Honey, We Broke the Kid is the eleventh episode of the seventh season of Wings, and the 133rd episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
Helen and Joe watch the child of friends for the weekend, but find themselves unable to handle parenthood. Between Joe wanting to make sure she's secure to the point of never leaving her alone and Helen constantly pushing healthy snacks on her, Emily seems overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Casey brings a celebrity to Nantucket to film a commercial to promote tourism, and Antonio inadvertently starts (kind of) dating him.
Credits[]
Main Cast[]
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Hackett
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
- Amy Yasbeck as Casey Davenport
Guest Cast[]
- Brian Haley as Budd Bronski
- Clint Carmichael as Deke Hathaway
- Chelsea Lynn as Emily
- Robert Curtis Brown as Bob
- Carolyn Pemberton as Linda
Quotes[]
- Emily - "Do you have any children?"
Fay Cochran - "Uh...Well, no dear. Uh, my first husband George was a dentist and a bit of a renegade; he refused to wear the lead apron and, well, zap! My-my second husband George could have children, but apparently only with my neighbor. My third George was also able-bodied, but by that time it was too l--...Listen kid, you make choices in life. Sure that gnaw at you, but you get a cat and try not to be bitter."
Trivia[]
- The episode's title is a play on "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", a 1989 American comic science fiction film.
- When asked who is the best TV detective, Budd answer is police woman Pepper Anderson, who "had a body that would make a bishop kick out a stained glass window". That line is lifted from Raymond Chandler's novel "Farewell, My Lovely" and it is one of the most famous hard boiled detective lines of all time.
- Helen reveals that she went to prom with her cousin Stewie.