Wings
Roy Crazy
TV Flash files “Roy Crazy” as hour 93 of 172 in the TV Flash guide — Wings (1990–1997) on NBC, season 5, episode 21, aired 1994-04-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E21: listed hour 93 of 172 in the Wings guide, hour 21 of 24 in season 5. It aired 1994-04-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Boys Will Be Girls” (S05E20). Next is “Long Distance Lament” (S05E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Roy's ex-wife seems to want him back, which stuns everyone---except Roy.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Roy Crazy sit in the Wings guide?
S05E21 is listed hour 93 of 172 — hour 21 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 21.
When did Wings S05E21 air?
Roy Crazy aired 1994-04-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a Cheers spinoff?
Not a spinoff — same producing brain trust (and later Frasier architects) with seaside ensemble energy instead of a Boston bar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Nantucket as a one-plane airline sitcom: brothers, a cello, and Cheers-adjacent producers with salt air instead of bar stools. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation while Crystal Bernard and Thomas Haden Church keep the terminal human. Must-See depth-chart comedy — gentler, seaside, and sneakily well-built if you like ensembles that actually clock in.
In medias res on a Nantucket tarmac: one-plane logistics, two brothers, a cello, salt air instead of bar stools. David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee — later *Frasier* architects, here the *Cheers*-adjacent brain trust — built NBC comfort multi-cam from 1990 to 1997. Max can keep his vending-machine culture; this is Must-See depth-chart comedy, a hangout that actually flies. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation. Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church, Tony Shalhoub's Antonio, Rebecca Schull…
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