Wings (1990)

Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (16,351 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1990)

7.33 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 22 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Legacy	7.4	329
2	Around the World in Eighty Years	7.1	244
3	Return to Nantucket: Part 1	7.4	230
4	Return to Nantucket: Part 2	7.4	223
5	There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket	7.2	230
6	All for One and Two for Helen	7.5	205

Season 2 (1990)

7.67 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Puppet Master	8.2	204
2	The Story of Joe	7.5	208
3	A Little Nightmare Music	7.6	197
4	Sports and Leisure	8.1	202
5	A Standup Kind of Guy	7.5	184
6	It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift That Counts	7.8	158
7	Hell Hath No Fury Like a Police Woman Scorned	7.6	180
8	High Anxiety	7.4	174
9	Friends or Lovers?	7.8	172
10	There's Always Room for Cello	7.2	184
11	A Terminal Christmas	7.5	155
12	Airport '90	7.5	148
13	Love Is Like Pulling Teeth	7.8	169
14	The Tennis Bum	7.5	158
15	My Brother's Back - And There's Gonna Be Trouble	7.8	142
16	Plane Nine from Nantucket	7.5	168
17	Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places	8.1	179
18	Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo	7.1	154
19	All in the Family	7.3	146
20	Mother Wore Stripes	7.7	163
21	Murder, She Roast	8.6	236
22	Duet for Cello and Plane	7.7	160

Season 3 (1991)

7.77 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Naked Truth	7.5	161
2	Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket...?	7.6	163
3	The Taming of the Shrew	7.5	145
4	I Ain't Got No Bunny	7.6	149
5	If Elected, I Will Not Live	7.3	142
6	My Brother's Keeper	7.6	158
7	Crate Expectations	8.1	148
8	Ladies Who Lunch	7.9	153
9	Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered	8.1	140
10	The Late Mrs. Biggins	7.3	143
11	The Bogey Men	7.9	164
12	Marriage, Italian Style	7.5	153
13	Divorce, American Style	7.8	140
14	Stew in a Stew	8.0	162
15	This Old House	7.8	151
16	Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes	8.1	209
17	Das Plane	8.4	204
18	Take My Life, Please	7.5	147
19	Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy	8.3	175
20	The Bank Dick	7.8	142
21	Say It Ain't So, Joe	7.5	145
22	As Fate Would Have It	7.9	133

Season 4 (1992)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 22 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lifeboat	7.7	136
2	The Fortune Cookie	7.7	136
3	Noses Off	7.9	144
4	Blackout Biggins	8.1	153
5	Mathers of the Heart	7.6	122
6	Two Jerks and a Jill	7.5	152
7	It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House	8.1	152
8	Just Say No	7.3	127
9	It May Have Happened One Night	7.9	125
10	The Customer's Usually Right	8.0	147
11	Exit Laughing	8.1	119
12	What the Cabbie Saw	8.1	132
13	Labor Pains	7.9	125
14	I've Got a Secret	7.8	127
15	The Gift: Part 1	7.5	101
16	The Gift: Part 2	7.5	104
17	I Love Brian	7.9	113
18	The Key to Alex	7.0	119
19	The Houseguest	7.7	144
20	Goodbye, Old Friend	7.8	124
21	Another Wedding	8.1	105
22	Date Package Number Seven	7.9	134

Season 5 (1993)

7.67 avg 24 episodes 7.2 → 8.0 22 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stop in the Name of Love	7.2	129
2	Terminal Jealousy	7.7	132
3	Bye-Bye, Bunny	7.3	127
4	Business or Pleasure	7.5	121
5	An Affair to Forget	7.3	123
6	Black Eye Affair	8.1	150
7	Joe Blows: Part 1	8.2	146
8	Joe Blows: Part 2	8.1	139
9	2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten	8.3	173
10	Come Fly with Me	7.8	134
11	Happy Holidays	7.5	138
12	Ready, Teddy, Go	7.7	124
13	Oh Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam	7.6	124
14	The Faygitive	7.5	119
15	Say Uncle, Carlton	8.1	150
16	Hey, Nineteen	7.7	152
17	Exclusively Yours	7.6	132
18	Moonlighting	7.5	124
19	Sleepless in Nantucket	7.2	127
20	Boys Will Be Girls	8.1	146
21	Roy Crazy	7.5	138
22	Long Distance Lament	7.6	128
23	Call of the Wild	7.1	131
24	A Decent Proposal	8.0	133

