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Wings: Season 5

24 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1993 Updated Sep 23, 2026

Wings Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes.

Previously on Wings

Season 5 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 4.
  • 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 5 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes.

Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Stop in the Name of Love

Sep 16, 1993

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

S5·E2 Core

Terminal Jealousy

Sep 23, 1993

Roy gets bored and decides to have some fun at everyone else's expense.

S5·E3 Core

Bye-Bye, Bunny

Sep 30, 1993

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 h

S5·E4 Core

Business or Pleasure

Oct 7, 1993

When Joe flies in a potential investor, he's more interested in Helen than Joe's airline.

S5·E5 Core

An Affair to Forget

Oct 14, 1993

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 ch

S5·E6 Core

Black Eye Affair

Oct 28, 1993

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

S5·E7 Core

Joe Blows (1)

Nov 4, 1993

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.

S5·E8 Core

Joe Blows (2)

Nov 11, 1993

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.

S5·E9 Core

2 Good 2 B 4 Gotten

Nov 18, 1993

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, Anto

S5·E10 Core

Come Fly with Me

Dec 2, 1993

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

S5·E11 Core

Happy Holidays

Dec 16, 1993

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 H

S5·E12 Mytharc

Ready, Teddy, Go

Jan 6, 1994

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 relationsh

S5·E13 Core

Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam

Jan 20, 1994

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

S5·E14 Core

The Faygitive

Jan 27, 1994

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.

S5·E15 Core

Say Uncle, Carlton

Feb 3, 1994

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

S5·E16 Core

Hey, Nineteen

Feb 10, 1994

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.

S5·E17 Core

Exclusively Yours

Feb 14, 1994

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

S5·E18 Core

Moonlighting

Feb 17, 1994

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-seas

S5·E19 Core

Sleepless in Nantucket

Mar 10, 1994

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.

S5·E20 Core

Boys Will Be Girls

Apr 7, 1994

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.

S5·E21 Core

Roy Crazy

Apr 14, 1994

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 sm

S5·E22 Core

Long Distance Lament

Apr 28, 1994

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 othe

S5·E23 Mytharc

Call of the Wild

May 5, 1994

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 s

S5·E24 Mytharc

A Decent Proposal

May 12, 1994

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.