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Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Puppetmaster

    • September 28, 1990
    • NBC

    In order to get Helen to break her vow that she does not date pilots, Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot to ask out Helen.

  • S02E02 The Story of Joe

    • October 5, 1990
    • NBC

    A magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe but finds Brian's life much more interesting. Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson visit the island.

  • S02E03 A Little Nightmare Music

    • October 12, 1990
    • NBC

    Helen plays her cello for a very famous conductor visiting the island on his honeymoon. Meanwhile, Fay prepares for a role at a carnival by predicting the future reading tarot cards.

  • S02E04 Sports and Leisure

    • October 19, 1990
    • NBC

    Fay keeps inviting Roy to group events despite how much the group dislikes him. Roy asks for help from Joe on how to be a nice guy and tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. Unfortunately, Lowell is his partner.

  • S02E05 A Standup Kind of Guy

    • October 26, 1990
    • NBC

    Joe feels obligated to hold a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with but the guy considers Joe his best friend. Lowell is fascinated by a metal plate in Roy's head.

  • S02E06 It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift

    • November 9, 1990
    • NBC

    Joe and Brian compete to get Helen the better birthday gift as a means to impress her. Fay creates a budget for Lowell and learns that he's still paying for a tuxedo he rented years ago.

  • S02E07 Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned

    • November 16, 1990
    • NBC

    Brian dates a policewoman to get her to drop charges on his unpaid parking tickets. Meanwhile, Lowell totes his video camera around the airport trying to capture something to submit to "America's Wackiest Videos" TV show.

  • S02E08 High Anxiety

    • November 23, 1990
    • NBC

    Joe is grounded due to hypertension forcing Brian to take every flight. Joe is unable to find a new pilot willing to work for what he can afford to pay leaving Joe to consider selling Sandpiper.

  • S02E09 Friends or Lovers?

    • December 7, 1990
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen attempt to secretively go on their first date. Brian hires a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.

  • S02E10 There's Always Room for Cello

    • December 14, 1990
    • NBC

    Roy's son R.J. takes cello lessons from Helen. Roy agrees to pay for the lessons after he thinks R.J. is "hot for teacher." Helen convinces R.J. to divulge a secret that he is agonizing over telling his father.

  • S02E11 A Terminal Christmas

    • December 21, 1990
    • NBC

    After all their plans for Christmas go badly, the gang tries to cheer Fay up who is having her first Christmas without her husband.

  • S02E12 Airport '90

    • January 3, 1991
    • NBC

    Helen is bitten by the flying bug after Brian lets her take the plane's controls for a few minutes. She decides to take flying lessons from Joe but his classes are too long and boring so Brian offers to take her up again. They experience some turbulence and Helen finds herself at the controls but never learned how to land.

  • S02E13 Love Is Like Pulling Teeth

    • January 10, 1991
    • NBC

    Joe has to take care of Helen when she gets her wisdom teeth pulled out. Unfortunately for Joe, her appointment falls on the same day as a party to watch the biggest college basketball game of the year between Boston College and Providence. With Helen's TV in the shop, Joe's loyalty is tested.

  • S02E14 The Tennis Bum

    • January 24, 1991
    • NBC

    Brian is upset because Fay beat him at tennis. Meanwhile, Roy tries to mess with Helen's mind by claiming that one of his male pilots is actually female and Joe, despite being told otherwise, can't resist flying Lowell's prized Graf Zeppelin model he's keeping in Joe's office ahead of a model airplane show.

  • S02E15 My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

    • January 31, 1991
    • NBC

    Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves his normally overly detailed schedule for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe's schedule and runs the airline his own way. All his schemes suddenly go off the rails when the plane goes missing.

  • S02E16 Plane Nine from Nantucket

    • February 7, 1991
    • NBC

    Joe and Brian think they see a UFO. Joe is hesitant to file an FAA report, fearing that Sandpiper Air will be blacklisted. Brian goes ahead and files the report which catches the notice of an eccentric group of UFO enthusiasts. Meanwhile, Helen informs Fay she still owes her money on her lunch tab but Fay insists she paid it.

  • S02E17 Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

    • February 14, 1991
    • NBC

    After a disastrous start to Valentine's Day, Joe and Helen agree to meet at their special place. Unfortunately, they each have a different idea as to where that is. Roy's blind date exceeds all his low expectations but all he can do is try and figure out what's wrong with her.

  • S02E18 Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

    • February 21, 1991
    • NBC

    Wanting a night alone, Joe and Helen kick Brian out of the house. Brian shows up the next day with an adventurous, globetrotting woman whom he intends to marry.

  • S02E19 All in the Family

    • March 7, 1991
    • NBC

    Brian demonstrates to young pilot Kenny how he is so successful with women. However, when Kenny learns that Brian asked out his mother, he is less than thrilled knowing of Brian's history. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen squabble over the issue of privacy in their relationship.

  • S02E20 Mother Wore Stripes

    • March 14, 1991
    • NBC

    The brothers' estranged mother returns to Nantucket after Brian sees her at a sporting event on TV. Brian is thrilled but Joe feigns apathy to hide his anger for having to be the responsible one of the Hackett household.

  • S02E21 Murder She Roast

    • March 21, 1991
    • NBC

    While the brothers' house is being fumigated, Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives. He's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him.

  • S02E22 Duet for Cello and Plane

    • March 28, 1991
    • NBC

    Helen gets a music job with the Maine Symphony Orchestra forcing her and Joe to talk about their future. Meanwhile, a confused woman who doesn't speak English has been hanging around the airport and gains Fay's sympathy and Roy's hostility.

Season 3

  • S03E01 The Naked Truth

    • September 19, 1991
    • NBC

    After a ten month silence, Joe hears from Helen in New York City. Learning she has failed in her music endeavors, he convinces her to come back to Nantucket but doesn't mention that he has a new girlfriend.

