List of Wings episodes
Season 2 (1990–91)

List of Wings episodes

Section Title: Season 2 (1990–91)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)

7	1	"The Puppetmaster"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	September 28, 1990	13.4

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

8	2	"The Story of Joe"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	October 5, 1990	13.5

A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting.

9	3	"A Little Nightmare Music"	Noam Pitlik	Bryan Winter	October 12, 1990	15.0

Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible, so Joe decides to tell him the story of how Alan Shepard was discouraged from aviation in his youth.

10	4	"Sports and Leisure"	Noam Pitlik	David Angell	October 19, 1990	11.2

Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit.

11	5	"A Stand Up Kind of Guy"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	October 26, 1990	13.1

Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with. Neither can Brian or anyone else, until the exotic dancer recalls him, suddenly putting the whole wedding in disarray.

12	6	"It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift"	Noam Pitlik	Peter Casey & David Lee	November 9, 1990	12.2

Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.

13	7	"Hell Hath No Fury like a Policewoman Scorned"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	November 16, 1990	12.8

Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Subplot: Lowell tries to capture something funny on his video camera for "America's Wackiest Videos."

14	8	"High Anxiety"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	November 23, 1990	14.8

Joe is grounded due to hypertension, and with the unreliable Brian seemingly his only option for keeping the airline running, Sandpiper's future seems very much in doubt.

15	9	"Friends or Lovers?"	Noam Pitlik	David Lloyd	December 7, 1990	11.9

Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey (Michael Manasseri) as a backup pilot for the still-grounded Joe.( Joe & Helen choose not to date right now )

16	10	"There's Always Room for Cello"	Noam Pitlik	Peter Casey & David Lee	December 14, 1990	11.5

Roy's son R.J. (Abraham Benrubi) takes cello lessons from Helen.

17	11	"A Terminal Christmas"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	December 21, 1990	11.1

The gang tries to cheer Fay up because she misses her dead husband.

18	12	"Airport '90"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	January 3, 1991	28.1

Joe teaches a flight school, with Helen as one of his students. Brian is annoyed with Joe's boring classroom ways and spices it up by allowing unlicensed Helen to fly the Sandpiper plane.

19	13	"Love Is Like Pulling Teeth"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	January 10, 1991	24.5

Joe has to take care of Helen when she gets her wisdom teeth pulled out, but unfortunately for him, her appointment falls on the same day as a gathering based around a much anticipated college basketball game.

20	14	"The Tennis Bum"	Noam Pitlik	Peter S. Mehlman	January 24, 1991	22.2

Brian's 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 accidentally destroys Lowell's beloved Graf Zeppelin model.

21	15	"My Brother's Back and There's Going to Be Trouble"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	January 31, 1991	22.5

Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves a color-coded timetable for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe fuddy schedule and runs the airline his own way.

22	16	"Plane Nine from Nantucket"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	February 7, 1991	22.7

Joe and Brian think they spotted a UFO and are reluctant about reporting it to the FAA. When Brian finally does, they're visited by a UFO group who asks to ride in their plane to see if they can spot it again.

23	17	"Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places"	Noam Pitlik	Bill Diamond & Michael Saltzman	February 14, 1991	22.8

Joe and Helen both go to different places to meet each other on Valentine's Day. First appearance of Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci, portraying a waiter.

24	18	"Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo"	Noam Pitlik	Bruce Rasmussen	February 21, 1991	23.9

Brian meets a wonderful, spontaneous girl and wants to spontaneously marry her... while jumping out of an airplane.

25	19	"All in the Family"	Noam Pitlik	Bryan Winter	March 7, 1991	23.1

Brian dates young pilot Kenny's mother. Knowing Brian's ways with women, Kenny isn't thrilled.

26	20	"Mother Wore Stripes"	Noam Pitlik	David Lloyd	March 14, 1991	23.1

Joe and Brian's mother shows up, and reveals where she's been all this time.

27	21	"Murder She Roast"	Noam Pitlik	Dave Hackel	March 21, 1991	23.1

When Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives (hosted by Maury Povich), he's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him.

28	22	"Duet for Cello and Plane"	Noam Pitlik	Philip LaZebnik	March 28, 1991	23.3

Helen gets a music job in Maine, only to learn the funding was cut. Joe and Helen have a messy fight, then break up when she leaves for New York City.

Sentence(s)

Norm Peterson appeared in the "The Story of Joe" of the Wings episode.

final_sentence: Norm Peterson appeared in the "The Story of Joe" of the Wings episode.