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* In the episode with Cliff Clavin from Cheers, an interviewer wants to interview Joe, but Brian is more interesting. Near the end, Joe tells Brian on the phone "I wish I could be more like you". Brian tells Joe that he switched the phone to a game, and after Joe hangs up:

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* In the episode with Cliff Clavin from Cheers, an interviewer wants "The Story of Joe", a magazine writer comes to interview Joe, Joe but ends up finding Brian is more interesting. Near the end, Joe tells Brian on over the phone air-to-ground radio, "I wish I could be more like you". Brian tells Joe that he switched missed what he said due to briefly switching the phone receiver to a game, game and asks Joe to repeat himself, to which Joe replies, "Never mind." Then after Joe hangs up:
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* The end of the "Joe Blows" two-parter. Joe can't take the pressure of running the business anymore, and Brian sees for himself how hard it really is. They agree to become partners and share the burden.

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* The end of the "Joe Blows" two-parter. Joe can't take the pressure of running the business anymore, and Brian sees for himself how hard it really is. They agree to become partners and share the burden.burden.
* In "A Terminal Christmas", the gang attempts to help Fay scatter her late husband George's ashes. When she has second thoughts about it, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Roy]] has some encouraging words for her.
-->'''Roy''': Fay, those ashes aren't George. They're just ashes. I lost Sylvia a few years ago and I know what it's like not to want to let go. But, Fay, you've got to let go.
** Shortly followed by a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly touching]] eulogy from [[TheDitz Lowell]].
-->'''Lowell''': Today, we say goodbye to a loved one. Someone who filled our lives with joy and meaning, laughter and tears. Someone who touched our souls and moved our hearts. We thank him for the time he shared with us here on Earth. And now, sadly, send his spirit to the heavens and body to the sea.
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* The opening sequence, with the little plane flying around Nantucket to the gentle sounds of Franz Schubert's Sonata in A.


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* The ending of "It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift," when Helen realizes the cameo Joe gave her used to belong to his mother.
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-->'''Brian''': Let's just say it's your turn.

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-->'''Brian''': Let's just say it's your turn.turn.
* The end of the "Joe Blows" two-parter. Joe can't take the pressure of running the business anymore, and Brian sees for himself how hard it really is. They agree to become partners and share the burden.
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* The episode "Life Could Be a Dream" in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]

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* The episode "Life Could Be a Dream" in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter.a famous musician. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]
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* The episode "Life Could Be a Dream" in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]

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* The episode "Life Could Be a Dream" in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]]]
* The series ends with a double instance: After Brian decides to quit the airline and go off to a tropical island, Helen receives an opportunity to study music in Vienna. Joe tells her she should do it, even though going with her means giving up the airline that's all he's ever wanted, because he's had the thing he wanted all this time, and it's Helen's turn to get what ''she'' wants. At the very last minute, Brian can't stand it and forgoes the tropical island to run the airline for Joe until he gets back.
-->'''Joe''': I don't understand why you're doing this.
-->'''Brian''': Let's just say it's your turn.
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* The episode [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2U_XFQ4oqE Life]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfrePoZ6-E Could]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=00d_IWoflZA Be]] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749270 A]] [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom Dream]]", in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]

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* The episode [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2U_XFQ4oqE Life]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfrePoZ6-E Could]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=00d_IWoflZA Be]] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749270 A]] [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom Dream]]", "Life Could Be a Dream" in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]
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* In the episode with Cliff Clavin from Cheers, an interviewer wants to interview Joe, but Brian is more interesting. Near the end, Joe tells Brian on the phone "I wish I could be more like you". Brian tells Joe that he switched the phone to a game, and after Joe hangs up:
--> '''Brian''': Sometimes I wish I was more like you too.
* The episode [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2U_XFQ4oqE Life]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfrePoZ6-E Could]] [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=00d_IWoflZA Be]] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749270 A]] [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom Dream]]", in which the four dig up a time capsule with letters they wrote, predicting their future. Helen reads hers, in which she is an Expy of Karen Carpenter. At the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:she made up the letter, and her real letter said that she would marry Joe Hackett.]]

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