Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 172
- Latest aired
- S08E23
- Total runtime
- 2d 16h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 April 1990 – May 1990 6 episodes
- Season 2 September 1990 – March 1991 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1991 – May 1992 22 episodes
- Season 4 September 1992 – May 1993 22 episodes
- Season 5 September 1993 – May 1994 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1994 – May 1995 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1995 – May 1996 26 episodes
- Season 8 September 1996 – May 1997 24 episodes
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S02E01 The Puppetmaster
September 28 · 23min find the promo
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Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.
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S02E02 The Story of Joe
October 5 · 23min find the promo
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A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting. Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson visit the island.
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S02E03 A Little Nightmare Music
October 12 · 23min find the promo
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Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.
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S02E04 Sports & Leisure
October 19 · 23min find the promo
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Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
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S02E05 A Standup Kind of Guy
October 26 · 23min find the promo
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Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with.
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S02E06 It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift
November 9 · 23min find the promo
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Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.
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S02E07 Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned
November 16 · 23min find the promo
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Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Meanwhile, Lowell totes his video camera around the airport trying to capture something to submit to the show "America's Wackiest Videos."
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S02E08 High Anxiety
November 23 · 23min find the promo
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Joe's grounded due to high blood pressure and he wonders if Helen will go out with him, now that he's not a pilot.
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S02E09 Friends or Lovers?
December 7 · 23min find the promo
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Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.
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S02E10 There's Always Room for Cello
December 14 · 23min find the promo
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Roy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.
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S02E11 A Terminal Christmas
December 21 · 23min find the promo
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After everybody's holiday plans fall through, they decide to surprise Faye at her Christmas party. When they arrive, they discover she'd lied about her plans and find her all alone.
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S02E12 Airport '90
January 3 · 23min find the promo
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Helen decides to take flying lessons from Joe but his classes are too long and boring so Brian offers to let her fly the plane. Shortly after, Brian is injured and Helen finds herself behind the controls.
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S02E13 Love Is Like Pulling Teeth
January 10 · 23min find the promo
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Joe plays nursemaid to Helen when she has her wisdom teeth pulled, but loses his patience when he tries to sneak away to watch a basketball game.
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S02E14 The Tennis Bum
January 24 · 23min find the promo
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Brian tries to save face when Fay trounces him in a friendly game of tennis.
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S02E15 My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble
January 31 · 23min find the promo
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When Joe's back goes out and forces him into a stay at the hospital, Brian takes over Sandpiper. His eagerness is soon deflated when all his new ideas and crazy promotions turns into a disastrous mess.
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S02E16 Plane Nine From Nantucket
February 7 · 23min find the promo
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During a cargo flight, Brian and Joe see a UFO. Joe's concerned about unfavorable media attention, but Brian wants to report the sighting to the FAA. Meanwhile, Helen and Fay end up arm wrestling over a lunch bill dispute.
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S02E17 Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
February 14 · 23min find the promo
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When Joe and Helen decide to meet at their "special place" on Valentine's Day, they end up on opposite ends of the island. Meanwhile, when Roy's blind date exceeds all his low expectations, all he can do is try and figure out what's wrong with her.
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S02E18 Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo
February 21 · 23min find the promo
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Joe and Helen find themselves being rushed to the altar when Brian and the jet-setting woman of his dreams talk them into a double wedding.
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S02E19 All in the Family
March 7 · 23min find the promo
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When Brian starts to date Kenny's mother, Kenny is worried about Brian's reputation with women. But just as Kenny warms to the idea of them dating, Brian dumps her. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen squabble over the issue of privacy.
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S02E20 Mother Wore Stripes
March 14 · 23min find the promo
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Brian is ecstatic when he and Joe's mother returns to Nantucket years after deserting them and their father. For Joe, it's too little too late, because he can't forgive her for leaving.
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S02E21 Murder She Roast
March 21 · 23min find the promo
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While the house is being fumigated, Brian is forced to stay with Fay. The experience turns out to be surprisingly pleasant—that is, until he becomes convinced he's seen her featured on the "Most Wanted" show he is watching about a serial killer.
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S02E22 Duet for Plane and Cello
March 28 · 23min find the promo
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Much to Joe's surprise, Helen wins a job with the Maine State Symphony. But when Helen comes to Joe and tells him she would stay if he only asked, the discussion turns into a huge fight involving a fire extinguisher and a grease gun. Meanwhile, a confused looking woman who doesn't speak english and has been hanging around the airport gains Fay's sympathy and Roy's hostility.