Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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Tim Daly
Joe Hackett
Steven Weber
Brian Hackett
Crystal Bernard
Helen Chapel
David Schramm
Roy Biggins
Rebecca Schull
Fay Cochran
Tony Shalhoub
Antonio Scarpacci
Amy Yasbeck
Casey Davenport
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6 episodes • 1990Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacy | Apr 19, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Around the World in Eighty Years | Apr 26, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Return to Nantucket (1) | May 3, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Return to Nantucket (2) | May 10, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 5 | There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket | May 17, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 6 | All for One and Two for Helen | May 24, 1990 | 8.0 |
22 episodes • 1990Avg: 8.2Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Puppetmaster | Sep 28, 1990 | 9.0 |
| 2 | The Story of Joe | Oct 5, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 3 | A Little Nightmare Music | Oct 12, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Sports & Leisure | Oct 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 5 | A Standup Kind of Guy | Oct 26, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 6 | It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift | Nov 9, 1990 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Hell Hath No Fury Like a Policewoman Scorned | Nov 16, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 8 | High Anxiety | Nov 23, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Friends or Lovers? | Dec 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 10 | There's Always Room for Cello | Dec 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Terminal Christmas | Dec 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Airport '90 | Jan 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Love Is Like Pulling Teeth | Jan 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Tennis Bum | Jan 24, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 15 | My Brother's Back—And There's Gonna Be Trouble | Jan 31, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Plane Nine From Nantucket | Feb 7, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places | Feb 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo | Feb 21, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 19 | All in the Family | Mar 7, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mother Wore Stripes | Mar 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Murder She Roast | Mar 21, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Duet for Plane and Cello | Mar 28, 1991 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1991Avg: 7.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Naked Truth | Sep 19, 1991 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket...? | Sep 26, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Taming of the Shrew | Oct 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | I Ain't Got No Bunny | Oct 17, 1991 | 8.0 |
| 5 | If Elected, I Will Not Live | Oct 31, 1991 | 8.0 |
| 6 | My Brother's Keeper | Nov 7, 1991 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Crate Expectations | Nov 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ladies Who Lunch | Nov 21, 1991 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered | Dec 5, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Late Mrs. Biggins | Dec 12, 1991 | 7.0 |
| 11 | The Bogey Men | Dec 19, 1991 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Marriage, Italian Style | Jan 9, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Divorce, American Style | Jan 16, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Stew in a Stew | Jan 23, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 15 | This Old House | Jan 30, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes | Feb 13, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Das Plane | Feb 20, 1992 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Take My Life, Please | Feb 27, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy | Apr 2, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Bank Dick | Apr 23, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Say It Ain't So, Joe | Apr 30, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 22 | As Fate Would Have It | May 7, 1992 | 8.0 |
22 episodes • 1992Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lifeboat | Sep 24, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Fortune Cookie | Oct 1, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Noses Off | Oct 8, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Blackout Biggins | Oct 22, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Mathers of the Heart | Oct 29, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Two Jerks and a Jill | Nov 5, 1992 | 7.0 |
| 7 | It's So Nice to Have a Mather Around the House | Nov 12, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Just Say No | Nov 19, 1992 | 7.0 |
| 9 | It May Have Happened One Night | Dec 3, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Customer's Usually Right | Dec 17, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Exit Laughing | Jan 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 12 | What the Cabbie Saw | Jan 14, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Labor Pains | Jan 28, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 14 | I've Got a Secret | Feb 4, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 15 | The Gift (1) | Feb 11, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Gift (2) | Feb 18, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 17 | I Love Brian | Feb 25, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Key to Alex | Mar 15, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Houseguest | Apr 8, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Goodbye, Old Friend | Apr 29, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Another Wedding | May 6, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Date Package Number Seven | May 13, 1993 | 8.0 |
24 episodes • 1993Avg: 7.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop in the Name of Love | Sep 16, 1993 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Terminal Jealousy | Sep 23, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Bye-Bye, Bunny | Sep 30, 1993 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Business or Pleasure | Oct 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 5 | An Affair to Forget | Oct 14, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Black Eye Affair | Oct 28, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Joe Blows (1) | Nov 4, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Joe Blows (2) | Nov 11, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 9 | 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten | Nov 18, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Come Fly with Me | Dec 2, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Happy Holidays | Dec 16, 1993 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Ready, Teddy, Go | Jan 6, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam | Jan 20, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Faygitive | Jan 27, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Say Uncle, Carlton | Feb 3, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Hey, Nineteen | Feb 10, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Exclusively Yours | Feb 14, 1994 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Moonlighting | Feb 17, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Sleepless in Nantucket | Mar 10, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Boys Will Be Girls | Apr 7, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Roy Crazy | Apr 14, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Long Distance Lament | Apr 28, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Call of the Wild | May 5, 1994 | 7.0 |
