Plane 9 From Nantucket is the sixteenth episode of the second season on Wings and the 22nd episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
Brian is on a flight when he sees an unidentified flying object. He reports this to Inspector Hanson of the FAA, and is dismissed as a kook. Brian is then met by people who claim to have also seen flying saucers and ask if they can go in the plane to see if the UFO can be spotted, but there is more to the story.
Credits[]
Main Cast
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Chapel
- Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
Guest Cast
- John Vickery as Al
- Teddy Wilson as John
- Jonathan McMurtry as Inspector Hanson
- James Whitson as Tom
- Roberta Farkas as Mary
- Michael Fairman as Reporter
Quotes[]
- Coming Up
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a play on Plan 9 From Outer Space, the 1959 cult classic film from infamous writer/director Ed Wood.
- Helen shares that she interested in U.F.O.s and that Close Encounters of the Third Kind was one of her favorite movies.