Twisted Sister is the second episode of the sixth season of Wings, and the 98th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
As Brian enters the airport, Roy asks him about how he's doing since his break up with Alex. Joe enters excited to show off the engagement ring that he purchased for Helen. Because they spontaneously got engaged in an elevator, Joe wants the story of giving her the ring to be more romantic and plans to give it to her tonight, the anniversary of their first kiss. However, after Lowell closely examines the ring, he see that the inscription reads "To My Darling Melon". Joe tasks Lowell with taking the ring fix the inscription. When Joe see Helen, he tells her that he's made a reservation for them at Lexington's. Meanwhile, Fay questions Brian about his mood since the break up with Alex. To Helen's surprise, her sister Casey has just arrived on Nantucket to celebrated her engagement (though Casey still believes Helen is engaged to Davis Lynch). In short order, Casey passive aggressively mocks Joe's business, Brian's immaturity, and Helen's lunch counter, hair, accent, and make-up. Joe privately calls out Casey attitude to Helen, but she is unable to criticize her sister. When Antonio enters he is immediately struck by how gorgeous Casey is to the point where he is unable to from words in her presences. Before leaving for Helen's, Casey insists on taking them out to dinner, foiling Joe's plan for a romantic dinner for two.
At Lexington's, Joe and Brian wait for Helen and Casey, who are late. Joe reviews the plan with Brian to have him dance with Casey during "Isn't It Romantic?" allowing Joe to privately give Helen the engagement ring. When Helen and Casey finally arrive, Casey shames Helen into ordering a light meal. While taking their order, the waiter asks Brian how he's been doing since his break up with Alex. When "Isn't It Romantic?" begins to play, Joe forcefully encourages Casey to dance with Brian. Unfortunately, before Joe can give the ring to Helen, Brian and Casey return because Brian step on Casey's foot when the band leader asked him about his break up with Alex. Casey next gives Helen her starter ring as a gift because she knows that she and Joe are just getting started. When Joe demands that Helen give the ring back, she and Casey leave.
Later at Helen's house, Joe arrives and explains to Helen that he had planned to give her an engagement ring that night to commemorate the anniversary of their first kiss. They begin to kiss, but are interrupted when Casey comes downstairs looking for "the better linens". When Helen gives Casey her ring back and shows off Joe's engagement ring, Casey immediately belittles it. Helen begins to tell off Casey until she reveals that her husband Stuart left her by convincing Casey to sell everything they own and by a boat. Just before leaving to sail around the world, Stuart asked Casey to take a picture of him on the boat and then sailed away without her. Because she was left with nothing, Helen invited her to move in with her.
Credits[]
Main Cast[]
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Chapel
- Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
Guest Cast[]
- Amy Yasbeck as Casey Davenport
- Layne Beamer as The Waiter
Quotes[]
- Roy Biggins - "Hackett, I've been meaning to ask you, how you doing about this Alex thing? You feeling okay?"
Brian Hackett - "I'm fine Roy. I can't believe that even you're asking me."
Roy Biggins - "Oh, come on. You think I don't know the pain of a broken heart? That hollow feeling in your soul when you expect to wake up next to the women you love...Instead you find your wallet's missing and there are dust bunnies where the stereo used to be."
Brian Hackett - "Well, I guess you've learned a lesson about love, huh?"
Roy Biggins - "Oh, yeah. Always insure for replacement value."
- Fay Cochran - "Now tell me dear, how are you doing about Alex?"
Brian Hackett - "Fine."
Fay Cochran - "No, really."
Brian Hackett - "No, really. I'm fine."
Fay Cochran - "No, really."
Brian Hackett - "Alright, Fay, I'll tell ya. Really? I am miserable. I am crushed. In fact, I'm going to go right up to the control tower and hang myself on the windsock!"
Fay Cochran - "Oh, Brian, that's crazy talk. That windsock couldn't hold more than a hundred pounds."
- Fay Cochran - "Casey? What an interesting name. Is that short for something?"
Casey Davenport - "Cassandra. Mom named me after a goddess in Greek mythology."
Fay Cochran - "Oooh. So, are you named after Helen of Troy?"
Helen Chapel - "No, actually, I was named after my lactose intolerant aunt."
- Joe Hackett - "Come on, Helen. Don't do that yourself. You're not Casey Chapel's fat little sister anymore."
Helen Chapel - "It's hard to forget. She was the prom queen; I was...Dairy Queen."
- Helen Chapel - "Sorry we're late. I couldn't decide what to wear."
Joe Hackett - "Oh, wow. You look beautiful."
Helen Chapel - "Thank you. Well, thank Casey."
Casey Davenport - "Oh, all I did was go through her entire closet, and then I said "Let's see what I brought"."
Trivia[]
- Joe wants to give Helen the engagement ring on the anniversary of their first kiss. Their first kiss as seen in The Puppetmaster that aired on September 28, 1990, almost exactly four years prior to this episode airing on September 27, 1994.
- This episode is the first appearance of Helen's sister Casey Davenport.
- Helen states that Casey "came all the way from California" to see her and Roy states that she has a fancy house in San Francisco, but in I've Got A Secret, Helen states that Casey lives in Texas near their parents. However, this might just be a reference to Lorraine, the unseen sister first mentioned in A Terminal Christmas.
- Casey reveals that "Casey" is short for "Cassandra" and that her mother named her after a "goddess in Greek mythology" (However, the Cassandra of Greek mythology was actually not a goddess, but rather a Trojan priestess cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed). When Fay guessed that Helen must be named after "Helen of Troy," Helen reveals that she was actually named after her lactose intolerant aunt.
- Despite growing up together, Casey no longer has an accent like Helen.
- The recurring joke of Antonio being unable to speak to Casey makes its first appearance.
- Casey reveals that her husband Stuart Davenport has left her. In Love Overboard, Stuart returns played by Amy Yasbeck's (then) future husband John Ritter.
- This episode is currently unavailable for streaming in the United States likely due to the music rights for "Isn't It Romantic?".