Season 6 (1994)

7.77 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 22 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Whose Wife Is It Anyway?	7.9	138
2	Twisted Sister	7.5	117
3	The Shrink	7.5	126
4	The Spark and How to Get It	7.7	133
5	The Waxman Cometh	7.2	122
6	Is That a 10 Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?	8.4	150
7	All's Fare	7.8	108
8	Miss Jenkins	8.2	148
9	If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother	7.6	133
10	The Wrong Stuff	8.0	134
11	Insanity Claus	7.9	148
12	She's Baaack	8.0	142
13	Have I Got a Couple for You	7.5	119
14	Fools Russian	7.8	134
15	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	7.6	120
16	Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 1	7.6	115
17	Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 2	7.7	108
18	Gone But Not Faygotten	7.6	101
19	Ex, Lies and Videotape	7.6	131
20	Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man	7.3	120
21	The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen	7.4	105
22	A House to Die For	8.0	133
23	Nuptials Off	8.4	143
24	Et Tu, Antonio?	7.8	124
25	Boys Just Wanna Have Fun	7.7	125
26	Here It Is: The Big Wedding	8.2	128

Season 7 (1995)

7.55 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 22 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Burnin' Down the House: Part 1	7.9	122
2	Burnin' Down the House: Part 2	7.9	118
3	Death Becomes Him	8.5	153
4	The Person Formerly Known as Lowell	8.0	143
5	Hooker, Line and Sinker	7.9	120
6	She's Gotta Have It	7.0	104
7	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong	7.3	116
8	When a Man Loves a Donut	7.3	106
9	The Big Sleep	8.1	105
10	'Twas the Heist Before Christmas	7.9	133
11	Honey, We Broke the Kid	7.2	123
12	B.S. I Love You	7.4	110
13	Sons and Lovers	7.2	125
14	Bye George	6.7	108
15	The Team Player	7.2	123
16	Love at First Flight	7.3	121
17	Lynch Party	7.0	95
18	One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest	7.5	128
19	Driving Mr. DeCarlo	7.3	112
20	A Tale of Two Sister Cities	7.1	103
21	What About Larry?	7.0	122
22	The Lady Vanishes	8.1	130
23	Life Could Be a Dream	8.2	126
24	The Lyin' King	8.2	134
25	Love Overboard	7.6	123
26	Grouses, Houses, and Bickering Spouses	7.5	109

Season 8 (1996)

7.27 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Porno for Pyros	7.9	118
2	...Like a Neighbor Scorned	7.1	133
3	Maybe It's You	7.1	102
4	Single and Hating It	7.3	116
5	Too Beautiful for You	7.2	118
6	The Gift of Life	7.5	116
7	Olive or Twist	6.5	105
8	Wingless: Part 1	6.8	115
9	Wingless: Part 2	6.9	116
10	Wingless: Part 3	7.1	110
11	All About Christmas Eve	7.5	124
12	Let's Talk About Sex	7.4	103
13	Hosed	6.8	116
14	Just Call Me Angel	7.2	115
15	Fay There, Georgy Girl	7.1	96
16	Escape from New York	7.1	104
17	House of Blues	7.4	93
18	Ms. Write	6.9	107
19	Dreamgirl	7.9	124
20	Heartache Tonight	7.8	114
21	Oedipus Wrecks	7.4	124
22	Raging Bull*&@!	6.4	109
23	Final Approach: Part 1	7.8	124
24	Final Approach: Part 2	8.3	143