of running an airline on his own--- and he's not going to the Caribbean after all.

2- "Pilot (2)."- Brian, feeling that he single-handedly saved Sandpiper from financial disaster, refuses to hand the reigns back over to Joe. It's Helen in the end who saves the day by discovering the picture that the boys looked at in the first episode of WINGS of the boys and Helen having fun at the lake together. Brian pops the balloon of his pomposity, and Joe insists that Brian be his partner.

3- "Stuck In The Middle With You."- An elevator comes to a halt in between floors, trapping Brian, Helen, Joe, and Casey, on their way up to a friend's apartment for a party. The gang wastes time while waiting to be rescued by reminiscing about the good times they've had together.

4- "Defense."- When street toughs corner him on his way home from a late-night party, on-foot Brian is forced to defend himself by fighting off the punks. When all is said and done and Brian escapes miraculously uninjured, he suddenly loses the spontenaity and laughter he normally possesses in obsessive amounts.

5- "Coming Out Of The House Party."- Joe and Helen finally get Brian back on his feet and out of the house, but he's still not ready to walk the streets alone: until he discovers that the punks have gotten their justice by being sent to jail for 12 years.

6- "Crossing Over."- Frasier Crane must deliver a seminar in Nantucket once again, this time in Fay's community council hall. When news of Frasier's arrival reaches Fay she immediately tells the gang and Helen once again vows to make Frasier pay for the ripoff advice, or lack there-of he's given to her in the past.

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7- "Turkey Day."- Joe has big plans for his and Helen's Thanksgiving feast. That is until he finds out that the terminal has been looted and the plane is wrecked.

8- "Damages."- Joe finds out the hard way that his plane is damaged beyond repair: He must buy a new one. Unfortunately he doesn't have enough money saved up to buy a brand new plane. So he turns to an unlikely person for help: Roy.

9- "Fay's Departure."- Fay suddenly decides to leave Sandpiper just when Joe needs her support the most due to a spat she had with co-owner Brian.

10- "Resolution."- Negotiations with Roy begin; he will sell one of his planes to Joe for a reasonable price if Joe promises to be his slave for a month helping around the house. Joe reluctantly agrees to the terms.

11- "Santa Claus Show."- Joe celebrates Christmas with Helen, Brian, Casey, and even Roy on Joe's newly purchased plane. But things just aren't the same without Fay during the holidays. Antonio picks up an unexpected fare on Christmas Eve: a bearded old man who's in a hurry claiming to have alot of houses to visit before sun-up. Just as the holiday spirit for the gang is diminishing, Fay makes a surprise return, begging for forgiveness for not putting her faith in Joe and hoping to be able to join in the holiday festivities.

12- "Regrets."- Brian's night-out-on-the-town with the boys turns into a night of regrets, especially when an anything-but-sober Brian returns home to face Casey.

13- "The Urinal."- Joe is accused of staring at a man at an adjoining urinal in a bathroom, and charges are nearly pressed against Joe: until Helen comes to Joe's rescue just to prove that he's not interested in the man, embarassing him in the process.

14- "Like Father, Unlike Son."- Memories, both good and bad, come to surface as Joe unearths an ancient trunk from the attic.

15- "The Prodigee."- Helen teaches music theory to a class of high-schoolers just trying to fulfill their art requirements, but one particular student is really into the class: and in the process becomes a great musician.

16- "Music to Nobody's Ears."- Helen's persistent attempts to make it to the bigtime really start to irritate the gang who just want peace and quiet in the airport.

17- "The Dentist."- Riddled with novacaine, delusional Joe envisions a world where Sandpiper was run completely by incompetent Brian.

18- "Rumors."- Rumors emerge that Roy and Fay have been dating, causing the gang to wonder whether or not they could be a couple.

19- "Jailhouse Rock."- Roy's son is fingered an accomplice to a burglary. Coming to his defense is none other than dear old dad himself.

20- "Put Your Head On My Shoulders."- Fay befriends an old man on his death bed, who reveals to her all of his hopes, fears, and dreams--- inspiring all of the Sandpiper community.

21 and 22- "Judgment Day."- Joe's overbearing opinionated aunt infuriates Helen by calling her a southern Hussie who's not good enough for her standards. This causes Helen to tell Joe to either tell Aunt Silvia off or she's out of Joe's life for good--- Joe, not appreciative of Helen's furiousity sides with his aunt, and Helen packs up her bags and leaves.