  • S03E02 Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket...?

    • September 26, 1991
    • NBC

    Following Helen's damage to his office, Joe tries to get her to pay for the damages. When she refuses, Joe decides to sue her.

  • S03E03 The Taming of the Shrew

    • October 10, 1991
    • NBC

    Helen's anger issues with Joe continue to escalate so others convince her to go to a group therapy session.

  • S03E04 I Ain't Got No Bunny

    • October 17, 1991
    • NBC

    Lowell is paranoid that his wife Bunny is committing adultery.

  • S03E05 If Elected, I Will Not Live

    • October 31, 1991
    • NBC

    When Roy's competition for the town council drops out, the gang convince Joe to run against him. However, the local newspaper endorses Joe's campaign manager, Fay.

  • S03E06 My Brother's Keeper

    • November 7, 1991
    • NBC

    The arrival of a wealth woman has Fay, Roy, and Helen eager to tap into her wealth. But she only has eyes for Brian and he soon enjoys the lavish gifts and lifestyle she heaps upon him.

  • S03E07 Crate Expectations

    • November 14, 1991
    • NBC

    As his birthday approaches, Joe firmly insists that the rest of the gang not throw him a party. The delivery of a large crate to the hangar convinces Joe that the gang wants to surprise him anyway.

  • S03E08 Ladies Who Lunch

    • November 21, 1991
    • NBC

    Tired of the bickering between Helen and Gail, Joe suggests that the two go out to lunch together. Meanwhile, Fay has an opportunity to keep her streak of touching First Ladies alive as the president and his wife come to the island.

  • S03E09 Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered

    • December 5, 1991
    • NBC

    With the airport shut down due to fog, the gang tries to find ways to pass the time which leads to Brian doing his hypnosis act on volunteers.

  • S03E10 The Late Mrs. Biggins

    • December 12, 1991
    • NBC

    Pressured by questions, Roy admits that his wife Sylvia is not dead but that she left him years ago and is living in Boston.

  • S03E11 The Bogey Men

    • December 19, 1991
    • NBC

    Brian talks Joe into a vacation so they can do a little golfing only to find out it's actually a free weekend at a timeshare resort in exchange for attending a high-pressure sales pitch. Meanwhile, Antonio learns to play the guitar but only knows one song which everyone quickly grows tired of.

  • S03E12 Marriage, Italian Style

    • January 9, 1992
    • NBC

    Antonio receives a notice that he faces deportation when his green card expires so Brian attempts to find him a wife so that he can stay in the country.

  • S03E13 Divorce, American Style

    • January 16, 1992
    • NBC

    Helen resigns herself to life as Antonio's wife but she soon sees an opportunity to help him get a new green card in a lottery.

  • S03E14 Stew in a Stew

    • January 23, 1992
    • NBC

    Fay is understanding when Joe tells her he won't be able to give her a raise but when she sees the brothers gloating over a pair of new leather flight jackets, she is outraged and quits.

  • S03E15 This Old House

    • January 30, 1992
    • NBC

    The news that the Hacketts' old house has been condemned due to storm damage has the two brothers reminiscing about their childhoods.

  • S03E16 Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes

    • February 13, 1992
    • NBC

    Dr. Frasier Crane's plans to conduct a self-esteem seminar on Nantucket are interrupted by Helen's accusations that he ruined her life in New York City when she attended one of his seminars.

  • S03E17 The Plane

    • February 20, 1992
    • NBC

    Joe is pleased to learn that the ticket he donated to the children's hospital's charity event brought in a huge sum. However, an error on the ticket force Joe and Brian to fly a cranky old passenger on a cross-country trip to find his long-lost brother.

  • S03E18 Take My Life, Please

    • February 27, 1992
    • NBC

    After her short-lived career in real estate ends in disgrace, the gang convince Helen to take a job placement exam. When the exam suggests she should pursue a career in music or food service, they decide to change it to something more exciting.

  • S03E19 Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy

    • April 2, 1992
    • NBC

    Antonio's stories of success with a video dating service have Joe, Brian, Helen, and Lowell trying their luck and betting on who went on the worst date.

  • S03E20 The Bank Dick

    • April 23, 1992
    • NBC

    After returning from a vacation made possible by a hefty tax refund, Brian finds out that the refund was an error. To help pay off his debt he takes on a second job as a security guard at a bank. Meanwhile, Antonio leaves for a trip to his home country of Italy and no one seems to care.

  • S03E21 Say It Ain't So, Joe

    • April 30, 1992
    • NBC

    To help commemorate the anticipated breaking of Joe's old high school strike out record, his old coach coerces Joe to fly him and his star player to the game.

  • S03E22 As Fate Would Have It

    • May 7, 1992
    • NBC

    The gang accompanies Helen to Boston after she lands a gig with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Caught up in a heavy storm and their fate uncertain, Helen recounts the bizarre way in which they got to that point.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Lifeboat

    • September 24, 1992
    • NBC

    In this conclusion to last season's cliffhanger, Joe, Brian, Helen, Lowell, Roy and Fay find themselves struggling for survival in a leaky lifeboat after their plane goes down en route to Boston.

  • S04E02 The Fortune Cookie

    • October 1, 1992
    • NBC

    Joe's future is up in the air when Sandpiper Air is grounded by his insurance company, but Brian's plan to save the airline doesn't fly right with Helen.

  • S04E03 Noses Off

    • October 8, 1992
    • NBC

    Sandpiper is finally back in business,but Joe's nose is broken by a man who mistakes him for Brian.At the surgeon's office,the doctor's observation of a bump on Brian's nose has him obsessing about getting a nose job.

