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Wings: Season 3

22 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 1991 Updated Sep 23, 2026

Wings Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes.

Previously on Wings

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Wings Season 2.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Wings Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Naked Truth

Sep 19, 1991

After a ten month silence, Joe hears from Helen in New York City. When Helen fishes around about there relationship, he can't bring himself to tell her about his new girlfriend, Ga

S3·E2 Core

Is That a Subpoena in Your Pocket...?

Sep 26, 1991

Helen refuses to pay for the repairs to Joe's office, even after she ran her Jeep through it. As matters escalate, Joe winds up struggling to find someone to deliver a subpoena to

S3·E3 Core

The Taming of the Shrew

Oct 10, 1991

Concerned by Helen's persistent anger over her break up with Joe, the rest of the group convince her to seek help with a transition group, not realizing exactly who the group is fo

S3·E4 Core

I Ain't Got No Bunny

Oct 17, 1991

Lowell is paranoid about his wife, Bunny, flirting with other men. When Brian offers to help by talking to Bunny, he gets more than he bargained for.

S3·E5 Core

If Elected, I Will Not Live

Oct 31, 1991

Roy's competition for the town council drops out, and the gang convinces Joe to run against him with Fay as a campaign manager. But when the local newspaper endorses Fay herself, R

S3·E6 Core

My Brother's Keeper

Nov 7, 1991

The arrival of Millionaire Mimsy Borogroves has Fay, Roy and Helen eager to tap into her wealth. But Mimsy has eyes for Brian, and he soon enjoys the good life, receiving expensive

S3·E7 Core

Crate Expectations

Nov 14, 1991

As his birthday approaches, Joe firmly insists that the rest of the gang not throw him a party. When Fay asks him to stay late to wait for a shipment of airplane seats, Joe becomes

S3·E8 Core

Ladies Who Lunch

Nov 21, 1991

Tired of the bickering between Helen and Gail, Joe suggests that the two go out to lunch together. Things go farther than he expects, and the two women become fast friends, compari

S3·E9 Core

Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered

Dec 5, 1991

Out of boredom while the airport is shut down for fog, Brian tries his hypnosis act on volunteers, during which Roy makes a shocking revelation.

S3·E10 Mytharc

The Late Mrs. Biggins

Dec 12, 1991

Roy reveals his wife Sylvia is not dead after all, but living in Boston after having deserted him abruptly sixteen years ago. Accompanied by Brian, Roy flies to Boston to win his w

S3·E11 Core

The Bogey Men

Dec 19, 1991

Brian talks Joe into a vacation so they can do a little golfing, but neglects to tell him it's a time share weekend promotion. Roy and Lowell tag along and disasters mount. Meanwhi

S3·E12 Core

Marriage, Italian Style

Jan 9, 1992

Antonio turns to a sham marriage to stay in the country after finding out he's about to be deported. He struggles to follow through—and fool the feds—when the only wife Brian comes

S3·E13 Core

Divorce, American Style

Jan 16, 1992

Stunned by the news that their "quickie" divorce won't be for another three years, Helen sadly resigns herself to life as Antonio's wife. But she gains new hope when Brian tells he

S3·E14 Core

Stew in a Stew

Jan 23, 1992

Fay is forgiving at the loss of her annual raise when Joe tells her how tight money is, but when she sees the brothers gloating over a pair of new leather flight jackets, she quits

S3·E15 Core

This Old House

Jan 30, 1992

Joe and Brian learn their childhood home has been condemned due to storm damage and all efforts to save it fail. The gang visits one last time before the wrecking ball flies, and t

S3·E16 Core

Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes

Feb 13, 1992

Dr. Frasier Crane's plans to conduct a self-esteem seminar on Nantucket are interrupted by Helen's accusations that he ruined her life in New York City when she attended one of his

S3·E17 Core

Das Plane

Feb 20, 1992

Joe is thrilled to learn that, for a charity auction, a plane ticket he donated to fly to any nearby airport goes for a staggering $10,000. But his mood sours when a misprint on th

S3·E18 Core

Take My Life, Please

Feb 27, 1992

Stuck behind a lunch counter and facing years of rejection as a musician, Helen takes a job placement exam. When the exam suggests she should pursue a career in music of food servi

S3·E19 Core

Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy

Apr 2, 1992

Antonio's repeated success with a video dating service soon has Joe, Brian, Helen and Lowell plunging into the video dating fray, with less than stellar results.

S3·E20 Core

The Bank Dick

Apr 23, 1992

Brian is forced to take a job as a bank security guard to cover a spent tax refund that he received in error. But on his first day, he fails to stop an armed robber and has to deal

S3·E21 Mytharc

Say It Ain't So, Joe

Apr 30, 1992

To help commemorate the anticipated breaking of Joe's old high school strike-out record, Joe's old coach coerces him to fly him and his star player to the game. But when heavy fog

S3·E22 Mytharc

As Fate Would Have It

May 7, 1992

In a bizarre twist of fate, Helen spilling soup on a man lands her a job offer with the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She fights to get even one person (besides Roy) t