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"Burning
Down the House - Part 1": Joe and Helen return
from their honeymoon in Jamaica to recieve bad news;a
night of passion between Brian and Casey in Helen's house
results in a devastating fire.That Leaves Brian kicked
out of the house and Sandpiper by Joe. |
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"Burning
Down the House - Part 2": When digging through
the rubble of Helen's home,Brian and casey unearth a suitcase
and photgraph that had been the hackett brother's only
inheritance from their late father.Brian's attempts to
remind Joe of that fail,but Joe later sees a vision of
his late father and forgives Brian. |
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"Death
Becomes Him": The sad news of Richard Kingsbury's
death in Maimi is occasion for celebration at Sandpiper,as
Kingbury's oldest daughter hires the Hackett's to bring
the body back to Nantucket for the memorial.But the brother's
fly the wrong body back to the island,and it's up to Joe
to impersonate the late Kingsbury at the funeral. |
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"The
Person Formerly Known as Lowell": Back from vacation,Lowell
goes out for a meal of hot wings with Antonio and lands
in hot water when he witnesses a mob hit.After he is threatened
by the gangster's lawyer,he decides to join the Witness
Protection Program and leave Nantucket forever.Rather
than see the gangster released and have a chance to kill
again. |
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"Hooker,
Line and Sinker": To lift Antonio's spirits after
he's dumped by the "Big Faced Girl",Joe and
Brian set him up with a girl at the Club Car only to discover
later that she's a very expensive hooker. |
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"She's
Gotta Have It": Joe and Helen reap unpected benefits
after getting a large insurance settlement for Helen's
burnt down house.But Joe soon finds soon faces the task
of stopping Helen's shopping spree, before it leaves them
broke. |
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"So
Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong": Joe and Helen's initial
fortune at landing famous architect Y.M. Burg to design
their new house soon turn sour as he suggests a house
shaped like a giant "7". Meanwhile,Brian
hires a new mechanic,Budd Bronski,who attempts to live
down a previous "incident". |
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"When
a Man Loves a Donut": Spurned by Joe (who's to
busy with his new wife to spend time with him),Brian tries
to consolence in food,but ends up trying to deal with
his problems at a meeting of the "Eat-A-Holics".
Meanwhile,Antonio tries to get used to tight shoes,after
he pays $200 for them,and Casey gets hired by the Nantucket
Tourism Board. |
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"The
Big Sleep": After fighting with Helen over the
architect's plans for their new house (he wants a big
screen tv in the bedroom,and she wants a walk-in closet),Joe
has a strange dream involving Tigers, Clowns,Roy bellying
dancing and the two of them dying in a plane crash with
Antonio. |
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"'Twas
the Heist Before Christmas": Nothing goes right
at Helen's christmas party:Joe wants to hit the road to
head for the slopes before they are snowed in.Antonio
gives but does not receive,Roy misses his mother,Budd
tries to be social,and Casey invites Carlton's annoying
nephew Lewis. |
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"Honey,
We Broke the Kid": Joe and Helen volunteer to
babysit Emily, for some friends of theirs.But it's far
from a learning experience that they hoped it would be.First
Helen refuses to give her any thing with taste to eat
and then Emily gets sick with a tummy ache and they rush
her to the ER,only to discover it's an upset stomach.
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"B.S.,
I Love You": Joe and Brian are thrilled at the
return of Grandpa Hackett,but Helen isn't so sure he's
who he claims to be."Jack Hackett" turns out
to be a friend of their dads from his days in the mental
hospital,who just wanted to feel like part of the Hackett's
family. |
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"Sons
and Lovers": It's Roy's 12th birthday (he was
born on a leap year),and Helen contacts Roy's son R.J.
