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Burnin' Down the House 1

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Burnin' Down the House (Part 1) is the first episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 123rd episode overall in the series.

Synopsis[]

Joe and Helen return from their honeymoon in Jamaica to discover that their house burned down. When Joe learns the fire started because Brian and Casey were so consumed in sexual passion they failed to extinguish the fire in the fireplace; he orders Brian out of his life for good. Meanwhile, Antonio hopes for one more shot at winning Casey's heart.

Credits[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

  • Christopher Brown as Concierge
  • Robert Starr as Passenger

Quotes[]

  • Antonio Scarpacci - "I'm so embarrassed. How can I ever face Joe and Helen again? And Casey? I've blown any chance I ever had with her."
    Roy Biggins - "No you didn't. You never had a chance with her. If you two were Siamese twins, you couldn't get her into bed."
  • Passenger - "Excuse me, when do you think the plane leaves for Boston? I'm on kind of a tight schedule."
    Brian Hackett - "You're on a tight schedule? You're on a tight schedule? I'm running this place single-handed. I'm taking all the flights because Joe's on his honeymoon. I'm booking the reservations because Fay's on a senior cruise. I'm even doing all the pre-flight checks because Lowell's also on vacation. But, hell, you want to take off now?! We'll take off now! I've only been up for 28 hours straight! I was hoping to grab a cup of coffee, but, hey, we got autopilot!"
  • Casey Davenport - "Brian, this is ridiculous. We're going to be brother- and sister-in-law for the rest of our lives. We can't make believe nothing happened."
    Brian Hackett - "Sure we can. It's called denial. It's a guy thing. Here, just watch, okay? Ask me what happened between us at the wedding."
    Casey Davenport - "What happened between us at the wedding?"
    Brian Hackett - "What wedding? I'm sorry, have we met? See? You try it."
  • Brian Hackett - "What is that?"
    Casey Davenport - "It's a welcome home gift for Joe and Helen. It's a delightful assortment of soaps and potpourris."
    Brian Hackett - "A welcome home gift? Uh, kitten...We already gave them a welcome home gift, remember? We burned their house down!"
  • Joe Hackett - "You did this?"
    Brian Hackett - "It was an accident. It was one of those freaky 'bra in the fireplace' things you always read about."
  • Joe Hackett - "Brian, SHUT UP! You know, all our life it has been the same pattern. You screw up, I get mad, you apologize, I forgive you, then I get stuck cleaning up the mess! Well, it's not just me anymore. I have a wife now. Someday I hope to have a family. This time it was the house. What's it gonna be next, my children? That's a chance I can't afford to take. I... just don't have it in me anymore."
    Brian Hackett - "What are you saying?"
    Joe Hackett - "I'm saying I want you out of my life."
    Brian Hackett - "Come on. Come on, come on, come on. You don't mean that. We're just gonna, we'll get past all this."
    Joe Hackett - "I'll buy you out of your share of the house... and Sandpiper. And you can get on with your life, and I can get on with mine."
    Brian Hackett - "Hey, Joey..."
    Brian Hackett - "No, no."
    Joe Hackett - "We're done."

Trivia[]

  • This episode is the first in the series without Thomas Haden Church as part of the main cast.
  • The song playing over the montage of Joe and Helen's honeymoon in Jamaica is "In Sunland" by Bruce Miller.
  • Since his disappearance at the wedding, his friends had place bets on what happened to Antonio.
    • Roy place $50 on "drove cab off pier".
    • Lowell apparently bet that he would be arrested for public urination off the lighthouse. (Lowell won)
    • Brian bet he had "smashed cab into bridge abutment".


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