  • S04E04 Blackout Biggins

    • October 22, 1992
    • NBC

    Roy complains out loud about the singing of the national anthem at a Red Sox game; he believes he could do far better. So with Brian's connections in the Sox front office, Roy is given the chance to sing at Fenway. Roy responds by blacking out while doing the national anthem at the game.

  • S04E05 Mathers of the Heart

    • October 29, 1992
    • NBC

    Lowell becomes enamored with Helen when she kisses him on the cheek for fixing her oven at the lunch counter. He convinces her to go on a date but it doesn't go as he imagines.

  • S04E06 Two Jerks and a Jill

    • November 5, 1992
    • NBC

    The arrival on Nantucket of beautiful new helicopter pilot, Alex Lambert soon has the brothers chasing after her, despite her obvious non-interest. Meanwhile, Antonio gets invited to the Tuesday Night Rat Shoot where he upstages Lowell in front of his buddies.

  • S04E07 It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House

    • November 12, 1992
    • NBC

    Brian and Joe gain a new roommate after Brian accidentally sinks Lowell's houseboat.

  • S04E08 Just Say No

    • November 19, 1992
    • NBC

    Brian's ex-flame arrives from New York to rekindle the fire and it's up to his friends to keep him from getting burned again.

  • S04E09 It May Have Happened One Night

    • December 3, 1992
    • NBC

    After having a few drinks, Alex asks Joe to drive her home and when he arrives late the next day everyone assumes that they spent the night together.

  • S04E10 The Customer's Usually Right

    • December 17, 1992
    • NBC

    Joe is irritated about getting charged a rewind fee for a returned video tape which he believes was rewound.

  • S04E11 Exit Laughing

    • January 7, 1993
    • NBC

    Helen dates a guy with an annoying laugh. Antonio has trouble with his jerk neighbor.

  • S04E12 What the Cabbie Saw

    • January 14, 1993
    • NBC

    Antonio performs his civic duty when he helps bring to court a suspected robber and then testifies against him.But then the suspect gets released on a technicality and Antonio starts to fear for his life.

  • S04E13 Labor Pains

    • January 28, 1993
    • NBC

    When Lowell demands a raise from Joe and Roy, shrewd bargaining tactics by Antonio and Roy leave Lowell dejected and jobless.

  • S04E14 I've Got a Secret

    • February 4, 1993
    • NBC

    When Alex tells Antonio and Helen that she posed nude for Playboy while in college, the secret is just too good to keep quiet.

  • S04E15 The Gift (1)

    • February 11, 1993
    • NBC

    With an opening in a quartet, Helen wants to try out but her cello is on the bottom of the ocean. She gets a second job to purchase a new cello but things do not go as planned. Lowell, Faye, Roy and Antonio audition for a play.

  • S04E16 The Gift (2)

    • February 18, 1993
    • NBC

    Helen gets the quartet role but hates it. However, she doesn't know how to quit without letting Joe and Brian down. Faye, Roy, Antonio and Lowell practice for their awful play.

  • S04E17 I Love Brian

    • February 25, 1993
    • NBC

    Hoping to impress Alex, Brian claims to know Clint Black. Helen and Alex are entertained while they expect Brian's scheme to attend a concert and meet him will backfire.

  • S04E18 The Key to Alex

    • March 15, 1993
    • NBC

    Joe and Brian, in heated competition, pull out all the stops in a transparent attempt to get closer to Alex.

  • S04E19 The Houseguest

    • April 8, 1993
    • NBC

    Helen throws a surprise birthday for Nantucket's most unpopular resident, 70-year-old Carlton Blanchard, who threatens to become a permanent household fixture after suffering a fall in her home.

  • S04E20 Goodbye, Old Friend

    • April 29, 1993
    • NBC

    Weeb Gilroy's death has Lowell searching for the right words to eulogize his long time friend. Words fail him at the end and all he can think of is to finish working on the plane they built together.

  • S04E21 Another Wedding

    • May 6, 1993
    • NBC

    The crew is invited to the wedding of the air traffic controller.

  • S04E22 Date Package Number Seven

    • May 13, 1993
    • NBC

    Alex finally agrees to a date with Brian, only to find out later it was all a set-up.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Stop in the Name of Love

    • September 16, 1993
    • NBC

    Everyone is of course skeptical when Brian announces that his relationship with Alex is special. To try to insure that their relationship lasts longer than a couple of weeks, they decide not to sleep with one another yet.

  • S05E02 Terminal Jealousy

    • September 23, 1993
    • NBC

    Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense.

  • S05E03 Bye-Bye, Bunny

    • September 30, 1993
    • NBC

    Lowell and Bunny make their separation final by signing the divorce papers only to start sleeping together again. Meanwhile, Antonio consoles a woman who's cheating husband left his cellphone in Antonio's cab.

  • S05E04 Business or Pleasure

    • October 7, 1993
    • NBC

    When Joe flies in a potential investor, he's more interested in Helen than Joe's airline.

  • S05E05 An Affair to Forget

    • October 14, 1993
    • NBC

    Joe is upset at playing chauffeur to the other couples for their romantic trips off the island but it's everybody else who ends up suffering. Meanwhile, Antonio and Fay help Roy change his image to try to impress a new woman.

  • S05E06 A Black Eye Affair

    • October 28, 1993
    • NBC

    While trying to create a perfect evening with her boyfriend, Davis, Helen runs into obstacle after obstacle with various friends who assist in aiding with what can only be certain disaster.

  • S05E07 Joe Blows (1)

    • November 4, 1993
    • NBC

    Joe feels the weight of the world coming down on him as everyone comes to him to help solve their problems. As the stress mounts, he knows he must make a drastic change.

