Season 2

Episodes • 1990

Tim Daly
Steven Weber
Crystal Bernard
David Schramm
Rebecca Schull
Thomas Haden Church
The Puppetmaster

1. The Puppetmaster

23 min

Brian hires an actor to play the role of a charming pilot who asks Helen out.

Watch Episode
The Story of Joe

2. The Story of Joe

23 min

A 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.

Watch Episode
A Little Nightmare Music

3. A Little Nightmare Music

23 min

Helen plays her cello to a very famous conductor (special guest star David Ogden Stiers), who tells her she's terrible.

Watch Episode
Sports & Leisure

4. Sports & Leisure

23 min

Roy tries to make friends with the gang by joining them in a game of Trivial Pursuit.

Watch Episode
A Standup Kind of Guy

5. A Standup Kind of Guy

23 min

Joe holds a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with.

Watch Episode
It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift

6. It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift

23 min

Joe and Brian compete to see who gets Helen a more expensive birthday gift.

Watch Episode
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned

7. Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned

23 min

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 the show "America's Wackiest Videos."

Watch Episode
High Anxiety

8. High Anxiety

23 min

Joe's grounded due to high blood pressure and he wonders if Helen will go out with him, now that he's not a pilot.

Watch Episode
Friends or Lovers?

9. Friends or Lovers?

23 min

Joe and Helen go on their first date and Brian hires high school student Kenny McElvey as a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.

Watch Episode
There's Always Room for Cello

10. There's Always Room for Cello

23 min

Roy gets the surprise of his life when he agrees to let his star athlete son take cello lessons from Helen.

Watch Episode
A Terminal Christmas

11. A Terminal Christmas

23 min

After 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.

Watch Episode
Airport '90

12. Airport '90

23 min

Helen 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.

Watch Episode
Love Is Like Pulling Teeth

13. Love Is Like Pulling Teeth

23 min

Joe 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.

Watch Episode
The Tennis Bum

14. The Tennis Bum

23 min

Brian tries to save face when Fay trounces him in a friendly game of tennis.

Watch Episode
My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble

15. My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble

23 min

When 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.

Watch Episode
Plane Nine From Nantucket

16. Plane Nine From Nantucket

23 min

During 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.

Watch Episode
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

17. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

23 min

When 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.

Watch Episode
Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

18. Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo

23 min

Joe 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.

Watch Episode
All in the Family

19. All in the Family

23 min

When 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.

Watch Episode
Mother Wore Stripes

20. Mother Wore Stripes

23 min

Brian 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.

Watch Episode
Murder She Roast

21. Murder She Roast

23 min

While 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.

Watch Episode
Duet for Plane and Cello

22. Duet for Plane and Cello

23 min

Much 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.

Watch Episode