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season two-


1- "Joe's Problem."- Joe's blood pressure is acting up again, and is grounded. Helen takes Joe back after realizing that she was overreacting over Joe's aunt, and thankfully Joe is soon able to fly again.

2- "The Artist."- Antonio becomes a reclusive artist upon discovering the joys of painting upon taking a night school course in painting with bored Fay.

3- "Lifestyles of the Poor and Infamous."- Working in a homeless shelter to help out those less-fortunate show Fay the hard way that some people are hard to help. She learns a valuable lesson though when she's at the end of her rope: that it's always worth the effort and care. Just when she's ready to throw in the towel, it takes a curmudgeonly old man to prove to her that she is needed there.

4- "Peace and Love."- Ex-hippies infiltrate Nantucket trying to start up another wave of peace and love; Antonio is held up while driving the night shift at the cab company.

5- "We Did Kind of Start the Fire."- Roy's carelessness leads to Fay's house going on fire after she delegates him to watch her house for her while she's away.

6- "Bringing Up The House (1)."- Roy "helps" to re-furnish Fay's house.

7- "Bringing Up The House (2)."- Fay continues to rebuild her fire-destroyed abode.

8- "Thanksgiving Misgivings."- Fay's attempt to host Thanksgiving dinner for the staff of Sandpiper (and Roy) is foiled when the house rebuilding crew tell her it's not safe for anybody to be in the house while construction is still unfinished.

9- "The Unsuspecting Cabbie."- Cabbie Antonio drives an eccentric to his destination: Boston! guest star Dick Van Dyke as the cabbie.

10- "Adventures in Dogsitting."- Antonio struggles to return a lost dog to its owner.

11- "Insights On Life."- Antonio ponders the deeper meaning of life.

12- "Roy Biggins: Bachelor at Large."- Egotistical Roy gets dumped by two women on the same night. The other airport workers try to convince him that someday a woman will take to his "endearing" personality quirks.

13- "Joe's Other Life (1)."- Helen learns of one of Joe's ex-lovers who he once nearly married while Helen was away in New York.

14- "Joe's Other Life (2)."- Distraught Helen wonders if Joe's love for her is genuine or if he really would rather be married to his former beau. In the end, of course, their love for each other proves to be too great to let anything come between them.

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Season Three

1 and 2- "The Phone Lines Are Down."- A brutal early snow-storm blows over Nantucket, leaving phone lines down, and a huge problem for Sandpiper, who's recently had to part with their faulty generator. (Brian has been meaning to get a new one)

3- "Joe The Aggressor."- Joe's aggression turns off Helen, and the people who he's after, financially, as well.

4- "The Cheatin' Ugly Son of a... Good Samaritan."- A down Antonio vies for a raise, and the gang's behind him; Roy gives a eulogy to a man he once hated.

5- "Cuttin' Back."- Weeds grow all around the Hackett house, turning off Helen's sexual feelings and Brian's appetite; Joe decides to give the staff a pay cut.

6- "The Gamin' Foursome."- A gambling Faye loses her house in a game of poker with the boys.

7- "Off Their Rocker."- A stowaway passenger leaves the gang baffled when she's convinced she's from the future... and 800 years old!

8- "Crisis of Faith."- Antonio and Lowell experience thugs beating an old woman to a pulp in the street, and later when they find out she died in the hospital, their faith in Christianity is rocked.

9- "Skeletons."- Helen reveals a deep secret about her past, giving Joe a sense of jealousy.

10- "The Talk Show."- Helen appears on a talk show to promote a cello company she's doing commercials for.

11- "Not Your Standard Off-Broadway."- Antonio's social circle puts on a play, bringing back old memories of past performances of the gang's.

12- "The Document."- A new law prevents kitchens from operating at Sandpiper.

13- "Every Day Is A Gift."- A vacation changes previously dampering Roy.

14- "Animals, Everywhere."- Faye stops animal cruelty in the act, when a slaughterer is about to slaughter a pig.

15- "The Gold Rush."- A tip from a drunk passenger leads the Hacketts to a gold mine.

16- "Daily Dose."- Roy fears an injection that will cure him of a disease.

17- "15 Minutes In The Light."- The gang get jealous fast when Antonio becomes a hero.

18- "All About Sole."- Roy goes shoe-shopping with Lowell, and leaves his son in charge of the airline. The staff of Sandpiper soon learns that competition is in the Biggins' blood.

19- "There's Something Very Fishy Going On Here."- A fish market with an obnxious owner opens next to the airport, aggravating passengers and pushing Joe to the limit.