  • S05E08 Joe Blows (2)

    • November 11, 1993
    • NBC

    With Joe MIA, the burden of running Sandpiper Air falls all on Brian. As he struggles to keep things in the air, he gets a clue to where Joe ran off to.

  • S05E09 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten

    • November 18, 1993
    • NBC

    When news arrives that Sandy Cooper is returning to Nantucket, Joe fears her high school obsession with him will return but the others think he's imagining things. Meanwhile, Antonio tries to raise money to send to his family and Roy is worried about a visit from his cranky mother.

  • S05E10 Come Fly with Me

    • December 2, 1993
    • NBC

    Joe, Brian, Helen, and Lowell head to Boston for a night on the town but end up at a party that's more than what it seems. Roy, Fay and Antonio pool their resources to win a radio contest.

  • S05E11 Happy Holidays

    • December 16, 1993
    • NBC

    Lowell's ex-wife arrives on Nantucket for a friend's wedding. Brian faces the prospect of meeting Alex's parents. Joe deals with the loss of a tree and Fay becomes overbearing as Helen organizes a holiday party for children.

  • S05E12 Ready, Teddy, Go

    • January 6, 1994
    • NBC

    Davis finally shows up to see Helen after a string of cancellations. A furtive search through his luggage reveals a gift that may be inappropriate at this stage of their relationship. Fay rescues a lab rat from her experiments by her psychology professor, risking a bad grade and charges of theft.

  • S05E13 Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam

    • January 20, 1994
    • NBC

    Tired of Lowell's strictness, the brothers boot him out of the house. Despite his reluctance, Lowell buys a new house and tries to adjust to the experience of living alone for the first time.

  • S05E14 The Faygitive

    • January 27, 1994
    • NBC

    Somebody is asking questions around the island in search of Fay and she's spooked. Antonio loves the new cable TV service that Roy's shady friend installed.

  • S05E15 Say Uncle, Carlton

    • February 3, 1994
    • NBC

    To help pay off his new used cab, Antonio gets a job as a chauffeur for Carlton Blanchard. Things get even worse when Carlton's equally annoying nephew Lewis arrives on Nantucket to attend Carlton's Retired Businessman of the Year banquet.

  • S05E16 Hey, Nineteen

    • February 10, 1994
    • NBC

    To Helen's disgust and Brian's envy, Joe starts dating a 19-year-old co-ed. Roy and Antonio find a dog whose cute charm no woman can resist.

  • S05E17 Exclusively Yours

    • February 14, 1994
    • NBC

    Brian's exclusive commitment to Alex is sorely tested when Joe flies in a group of models for a photo shoot. Helen's decision to name food items on her menu after the people in the airport doesn't go as well as she hoped.

  • S05E18 Moonlighting

    • February 17, 1994
    • NBC

    To ease Alex's embarrassment over having to take a job as a waitress at a medieval themed restaurant during the off-season, the gang tell their own stories of embarrassing off-season jobs.

  • S05E19 Sleepless in Nantucket

    • March 10, 1994
    • NBC

    Brian moves in with Alex, and both quickly become irritated by the other's annoying habits. Meanwhile, Lowell attempts to come up with a name for his sister's baby.

  • S05E20 Boys Will Be Girls

    • April 7, 1994
    • NBC

    When the football coach who belittled Joe and Brian in high school returns to Nantucket to be honored in a gym dedication, they plan a practical joke that gets way out of hand.

  • S05E21 Roy Crazy

    • April 14, 1994
    • NBC

    Roy's ex-wife makes a surprise appearance on the island. She seems to be up for a reconciliation, much to Roy's delight, but may have ulterior motives. Helen tries to fend off a smitten and slightly crazy waiter from the crab house she went to the other night.

  • S05E22 Long Distance Lament

    • April 28, 1994
    • NBC

    Davis cancels yet another date leading Helen to accept a date with another man. As for Joe, after two dates conflict, he tells a lie to get out of one of them only to have the other one cancel.

  • S05E23 Call of the Wild

    • May 5, 1994
    • NBC

    When Brian's old friend shows up and they resume their wild, partying lifestyle every night, Alex grows increasingly neglected. Lowell takes in his idol, over-the-hill television superhero Big Strong Man, who takes advantage of his hospitality.

  • S05E24 A Decent Proposal

    • May 12, 1994
    • NBC

    Joe may have finally found a bank willing to float him a loan to expand Sandpiper Air. Helen anxiously awaits Davis' mid-week arrival, sure that he's coming to break up with her.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Whose Wife is It Anyway?

    • September 20, 1994
    • NBC

    After spending the night with Helen, Joe thinks they're a couple again. But, Helen has other thoughts about their night together and goes to New York to see Davis anyway.

  • S06E02 Twisted Sister

    • September 27, 1994
    • NBC

    Helen's sister Casey arrives and spoils Joe's dinner plans with Helen.

  • S06E03 The Shrink

    • October 4, 1994
    • NBC

    After Brian's depression over Alex's departure results in a near break-down during a flight, Joe suggests he go see a psychiatrist but winds up treating Joe instead. Meanwhile, Lowell is in search of his favorite hat that Antonio carelessly lost.

  • S06E04 The Spark and How to Get It

    • October 11, 1994
    • NBC

    After his therapist pronounces him fully recovered from his break-up with Alex, Brian plunges back into the dating world and Antonio insists he go along. Meanwhile, Lowell prepares a commencement address for his Alma Mater and Casey has trouble getting a good haircut.

  • S06E05 The Waxman Cometh

    • October 18, 1994
    • NBC

    Lowell invests a financial windfall in an old wax museum that he renovates and re-opens.

  • S06E06 Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

    • November 1, 1994
    • NBC

    Brian and Casey decide to throw Joe and Helen with a surprise engagement party as a way to apologize for not giving them some much needed time alone.