| 24 | A Decent Proposal | May 12, 1994 | 8.0 |
26 episodes • 1994Avg: 7.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whose Wife is it Anyway? | Sep 20, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Twisted Sister | Sep 27, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Shrink | Oct 4, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Spark and How to Get It | Oct 11, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Waxman Cometh | Oct 18, 1994 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Is That a Ten-Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me? | Nov 1, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 7 | All's Fare | Nov 8, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Miss Jenkins | Nov 15, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 9 | If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother | Nov 22, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Wrong Stuff | Nov 29, 1994 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Insanity Claus | Dec 13, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 12 | She's ... Back | Jan 3, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Have I Got a Couple for You | Jan 10, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Fools Russian | Jan 31, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | Feb 7, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Remembrance of Flings Past (1) | Feb 9, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Remembrance of Flings Past (2) | Feb 14, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Gone But Not Faygotten | Feb 21, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ex, Lies and Videotape | Feb 28, 1995 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man | Mar 21, 1995 | 7.0 |
| 21 | The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen | Apr 4, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 22 | A House to Die For | May 2, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Nuptials Off | May 9, 1995 | 9.0 |
| 24 | Et Tu, Antonio? | May 16, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 25 | Boys Just Want to Have Fun (1) | May 23, 1995 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Here It Is: The Big Wedding (2) | May 23, 1995 | 0.0 |
26 episodes • 1995Avg: 7.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnin' Down the House (1) | Sep 19, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Burnin' Down the House (2) | Sep 26, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Death Becomes Him | Oct 10, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Person Formerly Known as Lowell | Oct 31, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hooker, Line and Sinker | Nov 7, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 6 | She's Gotta Have It | Nov 14, 1995 | 7.0 |
| 7 | So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong | Nov 21, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 8 | When a Man Loves a Donut | Nov 28, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Big Sleep | Dec 12, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 10 | 'Twas the Heist Before Christmas | Dec 19, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Honey, We Broke the Kid | Jan 2, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 12 | B.S., I Love You | Jan 9, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Sons and Lovers | Jan 16, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bye, George | Jan 30, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Team Player | Feb 6, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Love at First Flight | Feb 13, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Lynch Party | Feb 20, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 18 | One Flew Over the Cooper's Nest | Feb 27, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Driving Mr. DeCarlo | Mar 12, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 20 | A Tale of Two Sister Cities | Mar 26, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 21 | What About Larry? | Apr 9, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Lady Vanishes | Apr 23, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Life Could Be a Dream | Apr 30, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Lyin' King | May 7, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Love Overboard | May 14, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Grouses, Houses and Bickering Spouses | May 21, 1996 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1996
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porno for Pyros | Sep 18, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 2 | ... Like a Neighbor Scorned | Sep 25, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Maybe It's You | Oct 2, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Single and Hating It | Oct 9, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Too Beautiful for You | Oct 23, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Gift of Life | Oct 30, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Olive or Twist | Nov 6, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wingless (1) | Nov 13, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Wingless (2) | Nov 20, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Wingless (3) | Dec 11, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 11 | All About Christmas Eve | Dec 18, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Let's Talk About Sex | Jan 8, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hosed | Jan 15, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Just Call Me Angel | Feb 5, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Fay There, Georgy Girl | Feb 12, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Escape from New York | Feb 19, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 17 | House of Blues | Mar 5, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ms. Write | Mar 19, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Dreamgirl | Apr 2, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Heartache Tonight | Apr 16, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Oedipus Wrecks | May 7, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Raging Bull*&@! | May 14, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Final Approach (1) | May 21, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Final Approach (2) | May 21, 1997 | 0.0 |
