Sons and Lovers is the thirteenth episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 135th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
As everyone dreads Roy's 12th birthday, Helen runs into Roy estranged, gay son R.J. Biggins in Boston and invites him to the party. After six years of not seeing each other, Roy is happy to see his son, until Luke, R.J.'s boyfriend, arrives. Unable to handle his son being gay, Roy starts a fight. After being chided by Helen, Roy rushes to the airport to apologize. Meanwhile, Brian has to drive Antonio's cab 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[]
- Abe Benrubi as R.J. Biggins
- Tim Bagley as Luke Johnson
- Raymond O'Connor as Engineer Willy
- Michael Tuba Heatherton as Tuba the Clown (uncredited)
Quotes[]
- Casey Davenport - "It's Fay?! Roy and Fay have a son?!"
- Antonio Scarpacci - "Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?"
Brian Hackett - "Uh... starting up the car? I thought we were gonna pick up some fares."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Just like that? Without any training?"
Brian Hackett - "What training? Someone yells "taxi", they get in, you take them somewhere, they pay, and then you declare half."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Ah ha ha. Except for that last part, you know nothing."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "Wrong! Pull over."
Brian Hackett - "What-What? What did I do now?"
Antonio Scarpacci - "Never offer a personal opinion about someone's life. You never know what's gonna set some maniac off!"
Brian Hackett - "I do now! I'm getting outta here."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "As a cab driver, there are three appropriate responses to any given situation: "Uh huh", "Sounds great", "You don't say"."
Brian Hackett - "That's it?"
Antonio Scarpacci - "Eh, if pressed you can also comment on the weather."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Now as I was saying, the Celtics have got a pretty good shot this year, don't you think?"
Brian Hackett - "Uh huh."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Very good! You see, now you're ready for your first fare."
Brian Hackett - "Sounds great."
Antonio Scarpacci - "Hahaha! This is gonna be fun."
Brian Hackett - "You don't say."
- Casey Davenport - "I used to love Peter Pan. "Clap hard everyone, clap if you believe in fairies"... Why do I keep doing this. I'm a liberal! I love you people!"
- Roy Biggins - "My son is gay, Helen. How can I be proud of...? You know."
Helen Hackett - "Oh, Roy, you don't have to be proud of it, but you can accept it."
Roy Biggins - "...What if I can't?"
Helen Hackett - "You haven't seen him for six years, right? Have you missed him?"
Roy Biggins - "Of course I missed him."
Helen Hackett - "Well... get used to it."
Trivia[]
- In 1997, this episode was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award in the "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode" category, but lost to Tracey Takes On.... Also nominated for this category in 1997 were Cybill, Living Single, Picket Fences, and Touched by an Angel.
- The original idea was for this episode was to revolve around R.J.'s gay wedding, but the producers scrapped the idea when they heard that Friends, another NBC sitcom, was doing an episode with that theme. Two days after this episode aired, Friends premiered "The One With the Lesbian Wedding".
- Since Roy was celebrating his 12th birthday in on February 29th, 1996 his actual date of birth was February 29th, 1948. Actor David Schramm who played Roy was born in 1946.
- Fay reveals she can hear everything that goes on in Joe's office.