  • S06E07 All's Fare

    • November 8, 1994
    • NBC

    Antonio becomes the personal chauffeur to a wealthy businessman visiting the island in order to pay off an IRS fine. Meanwhile, Joe is irked that Brian had an erotic dream about Helen.

  • S06E08 Miss Jenkins

    • November 15, 1994
    • NBC

    Joe, Brian, Helen, and Lowell struggle with the return of their 9th grade English teacher on whom the boys had a serious crush. Meanwhile, Roy is dubious about why a "Simon Says" expert wants to marry his mother.

  • S06E09 If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother

    • November 22, 1994
    • NBC

    Helen and Casey's mother arrives on Nantucket to help plan and fund the wedding. Meanwhile, Fay and Roy split a ticket to a Barbara Streisand concert.

  • S06E10 The Wrong Stuff

    • November 29, 1994
    • NBC

    To counteract Roy's Aeromass promotions, the Hacketts' woo a famous astronaut as a spokesman for Sandpiper.

  • S06E11 Insanity Claus

    • December 13, 1994
    • NBC

    The airport's Air Traffic Controller snaps when he learns that Helen sold her last jelly donut to Antonio.

  • S06E12 She's...Baaack

    • January 3, 1995
    • NBC

    When Sandy Cooper returns to the island, Joe fears yet another bizarre encounter with her. Meanwhile, Fay forces Antonio to wear the clothes of one of her dead husbands that she can't bear to part with.

  • S06E13 Have I Got a Couple for You

    • January 10, 1995
    • NBC

    With nothing to do one Saturday night, Joe and Helen start socializing with a new couple on the island. Meanwhile, Brian and Casey start hitting the singles hangouts together and Antonio becomes Lowell's "hands" when Lowell injures his working on the cab.

  • S06E14 Fools Russian

    • January 31, 1995
    • NBC

    Roy flies in a mail-order bride from Russia. Meanwhile, Fay convinces Lowell to pretend to be her lover to impress her visiting friends.

  • S06E15 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

    • February 7, 1995
    • NBC

    Struggling to agree on wedding plans, Joe and Helen decide to crash another couple's wedding to check out a place. Meanwhile, Lowell and Antonio train for a Polar Bears competition.

  • S06E16 Remembrance of Flings Past (1)

    • February 9, 1995
    • NBC

    It's the gang's High School reunion. Brian dates one of his sweethearts who has a child that is the spitting image of Joe. Helen grapples with the mean girls who tormented her. Not to be left out, Antonio poses as an exchange student who briefly went to the school and Lowell discovers his shop teacher isn't all there.

  • S06E17 Remembrance of Flings Past (2)

    • February 14, 1995
    • NBC

    Joe finds out some very important news that he's been waiting for about Brian's girlfriend's son. Lowell rethinks his profession and Antonio tries to work up the courage to finally tell Casey his true feelings.

  • S06E18 Gone But Not Faygotten

    • February 21, 1995
    • NBC

    At the beckoning of Helen, Joe reluctantly hires Casey to replace Fay, who has retired, at the ticket counter proving to be a model of efficiency and professionalism.

  • S06E19 Ex, Lies and Videotape

    • February 28, 1995
    • NBC

    Brian's excitement over appearing on a popular Boston talk show is dampened when his ex-girlfriend Alex also appears.

  • S06E20 Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man

    • March 21, 1995
    • NBC

    Casey is enamored with a sculpture that Lowell made out of old plane parts and convinces him to make more for a prestigious art gallery. Brian finishes a roll of film not knowing that it will soon go to her parents.

  • S06E21 The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen

    • April 4, 1995
    • NBC

    Brian makes a video diary of Joe and Helen's relationship for them as a wedding gift.

  • S06E22 A House to Die For

    • May 2, 1995
    • NBC

    The gang sees opportunities to benefit from Carlton Blanchard's impending death as his nephew invites them to Carlton's house to start selling off the old man's items.

  • S06E23 Nuptials Off

    • May 9, 1995
    • NBC

    Helen is in desperate need of Roy's help when she discovers that she and Antonio are still married.

  • S06E24 Et Tu, Antonio?

    • May 16, 1995
    • NBC

    Antonio's workaholic cousin and his wife arrive for a visit and Antonio struggles to suppress his feelings for her as she confides in him about her marriage. Meanwhile, Helen's side of the family outshines Joe's as the wedding gifts start to arrive.

  • S06E25 Boys Just Want to Have Fun (1)

    • May 23, 1995
    • NBC

    Brian and Casey throw their siblings the requisite bachelor and bachelorette parties. Joe's party is a dud while Helen's is a hit.

  • S06E26 Here It is: The Big Wedding (2)

    • May 23, 1995
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen's wedding day gets off to a rocky start leaving the gang to overcome insurmountable odds to get the couple married.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Burnin' Down the House (1)

    • September 19, 1995
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen return from their honeymoon in Jamaica to recieve bad news; a night of passion between Brian and Casey in Helen's house results in a devastating fire. That Leaves Brian kicked out of the house and Sandpiper by Joe.

  • S07E02 Burnin' Down the House (2)

    • September 26, 1995
    • NBC

    When digging through the rubble of Helen's home, Brian and casey unearth a suitcase and photgraph that had been the hackett brother's only inheritance from their late father. Brian's attempts to remind Joe of that fail,but Joe later sees a vision of his late father and forgives Brian. Meanwhile,Antonio executes his revenge on Brian and Casey and Helen takes out her anger on Casey's clothes.

