Season 2
Episodes • 1990

1. The Puppetmaster
23 minBrian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.
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2. The Story of Joe
23 minA magazine writer wants to do a cover story on Joe, but then he meets Brian, and finds his life more interesting. Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson visit the island.
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3. A Little Nightmare Music
23 minHelen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.
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4. Sports & Leisure
23 minRoy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
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5. A Standup Kind of Guy
23 minJoe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with.
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6. It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift
23 minJoe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.
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7. Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned
23 minBrian 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 the show "America's Wackiest Videos."
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8. High Anxiety
23 minJoe's grounded due to high blood pressure and he wonders if Helen will go out with him, now that he's not a pilot.
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9. Friends or Lovers?
23 minJoe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.
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10. There's Always Room for Cello
23 minRoy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.
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11. A Terminal Christmas
23 minAfter everybody's holiday plans fall through, they decide to surprise Faye at her Christmas party. When they arrive, they discover she'd lied about her plans and find her all alone.
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12. Airport '90
23 minHelen decides to take flying lessons from Joe but his classes are too long and boring so Brian offers to let her fly the plane. Shortly after, Brian is injured and Helen finds herself behind the controls.
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13. Love Is Like Pulling Teeth
23 minJoe plays nursemaid to Helen when she has her wisdom teeth pulled, but loses his patience when he tries to sneak away to watch a basketball game.
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14. The Tennis Bum
23 minBrian tries to save face when Fay trounces him in a friendly game of tennis.
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15. My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble
23 minWhen Joe's back goes out and forces him into a stay at the hospital, Brian takes over Sandpiper. His eagerness is soon deflated when all his new ideas and crazy promotions turns into a disastrous mess.
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16. Plane Nine From Nantucket
23 minDuring a cargo flight, Brian and Joe see a UFO. Joe's concerned about unfavorable media attention, but Brian wants to report the sighting to the FAA. Meanwhile, Helen and Fay end up arm wrestling over a lunch bill dispute.
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17. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
23 minWhen Joe and Helen decide to meet at their "special place" on Valentine's Day, they end up on opposite ends of the island. Meanwhile, when Roy's blind date exceeds all his low expectations, all he can do is try and figure out what's wrong with her.
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18. Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo
23 minJoe and Helen find themselves being rushed to the altar when Brian and the jet-setting woman of his dreams talk them into a double wedding.
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19. All in the Family
23 minWhen Brian starts to date Kenny's mother, Kenny is worried about Brian's reputation with women. But just as Kenny warms to the idea of them dating, Brian dumps her. Meanwhile, Joe and Helen squabble over the issue of privacy.
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20. Mother Wore Stripes
23 minBrian is ecstatic when he and Joe's mother returns to Nantucket years after deserting them and their father. For Joe, it's too little too late, because he can't forgive her for leaving.
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21. Murder She Roast
23 minWhile the house is being fumigated, Brian is forced to stay with Fay. The experience turns out to be surprisingly pleasant—that is, until he becomes convinced he's seen her featured on the "Most Wanted" show he is watching about a serial killer.
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22. Duet for Plane and Cello
23 minMuch to Joe's surprise, Helen wins a job with the Maine State Symphony. But when Helen comes to Joe and tells him she would stay if he only asked, the discussion turns into a huge fight involving a fire extinguisher and a grease gun. Meanwhile, a confused looking woman who doesn't speak english and has been hanging around the airport gains Fay's sympathy and Roy's hostility.
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