Noam Pitlik Movies
- 1991
Wings moved from its second-season Friday slot back to its original Thursday-evening berth for this episode, in which Joe (Tim Daly), having lost his taste for piloting, inaugurates a flight school, with the full support of Helen (Crystal Bernard). Unfortunately, Joe's only students are his funky mechanic Lowell (Thomas Haden Church) and another misfit. Backing away from the flight school that she'd so eagerly promoted, Helen decides to take up Brian's (Steven Weber) offer to let her fly his plane -- only to be forced into a dangerous solo situation! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Fay (Rebecca Schull) is down in the dumps over her lack of tennis prowess, so Brian (Steven Weber) tries to boost her confidence by allowing her to win a game. This turns out to be a major mistake, as news of Fay's thrilling victory and Brian's agonizing defeat becomes common knowledge throughout Nantucket, leading to a riotous rematch. Meanwhile, Helen (Crystal Bernard) is faced with a curious and unique problem of her own, and Joe (Tim Daly) suffers pangs of guilt after breaking Lowell's (Thomas Haden Church) radio-controlled model zeppelin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
An excruciatingly painful visit to the dentist has forced Helen (Crystal Bernard) to spend a few days convalescing in bed. In an effusion of love and generosity, Joe (Tim Daly) offers to look after Helen in her moment of need. As usual, Joe's timing couldn't be more off -- he has promised to keep Helen company on the very night of the much-anticipated college basketball game between Boston College and Providence! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
As indicated by its title, which is designed to invoke memories of the classically bad sci-fi flick Plan 9 from Outer Space, this episode is all about UFOs -- namely, the strange flying object spotted by Brian (Steven Weber) and Joe (Tim Daly) during a cargo flight. Reporting the sighting to the FAA, Brian is blown off by the officials. However, a local UFO Society is more than willing to invest some credibility in the brothers' incredible story. All of this sorely displeases Joe, who thinks that the publicity will ruin his business...even though it's all based on sworn testimony. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Laid up in the hospital with back problems, Joe (Tim Daly) reluctantly allows Brian (Steven Weber) to take charge of Sandpaper Air. In a burst of entrepreneurial enthusiasm, Brian comes up with a wealth of brilliant business and promotional ideas -- each one of which explodes in his face. Could things get worse? Absolutely, especially when teenage relief pilot Kenny (Michael Manasseri) "misplaces" the airline's only plane! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
After a whirlwind courtship (lasting less than one day!), Brian (Steven Weber) has proposed marriage to a worldly woman named Gwen (Lisa Darr). The couple intends to hold the wedding ceremony in Joe's plane, then launch their honeymoon with a skydive. Reluctantly, Joe (Tim Daly), Helen (Crystal Bernard), and minister-for-a-day Roy (David Schramm) agree to accompany Brian and Gwen as they speed through the clouds -- but when time comes to jump out of the plane, an entirely different couple is occupying the parachutes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
As their romance escalates, Joe (Tim Daly) and Helen (Crystal Bernard) intend to celebrate Valentine's Day by revisiting "that special place." Trouble is, they can't agree on where exactly that "special place" is. In other affairs of the heart, Roy (David Schramm) prepares to pay a terrible price for lying in a classified ad while seeking out a date. Tony Shalhoub makes his first series appearance in the role of moonstruck Italian cab driver Antonio Scarpacci. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Barbara Babcock makes a guest appearance in this episode as Mae, the mother of sibling pilots Joe and Brian Hackett (Tim Daly, Steven Weber). Although Brian is thrilled that his long-missing mom has come back into his life, Joe cannot forgive Mae for deserting her husband and sons eighteen years earlier. The discrepancies of behavior between Joe and Brian vis-à-vis their mother threatens to escalate into another no-holds-barred family war. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Tired of dating young, vapid women (evidently they're too much like himself!), Brian (Steven Weber) yearns for a relationship with a "sensitive, intelligent, attractive" lady with a tad more maturity. He ends up romancing with Melinda (Marie Marshall), the mother of Sandpiper Air's teenage relief pilot Kenny (Michael Manasseri), who isn't keen on his mom linking up with anyone boasting Brian's bad reputation. Surprisingly, it is Brian who makes the ultimate decision regarding his future with Kenny's mother. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
