Joe Blows 1

Joe Blows (Part 1) is the first episode of a two-part story arc and the seventh episode of the fifth season of Wings, and the 79th episode overall in the series.

Synopsis[]

Joe is at his wit's end with everyone coming to him with their problems. A passenger demands Joe find his briefcase, Fay needs to protest her second husband's remains being moved to a different cemetery, Antonio uses Joe to co-sign for a new cab without permission, Helen wants Joe's advice about her relationship with Davis Lynch, Brian and Alex are both complaining separately about their mediocre sex life, Lowell loudly working on his motorcycle in the hanger, a high school reporter is pestering Joe for an interview, Roy is tormenting Joe with his new radio commercial. When Joe finally snaps, he tells everyone off and disappears from the island.

Credits[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

Tom O'Rourke as P.M.S. ("Luggage Man")
Kevin Connolly as Scotty Nelson
Keith Rosary as Guy
Kristine Knudson as Girl

Quotes[]

Helen Chapel - "Well, are you happy now? Oh, I bet you are. Oh, I see that arrogant, smug look on your face. Alright, go ahead. Just lay into me. Just rub my nose in it."
Joe Hackett - "What are you talking about?"
Helen Chapel - "You were 100% right about Davis Lynch. This is the fifth weekend in a row that he has canceled our date. He obviously does not take our relationship very seriously."
Joe Hackett - "Well, I hope you told him to go to hell."
Helen Chapel - "No, but when I told him I couldn't wait to see him next weekend, my enthusiasm was very low."

Fay Cochran - "They came after us with bolt cutters. You've got to help me Joe. First thing in the morning, they are moving George to the cemetery on the other side of the island."
Joe Hackett - "What is so bad about that? They're moving him to a nicer place."
Fay Cochran - "I don't want him in the same cemetery as my first husband. That's all I need is for the two of them to get together and start comparing notes."

Scotty Nelson - "The salant of the article is "class presidents, where are they now?""
Joe Hackett - "Oh, that's interesting. So tell me, what are some of the other class presidents up to these days?"
Scotty Nelson - "Well, uh, one is serving on President Clinton's staff, another one's a correspondent for CNN, one's a chief financial officer--"
Joe Hackett - "I'm not talking about the old guys. I mean."
Scotty Nelson - "Oh, well, actually they're all younger than you, Joe. But, uh, they were either too busy to be interviewed or too far away. Lucky for me, you haven't gone anywhere."
Joe Hackett - "Yeah, yeah, let's get started Scotty. I got kind of a time problem."
Scotty Nelson - "Oh, okay. In your senior yearbook you said that your goals were, and I quote "To fly jets, raise a family, and live in some faraway, exotic place." So, does your airline have any jets?"
Joe Hackett - "No."
Scotty Nelson - "Are you married?"
Joe Hackett - "No."
Scotty Nelson - "Do you have any kids?"
Joe Hackett - "No."
Scotty Nelson - "Do people your age still have girlfriends?"
Joe Hackett - "Yes."
Scotty Nelson - "So you have a girlfriend?"
Joe Hackett - "...No."
Scotty Nelson - "And you still live in Nantucket."
Joe Hackett - "I think we covered that."

Joe Hackett - "Sir, it took me some doing, but here it is. Here's your briefcase. Look, I'm really very sorry that you had a bad experience with Sandpiper and I'd like the chance to make it up to you. So, if you ever decide to fly with us again, that flight's on the house, okay?"
P.M.S. - "It's scratched."
Joe Hackett - "What?"
P.M.S. - "There's a scratch on it, right here, and it wasn't there before. I'm filing a damage claim. Somebody's going to pay for this, and it's not going to be me."
Joe Hackett - "Well, that's not a problem, sir! There's no need to file a report. Here, come with me; I've got just the thing for you. I am going to take your briefcase and put it through our special scratch remover!"
[Throws briefcase through office door]
Joe Hackett - "You can collect your bags right through there! Thank you for flying Sandpiper! All right, Scotty, where were we? Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, you were, uh, asking me about my life."
[Takes map of Nantucket off of Roy's wall]
Joe Hackett - "I think that right here is pretty much everything you need to know. This is Nantucket. I was born here, I live here, and I am probably gonna die here."
Brian Hackett - "Joe, take it easy! Relax!"
Joe Hackett - "Relax? I can't relax! If I relax, who's gonna try to keep this damn airline in business? Certainly not you. No, you're too busy wrestling with life's greater problems, like your recent bout with mediocre sex."
Brian Hackett - "Little louder, Joe, I don't think everybody heard you."
Roy Biggins - "No, I can hear fine, thanks."
Helen Chapel - "Joe, stop it!"
Joe Hackett - "No, you stop it, Helen! You stop coming to me every time you have a problem with your boyfriend! Did it ever occur to you that I am alone here, and maybe I don't wanna hear about it? I am sick of everyone running to me everytime they have a problem. Fay has a crisis, run to Joe; Antonio wants to buy a new cab, run to Joe; Roy wants to gloat, run to Joe. Well, where do I run to? Where do I go? Where do I go, when my dream of flying jets turns into the nightmare of being a baggage handler, huh? Somebody tell me. Where do I go... when it finally dawns on me that my life sucks?"

Trivia[]

The first episode of is an homage to Sunset Blvd., a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder.
Brian and Alex finally have sex. They decided to wait to have sex in Stop in the Name of Love.
Fay reveals that her first husband and second husband are both buried on Nantucket but in different cemeteries.
Fay gives some indication that she believes in ghosts and an afterlife.
Joe reveals that the Hacketts are Catholic.
The Siasconset High School newspaper is called the Tattler.
Joe was the high school class president. Other Siasconset High School presidents were currently serving in President Clinton's staff at the White House, a correspondents for CNN, and chief financial officers.
In his senior yearbook, Joe's goals were to "To fly jets, raise a family, and live in some faraway, exotic place."
This is the first episode where Trish Monaco as Aeromass Gal does not appear.