Driving Mr. DeCarlo is the nineteenth episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 141st episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
When a wealthy visitor hires Antonio to be his chauffeur while he's on Nantucket, Antonio thinks his fortunes have taken a turn for the better. However, Joe and Brian grow suspicious that Antonio's new employer might be involved in the mob. When a paranoid Antonio confronts Mr. DeCarlo, he reveals that he is actually a diamond broker. Meanwhile, Helen hurriedly reads Don Quixote to try to impress her old high school English teacher, only to discover that she now sells cleaning products.
Credits[]
Main Cast[]
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Hackett
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
- Amy Yasbeck as Casey Davenport
Guest Cast[]
- Brian Haley as Budd Bronski
- J.J. Johnston as Don DeCarlo
- Jane Carr as Claire Bennett
Quotes[]
- Claire Bennett - "You're Helen Chapel?"
Helen Hackett - "Yeah."
Claire Bennett - "I'm Claire Bennett. You used to be in my English lit class, remember? Now, what's different about you? Is that a new shade of lipstick or did you drop a hundred pounds?"
- Helen Hackett - "Listen to this, Roy..."My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain". Do you know what that means? Well, do ya?! What the hell does that mean? I've been reading 600 pages of this, I still don't know what's going on."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "That's right! I know nothing. I'm too stupid to kill. I'd be a waste of a bullet!"
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a play on Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
- This episode marks the last appearance of Brian Haley as Budd Bronski.
- The line that Helen read ("My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain") is actually not from Don Quixote but from another work by Miguel de Cervantes, La Gitanilla.
