The Lyin' King is the twenty-fourth episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 146th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
When Joe and Brian learn that a beautiful former classmate is an exotic dancer and will be performing for the last time tonight, they decide they have to go. In an effort to not really lie to her, Joe deceives Helen about the true nature of the trip, but when she asks where he is going, he tells her he is volunteering at a seniors home. To make his lie the truth, Joe does go to the seniors home before heading to see Tracy dance hoping he'll be able to look Helen in the eye when he returns home. Meanwhile, Fay, Antonio, and Roy try writing their own obituaries as inspiration to better their lives.
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[]
- Carol Alt as Tracy Hayes
- Phil Leeds as Lou
Quotes[]
- Fay Cochran - "Oh, Roy. Would you care to donate to the Golden Crest Seniors Home to get a minivan for the old folks?"
Roy Biggins - "Cochran, let me tell you a little story. In 1971, I broke down and gave four bucks to the Salvation Army. Hey, I'm not looking for a pat on the back. Within two weeks, I was getting mail from every loser crybaby who ever had a hangnail. So forget it!"
Fay Cochran - "All you had to do was say no."
Roy Biggins - "'No' is not good enough. I want to make sure you'll never ask me again."
- Joe Hackett - "What is it? "Club Shangri-La, exotic dancing. All nude, all the time". Oh my god! Tracy Hayes has invited us to see her dance nude."
Brian Hackett - "All nude."
Brian Hackett - "All the time."
- Brian Hackett - "Try it out on me. I'll be Helen. Alright. Now, what do you say?"
Joe Hackett - "Okay. Honey, there's an event I'd like to go to tonight."
Brian Hackett - "Oh, you mean like a cultural event?"
Joe Hackett - "Kind of. You see, Brian and I have been invited to Boston to, uh...Well, you remember Tracy Hayes from high school?"
Brian Hackett - "Tracy Hayes, Tracy Hayes. Oh, yeah, I remember her. Tall girl. Very pretty."
Joe Hackett - "You think so? She never really did anything for me. Anyway, see, she's trying to go to law school, and to earn the money to do that, she's, uh...How do I put this?
Brian Hackett - "Joe, it's me, your wife. Come on, you can tell me anything. Just come right out with it."
Joe Hackett - "Okay. Tracy Hayes is dancing nude at a strip club, and tonight's my last chance to see her."
Brian Hackett - "Really? That's it?"
Joe Hackett - "Yeah, that's it."
Brian Hackett - "When did you stop loving me?"
Joe Hackett - "I-I never stopped loving you--"
Brian Hackett - "Oh, let me tell you something, I will never give you a disorce, mister! I'll kill you before I let another woman have you!"
Joe Hackett - "But I don't want another woman. All I want is yo--...Forget it Brian, this isn't working."
Brian Hackett - "No. We can make it work, but we have to try.
Joe Hackett - "Shut up!"
Brian Hackett - "Oh, please Joe. I'm scare! I'm scared! Hold me!"
[Joe slaps Brian]
- Helen Hackett - "Hey Joe, I just wanted to tell you that Casey and I are going to the movies tonight so I might be home kind of late."
Joe Hackett - "You're kidding?!"
Helen Hackett - "No...As great a joke as that would be to play on you, no, I'm really going to the movies."
- Joe Hackett - "You lie to me?"
Brian Hackett - "Sure."
Joe Hackett - "When?"
Brian Hackett - "Pretty much every time I say "Joe, I'm your brother; would I lie to you?", I'm lying to you."
- Joe Hackett - "Do you have any idea how hurt Helen would be if she found out I deceived her?"
Brian Hackett - "All right, let's explore this then. I'll be Helen, you be Joe."
Joe Hackett - "No, I'm not doing that again."
Brian Hackett - "All right, I'll be Joe, you be Helen."
Joe Hackett - "Brian..."
Brian Hackett - "All right, I'll be Fay, you be Roy. Come on, I gotta be somebody!"
- Joe Hackett - "I got it! When is a lie not a lie?"
Brian Hackett - "That's easy. When you get away with it."
Trivia[]
- The title of the play on The Lion King, the 1994 animated classic from Walt Disney Animation, and play on the homonym "lyin'" because of Joe's lies.
- Brian reveals that he had Star Wars bedsheets in high school.
- On Friday night, Fay says she has rented WrestleMania and invites Antonio over to her house, but WrestleMania was always held on a Sunday.