When cello player Helen (Crystal Bernard) finally lands a spot with the prestigious Maine State Symphony, Joe (Tim Daly) is both delighted and downhearted. Delighted because this is the fulfillment of Helen's lifelong dream, downhearted because the couple will now have to break up. Subsquent complications include a "rogue" grease gun and fire extinguisher, a curious decision made by Helen's principal rival for the Symphony seat (Olivia Burnette), and an unexpected last-minute plot twist. This is the final episode of Wings' second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
With the Hackett brothers' house being fumigated, Brian (Steven Weber) tries to move in with Helen (Crystal Bernard), but Joe (Tim Daly) says no. Thus, Brian accepts the invitation extended by the motherly Fay (Rebecca Schull) to stay with her until he can move back home. It's a pleasant situation until Brian tunes in on America's Most Wanted and notices that one of the fugitives bears a striking resemblance to Fay -- whose subsequent behavior does absolutely nothing to alleviate his fears that he's next on the "hit list." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Ticket counter lady Fay (Rebecca Schull) has told everyone at Sandpiper Air that she is looking forward to celebrating a "traditional" family Christmas at her home. When the various and sundry Yuletide plans of her friends and co-workers are scuttled, the gang decides to "crash" Fay's jolly party -- which turns out to be several light years removed from jolly. This episode was originally slated to air on December 14, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Having done all right for itself during its six-week opening season, Wings was renewed for a full second season in the fall of 1990; at the same time, the series moved from Thursdays to Fridays, and thus no longer could rely upon its "sister" series Cheers as a lead-in. In the first episode of season two, Helen (Crystal Bernard), owner of the lunch counter at Sandpiper Air, is still sticking hard and fast to her self-imposed rule to "never date a pilot" -- and that includes her lifelong friends Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian (Steven Weber). Hoping to break down Helen's resistance, Brian hires an actor named Matt Sargent (Craig Bierko) to impersonate Helen's "dream man," intending to reveal that the guy is a pilot the moment Helen is "in the mood." But the results aren't quite what Brian had in mind. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
A writer from "American Flyer" magazine is winging his way toward Nantucket, intending to interview Sandpiper Air owner Joe (Tim Daly). Unfortunately, the writer evinces more interest in the self-proclaimed exploits of Joe's brother Brian (Steven Weber). Meanwhile, two expatriates from Wings' sister series Cheers -- Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) -- show up on the island with fishing poles in their hands and big hopes in their hearts. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Freewheeling Brian (Steven Weber) arranges a blind date between his uptight brother Joe (Tim Daly) and local girl Cindy (a pre-Will & Grace Megan Mullally). The problem is that Cindy has "known" (in the Biblical sense) virtually every adult male in Nantucket -- including Brian. This situation plays itself out in a riotous double date, from which both Joe and Brian emerge with battle scars aplenty! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Joe (Steven Weber) is called away to an emergency airport committee meeting (concerning the endangered "short-eared owl") on the same night he is to attend a Boston Celtics game with Helen (Crystal Bernard). In the spirit of brotherly love, Brian (Steven Weber) offers to escort Helen to the game himself. Joe is agreeable to this, but radically changes his mind -- and his mood -- when he learns that the game has been canceled, and figures out that Joe and Helen seem to be in no hurry to return to Nantucket. This is the final episode of Wings' six-week inaugural season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
In the first half of a two-part story, brothers Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian (Steven Weber) are once again two cogs in a never-ending romantic wheel. Brian's ex-wife Carol (Kim Ulrich), who had dumped Joe in favor of Brian six years ago, subsequently divested herself of Brian to pursue another man. Now, the "other man" is history, as are several of Carol's interim romances. When Brian finds out that Carol is making a stopover in Boston en route to London, he decides to re-spark the old flame, choosing the Prudential Building as their meeting place (not quite Sleepless in Seattle, but it'll do). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
