# The Crew (1995 TV series)

The Crew is an American sitcom television series that aired on Fox from August 31, 1995, to June 30, 1996.

## Premise

The show follows the lives of a group of flight attendants working for the fictitious Regency Airlines. Jess Jameson and Maggie Reynolds work together and are roommates in the trendy South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. Their other friends include Paul, who is gay; Randy, a southern ladies' man; Lenora, a former flight attendant; MacArthur, the bartender of Mambo Mambo, the restaurant at which the cast socialize; and Captain Rex Parker.

## Cast

* Rose Jackson as Jess Jameson
* Kristin Bauer as Maggie Reynolds
* David Burke as Paul Steadman
* Charles Esten as Randy Anderson
* Dondré Whitfield as MacArthur 'Mac' Edwards
* Christine Estabrook as Lenora Zwick, Flight Crew Supervisor
* Lane Davies as Captain Rex Parker

## Production history

The series was created by Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, with Cherry and Wooten as executive producers. Music production team Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, aka Wendy & Lisa, produced and sang the opening title for the series.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "The New Pilot, Literally" | Steve Zuckerman | Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, John Pardee & Joey Murphy | August 31, 1995 (1995-08-31) |
| 2 | "The Dating Game" | Steve Zuckerman | Joey Murphy & John Pardee | September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07) |
| 3 | "The Operation" | Linda Day | Maxine Lapiduss | September 14, 1995 (1995-09-14) |
| 4 | "P is for Paul" | Linda Day | Tim Schlattmann | September 21, 1995 (1995-09-21) |
| 5 | "The Sugar Shack" | Jim Drake | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | September 28, 1995 (1995-09-28) |
| 6 | "Bar Mitzvah Boy" | John Sgueglia | Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine | October 5, 1995 (1995-10-05) |
| 7 | "Who's Got the Button?" | John Sgueglia | Alison Taylor | October 5, 1995 (1995-10-05) |
| 8 | "Invitation to a Wedding (Revised Pilot)" | James Widdoes | Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, Joey Murphy & John Pardee | October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19) |
| 9 | "Goin' Hollywood" | John Sgueglia | Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine | November 2, 1995 (1995-11-02) |
| 10 | "Around the World in 80 Ways" | Steve Zuckerman | Maxine Lapiduss | November 9, 1995 (1995-11-09) |
| 11 | "Extremities" | Linda Day | Joey Murphy & John Pardee | November 16, 1995 (1995-11-16) |
| 12 | "The Mating Season" | Steve Zuckerman | Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine | November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30) |
| 13 | "The Worst Noel" | Lex Passaris | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | December 14, 1995 (1995-12-14) |
| 14 | "My Mother, My Sister" | Linda Day | Maxine Lapiduss | January 4, 1996 (1996-01-04) |
| 15 | "A League of Their Own" | Linda Day | Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine | January 11, 1996 (1996-01-11) |
| 16 | "Retail Slut" | Linda Day | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | January 25, 1996 (1996-01-25) |
| 17 | "The New Kids on the Block" | Jim Drake | Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer | May 26, 1996 (1996-05-26) |
| 18 | "Love and Marriage" | Jim Drake | Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer | June 9, 1996 (1996-06-09) |
| 19 | "Winds of Change: Part 1" | Amanda Bearse | John Pardee & Joey Murphy | June 16, 1996 (1996-06-16) |
| 20 | "Winds of Change: Part 2" | Linda Day | John Pardee & Joey Murphy | June 23, 1996 (1996-06-23) |
| 21 | "The Man We Love" | John Sgueglia | Robert Spina (Script Supervisor) | June 30, 1996 (1996-06-30) |

## Reception

Tom Shales for The Washington Post gave the show a negative review, calling it a clone of NBC's Friends.