Wings
Remembrance of Flings Past (1)
TV Flash files “Remembrance of Flings Past (1)” as hour 112 of 172 in the TV Flash guide — Wings (1990–1997) on NBC, season 6, episode 16, aired 1995-02-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E16: listed hour 112 of 172 in the Wings guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 6. It aired 1995-02-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off” (S06E15). Next is “Remembrance of Flings Past (2)” (S06E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A reunion brings back Brian's old flame, who has surprises for both Hacketts.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Remembrance of Flings Past (1) sit in the Wings guide?
S06E16 is listed hour 112 of 172 — hour 16 of 26 in season 6, season 6 episode 16.
When did Wings S06E16 air?
Remembrance of Flings Past (1) aired 1995-02-09 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…
Filed against
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
Tim Daly landed Wings as Joe Hackett — Nantucket as a one-plane airline sitcom, brothers, a cello, Cheers-adjacent producers with salt air instead of bar stools. Must-See depth-chart comedy. TV Flash files him as 1990s sibling craft, the…
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
Steven Weber bickered through Wings as Brian Hackett — Nantucket as a one-plane airline sitcom, brothers, salt air instead of bar stools, Cheers-adjacent producers with a cello in the terminal. Must-See depth-chart comedy. TV Flash files…
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Chapel
Crystal Bernard’s Helen Chapel kept Wings’ Nantucket terminal human — cello, one-plane airline, Cheers-adjacent producers with salt air instead of bar stools. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation; Bernard is the…
- Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather
Thomas Haden Church mechanic'd Wings as Lowell Mather — Nantucket one-plane airline sitcom, Cheers-adjacent producers, salt air instead of bar stools, a terminal kept human by a man who treats the wrench as a personality. Must-See…
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
Tony Shalhoub’s Antonio Scarpacci cabbied Wings’ Nantucket one-plane sitcom — brothers, a cello, Cheers-adjacent salt air — then wiped down crime scenes in his head as Monk’s Adrian, USA’s gentle-procedural mascot. Must-See depth-chart…
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
Rebecca Schull played Fay Cochran on Wings, 1990s Nantucket as a one-plane airline sitcom — brothers, a cello, Cheers-adjacent producers with salt air instead of bar stools. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation while…