In the conclusion of a two-part story, Brian (Steven Weber) has reunited with his ex Carol (Kim Ulrich), who also has a history with Brian's brother Joe (Tim Daly). Figuring to be the final victor in this sibling struggle, Brian whisks Carol off for a (hopefully) romantic rendezvous in Nantucket. But Carol can't get Joe off her mind, and before long it looks as though the saga of the Hackett brothers' battle over the same woman has entered a new phase -- or is it simply the same old phase all over again? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
When would-be concert cellist Helen (Crystal Bernard) finally receives a callback for a symphony audition, her old pal Brian (Steven Weber) suggests that she might improve her chances if she dressed a little more...invitingly. Elsewhere, Fay (Rebecca Schull) provides moral support to aging pilot Howard Banks (Richard Erdman) who is on the last lap of a two-year flight around the world. Banks is convinced that an earlier "pact with God" will result in his immediate demise the moment his journey ends, and Fay does her best to convince him otherwise. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Although Joe (Tim Daly) and Helen (Crystal Bernard) have been friends since childhood, their fondness towards one another has not blossomed into a full romance -- yet. All this may change when Joe and Helen, both facing a dateless weekend, decide to go out to dinner together, then park for a while at Indian Point, the local passion pit. The mood, alas, is shattered when the couple finds they have parked near the car owned by the high school kid whom Joe has just hired as a backup pilot for Sandpiper Air. Michael Manasseri makes his first series appearance as Kenneth McElvey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Macho airline owner Roy (David Schramm) surprises one an all by allowing his high-school football star son R.J. (Abraham Benrubi) to take cello lessons from Helen (Crystal Bernard). It turns out that Roy is amused at the prospect of his son having a crush on Helen, who works for his chief rivals the Hackett brothers. Well, R.J. does have romance on his mind, all right...but it isn't the sort of romance that Roy could ever have imagined! This episode had originally been slated for Wings' first season, but was withheld because of its sensitive subject matter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Persistent policewoman Colleen Thomas (Sharon Barr) has set her sights on swinging bachelor Brian (Steven Weber), who had only come onto her to prevent his brother Joe (Tim Daly) from being arrested for Brian's unpaid parking tickets. Sensing that Brian doesn't want the relationship with Colleen to blossom, Helen (Crystal Bernard) suggests that he discourage the policewoman with a "little white lie." Brian takes the advice -- only to get into deep trouble by weaving a fabrication of his own invention, rather than the harmless falsehood concocted by Helen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Joe (Tim Daly) has been temporarily grounded from flying due to high blood pressure. At first welcoming the opportunity to be a desk jockey for a while, Joe soon grows weary of his inactivity -- and increasingly hostile toward the devil-may-care attitude of Sandpiper Air's remaining pilot, his brother Brian (Steven Weber). One thing leads to another, and by mid-episode Joe has blown his stack and fired his own brother! And just when the situation couldn't get worse, in comes rival airline owner Roy (David Schramm) with an offer to buy Sandpiper, an offer which Joe is presently in no position to refuse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Joe (Tim Daly) receives an unexpected phone call from an old high school pal (played by Kelly Cannell) -- in fact, according to the party on the other line, he was once Joe's best friend. Within seconds, Joe has agreed to be best man at the old chum's wedding, which is to be held in Nantucket. There's just one hitch -- Joe can't remember anything at all about his long-ago pal, including what the guy looks like. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian (Steven Weber) persist in their efforts to prove that they are much, much more than friends to Helen (Crystal Bernard). With her birthday approaching, both brothers are determined to bowl her over with the generosity of their gifts. Alas, the hunt for a suitable present morphs into yet another bitter sibling-rivalry battle, with those selfsame presents as weapons of near-mass destruction! This episode is highlighted by a tantalizing home-movie glimpse into the childhood of the three principals. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