and convinces him to come back to Nantucket for the party.But
the initial reconciliation is dashed when R.J. brings
his significant other to the party. |
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"Bye,
George": Fay quickly falls for Lyle,the dashing
man she met on a cruise, but the wedding is jeopardized
when Fay learns the awful truth about him.His real first
name is George,just like her first three dead husbands.Armed
with this new knowledge Fay decides against making it
a fourth George and calls off the wedding. |
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"The
Team Player": A publicity disaster occurs when
Antonio (running the desk while the brother's go to the
game)bumps the Bruins abrasive star goalie Danny "Dead
End" Connelly off a Sandpiper flight to a critical
game,causing the Bruins to lose. |
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"Love
at First Flight": Antonio has mixed feeling after
finding out Roy is dating Edna,"THe Big Faced Girl".As
it turns out she was only paying Roy so he would make
Antonio jealous,so he would come back to her. Brian falls
in love with a woman while flying her to Nantucket for
her wedding. |
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"Lynch
Party": When news arrives that Davis Lynch has
re-surfaced,Helen recounts the tale of how she never broke
off her engagement,then tries to break the news to Davis,while
not alerting Joe. |
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"One
Flew Over the Cooper's Nest": Sandy's return
sends Joe to the psychologist,as no one believe's stories
of her obsession with him.The psychologists does wonders
to calm Joe down,but the real psycho is revealed when
Joe meets
Sandy in the vacant psychologist's office. Meanwhile,Roy,Antonio,Fay
and Casey try to deal with the news they may have suffered
food poisoning from Helen's tuna. |
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"Driving
Mr. DeCarlo": Antonio thinks his fortunes have
taken a turn for the better, when one of passengers hires
him to a be his personal chauffeur. But some overheard
conversations seem to indicate that his new boss is a
mobster (he's actually a diamond broker). Meanwhile,Helen
hurriedly read "Don Quixote" when her old english
lit teacher from highschool drops by for a visit. |
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"A
Tale of Two Sister Cities": On the verge of losing
her job with the Tourism Board,Casey sees a solution when
her sister city idea is excepted.But things to go downhill
when Brian sleeps with the visiting princess of prospective
sister city Khirinan. Meanwhile,Antonio offers to take
the little princesses for their hair care appointment.It
turns out to be two dogs,which he promptly loses. |
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"What
About Larry?": The contractor Joe and Helen hires
to build their new house falls apart when his wife kicks
him out,and the Hackett's try to rebuild his confidence
and get him back to work. Meanwhile,a Vacationing George
Kennedy is bothered by an annoying fan:Brian. |
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"The
Lady Vanishes": Antonio meets the perfect woman,but
when she disappears before he can get her name,he goes
on a desperate search for her,only to discover it wasn't
just coincidence that she was so difficult to track down.
Meanwhile,Brian impresses Helen with his ability to read
women and predict the entire relationship before it even
start. |
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"Life
Could Be a Dream": The unearthing of a 20-year
old time capsule is occasion for Joe,Brian,Helen and Casey
to reflect on what kind of a future they envisioned themselves
having as kids.Joe dreamed of being a pitcher for the
Red Sox,Brian dreamed of being a Suave Secret Agent,and
Casey dreamed of being a supermodel.But only Helen's dream
came true (she wanted to marry Joe). |
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"The
Lyin' King": Joe faces a moral dilemma;can he
lie to Helen so he can go to a strip club with Brian?
To soothe his conscience,he volunteers some time at the
Golden Crest retirement home,but ends up taking one of
the residents with him to the strip club. Meanwhile,Fay
and Antonio write their own eulogies. |
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"Love
Overboard": Casey finally catches up with the
husband who abandoned her,but her rage lessens as he professes
his heartfelt remorse at his desperate act.She's understanding
to his sad stories of being bankrupt and shame causing
him to leave in the first place...until she sees him on
his yacht. Meanwhile,Roy teaches Antonio how to dance. |
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"Grouses,
Houses and Bickering Spouses": Burdened with
continual problems by living with Brian and Casey,as well
as further delays in the building of their new house,Joe
and Helen decide to buy another house.They solve one problem
by selling their old new home,but another presents itself
in the last moments in the old Hackett house. |
