Wings (TV Series)

Burnin' Down the House: Part 1 (1995)

Steven Weber: Brian Michael Hackett

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Quotes 

• Passenger : Excuse me, when do you think the next plane leaves for Boston? I'm on kind of a tight schedule.

  Brian Michael Hackett : *You're* on a tight schedule?

  [snickers] 

  Brian Michael Hackett : *You're* on a tight schedule. I'm running this place single-handedly. I'm taking all the flights because Joe's on his honeymoon, I'm booking the reservations because Fay's on a seniors' cruise, I'm even doing all the pre-flight checks because Lowell's *also* on vacation.

  [shouting] 

  Brian Michael Hackett : But hell! You wanna take off now? We'll take off now! I've only been up for 28 hours straight! I was hoping to grab a cup of coffee, but hey! We got auto-pilot!

  [Calmer] 

  Brian Michael Hackett : Just do me a little favor: when you hear this sound

  [He blares like a horn] 

  Brian Michael Hackett : ... wake me!

  Passenger : [Frightened]  No no no, please! Take your time, 'cause I can wait.

  Brian Michael Hackett : That's more like it!

  [Calmer] 

  Brian Michael Hackett : And thank you for flying Sandpiper.

• Joe Montgomery Hackett : Brian, SHUT UP! You know, all our life it has been the same pattern. You screw up, I get mad, you apologize, I forgive you, then I get stuck cleaning up the mess! Well, it's not just me anymore. I have a wife now. Someday I hope to have a family. This time it was the house. What's it gonna be next, my children? That's a chance I can't afford to take. I... just don't have it in me anymore.

  Brian Michael Hackett : What are you saying?

  Joe Montgomery Hackett : [Long pause]  I'm saying I want you out of my life.

  Brian Michael Hackett : Come on. Come on, come on, come on. You don't mean that. We're just gonna, we'll get past all this.

  Joe Montgomery Hackett : [Calmly]  I'll buy you out of your share of the house... and Sandpiper. And you can get on with your life, and I can get on with mine.

  Brian Michael Hackett : [Joe starts walking out of the room]  Hey, Joey...

  Joe Montgomery Hackett : No, no.

  [He turns] 

  Joe Montgomery Hackett : We're done.