Wings

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

The future of Sandpiper Air may be permanently grounded when Joe's insurance company refuses to pay for the damage caused by his recent plane crash into the ocean.

Joe gets a punch in the nose, but it's Brian's ego that gets bruised in this timely episode on male plastic surgery. After a jealous boyfriend mistakes Joe for Brian and hits him, a remorseful Brian takes Joe to the best plastic surgeon in Nantucket.

Roy sees red, white and blue when she hears a rap artist sing a non-conventional version of the National Anthem at a baseball game. On a dare, he agrees to belt out his own rendition at a Red Sox game.

Helen plants a kiss on Lowell's cheek after he fixes her stove and the lonely handyman is instantly smitten. Lowell asks Helen for a date and, after initially turning him down, Helen reluctantly accepts his dinner invitation.

Antonio learns an important lesson in friendship when Lowell and his sidekick, Tucker (guest star Tracey Walter), invite Antonio to join them for a night of beer drinking and rat shooting at the dump.

After Brian finally convinces Alex (guest star Farrah Forke) to go out with him, he then persuades Lowell to let him borrow his boat for the night. Unfortunately, his plans of passion turn to mayhem when the boat is hit by a cabin cruiser and sinks.

Brian learns the importance of self-respect after Cupid's arrow misfires, turning him into an eager lap dog for an old high school flame.

Joe, Brian and Helen plan to follow their traditional Christmas Eve plans and spend the evening together watching rented videos.

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.

When Lowell visits his friend, an airport mechanic in Boston who makes double the salary of Lowell's, he is offered a job. Lowell meets with Joe and Roy to discuss his demand for a raise.

Loose talk at Helen's house one night between Antonio, Helen and Alex reveals Alex once posed for Playboy. Helen and Antonio promise to keep it a secret, but at the airport the following Monday, Joe and Brian quickly find out about it.

Joe and Brian, in heated competition, pull out all the stops in a transparent attempt to get closer to Alex. Joe pretends to be sensitive and is trapped into caring for Alex's vicious dog for the weekend.

Guest star William Hickey takes a hilarious turn as Nantucket resident Carlton Blanchard, a cantankerous old man who terrorizes the "Wings" gang with his nonstop chatter.

When the town eccentric passes away in his sleep, Lowell loses a close friend and mentor. The late Weeb Gilroy took Lowell under his wing as a young boy and taught him everything he knows about being a mechanic.

In an attempt to impress Alex, Brian treats her to a seemingly spontaneous evening consisting of a trip to Maine for lobster and a ride on a tandem bicycle.