High Anxiety is the eighth episode of the second season on Wings and the 14th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
- Coming Up
Credits[]
Main Cast
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Chappel
- Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
Guest Cast
- Jo Brewer as Nurse Carrie
- Harris Shore as Dr. Bennett
- Robert Colbert as Deke Braverman
- Spencer Smith as Young Joe (age 11)
- Ryan Bish as Young Brian (age 10)
Quotes[]
- Joe Hackett - "Fay, you know those little gold wings I wear all the time? Have you seen them around anywhere?"
Fay Cochran - "No, but I can get you another pair."
Joe Hackett - "No, it has to be that pair. They're sort of a good-luck charm. I got them the first time I flew. I was 8 and my parents took me to Chicago. God, I was so excited."
Fay Cochran - "I can imagine."
Joe Hackett - "I asked the stewardess if I could be the pilot. She said no, but she had something even better. She took the gold wings off her uniform, pinned them on my jacket, and said "Now you're an honorary captain". And I knew right then and there that somehow some way flying would always be part of my life."
Fay Cochran - "Oh, my, that's eerie."
Joe Hackett - "Why?"
Fay Cochran - "Well, I used to fly out of Chicago and I distinctly remember a little boy asking me if he could fly the plane. I told him no too and then I gave him the wings off my uniform."
Joe Hackett - "Fay, are you saying you think I was that little boy?"
Fay Cochran - "Not unless you used to be a little Black child. But that part about the wings was spooky, wasn't it?"
Trivia[]
- The main plot revolves around Joe being grounded due to hypertension. Current FAA regulations set the acceptable blood pressure level at 155/95 or below but levels consistently above 140/90 should be of concern.