  • S07E03 Death Becomes Him

    • October 10, 1995
    • NBC

    The sad news of Richard Kingsbury's death in Miami is occasion for celebration at Sandpiper, as Kingbury's oldest daughter hires the Hackett's to bring the body back to Nantucket for the Memorial. But the brother's fly the wrong body back to the island, and it's up to Joe to impersonate the late Kingsbury at the funeral.

  • S07E04 The Person Formerly Known as Lowell

    • October 31, 1995
    • NBC

    Back from vacation, Lowell goes out for a meal of hot wings with Antonio and lands in hot water when he witnesses a mob hit. After he is threatened by the gangster's lawyer, he decides to join the Witness Protection Program and leave Nantucket forever.

  • S07E05 Hooker, Line and Sinker

    • November 7, 1995
    • NBC

    To lift Antonio's spirits after he's dumped by the "Big Faced Girl," Joe and Brian set him up with a girl at the Club Car only to discover later that she's a very expensive hooker.

  • S07E06 She's Gotta Have It

    • November 14, 1995
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen reap unpected benefits after getting a large insurance settlement for Helen's burnt down house. But Joe soon finds soon faces the task of stopping Helen's shopping spree, before it leaves them broke. Meanwhile,Brian and Casey try to find something in common and Antonio returns to Edna, "The Big Faced Girl."

  • S07E07 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong

    • November 21, 1995
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen's initial fortune at landing famous architect Y.M. Burg to design their new house soon turn sour as he suggests a house shaped like a giant "7." Meanwhile, Brian hires a new mechanic,Budd Bronski, who attempts to live down a previous "incident."

  • S07E08 When a Man Loves a Donut

    • November 28, 1995
    • NBC

    Spurned by Joe (who's too busy with his new wife to spend time with him), Brian turns to food, but ends up trying to deal with his problems at a meeting of the "Eat-A-Holics." Meanwhile, Antonio tries to get used to tight shoes, after he pays $200 for them, and Casey gets hired by the Nantucket Tourism Board.

  • S07E09 The Big Sleep

    • December 12, 1995
    • NBC

    After fighting with Helen over the architect's plans for their new house (he wants a big screen TV in the bedroom, she wants a walk-in closet), Joe has a strange dream involving Tigers, Clowns, Roy bellying dancing and the two of them dying in a plane crash with Antonio. As one by one the dreams events come to pass, Brian tries to convince Joe to heed the dream's warnings, but he fails and soon Joe, Helen and Antonio find themselves plunging to earth in the plane...

  • S07E10 'Twas the Heist Before Christmas

    • December 19, 1995
    • NBC

    Nothing goes right at Helen's christmas party:Joe wants to hit the road to head for the slopes before they are snowed in.Antonio gives but does not receive,Roy misses his mother,Budd tries to be social,and Casey invites Carlton's annoying nephew Lewis.

  • S07E11 Honey, We Broke the Kid

    • January 2, 1996
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen volunteer to babysit but it's far from the learning experience that they hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Casey gets a big time Hollywood star to come to the island to appear in her Nantucket Tourism commercial.

  • S07E12 B.S., I Love You

    • January 9, 1996
    • NBC

    Joe and Brian are thrilled at the return of Grandpa Hackett, but Helen isn't so sure he is who he claims to be. Meanwhile, Antonio refuses to continue a chain letter, which everyone else gets and passes along, and begins to suffer for it.

  • S07E13 Sons and Lovers

    • January 16, 1996
    • NBC

    It's Roy's 12th birthday (he was born on a leap year), and Helen contacts Roy's son R.J. and convinces him to come back to Nantucket for the party. But the initial reconciliation is dashed when R.J. brings his significant other to the party. Meanwhile, Brian helps Antonio out by driving the cab while Antonio waits for his driver's license.

  • S07E14 Bye, George

    • January 30, 1996
    • NBC

    Fay quickly falls for Lyle, the dashing man she met on a cruise, but the wedding is jeopardized when Fay learns the awful truth about him. His real first name is George, just like her first three dead husbands. Armed with this new knowledge Fay decides against making it a fourth George and calls off the wedding.

  • S07E15 The Team Player

    • February 6, 1996
    • NBC

    A publicity disaster occurs when Antonio (running the desk while the brothers go to a hockey game) bumps the Bruins abrasive star goalie Danny "Dead End" Connelly off a Sandpiper flight to a critical game, causing the Bruins to lose. Meanwhile, winter tourism on the island takes an upswing when Casey welcomes the International Society of Masochists to Nantucket.

  • S07E16 Love at First Flight

    • February 13, 1996
    • NBC

    Brian falls in love with a woman while flying her to Nantucket for her wedding. Meanwhile, Antonio has mixed feelings after finding out Roy is dating Edna, "The Big Faced Girl."

  • S07E17 Lynch Party

    • February 20, 1996
    • NBC

    When news arrives that Davis Lynch has re-surfaced, Helen recounts the tale of how she never broke off her engagement with him, then tries to break the news to Davis, while not alerting Joe.

  • S07E18 One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest

    • February 27, 1996
    • NBC

    Sandy's return sends Joe to the psychologist, as no one believes his stories of her obsession with him. The psychologist does wonders to calm Joe down, but the real psycho is revealed when Joe meets Sandy in the vacant psychologist's office. Meanwhile, Roy, Antonio, Fay and Casey try to deal with the news they may have suffered food poisoning from Helen's tuna.

  • S07E19 Driving Mr. DeCarlo

    • March 12, 1996
    • NBC

    Antonio thinks his fortunes have taken a turn for the better when one of passengers hires him to be his personal chauffeur. But some overheard conversations seem to indicate that his new boss is a mobster. Meanwhile, Helen hurriedly reads "Don Quixote" when her old english lit teacher from highschool drops by for a visit.