20- "The Robber."- The airport is robbed in the middle of the night, leading the gang to wonder about the island's general safety.

21- "Blinded By The Light."- Joe stops a blind man from getting hit by a car, and nearly goes blind himself.

22- "The Justice."- Visiting Nantucket, a rather odd man (Christopher Lloyd), allows his vacation to be overrun by over-zealous patrons of Sandpiper Air.

Season Four-

1- "Big Gig."- An old high school friend of Helen's drops onto the island and informs her he's become a musician with alot of connections--- prompting her to try her luck at finally getting a "big gig."

2- "The Stool."- Norm Peterson (George Wendt) returns to Nantucket with friends to make a connection flight to Boston coming from his sister-in-law's wedding in San Francisco and hopes to wait on his favorite Nantucket barstool, which has been taken away for repair!

3- "Cheers."- Cheers patrons and staff discover their wait to make a connection flight to ANYWHERE is going to be a long one.

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4- "Fay's Legacy."- Fay is unhappy when she gets a raise, but no one can figure out why.

5- "Antonio and the Americans."- Immigration service agents seek Antonio, who is hiding from them, fearing another possible deportion, when all they want is some information on a possible illegal alien that rode in his cab.

6- "Helen The Seamstress."- Helen takes up sewing and it soon becomes very helpful and efficient in her life.

7- "Joe and Brian--- The Teamsters."- After a stormy argument over who was the better basketball player back in high school, Joe and Brian take each other on during a trip to Madison Square Garden!

8- "The Mystery Guest."- A mysterious man who came in for a cup of coffee from the outside is seeked by police.

9- "Nantucket's Many Secrets."- After having too much to drink at a Sandpiper anniversary party, secrets are revealed, turning the party into war.

10- "The Airport Singer."- Antonio, slow on cabbie fares, takes on a job as an airport lounge singer at a rival airport!

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11- "Boo!"- A Halloween Eve prank between Brian and Joe scares Helen, who decides to exact revenge on the brothers.

12- "Three Husbands and Two Wives."- Fay discovers that all three of her husbands might've had another common bond other than all having been married to Fay---- a well-known Nantuckian mistress.


13- "Get That Thing Out Of Here."- Brian's rude gesture to a Yankees Fan might cost him his job.

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14- "Wings Over Nantucket."- Helen doubts that Joe's high-school infatuation really went out with him; Fay considers a stewardess' position for a major airline.

15- "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place."- Brian wants to go on an expedition to Africa after he hears fabulous stories about the country from a passenger.

16- "The Passenger."- The absence of a VIP on the plane delays all of the other passengers.

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17- "The Return of Kenny."- Junior pilot Kenny earns himself a job as a pilot at Delta.

18- "Helen and the Hog."- Helen cares for a neighbor's hog while she is away.

19- "Brian's Dilemma."- Casey, tiring of her on again, off again flings with Brian, pressures him into an exclusive relationship. Brian, however, simply does not feel like he's ready yet for such a commitment.

20- "The Breakfast Story."- A slow-service diner delays Joe's busy schedule.

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21- "Fay's Space Quest."- Fay seeks solace when her headache gets the best of her; at home, she dreams of her love of space and that she was the first woman in space!


22- "The Un-Moderization of Helen."- Joe's airplane undergoes crucial changes, making him more worried about the plane than his wife who has some news to tell him: she is pregnant!

End of season four.


Season Five Starring Tim Daly
Steven Weber
Crystal Bernard
Amy Yasbeck
David Schramm
Rebecca Schull
Tony Shalhoub
and Thomas Haden Church

1- "Roy's Big-gin Problem."- Roy's son is again baffled by his sexuality when he meets an attractive student who has the hots for him.

2- "Lowell 101."- Upon learning that the man who put a threat on his life is dead, Lowell is released from the Witness Protection Program. A depressed and unfulfilled Lowell is hired back on by Joe, who feels sorry for the no-job ex-mechanic.

3- "Joe's Higher Anxiety."- Joe is again grounded when his blood pressure goes through the roof due to stressing the arrival of the baby.

4- "She's Having Two Babies..."- Sonograms reveal that what was thought to be just an unusually big baby turns out to be twins!

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5- "Brian Settles Down."- Brian and Casey mull marriage after seeing how happy their siblings are with each other.

6- "TV Becomes Non-Entertainment (1)."- A high-profile television journalist interviews expectant and very worried father Joe, who stumbles on live TV, and to disturb things even more, one of the plane's engines is causing Lowell some mechanical trouble!

