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So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong

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So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong is the seventh episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 129th episode overall in the series.

Synopsis[]

In the terminal, Roy and Joe complain to Brian that the new mechanic he hired to replace Lowell has not arrived. As the three enter the hanger, they find Budd Bronski completing the preflight check on Sandpiper's plane; Budd actually arrived arrived at 4 am. As a former marine, Budd is very strict and barks information as if he were still in the military. As Roy, Joe, and Brian leave, Antonio enters and tries to be standoffish with Budd before begging him to hang out sometime.

At the ticket counter, Fay asks Casey about her job search when Casey notices the world famous architect Y.M. Burg enter and sit at the lunch counter. Joe enters and begins to discuss prefabricated houses with Helen. Y.M. Burg takes an interest in Joe and Helen and, because they lost their home in fire while on their honeymoon, he offers to design their home for free. Unaware of who they are speaking with they decline the offer, until Casey explains who he is.

At Burgs office in Boston, Helen feels intimidated, but Joe tries to reassure her. Once they sit down with Burg, Joe begins agrees with everything he says.

Back at the airport, Brian becomes suspicious of Budd when he mentions "the incident".

Back at Burgs office, Burg unveils the model of the Hackett House with a photographer from Architecture Monthly documenting the event. The model house is garishly shaped like the number seven. The Helen is shocked and displeased, but Joe says he loves it.

Later in Joe's office, Helen and Joe fight about the house until they decide to tell Burg that you don't want to live in a number. Meanwhile, Brian continues to grow more suspicious of Budd because of his intensity and confronts Budd. Brian finds out that Budd downed a plane when he possibly forgot to tighten a bolt because he had been up for three days with his sick cat, Sergeant Whiskers. Brian decides to give Budd a second chance and tells Budd to be more calm.

Joe and Helen storm into Burg's office. Helen goes in allow to speak with Burg, but discovers that the Nantucket Architecture Board didn't approve the initial (seven) design of the house. Helen pretends to be upset with Burg about not getting the design approved. However, Burg has a traditional cape cod designed house for them. Joe sees Helen sees Helen getting excited and misinterprets the situation, barges in and tells off Burg. Burg then refuses to work work with them.

In the final scene, Antonio and Budd return to the airport after having lunch together. Although Antonio tell Budd to not expect this to be a regular thing, he immediately invites Budd to Thanksgiving

Credits[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

Quotes[]

  • Fay Cochran - "Oh, so Casey, how's the job search coming?"
    Casey Chapel - "Well, what do you think I'm better suited for: dry cleaning spotter or a fishmonger?"
    Fay Cochran - "Well, it depends. What's more important to you, money or glamour?"
  • Helen Hackett - "Joe, drinking a gallon of water and doing your big tummy trick does not constitute formal entertaining."
  • Helen Hackett - "I'm trying to understand how you can love a house like that!"
    Joe Hackett - "Okay, I admit it is a somewhat unorthodox design."
    Helen Hackett - "It is a seven! Look Joe, I could not have married a man who wants to live in a number. I could not have made that big of a mistake. Admit it, you hate it!"
    Joe Hackett - "I don't hate it."
    Helen Hackett - "You gotta hate it."
    Joe Hackett - "Of course I hate it! It's a freaking seven! But he's Y.M. Burg, and what do we know? What if we're wrong and it turns out great? I don't want to be known as the idiot who turned down the Y.M. Burg house. This is just one of those real bad loose-loose things."
    Helen Hackett - "So what are you saying?"
    Joe Hackett - "I'm saying we bite the bullet and live in the seven."
    Helen Hackett - "Okay. Alright, how does this work again? The master bedroom is on top, and in the morning we just slide down to the kitchen!"
    Joe Hackett - "Helen, Helen, he already explained why there can't be stairs."
  • Joe Hackett - "We are going to go to Boston and tell Y.M. Burg there's is no way we are going to live in a number."
    Helen Hackett - "Thank you!"
    Joe Hackett - "Now, we're sure about this, right? Cause maybe that seven will just blend right into the neighborhood."
    Helen Hackett - "Only if our neighbors build an eight."
  • Brian Hackett - "Hey Roy, let me ask you something."
    Roy Biggins - "Hmm?"
    Brian Hackett - "If you knew somebody who had... something like, I don't know, some sort of... incident in their past, what would you..."
    Roy Biggins - "What are you looking at me like that for? What did you find out? Dammit, those records were supposed to be sealed! Don't you believe in a fresh start?"

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