Review of Wings

Wings (1990–1997)
7/10
Pleasant Diversion Ensemble Comedy
14 May 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Wings for seven seasons was a show on NBC like it's premise. The show is about a small airport near Nantucket, Massachusets which has a group of small charter airlines flying by the seat of their pants out of it. At times it would hit a funny vein, & at times it was just there. NBC kept moving the show around on it's schedule like it had wings & would be watched anytime or any day. That ultimately led to it ending.

This was never a big hit, but the ensemble always found ways to keep things fresh. The brothers Tim Daly & Steven Webber (aka. the Hacketts) always seemed to be at each others throats about something involving their charter plane, their lives, or something. Crystal Barnard was Joe Hacketts object of affection. That kind of wore thin later in the series as they never had things come off right & really Crystal is not all that attractive.

Tony Schalub as Antonio & Thomas Hayden Church as Lowell were major assets in their recurring roles in the series. David Schramm as Roy Biggens was also a sarcastic funny character. This whole series was about funny people & situations. If you could follow it around NBC's flighty schedule for it, you enjoyed some good comedy.

As the series never got big, it's play in reruns has been limited, & quite frankly there is not much demand for it. If you want a pleasant diversion though, this show is for you. Finding it might be better to try DVD's as stations don't run it much.
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