The Spark and How to Get It is the fourth episode of the sixth season on Wings, and the 100th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
- Coming Up
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
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
- Amy Yasbeck as Casey Davenport
Guest Cast
- Dedee Pfeiffer as Joan
- Jeffrey King as Bartender
- Michael-Anne Poston as Lisa
- Dendrie Taylor as Cindy
- Leslie Windram as Young Woman
Quotes[]
- Coming Up
Trivia[]
- This episode marks Amy Yasbeck officially joining the main cast of the series after guest starring in the previous two episodes.
- Helen's salon is revealed as Yankee Doodle Scissors.
- Brian jokes about living in the biosphere. In 1994, he would have been referring to the Biosphere 2, a totally enclosed 3.14 acre greenhouse used for long term experiments in establishing space habitats. Once a crew was sealed in Biosphere 2 nothing, not even air, got in or out until the end of the experiment.
- When sharing films they are really ashamed of liking, Joan says "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" and Brian says "Mandingo."
- Brian and Joe reveal that Excuse #11 is honesty and Excuse #9 has something to do with the flesh-eating bacteria.