Let's Talk About Sex is the twelfth episode of the eighth season on Wings, and the 160th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
After meeting at a Foodaholics meeting, Roy begins dating talk show host Mary Pat Lee. Wanting to discuss his insecurities about being in a relationship, Roy turns to Joe (his best friend). But when Roy discovers Mary Pat is using information he gave her to ambush Joe and Helen on her show, he breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Brian hires Casey to be his "wife" to run errands for him.
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[]
- Caroline Aaron as Mary Pat Lee
- Howard Shangraw as Photographer
Quotes[]
- Brian Hackett - "The problem is that I don't have the time to get anything fixed.You know want I need? I need someone to run all my errands, to clean me, to feed me, to do all the grunt work like a...like a...like a wife."
Casey Davenport - "No. That's not a wife. That's a slave."
Brian Hackett - "Not if I pay her."
Casey Davenport - "How much are we talking?"
Brian Hackett - "Hey, hey. This is my wife. Minimum wage plus mileage."
Casey Davenport - "Okay. You just bought yourself a wife."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "I'm Antonio, and I'm your biggest fan."
Mary Pat Lee - "Oh, that's so sweet. Most of my following is women. It's so nice to meet a male fan for a change."
Antonio Scarpacci - "I don't know why more men don't watch cause your topics are so universal. Like "sisterly bond", and, uh, "working mother makeovers". My favorite "a master plan to land that man"."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "Sh-she's Mary Pat Lee...And you're...Roy."
Roy Biggins - "Oh. By the way. Keep this to yourself. She's not ready to go public yet."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Who can blame her? She's Mary Pat Lee! You're--"
Roy Biggins - "I heard you the first time!"
- Joe Hackett - "Antonio, they're together. You're just going to have to learn to accept this."
Antonio Scarpacci - "That's what my priest said."
Joe Hackett - "You know, I mean, it could even get serious."
Antonio Scarpacci - "That's what the counselor at the Crisis Center said."
Joe Hackett - "I mean, stranger things have happened. They could wind up getting married."
Antonio Scarpacci - "That's what the guy at the gun shop said."
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a homage to "Let's Talk About Sex", the 1991 pop rap classic song by American hip hop trio Salt-n-Pepa.
- Mary Pat Lee previously appeared in Ex, Lies and Videotape.
- Fay reveals that she owns a pet cockatiel that may look quite a bit like her.
- Both Mary Pat Lee and Roy feel like if you eat an Almond Joy real slowly it will have less calories.
- This episode was the first appearance of Joe and Helen's bedroom and Roy's bedroom.