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7- "TV Becomes Non-Entertainment (2)."- While Joe wraps up the interview, Helen has labor pains causing Joe to over-react; all while on-the-air!

8- "TV Becomes Non-Entertainment (3)."- Joe and Brian race Helen to the hospital when it finally is time for her to deliver the baby.

9- "TV Remains Non-Entertainment."- Joe develops a few grey hairs while awaiting news on the baby. Unclear sonograms hint to the fact that she may be having triplets!

10- "TV Becomes Entertainment."- Roy's mechanic is unable to fix his TV, causing him and his son to have to spend quality time together, which opens up an in-depth discussion between the two--- their first in years which leaves them both with a warm feel on Thanksgiving; Helen discovers it was a false alarm, and that she is only giving birth to twins after all.

11- "Fay's Wild Dream."- Fay dreams that all of Nantucket are post-70's hippies after her for her last cigarette.

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12- "Wild And Out."- Vacationing Hacketts encounter chaos on an island inhabited by crazy self-proclaimed "Natives."

13- "Love Is An Open Book."- Helen is tempted to peak at Joe's old black book and when she finally does, she uncovers a disturbing factoid Joe wrote about her!

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14- "Sandpiper Down."- Brian takes the plane to Tijuana for some "action" and he gets more than he's bargained for.

15- "The Secret."- Lowell thinks Antonio is hiding important news about the status of his job from him.

16- "Getting Closer."- Roy and Joe, closing up their respective counters for the night and neither of them having a car, decide to take a train together--- which proves to serve the greater purpose of the two clearing up some of their differences and getting to know each other when the train breaks down.

17- "In Flight Movie."- Brian's stupidity once again gets him into trouble when he suggests Joe offer in-flight movies into his longer flights. However, after finally getting the system ready, everyone is shocked at the feature presentation--- an X-Rated movie Brian had rented for himself which he got mixed up with the tamer movie originally scheduled.

18- "Caught in the Middle."- Brian discovers he has been used by his steady girlfriend just for her to get to another man.

19- "Two Gays, One Girl and a Lunch Counter."- After getting off their flight and attempting to grab a quick bite to eat at the lunch counter, two homosexuals vacationing in Nantucket are harassed by arrogant passengers waiting for a Sandpiper Air Flight, and when the two men don't do anything about the teasing, sensitive Helen steps in---- with a frying pan. Meanwhile, Joe takes up yoga to reduce his stress levels.

20- "Fay's Insecurities."- On her first husbands' 20 year anniversary of his death, Fay is once again reminded of how lonely she is.

21 and 22- "Death of a Milkman."- Antonio befriends a man who is on his deathbed, who was a milkman in the days of the Depression, prompting scary and unforgiving rememberances of a time when all hope seemed lost. The whole gang eventually joins in Antonio's fascination with this man who has experienced so much heartache in his life, but still lives to tell his story, even if it'll be the last time he'll tell it. The gang reflects on their own lives one by one and how fornunate they all are in the grand scheme of things through their love for each other and sticking it out through both the good and the bad together.


Season Six Starring Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Amy Yasbeck, David Schramm, Rebecca Schull, Tony Shalhoub and Thomas Haden Church.

With Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth as the Cranes.

1- "The Big Plane."- A one hour season opener where Joe finds out dad left the boys a little more money than they found in the suitcase in the last episode: 100,000 dollars he had been saving up throughout the years. This allows Joe to buy a new plane, and start a new chapter in the history of Sandpiper Air.

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2- "Crane vs. Crane (I)."- Helen and Joe's anniversary is fast-approaching and Joe promises her a new dress for the occasion. But in order to get the dress Helen must travel with Joe to a special tailor in Boston, and both pressed for time, she joins Joe for one of his daily flights to Boston. Once at the dressmaker's, Helen runs into Lilith Sternin, also there to pick up a dress: for her impending nuptials to a dashing young junior executive for a major law firm.

3- "Crane vs. Crane (II)."- Doctor Frasier Crane flies in for Lilith's wedding from Seattle to give his blessing; Helen finally makes amends with Frasier after three previous bad encounters with the radio shrink.

4- "Moving On."- To clear up any confusion, this is Frasier's situation in the world of "The Hackett Brothers": In May 2004 he took a job offer in Cally. After a few months he realized the job wasn't for him and he was graciously accepted back at KACL in early 2005. This series began production in Fall 1999, two years after the WINGS finale. Frasier also discovers that KACL isn't what it used to be without producer Roz. He hangs up his headphones for the last time and upon learning about his ex-wife finally moving on, he decides to as well by moving permanently to the quiet, relaxing city of Nantucket.

