Wingless (Part 2) is the second episode of a three-part story arc and the ninth episode of the eighth season on Wings, and the 157th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
Cord's first act that new president of Sandpiper is to have a "really big idea". Through learning that Aeromass cannot break into the market of private charter flights, Cord proposes making Sandpiper an exclusive charter service, and has Joe and Brian fly a pair of bickering mother-daughter country music singers. When the tour fails, Cord tries fleeing, only for Joe and Helen to tell him he must be a man and face his father at a business meeting in New York.
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[]
- Linda Porter as Little Old Lady
- Jonathan Slavin as Cord Clayton
- Cynthia Sikes as Nina Todd
- Karen Kilgariff as Tammy Todd
- Mitchell Ryan as Edgar Clayton
Quotes[]
- Joe Hackett - "These people depend on us. The most important thing we have is our relationship with our customers."
Little Old Lady - "Excuse me, could y--"
Joe Hackett - "Yeah, just sit down, grandma. We'll be with you when we're ready."
- Helen Hackett - "Joe, you have got to relax. You are becoming obsessed with that kid taking over your company. It's interfering with our personal life."
Joe Hackett - "What are you talking about?"
Helen Hackett - "Well, let's just say when a woman is having sex with her husband the last thing she wants to hear is him screaming "How the hell do I get out of this position?!""
- Cord Clayton - "Morning, everybody. Nothing like getting up bright and early on your first day of work, huh?"
Helen Hackett - "It's 2 o'clock in the afternoon."
Cord Clayton - "It is? Well, what time do we knock off?"
- Cord Clayton - "Look, I know I've only been here one day, but I've been doing a lot of thinking and I know exactly what this airline needs."
Brian Hackett - "What?"
Cord Clayton - "Are you ready? A really big idea."
Joe Hackett - "Okay, we're waiting. What's the really big idea?"
Cord Clayton - "What do you mean? The really big idea is the really big idea."
Fay Cochran - "Well, finally, the kind of fresh young thinking this airline been needing."
Joe Hackett - "What thinking? What's she talking about?"
Brian Hackett - "You know, that's not a bad idea, a really big idea."
Joe Hackett - "What's not a bad idea?"
Brian Hackett - "A big idea."
Cord Clayton - "A really big idea."
Fay Cochran - "Well, I must say, I'm very impressed."
Joe Hackett - "This is crazy. Say you have a really big idea is not a really big idea."
Brian Hackett - "Joey, don't dump on it just 'cause you didn't think of it first."
Joe Hackett - "Think of what? What is the really big idea?"
Cord Clayton - "It seems to me that most of us are already on board with this, Joe."
Joe Hackett - "On board with what? The really big idea is the really big idea?"
Cord Clayton - "Finally, it's getting through."
- Antonio - "Joe, Joe, are you okay?"
Joe Hackett - "It was nothing. I really don't see what the big deal was."
Antonio - "I-I heard you turned blue, your eyes bugged out, and you did a-you did a header into a garbage can."
Helen Hackett - "He just had a minor anxiety attack." [Whispering to Antonio] "Speak in soft even tones and make no sudden moves."
- Casey Davenport - "Hi, my name is Casey and I'll be your flight attendant. May I just say what an honor it is to serve you. I love all of your songs. Especially "Heaven Is a Place Called You" and...Oh, what's that one from your first album?"
Nina Todd - "Double vodka, rocks."
Casey Davenport - "Oh, I don't think I've heard that song."
Tammy Todd - "Well, get used to it cause she sings it a lot."
- Nina Todd - "Who are you kidding? You wouldn't last two weeks without me."
Tammy Todd - "Oh, that's right. All I do is write, sing, and play beautiful songs. Who's going to drain the liquor cabinet and bang the roadies?"
- Fay Cochran - "So how are my two favorite pilots?"
Brian Hackett - "Oh, well...Look what the wind blew back in."
Joe Hackett - "I can't believe you have the nerve to show both your faces back here."
Fay Cochran - "Oh, ha ha ha ha, Joe. I'm so glad to see you haven't lost that delightful sense of humor."
Joe Hackett - "Look, Fay, if you think your going to get back into my good graces by--"
Brian Hackett - "Joe, Joe, don't blame her. She's only doing what any threatened creature would do; trying to survive. Yes, porcupines shoot their quills, a skunk emits a big stink, and Fay... Fay just sucks up like an industrial Hoover."
Fay Cochran - "Aha ha ha ha, delightful, both of you."
Trivia[]
- The Todds appear to be loosely based on The Judds, an American country music duo composed of lead vocalist Wynonna Judd and her mother, Naomi Judd.