A Black Eye Affair

A Black Eye Affair
Helen failing to get ready for her date
Episode	Season 5, Episode 6
Summary	Helen frantically prepares for her last-minute date with Davis. But with green hair, red blotches, and a black eye, she's finding it hard to keep calm.
Air Date	October 28, 1993
Writer	Steven Levitan
Director	Andy Ackerman
Previous	An Affair to Forget
Next	Joe Blows (Part 1)

A Black Eye Affair is the sixth episode of the fifth season on Wings, and the 78th episode overall in the series.

Synopsis

After waiting weeks to see Davis again, Helen frantically tries to create a perfect evening. Unfortunately, she runs into roadblock after roadblock like a black eye from playing racquetball, green hair after her highlights reacted to pool chlorine, a splotchy rash from exposure to poison oak while pick cranberries, a friend in crisis, and everyone showing up at her home.

Credits

Main Cast

• Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
• Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
• Crystal Bernard as Helen Chapel
• Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather
• David Schramm as Roy Biggins
• Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
• Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
• Farrah Forke as Alex Lambert

Guest Cast

• Trish Monaco as Aeromass Gal (uncredited)
• Cynthia K. Ambuehl as Stella
• Harry Woolf as Fred
• Karl Wiedergott as Dominick

Quotes

• Helen Chapel - "Well, I was up all night, waiting for Davis to call. I waited, and I waited, and I got tired of waiting alone so I figured I'd wait with a couple of my friends...Ben & Jerry."

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• Antonio Scarpacci - "Roy, I've been curious. Exactly what is the history behind our lovely Cranberry Festival?"
  Roy Biggins - "Oh, it's a beautiful story. Long ago, on a brisk fall afternoon the city fathers got together and decided that between Labor Day and Christmas we needed a way to suck in the tourist."
  Antonio Scarpacci - "Excuse me. I'm going to go kick myself for asking."

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• Alex Lambert - "Lowell, I didn't know you were bilingual."
  Lowell Mather - "Oh, I'm not. I'm just being friendly to the guy because I need a table."

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• Helen Chapel - "Oh, no, it's Davis!"
  Lowell Mather - "Well, dinner's not ready."
  Helen Chapel - "Stall him!"

Trivia

• Helen and Davis Lynch are planning to go on their second date. Their first date was in Business or Pleasure.
• Helen's friends take bets how Lynch will cancel their date:
  • Brian bet he would flowers and a "kiss off" note.
  • Roy bet he would fax her from the plane.
  • Joe bet his secretary would call.
  • Antonio bet he would leave message on her answering machine.
  • Lowell bet he would send a female impersonator with a singing telegram.
  • Fay bet he would send a candygram.
• Lowell demonstrates that he speaks fluent French. He previously demonstrated this skill in A Stand Up Kind of Guy.