  • S07E20 A Tale of Two Sister Cities

    • March 26, 1996
    • NBC

    On the verge of losing her job with the Tourism Board, Casey sees a solution when her sister city idea is accepted. But things go downhill when Brian sleeps with the visiting princess of prospective sister city Khirinan. Meanwhile, Antonio offers to take the little princesses for their hair care appointment. It turns out to be two dogs, which he promptly loses.

  • S07E21 What About Larry?

    • April 9, 1996
    • NBC

    The contractor Joe and Helen hires to build their new house falls apart when his wife kicks him out, and the Hackett's try to rebuild his confidence and get him back to work. Meanwhile, a Vacationing George Kennedy is bothered by an annoying fan: Brian.

  • S07E22 The Lady Vanishes

    • April 23, 1996
    • NBC

    Antonio meets the perfect woman, but when she disappears before he can get her name, he goes on a desperate search for her, only to discover it wasn't just coincidence that she was so difficult to track down. Meanwhile, Brian impresses Helen with his ability to read women and predict the entire relationship before it even starts.

  • S07E23 Life Could Be a Dream

    • April 30, 1996
    • NBC

    The unearthing of a 20-year old time capsule is occasion for Joe, Brian, Helen and Casey to reflect on what kind of a future they envisioned themselves having as kids. Joe dreamed of being a pitcher for the Red Sox, Brian dreamed of being a Suave Secret Agent, and Casey dreamed of being a supermodel. But only Helen's dream came true.

  • S07E24 The Lyin' King

    • May 7, 1996
    • NBC

    Joe faces a moral dilemma: can he lie to Helen so he can go to a strip club with Brian? To soothe his conscience, he volunteers some time at the Golden Crest retirement home, but ends up taking one of the residents with him to the strip club. Meanwhile, Fay and Antonio write their own eulogies.

  • S07E25 Love Overboard

    • May 14, 1996
    • NBC

    Casey finally catches up with the husband who abandoned her, but her rage lessens as he professes his heartfelt remorse at his desperate act. She's understanding to his sad stories of being bankrupt and shame causing him to leave in the first place...until she sees him on his yacht. Meanwhile, Roy teaches Antonio how to dance.

  • S07E26 Grouses, Houses and Bickering Spouses

    • May 21, 1996
    • NBC

    Burdened with continual problems by living with Brian and Casey, as well as further delays in the building of their new house, Joe and Helen decide to buy another house. They solve one problem by selling their old new home, but another presents itself in the last moments in the old Hackett house.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Porno for Pyros

    • September 18, 1996
    • NBC

    After Joe and Helen burn down Brian's house,he's expecting a big check,much like the one Joe and Helen got,but the gutting of the old Hackett house is cause for an appearance by an insurance investigator,who has serious doubt about the legitimacy of the two claims in the last year.Until she and Antonio's wild night of passion sparks a blaze at the local hotel and that convinces her the cases are Legit.

  • S08E02 ...Like a Neighbor Scorned

    • September 25, 1996
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen meet the next-door neighbors, Steve and Barbara, but what starts out as pleasant soon turns disturbing when Steve asks for $5000 to cover his gambling debts. Becoming increasingly paraniod after a fight Joe and Helen decide to try and make amends, only to find out their new neighbors are only on the island for the month. Meanwhile, Antonio recieves his Uncle Bernardo's personal affects after he dies. Which includes a set of perfume scented love letters appearantly from Bernardo to a certain very famous movie star of the times (Gina Lollobrigida). Hearing this Antonio suddenly becomes a suave ladies man with confidence, until he finds out his Uncle wasn't in love Gina, but Gino.

  • S08E03 Maybe It's You

    • October 2, 1996
    • NBC

    Brian's vows to find a deeper,more meaningful relationship is tested by beautiful but dumb Dani. Meanwhile,Joe tries to deal with the fact that one of his best friends didn't invite him to his wedding.

  • S08E04 Single and Hating It

    • October 9, 1996
    • NBC

    As a furious storm rages outside,Joe and Helen stop by the "Singles Mingle" to drop off Brian's wallet,intent on leaving as soon as possible to begin celebrating the first anniversary of their wedding.But news soon comes that the roads are closed due to high water and everyone is trapped.Not wanting to let everyone know they are married,for fear of their reaction,Joe asks Helen to be his bride again. Meanwhile,Fay,Roy and Casey mingle,while Antonio is offered his money back and asked to wait in the office till the party is over.And Brian tries to convince the only woman in the place he's attracted to,the sexy Bartender,that he's not a pathetic as he seems.

  • S08E05 Too Beautiful for You

    • October 23, 1996
    • NBC

    Antonio volunteers to man the Nantucket Suicide Hotline,it soon pays off for him when he scores a date with a caller he helped.When they meet he can't believe his eyes or his luck and keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for her to dump him.But the weird thing is,she never does. Meanwhile,Helen faces some new competition when a

  • S08E06 The Gift of Life

    • October 30, 1996
    • NBC

    When a medical courier leaves his package in the terminal on Halloween Eve,the gang scramble to find him before time runs out.

  • S08E07 Olive or Twist

    • November 6, 1996
    • NBC

    Casey encourages Brian to use his insurance money to open a martini bar,offering to help Brian manage it.But things go awry immediately when the first customer through the door slips and falls on the floor.Brian's problems are compounded when he learns Casey never got insurance.

  • S08E08 Wingless (1)

    • November 13, 1996
    • NBC

    A financial crisis forces Joe to seek out an investor for Sandpiper.He thinks his luck has changed when businessman Jonathan Clayton comes to the island.But he soon informs them,he doesn't invest in companies he buys them.Having no other choice

  • S08E09 Wingless (2)

    • November 20, 1996
    • NBC

    Cord's first act as the new President of Sandpiper is to hold a meeting, informing everyone they need a "big idea".Something that drives Joe crazy, trying to get everyone to see there is no "Big Idea".But there is,Little does Roy know that he would be responsible for the "Big Idea".Mentioning to Cord that the charter business is the one, he hasn't been able to crack. So after contacting friend of his in the music business,the "Big Idea" pays off when Sandpiper becomes the charter for the singing sensation the Todds.That is until a fued breaks out and the tour is cancelled.

