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• Actors: Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, David Schramm, Rebecca Schull
• Directors: Darryl Bates, Jeffrey Melman, Joyce Gittlin, Leonard R. Garner Jr.
• Writers: Ben Joelson, Christopher Vane, David Angell, David Lee
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Run Time: 539 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001QU9RSE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,708 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The Hackett brothers, laid-back Brian and straight-laced Joe, and Joe’s wife, Helen, attempt to run a one-plane airline on Nantucket surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/14/2009 Run time: 539 minutes Rating: Nr

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wings is fun, enjoyable entertainment!, May 20, 2009

By	John Magnin (Punta Gorda, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wings is my all-time favorite sitcom. Even though I agree the last season was a bit weak, I still enjoyed it.

I think when the writers took the main plots out of the airport, it lost a lot. In my opinion, the weakest episodes took place in Helen and Joe's home. No matter how hard you try, wings on a vacuum cleaner doesn't work.

I am glad I purchased the entire collection (including season 8). I have already watched them all several times and I am sure I will, many times in the future.

For the entire series, I give Wings a strong 5 stars.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best season of this series, February 17, 2009

By	T. Spencer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I will buy this just to complete the set of my all time favorite series, but like so many other series, it should have ended just one season sooner than it did. This is what I consider the worst of Wings, but some of it is still funny enough to enjoy if you were a fan.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The last season always was a mystery to me, April 19, 2009

By	M. A Spitzer "mas017" (Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Seeing the final season of WINGS again after all these years reminds me of what I always felt was a strange mystery about the show............ that mystery being ... "What the heck happened behind the scenes in the final season ?"

My wife and I have a collection of classic TV shows on DVD that we love and would rather watch 100 times over compared to much of the crap on these days. These include our favorites...... WINGS, CHEERS, SEINFELD, HOGANS HEROES, BECKER, STAR TREK TOS, etc......

But this final season of WINGS always seemed very strange.

You know how sometimes a show goes off the air and years later a reunion episode is done -or- they try to bring back the series and it feels wrong -- as though the actors could not connect with the vibe of their old characters ?
(think some of the Brady reunion shows where in their attempt to recapture the feel of their old characters they end up becoming their own spoofs).

WING'S final season seems that way.

Of course the stories were just silly and over the top for most of the last season (episodes like the Vacuum Cleaner episode are just painful to watch). This is the fault of the writers.

But in addition to this some of the key actors really overplayed their parts and seemed out of character compared to earlier episodes. This is especially true of Tim Daly and the way Joe behaved in most of the final season's episodes. Helen was also over animated most of this last season.

Brian, Casey and Roy seemed to stay in character.

WINGS is still among our top 5 shows of all time and of course in no form of art or work can the same standard be maintained forever.
All things in life have their birth, peak period, decline and eventual departure. TV shows are no different in that regard.

We will continue to watch WINGS over and over many times in our lives in the future, although I think Season 7 will not come out of the DVD case very often.

It would be interesting to know something about what was going behind the scenes during this time, as the changes in this last season were very unusual and noticeable.