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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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 172
- Latest aired
- S08E23
- Total runtime
- 2d 16h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 April 1990 – May 1990 6 episodes
- Season 2 September 1990 – March 1991 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1991 – May 1992 22 episodes
- Season 4 September 1992 – May 1993 22 episodes
- Season 5 September 1993 – May 1994 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1994 – May 1995 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1995 – May 1996 26 episodes
- Season 8 September 1996 – May 1997 24 episodes
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S05E01 Stop in the Name of Love
September 16 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E02 Terminal Jealousy
September 23 · 22min find the promo
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Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense.
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S05E03 Bye-Bye, Bunny
September 30 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E04 Business or Pleasure
October 7 · 22min find the promo
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When Joe flies in a potential investor, he's more interested in Helen than Joe's airline.
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S05E05 An Affair to Forget
October 14 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E06 Black Eye Affair
October 28 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E07 Joe Blows (1)
November 4 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E08 Joe Blows (2)
November 11 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E09 2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten
November 18 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E10 Come Fly with Me
December 2 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E11 Happy Holidays
December 16 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E12 Ready, Teddy, Go
January 6 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E13 Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam
January 20 · 22min find the promo
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Tired of Lowell's strictness, the brother's 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.
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S05E14 The Faygitive
January 27 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E15 Say Uncle, Carlton
February 3 · 22min find the promo
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To help pay for 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 banquet.
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S05E16 Hey, Nineteen
February 10 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E17 Exclusively Yours
February 14 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E18 Moonlighting
February 17 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E19 Sleepless in Nantucket
March 10 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E20 Boys Will Be Girls
April 7 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E21 Roy Crazy
April 14 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E22 Long Distance Lament
April 28 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E23 Call of the Wild
May 5 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E24 A Decent Proposal
May 12 · 22min find the promo
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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.