  • S08E10 Wingless (3)

    • December 11, 1996
    • NBC

    When Cord chickens out on delivering a presentation before his father's board of directors,Joe and Brian must deliver it. Meanwhile,hanging in the men's,Helen's learns a nasty secret:Cord was expected to fail at Sandpiper for the tax write-off.

  • S08E11 All About Christmas Eve

    • December 18, 1996
    • NBC

    Another odd christmas falls on Nantucket,as Antonio drives a nun around in search of a vision she saw in a dream.While Joe plays reluctant host to feuding brothers Lou and Harry and a little last minute shopping ends up trapping Fay,Helen and Casey.

  • S08E12 Let's Talk About Sex

    • January 8, 1997
    • NBC

    Roy falls for talk show host Mary Pat Lee,but discovers she used confidential information to ambush her Joe and Helen on her show. Meanwhile,Brian pays Casey to run errands for him.

  • S08E13 Hosed

    • January 15, 1997
    • NBC

    Joe and Helen deal with a crooked Vacuum cleaner salesman charging them for a vacuum originally sold with an "eternal" guarantee. Meanwhile,Brian gets close to Roy to get closer to his niece.

  • S08E14 Just Call Me Angel

    • February 5, 1997
    • NBC

    On their way home from Las Vegas,Joe has a bad case of food poisoning and is soon helpless in the airliner's bathroom.Where he is soon followed by the plains pilots.Leaving the job of hero to be played by Brian who safely lands the plane and becomes an instant celebrity. Joe tries to deal with Brian's newfound celebrity and all the grief he's getting from Helen over his "Men's travel bag",but Brian's celebrity is short lived and he soon is back at Sandpiper asking for his old job back once again.

  • S08E15 Fay There, Georgy Girl

    • February 12, 1997
    • NBC

    After selling off the valuables of her Georges,Fay is visited by their ghosts,demanding that she buy back their items. Meanwhile,Joe's Valentine's Day efforts seem paltry to Helen compared to the man intending to propose to his beloved with a banner flying from the Sandpiper plane (problem is she's not his beloved,and she can't even stand him.) and Brian and Casey prepare to go out on a sham date.

  • S08E16 Escape from New York

    • February 19, 1997
    • NBC

    Brian and Helen's trip to New York to see "Rent" turns into a night mare when the theatre refuses to transfer the tickets from Helen's benefactor to her.Even worse a con-man robs them of their money and Helen is forced to compete in a drag queen contest in order to get the money to get home. Meanwhile,A bad back leaves joe in the house alone with a suddenly talkative Antonio.

  • S08E17 House of Blues

    • March 5, 1997
    • NBC

    Kicked out by Joe and Helen, Brian and Casey move into a new home home with Antonio. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen's fling with nudism has them being threatened with blackmail, when the neighbor kids snap pictures of them.

  • S08E18 Ms. Write

    • March 19, 1997
    • NBC

    Brian falls for "R",after reading her love letters,mistakenly sent to a former occupant of the house. Meanwhile,Joe and Helen ask Antonio to install a new security system in their house.

  • S08E19 Dreamgirl

    • April 2, 1997
    • NBC

    When Fay goes on vacation,the Hackett's hire a beautiful woman to fill in at the counter.Brian finds her distressingly distractiving,while Joe and Helen have uneasy dreams about her. Meanwhile,Casey helps Antonio get a job at the department store,only to see him promoted ahead of her.

  • S08E20 Heartache Tonight

    • April 16, 1997
    • NBC

    Roy invites Joe and Helen over to his house on an important night for him:the introduction of his girlfriend to his mother.But when he's dumped before the fateful evening,Helen reluctantly fills in. Meanwhile,Brian passes on his cold to Casey before her big date.

  • S08E21 Oedipus Wrecks

    • May 7, 1997
    • NBC

    Brian is surprised to find out his new girlfriend,Emily's son is already in college.Further complications ensue when Casey takes a shine to the young man. Meanwhile,Joe and Roy go to the circus:Joe to try and deal with his childhood trauma and Roy to demand an apology from the clown who humilated him in his act.

  • S08E22 Raging Bull*&@!

    • May 14, 1997
    • NBC

    When a long time rival drops out of a boxing tournament,Joe finds himself matched up against Brian.But what starts out as a friendly competition gets decidedly unpleasant.

  • S08E23 Final Approach (1)

    • May 21, 1997
    • NBC

    To cheer up Helen,Joe restores her old cello.While Helen is busy rediscovering her old passion,Joe and Brian discover the ages old treasure hunt they undertook when their father died isn't over yet.They and the rest of the gang are led all over New England,only to wind up back at the airport,to discover $250,000 in an old suitcase in an airport locker.

  • S08E24 Final Approach (2)

    • May 21, 1997
    • NBC

    Joe and Brian are divided over their new-found inheritance:Joe wants to expand the business,and Brian wants the money to leave Nantucket and the tedium of his job.Joe's agony over the dissolving of the partnership is further complicated when he learns of Helen's earth shaking news:she's been invited to study cello in Vienna with the world's greatest cellist.Joe is prepared to sacrifice Sandpiper to help Helen finally live her dream.But it is Brian who makes the final sacrifice,by postponing his and Casey's move to the Carribean,in order to run Sandpiper for one year while Joe and Helen are away in Vienna.