5- "Job Offer."- Frasier is offered a job by Joe to be the official counselor of his staff, who always takes time away from his busy life over petty problems and hang-ups. Frasier accepts, and soon proves to be a better shrink than anyone expected, including Helen.

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6- "Flight of the Cessna (1)."- On a stormy night where Joe was scheduled to have flights up the wazoo, he sits back, relaxes, and recalls how he ever got the plane in the first place.

7- "Flight of the Cessna (2)."- As Joe recollects his story of how he started up his business, a tipsy Brian decides to take on the storm and invades the airport hangar in the middle of the night to take the Cessna out for a little spin.

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I have a suggestion- How about Fay gets married to a new guy (not named Gerorge) who does not die.:wave:

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By popular request, I'm back with some more WINGS fanfics:

8- "What's Behind Door Number Four?"- Fay meets a debonaire, rich, and charming newcomer to the island, who happens to be a former flyboy. She is so enchanted with him, she asks him to go out with her; and he is so enchanted with her, he spontaneously pops the question after their first date.

9- "Four Is Enough."- Fay and Harry, her new beau, secretly elope in Vegas. The only person in on the secret is Roy, who books their flight for them.

10- "All Alone and Feeling Blue (1)."- Antonio desperately struggles to win over his new love interest.

11- "All Alone and Feeling Blue (2)."- When the realization sinks in that his new girlfriend, Karen, is only a temporary lover, he decides to drop dating all together, and become a priest!

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Hey, those are good! :lol:

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Thank you, Chocoholic! Back with more...

12- "Father Scarpacci."- Antonio's spontaneous decision to become a priest all because of his lack of love life prompts Brian to convince him that the priesthood is not for him (and since it is Brian we're talking about, I'll leave it to you to discern what tactics he uses to ensure Antonio reconsiders the single life).

13- "Frasier's Breakdown."- Frasier can't come to terms with Lilith's new marriage and breaks down while counseling a young couple with marital troubles at his recently opened Nantucket office.

14- "Love It Or Leave It."- Casey confronts Brian about his unwillingness to settle down with her, although they live in the same house. She tells him that she no longer will allow an open relationship.

15- "Decision Day."- Brian asks Joe about what to do with the Casey situation. Joe asks him if he really loves her. In the end, Brian decides that he can't string Casey along anymore and they come to the mutual decision to end the relationship but remain friends.

16- "Think Fast (1)."- Despite their clean break, Casey is disturbed by Brian's immediate hustling following the breakup. She knows she can't live with him unless they're in a relationship.

17- "Think Fast (2)."- Brian's relationship rebound makes waves for Joe, Helen and Casey; while Brian ignores them all and goes out with a new girl every night. Casey moves out of the house without telling him.

18- "Secret to No Success."- Fay has second thoughts about her fourth marriage when she begins to notice strange quirks about the new man in her life.

19- "Baby in the House."- Helen goes into labor at work and it's up to Roy to rush her to the hospital to deliver! Meanwhile, Joe rushes back from a flight to Boston to try to get to the hospital before the big event.

20- "The Explosive Personality."- A quick-tempered old man is in a hurry to get home to New Bedford, much to the chagrin of one-woman show Fay, who has been running the airport the whole week Helen, Joe and Brian have been tending to the twins.

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21- "Hairy Harry."- Fay discovers secrets about Harry's past while she is doing some spring cleaning--- she discovers that he once was married to a woman who had to enter the witness protection program after being threatened. Fay makes the difficult decision to stay with Harry under the proviso that from now on they will keep no secrets from one another.

22- "Crossroads."- After helping her sister throughout the delivery and the days that followed and after helping his brother sink into the reality that he is now a father, Casey and Brian decide that they really need that kind of stability in their lives. Brian and Casey begin exclusively seeing each other. Six weeks later, they find that their relationship is solid enough and special enough for them to tie the knot. Helen and Fay go all out decorating the airport while Joe, Lowell, Antonio, Frasier and even Roy help out Brian sort out the details. Joe rewards his brother, who he finally believes is "growing up" by deciding to hire a summer replacement for him while he and Casey finally realize their dream of going to the Caribbean.

SEASON SEVEN

Starring Tim Daly
Steven Weber
Crystal Bernard
Amy Yasbeck
David Schramm
Rebecca Schull
Thomas Haden Church
Tony Shalhoub
and Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane