THE CANONICAL CHEERS EPISODE GUIDE
Compiled by:
Kevin Treu Eric Jorgensen
treu@furman.edu jorgy@boulder.colorado.edu
Airing Prod. Original
Number Number Airdate Episode Title, synopsis
*** Season #1 ***
1 1 09/30/82 "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (Pilot, Premiere 1)
After being stood up at Cheers, Diane accepts
Sam's offer to be a waitress.
2 2 10/07/82 "Sam's Women"
Diane forces Sam to examine his preference
for dating beautiful but brainless women.
3 4 10/14/82 "The Tortelli Tort"
Carla gets into an altercation with a New
York Yankees fan.
4 5 10/21/82 "Sam at Eleven"
A local sportswriter interviews Sam, but
the story is bumped off the air.
5 7 10/28/82 "The Coach's Daughter"
The coach tells his daughter that he doesn't
approve of her boyfriend.
6 8 11/04/82 "Any Friend of Diane's"
Sam is talked into a date by one of Diane's
former classmates.
7 13 11/11/82 "Friends, Romans, and Accountants"
Sam agrees to help Norm hold a private
"toga" party.
8 6 11/18/82 "Truce or Consequences"
Diane realizes Carla has made a fool of her
by making her believe a lie about Sam.
9 10 11/25/82 "Coach Returns to Action"
Sam asks the coach's new girlfriend for a date.
10 9 12/02/82 "Endless Slumper"
Sam is sought for advice by a star pitcher
from the Boston Red Sox.
11 3 12/09/82 "One for the Book"
Diane becomes the romantic object of a
would-be priest.
12 12 12/16/82 "The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One"
Diane makes everyone mad when she exposes a
customer who has been telling wonderful
stories of his World War II spy exploits.
But then she follows the dejected fellow out
of the bar to try and make amends.
13 16 01/06/83 "Now Pitching, Sam Malone"
A jock-loving, man-hungry talent agent
convinces Sam he's star material, while Diane
tries to warn him about her real motives.
14 11 01/13/83 "Let Me Count the Ways"
The demise of her cat puts Diane in a funk.
15 14 01/20/83 "Father Knows Last"
Carla reveals that she is pregnant.
16 15 01/27/83 "The Boys in the Bar"
Sam is in for a few surprises when he throws
a party for a friend.
17 17 02/10/83 "Diane's Perfect Date"
Things take an ominous turn when Sam and Diane
agree to find perfect dates for each other.
18 19 02/17/83 "No Contest"
Sam enters Diane in the Miss Boston Barmaids
contest. With a guest appearance by
Tip O'Neill.
19 18 02/24/83 "Pick a Con... any Con"
The gang wants in when Sam plots to sting a
flim-flam man who has been conning Coach at
cards.
20 20 03/03/83 "Someone Single, Someone Blue"
To help her mother cash in on the inheritance
decreed in her father's will, Diane agrees to
a temporary marriage with Sam.
21 21 03/24/83 "Show Down" (Part 1 of 2)
Sam is chagrined when his brother captivates
everyone at Cheers.
22 22 03/31/83 "Show Down" (Part 2 of 2, Finale 1)
Sam's older brother proposes marriage to Diane.
*** Season #2 ***
23 23 09/29/83 "Power Play" (Premiere 2)
Sam and Diane announce that their romance is on
at last, but things do not go smoothly.
24 25 10/13/83 "Little Sister, Don't Cha"
Carla's younger sister takes her place at
Cheers and decides to go after every man in
the place.
25 27 10/20/83 "Personal Business"
Carla accuses Sam of playing favorites just
because of his relationship with Diane. Diane
is incensed when a prospective employer is
only after her body.
26 24 10/27/83 "Homicidal Ham"
Diane makes the mistake of trying to help an
ex-con with his dream of becoming an actor.
27 28 11/03/83 "Sumner's Return"
Diane's former boyfriend reappears on the
scene hoping to rekindle his relationship
with her.
28 29 11/10/83 "Affairs of the Heart"
Carla decides to begin an affair with a bar
patron who has a secret heart condition.
29 32 11/17/83 "Old Flames"
Dave bets Sam that he can break up Sam and
Diane in 24 hours.
30 26 11/24/83 "Manager Coach"
Sam and Diane try to get the coach to lighten
up when he becomes obsessed with managing a
little league baseball team.
31 31 12/01/83 "They Called me Mayday"
Dick Cavett tells Sam that he should write his
memoirs. Norm wrestles an old high school
buddy for his wife.
32 33 12/08/83 "How do I Love Thee?... Let me Call You Back"
Sam and Diane separate for a week to reassess
their relationship when Sam gets a little
casual with his "I love you's".
33 37 12/15/83 "Just Three Friends"
Diane learns that the old friend staying with
her is after Sam.
34 30 12/22/83 "Where There's a Will..."
An extremely wealthy man is so warmed by his
reception at Cheers that he bequeaths a
fortune to the bar.
35 34 01/05/84 "Battle of the Exes"
Carla's ex-husband sends her an invitation to
his re-marriage.
36 36 01/12/84 "No Help Wanted"
Norm is hurt when Sam doubts the figures he
has come up with while doing the books at
Cheers.
37 35 01/19/84 "Coachie Makes Three"
Sam and Diane must find a way to detach
themselves from a lonesome Coach when his
presence begins to interfere with their love
life.
38 40 01/26/84 "Cliff's Rocky Romance"
Cliff is forced to re-establish his manhood
after he backs down from a challenge by a
thug in front of his friends.
39 39 02/02/84 "Fortune and Men's Weights"
Coach buys an antique scale that dispenses
fortunes that are so accurate, even Diane
starts to believe in the supernatural.
40 38 02/09/84 "Snow Job"
Looking forward to his annual Washington's
Birthday fun trip with the boys to the ski
slopes, Sam tells Diane he's going to
a funeral.
41 41 02/16/84 "Coach Buries a Grudge"
Coach stops grieving over the death of a
pal when he learns his friend once
propositioned his wife.
42 42 02/23/84 "Norman's Conquest"
Norm is afraid that if he doesn't allow
himself to be seduced by his boss he'll lose
his job.
43 43 05/03/84 "I'll Be Seeing You" (Part 1 of 2)
Diane is sore because Sam is named one of the
city's most eligible bachelors by a magazine,
and Sam is sore because a weird artist wants
to paint Diane's "tortured soul".
44 44 05/10/84 "I'll Be Seeing You" (Part 2 of 2, Finale 2)
Diane and Sam fight when she tries to
give him the portrait of her.
*** Season #3 ***
45 45 09/27/84 "Rebound" (Part 1 of 2, Premiere 3)
Sam falls off the wagon and Diane, who ought
to know better, suggests he see her new
boyfriend, the psychiatrist.
46 46 10/04/84 "Rebound" (Part 2 of 2)
Diane tells a recovering Sam about her
relationship with Dr. Crane and the new
waitress quits in a huff. Coach gets Diane
to return to Cheers.
47 51 10/18/84 "I Call Your Name"
After reporting a fellow postman for stealing
a perfume sample, Cliff must face up to the
man. Also, Frasier comes to Sam for advice
when Diane calls out another man's name
while making love.
48 56 10/25/84 "Fairy Tales Can Come True"
Cliff falls in love at a Halloween costume
party and Frasier asks Sam to escort Diane
to a concert.
49 48 11/01/84 "Sam Turns the Other Cheek"
Sam shoots himself while disarming a jealous
husband and claims that he was wounded during
an attempt to prevent a robbery.
50 49 11/08/84 "Coach in Love" (Part 1 of 2)
Coach falls in love with a woman even as her
daughter is rejecting Sam's advances.
51 50 11/15/84 "Coach in Love" (Part 2 of 2)
Irene dumps Coach after winning the lottery,
but Coach never gives up hope.
52 52 11/22/84 "Diane Meets Mom"
After sharing a pleasant dinner with Frasier's
mother, a famous psychologist, Diane is stunned
by the woman's death threat.
53 47 11/29/84 "An American Family"
Carla's ex-husband and his new bride
threaten court action to obtain custody of
Carla's oldest boy. The regulars are shocked
when Carla agrees to give them custody.
54 55 12/06/84 "Diane's Allergy"
Frasier asks Diane to move in with him, but
her severe allergic reaction could spoil
the cozy arrangement.
55 54 12/13/84 "Peterson Crusoe"
When a suspicious spot appears on Norm's chest
x-ray, he decides to fulfill a dream of sailing
around the world.
56 53 12/20/84 "A Ditch in Time"
Sam is troubled when he romances an attractive
woman who threatens suicide when she is
rejected.
57 57 01/03/85 "Whodunit?"
Diane and Frasier are shocked when the renowned
Dr. Ludlow proposes to Carla and gets her in
the family way.
58 58 01/10/85 "The Heart is a Lonely Snipehunter"
Diane insists that Sam and his cohorts include
Frasier on a fishing trip.
59 61 01/24/85 "King of the Hill"
Diane can't understand why Sam is pitching in
a charity softball game until she discovers
the other team is made up of Playboy playmates.
60 62 01/31/85 "Teacher's Pet"
Diane suspects that Sam's good grades in night
school don't come from his study habits.
61 64 02/07/85 "The Mail Goes to Jail"
While Cliff nurses a cold, Norm's effort to
finish the mail deliveries leads to his arrest
for tampering. Diane gets stuck in the Cheers
floor.
62 63 02/14/85 "Bar Bet"
Sam is held to a long-forgotten agreement that
he marry Jacqueline Bisset or forfeit the bar.
63 66 02/21/85 "Behind Every Great Man"
Sam's masculine smugness offends a Boston
reporter when she visits the bar to do a report
on the singles scene.
64 65 02/28/85 "If Ever I Would Leave You"
Rejected by his new wife, Nick convinces
everyone -- except Carla -- that he is ready
to rededicate himself to his former wife.
65 67 03/07/85 "The Executive's Executioner"
Norm learns he's being promoted to a job
requiring him to fire other employees.
66 59 04/11/85 "Cheerio Cheers"
In the last episode in which the late Nicholas
Colasanto appeared as "Coach", Diane decides
to accompany Frasier to his temporary job at
the University of Bologna.
67 68 04/18/85 "The Bartender's Tale"
Carla's thrilled when Sam hires a mature
English waitress she's sure won't get involved
with him, but Carla doesn't know she has a
beautiful young daughter.
68 69 05/02/85 "The Belles of St. Cletes"
Carla seeks revenge on her old high school
principal when she shows up at the bar.
69 60 05/09/85 "Rescue Me" (Finale 3)
Frasier proposes to Diane, who insists on
calling Sam before giving him her answer.
*** Season #4 ***
70 70 09/26/85 "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" (Premiere 4)
Frasier returns from Italy to tell the gang
that Diane left him at the altar and is
working in a convent; and Sam hires a new
bartender.
71 72 10/03/85 "Woody Goes Belly Up"
Sam and Diane arrange a surprise visit for
Woody's hometown honey and Frasier decides
to pay off his bar bill by working as a
janitor.
72 75 10/17/85 "Someday My Prince Will Come"
When Diane fantasizes about the owner of a
coat left at the bar, Sam convinces her to
date whoever returns to retrieve it.
73 71 10/24/85 "The Groom Wore Clearasil"
Carla asks Sam for help in convincing her
son not to marry his high school sweetheart.
74 78 10/31/85 "Diane's Nightmare"
Diane is convinced that a deranged actor is
stalking her.
75 73 11/07/85 "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday"
Sam ruins a book, collateral for a loan.
76 74 11/14/85 "2 Good 2 Be 4 Real"
The boys at the bar conjure a phony response
to Carla's personal ad.
77 76 11/21/85 "Love Thy Neighbor"
Norm hires a private eye to find out if his
wife is having an affair with a neighbor.
78 79 11/28/85 "From Beer to Eternity"
A ringer helps bowl against rivals.
79 77 12/05/85 "The Bar Stoolie"
Cliff's estranged father comes for a visit;
and Sam tries to keep Diane from talking to
his new flame.
80 80 12/12/85 "Don Juan is Hell"
Sam regrets agreeing to be the subject of
Diane's psychology paper on the Don Juan
syndrome.
81 81 12/19/85 "Fools and Their Money
Sam, in an effort to protect Woody, neglects
to place a large bet for him.
82 86 01/09/86 "Take My Shirt... Please?"
Sam donates his baseball jersey to a celebrity
auction, but no one bids on the shirt; and
Norm wines and dines some potential clients.
83 82 01/16/86 "Suspicion"
The gang vows to exact revenge when they learn
that Diane gave a psychology student permission
to use them in a class experiment.
84 83 01/23/86 "The Triangle"
Diane and Sam attempt to see Frasier through
his latest crisis of confidence and regain his
status in the psychology profession.
85 85 01/30/86 "Cliffie's Big Score"
Cliff is in his glory when both Carla and
Diane accept a date with him for the Postman's
Ball.
86 84 02/06/86 "Second Time Around"
Sam's matchmaking skills shine when Frasier
announces plans to marry the girl Sam picked
out for him.
87 87 02/13/86 "The Peterson Principle"
Norm and an Ivy Leaguer compete for the same
job promotion.
88 88 02/20/86 "Dark Imaginings"
Sam panics when a series of coincidental
events convince him that he's getting older.
89 89 02/27/86 "Save the Last Dance for Me"
Carla and her ex can't seem to bury the
hatchet long enough to team up for a dance
contest.
90 90 03/13/86 "Fear is my Co-Pilot"
Sam and Diane reveal their true feelings for
each other while aboard a plummeting
private plane.
91 91 03/20/86 "Diane Chambers Day"
Frasier concocts a scheme to make Diane feel
included in the bar's clique.
92 95 03/27/86 "Relief Bartender"
Woody worries about his job when Sam hires
a terrific temporary bartender.
93 92 05/01/86 "Strange Bedfellows" (Part 1 of 3)
Diane develops an interest in politics as
Sam's new girlfriend runs for the city council.
94 93 05/08/86 "Strange Bedfellows" (Part 2 of 3)
Sam's new girlfriend persuades him to fire
Diane. With a cameo by Gary Hart.
95 94 05/15/86 "Strange Bedfellows" (Part 3 of 3, Finale 4)
Janet pressures Sam to make a
permanent commitment to their relationship.
*** Season #5 ***
96 96 09/25/86 "The Proposal" (Premiere 5)
As Sam prepares for a romantic evening with
the woman he proposed to, Carla and Frasier
are desperate to find out who the lucky lady is
.
97 98 10/02/86 "The Cape Cad"
Sam pulls out all the stops to convince Diane
that he is no longer interested in her.
98 97 10/09/86 "Money Dearest"
Cliff sets his mom up with a wealthy man in
the hopes of becoming a high roller himself.
99 102 10/16/86 "Abnormal Psychology"
Frasier is excited about appearing on a local
TV show until he learns he's debating an
old flame.
100 100 10/30/86 "House of Horrors with Formal Dining
and Used Brick"
Cliff and Carla spend a frightening night in
a seemingly haunted house.
101 99 11/06/86 "Tan 'n Wash"
Norm gets the whole gang involved when he
invests in a combination laundry and tanning
salon.
102 106 11/13/86 "Young Dr. Weinstein"
Sam pretends he's a doctor to get into a fancy
restaurant.
103 103 11/20/86 "Knights of the Scimitar"
Cliff convinces Norm to join his fraternal
organization, the Knights of the Scimitar.
Diane tries to make Sam jealous with Lance.
104 107 11/27/86 "Thanksgiving Orphans"
The gang goes to Carla's for a Thanksgiving
celebration and winds up having a food fight
while waiting for Norm to cook the turkey.
105 108 12/04/86 "Everyone Imitates Art"
Diane has a fit when a magazine rejects the
poem she submits and publishes Sam's.
106 101 12/11/86 "Book of Samuel"
Woody turns to Sam's little black book when
his hometown honey dumps him while announcing
her arrival in Boston with her new fiance.
107 110 12/18/86 "Dance, Diane, Dance"
Diane decides to become a ballerina after the
gang forges an encouraging letter from her
teacher.
108 111 01/08/87 "Chambers vs. Malone"
Sam is charged with assault and battery after
Diane refuses his second proposal of marriage.
109 112 01/15/87 "Diamond Sam"
To save his friend money, Norm helps Sam
obtain a copy of the expensive engagement
ring Diane chose.
110 109 01/22/87 "Spellbound"
Carla mediates when her ex-husband Nick and
his new wife Loretta are having marital
problems.
111 104 01/29/87 "Never Love a Goalie" (Part 1 of 2)
Carla falls in love with a goalie for the
Boston Bruins, while Diane is foreman of the
jury for an attempted murder trial.
112 105 02/05/87 "Never Love a Goalie" (Part 2 of 2)
Carla becomes convinced that she's a jinx to
her boyfriend, Bruin goalie Eddie LeBec. The
defendant in Diane's murder case comes to
Cheers.
113 115 02/12/87 "One Last Fling"
Sam makes the most of his final 24 hours as
an unattached man.
114 113 02/19/87 "Dog Bites Cliff"
The owner of a dog who bites Cliff goes to
be with him to convince him to drop the
charges.
115 114 02/26/87 "Dinner at Eight-ish"
The fur flies when Frasier invites Sam and
Diane over for dinner with his new girlfriend.
116 117 03/05/87 "Simon Says"
Sam and Diane attend a prenuptial session
with a prominent marriage counselor (John
Cleese).
117 116 03/19/87 "The Godfather, Part III"
Woody agrees to show Sam's goddaughter around
town when she moves to Boston to go to college,
but Sam gets protective when romance blooms.
Also, Frasier doesn't quite get the gift he
wanted from Lilith.
118 118 03/26/87 "Norm's Last Hurrah"
Norm goes to work for a prestigious accounting
firm and tries to convince the gang that it's
a glamorous new life.
119 119 04/02/87 "Cheers: The Motion Picture"
The gang makes a home movie to convince Woody's
parents how much he's needed in Boston.
120 120 04/30/87 "A House is not a Home"
Diane's sympathy for the previous owners of
the house she and Sam bought jeopardize their
moving plans.
121 121 05/07/87 "I Do, Adeiu" (Finale 5)
Sam and Diane appear headed for the altar.
*** Season #6 ***
122 122 09/24/87 "Home is the Sailor" (Premiere 6)
The attractive new owner of Cheers is more
concerned with profit than Sam's overtures
after he returns to his beloved bar from an
ill-fated around-the-world sailing adventure.
123 125 10/01/87 "'I' On Sports"
Sam gets a job filling in for a local
sportscaster but has a hard time hiding it
from new employer Rebecca.
124 126 10/15/87 "Little Carla, Happy at Last" (Part 1 of 2)
A pregnant Carla awaits a marriage proposal
from hockey player Eddie LeBec.
125 127 10/22/87 "Little Carla, Happy at Last" (Part 2 of 2)
Sam races against the clock to help
superstitious Carla and Eddie get to the altar.
126 123 10/29/87 "The Crane Mutiny"
Norm and Cliff lead Frasier to believe that
Rebecca is lusting after him.
127 128 11/05/87 "Paint Your Office"
Norm paints Rebecca's office and apartment
to pay off his overextended bar tab.
128 132 11/12/87 "The Last Angry Mailman"
Cliff handcuffs himself to his mother's house
in an effort to save it from demolition.
129 131 11/19/87 "Bidding on the Boys"
Sam and Woody volunteer as "hunks" to be
auctioned off for charity.
130 129 11/26/87 "Puddin' Head Boyd"
A senior citizen falls for Woody when he tends
bar dressed as Mark Twain, while Frasier and
Lilith go on vacation.
131 133 12/03/87 "A Kiss is Still a Kiss"
Rebecca needs a date for her boss's party.
132 124 12/10/87 "My Fair Clavin"
Cliff gives his date some beauty tips.
133 136 12/17/87 "Christmas Cheers"
Norm's friends join him at Cheers on
Christmas Eve.
134 134 01/07/88 "Woody for Hire, and Norman of the Apes"
Cliff sets out to prove that an orangutan
could do a better job painting his apartment
than Norm.
135 135 01/14/88 "And God Created Woodman"
When Sam, Woody and Rebecca cater a party at
the chairman of the board's mansion, a
priceless vase is destroyed.
136 137 01/21/88 "Tale of Two Cuties"
Amorous Annie Tortelli and Laurie, Evan
Drake's special friend, replace Carla at the
bar during her maternity leave.
137 138 02/04/88 "Yacht of Fools"
Rebecca and Sam join a cruise on Evan Drake's
yacht.
138 139 02/11/88 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
At his bachelor party, Frasier gets cold feet
about marrying Lilith.
139 140 02/18/88 "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie"
While Norm's painting Evan Drake's bedroom,
he invites Rebecca to snoop around.
140 130 02/25/88 "Airport V"
Carla turns to Frasier for help in overcoming
her fear of flying.
141 141 03/03/88 "The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit"
Evan Drake gives an executive promotion to
Sam instead of Rebecca.
142 144 03/10/88 "Our Hourly Bread"
Woody organizes a raffle to raise money for
the bar.
143 143 03/24/88 "Slumber Party Massacred"
Rebecca and Lilith try to cheer Carla up with
a slumber party.
144 147 03/31/88 "Bar Wars"
The Cheers gang takes on a rival bar in a war
of outrageous pranks. Wade Boggs guest stars.
145 142 04/28/88 "The Big Kiss-Off"
Woody and Sam compete to see who can kiss
Rebecca before midnight.
146 145 05/05/88 "Backseat Becky, Up Front" (Finale 6)
Sam helps Rebecca so she can profess her
love for Evan Drake before he's transferred
overseas.
*** Season #7 ***
147 10/27/88 "Executive Sweet" (Premiere 7)
When Rebecca is fired and Sam promoted to
manager, Sam takes steps to get Rebecca her
job back, but he expects something in return.
148 11/03/88 "Swear to God"
After narrowly escaping fatherhood, Sam must
keep up his end of a deal with God and
abstain from sex for three months.
149 11/10/88 "One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape"
(Part 1 of 2)
Rebecca uses a phony affair with Sam to fend
off the advances of her new young boss.
150 11/17/88 "One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape"
(Part 2 of 2)
Sam spends a month bartending in Cancun, but
must return to save Rebecca from an unwanted
marriage.
151 11/24/88 "Those Lips, Those Ice"
Carla fears Eddie is having an affair with
one of the skaters in the ice show.
152 12/08/88 "Norm, is that You?"
Norm discovers a gift for interior decorating,
but he finds himself pretending to be gay in
order to keep some wealthy clients.
153 12/15/88 "How to Win Friends and Electrocute Yourself"
Cliff resorts to electric shock therapy in an
effort to improve on his obnoxious personality.
154 12/22/88 "Jumping Jerks"
Cliff, Norm and Woody decide to give
skydiving a try, but have trouble getting up
the nerve until Sam joins them.
155 01/05/89 "Send in the Crane"
Sam is torn by the decision between a beautiful
woman and her
beautiful daughter. Frasier gets work as a
clown.
156 01/12/89 "Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back"
Cheers locks horns with Gary's Olde Towne
Tavern in a Bloody Mary making contest.
157 01/19/89 "Adventures in Housesitting"
Rebecca is entrusted with her boss' dog, but
things don't go smoothly.
158 02/02/89 "Please Mr. Postman"
Cliff finds love at the Post Office, but his
date gets him into trouble.
159 02/09/89 "Golden Boyd"
Sam and Woody get jobs bartending at a party,
and Woody gets into a fight with one of the
guests.
160 02/16/89 "I Kid You Not"
Frasier and Lilith test their parenting
abilities by taking care of one of Carla's
kids, and Woody asks Sam to borrow his car.
161 162 02/23/89 "Don't Paint Your Chickens"
Rebecca tries to lend her management skills
to Norm's painting career, while Sam tries
to keep pace with an athletic woman.
162 03/02/89 "The Cranemakers"
Frasier and Lilith decide to get back to
nature, and Woody takes a vacation.
163 03/16/89 "Hot Rocks"
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
visits Cheers, only to be accused of stealing.
164 03/30/89 "What's Up, Doc?"
Sam feigns impotence to win over a psychologist
friend of Frasier's.
165 04/06/89 "The Gift of the Woodi"
Woody writes a song for his materialistic
girlfriend Kelly, while Cliff invents a new
vegetable.
166 04/13/89 "Call Me, Irresponsible"
Carla is afraid that Eddie is going to forget
their second anniversary.
167 04/27/89 "Sisterly Love"
Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her
estranged sister.
168 05/04/89 "The Visiting Lecher"
An author keeps making passes at Rebecca.
*** Season #8 ***
169 09/21/89 "The Improbable Dream"
(Part 1 of 2, Premiere 8)
Erotic dreams have Rebecca all hot
and bothered as Sam tries to get her to wake
up to him instead of pining away for the
corporate raider of her fantasies.
170 09/28/89 "The Improbable Dream" (Part 2 of 2)
Rebecca's whirlwind romance with the self-made
millionaire of her dreams gives Sam nightmares
that may signify his true feelings.
171 172 10/12/89 "A Bar is Born"
While Rebecca psychs herself up to spend the
night with Robin, Sam gets pumped to open his
own bar -- a seedy run-down hole that's
already filled with furry little customers.
172 174 10/19/89 "How to Marry a Mailman"
Love is blind and so is Cliff, who's scared
sightless when Margaret returns from Canada
with an offer to go steady.
173 175 10/26/89 "The Two Faces of Norm"
Norm can't bring himself to boss around his
new painting crew, so he invents a strict
alter ego. Meanwhile, Sam's not himself
either after selling his 'Vette.
174 173 11/02/89 "The Stork Brings a Crane"
Rebecca arranges for Boston mayor Raymond
Flynn to toast the 100th anniversary of the
bar, but the festivities are interrupted
when the stork swoops down to deliver a Crane.
175 177 11/09/89 "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice"
Carla discovers that her husband was a real
hockey puck after a tragedy at the rink
exposes Eddie's secret romantic ice-capades
with another woman.
176 179 11/16/89 "For Real Men Only"
The guys are reluctant to witness the bris
of Frasier's son -- and so is Frasier, who
cuts out on the circumcision ceremony.
Meanwhile, Rebecca's retirement party for a
company employee isn't any livelier.
177 169 11/23/89 "Two Girls for Every Boyd"
Woody chews the scenery in "Our Town", but he
chokes on the scene where he has to kiss his
leading lady. Meanwhile, the guys compete in
a beard-growing contest.
178 176 11/30/89 "The Art of the Steal"
Rebecca and Sam finally spend the night
together -- trapped by security lasers in
Robin Colcord's apartment while the
guys while away their evening playing
Monopoly.
179 181 12/07/89 "Feeble Attraction"
Norm's ex-secretary becomes fatally attracted
to him, while Rebecca becomes obsessed with
finding a ring hidden in her new desk.
180 178 12/14/89 "Sam Ahoy"
Robin lends Sam his yacht to race in a
regatta, but Sam and his fearful crew are
sunk when they find a surprise stowed
away that could really rock the boat.
181 182 01/04/90 "Sammy and the Professor"
Rebecca's visiting business professor
and mentor gives Sam high marks in the
bedroom. Meanwhile, Carla learns she's
being audited.
182 184 01/18/90 "What Is... Cliff Clavin?"
The answer is ... Alex Trebek. The question:
who is it that Cliff Clavin drives crazy while
appearing as a contestant on "Jeopardy!"?
Meanwhile, Sam has some questions of his own
for the guy who stole his little black book.
183 180 01/25/90 "Finally" (Part 1 of 2)
Tonight could be the night as Rebecca looks
forward to a long-overdue evening of romance
with billionaire Robin Colcord. But it seems
that they might be part of a threesome:
they're going to a testimonial dinner for Carl
Yastrzemski, and Robin has asked Sam to
accompany them. Righteous Brother Bill
Medley has a cameo.
184 187 02/01/90 "Finally" (Part 2 of 2)
Rebecca is on cloud nine after spending the
night with Robin, but Sam has to keep her
from plummeting to Earth when he finds Robin
with another woman. Bill Medley appears as
himself once again.
185 183 02/08/90 "Woody or Won't He"
Woody is cowed by the romantic advances of
Kelly's mother, while Cliff takes a very
long ride on the bar's new mechanized bull.
186 188 02/15/90 "Severe Crane Damage"
While promoting "Good Girls/Bad Boys,"
author Lilith and talk-show audience women
throw themselves at baddest boy Sam.
187 185 02/22/90 "Indoor Fun with Sammy and Robby"
Rebecca's pubescent dreams of a perfect
romantic day with Robin are youth-urped by
Sam, whom Robin goads into a series
of childish challenges.
188 186 03/08/90 "Fifty-Fifty Carla"
Carla agrees to split Eddie's estate 50-50
with his other widow Gloria, until she
finds it's $50,000 in insurance money.
189 189 03/15/90 "Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh"
The gang goes on the warpath against
Gary's Olde Towne Tavern when they notice
Cheers' statue of Tecumseh is missing in
action, while Rebecca wishes they'd all
go back to their sitting bull sessions.
190 191 03/29/90 "Loverboyd"
Woody isn't ready to say au revoir to Kelly,
whose dad is sending her to school in Europe.
Meanwhile, Norm suffers as designated
driver for a night.
191 192 04/12/90 "The Ghost and Mrs. LeBec"
The appearance of Eddie's ghost shaves a
few years off Carla's life and compels her
to call Madame Lazora, while Rebecca
goes on TV to complain about a defective
hair-removal system.
192 190 04/19/90 "Mr. Otis Regrets"
Sam tries to get a rise out of Rebecca
by telling her he pushed the right buttons
in an elevator with Robin's other girlfriend.
Woody is floored when a woman answers his
ad for a roommate.
[Postponed from an earlier date.]
193 193 04/26/90 "Cry Hard" (Part 1 of 2)
Robin asks Rebecca to move in with him,
but she discovers he's been using her
computer to get inside info on her
corporation. Postmaster General Anthony
Frank has a cameo.
194 194 05/03/90 "Cry Harder" (Part 2 of 2, Finale 8)
Rebecca contemplates a future as "the
bride of a convict" as her "sweet baby"
financier, Robin Colcord, is arrested for
insider trading. Although she keeps up
a brave front for Robin, Rebecca fears
the worst: "He'll fry. Street lights will
dim." But tears for Robin and Rebecca could
mean Cheers for Sam. As a reward for turning
Robin in, the corporation offers to sell him
the bar back for a pittance. Meanwhile,
Rebecca reels from the realization that
Sam was the one who ratted on Robin.
*** Season #9 ***
195 196 09/20/90 "Love is a Really, Really Perfectly
Okay Thing" (Premiere 9)
Picking up where last season left off
-- in Sam's office, on the sofa -- the
ninth finds Sam and Rebecca in the
afterglow, while Sam fights the urge
to dazzle the guys.
196 195 09/27/90 "Cheers Fouls Out"
Sam scores points with everybody but
Gary when he nets the Boston Celtics'
Kevin McHale to play in their annual
grudge basketball match -- but only if
they'll pass their winnings on to
charity.
197 197 10/04/90 "Rebecca Redux"
Sam, drowning in work, hires a new
manager, who seems to buoy everyone's
spirits along with serving them --
until Sam finds out what depths
Rebecca's sunk to for work.
198 198 10/11/90 "Where Nobody Knows Your Name"
Rebecca won't admit it, but she's
steamed when Robin's ex-lover
goes public, saying she's his
current paramour, while Carla is
all hot and bothered over Indian
summer.
199 199 10/18/90 "Ma Always Liked You Better"
A sniveling rivalry is born when
Cliff's visiting mother decides
Woody is the son she never had,
but it's all relative when Norm gets
wedged in a window.
200 201 10/25/90 "Grease"
Norm has a cow when he learns the
Hungry Heifer is closing its doors,
so he takes his beef to the people,
while Sam ribs Rebecca about Robin,
who's working on a road gang.
201 207 11/01/90 "Breaking in is Hard to Do"
Learning their son is no egghead,
Frasier and Lilith scramble to
decide who'll give up career for
full-time parenthood. Meanwhile,
Carla and Rebecca hatch a plot to
pay Robin a conjugal visit.
202 200 11/15/90 "Bad Neighbor Sam"
Instead of the Hatfields and McCoys,
it's the Hills and Malones as Sam
feuds with his new neighbor, snooty
restauranteur John Hill, in the
series' 200th episode.
203 204 11/22/90 "Veggie-Boyd"
Woody gets cast in a commercial for
a new vegetable drink, while Cliff's
self-esteem is squashed when the
popularity of the bar's new trivia
napkins mushrooms.
204 205 12/06/90 "Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure"
Woody gets hooked on a home shopping
show, while Norm and Cliff get more
than they bargained for when they
instigate a fight between Sam and
Frasier.
205 208 12/13/90 "Woody Interruptus"
Kelly returns from Europe, avec an
amorous Frenchman, while Cliff
decides to cheat "il morte" by
having his head cryogenically frozen.
206 206 01/03/91 "Honor Thy Mother"
Carla refuses to knuckle under to
her dictator of a mother's deathbed
demand that she name one of her kids
Benito Mussolini.
207 209 01/10/91 "Achilles Hill"
Sam, bedeviled by John Hill, decides
to exorcise the demon by dating his
daughter; Carla thinks the foosball
table is possessed.
208 210 01/24/91 "Days of Wine and Neuroses"
(Part 1 of 2)
Rebecca pops a cork -- several, in
fact -- when Robin finally pops the
question, while Frasier seems
married to the bar's new sing-along
machine.
[postponed from 01/17/91 due to war
coverage]
209 211 01/31/91 "Wedding Bell Blues" (Part 2 of 2)
Cheers nuptials seldom go off
without a hitch, and the wedding of
Robin and Rebecca is no exception.
Last week, Robin proposed to
Rebecca and she confessed to Sam
that she was tied in knots over
tying the knot. But she doesn't
remember any of it the next morning.
She's looking for something old,
something borrowed and something
blue. Carla offers Norm's liver.
Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield
has a cameo.
[postponed from 01/24/91]
210 212 02/07/91 "I'm Gonna Get My Act Together and
Stick it in Your Face"
It's the worst of times for
Rebecca, who's broken up over her
breakup, and the best of times for
Frasier, who's reading Dickens to
the gang.
[postponed from 01/31/91]
211 214 02/14/91 "Sam Time, Next Year"
Sam is where he wants to be on
Valentine's Day -- flat on his
back -- but it's because he fell
down some stairs before his 20th
annual tryst with Lauren.
212 213 02/21/91 "Crash of the Titans"
Rebecca isn't shooting from the
lip in bidding to buy the bar as
she and Sam compete in a kissing-
up contest to take over John Hill's
lease.
213 215 02/28/91 "It's a Wonderful Wife"
The bar celebrates Frasier's
birthday, but the party's over
for Norm, who falls off his stool
when Vera gets a job upstairs.
214 216 03/14/91 "Cheers Has Chili"
Rebecca hopes to earn a few extra
beans by serving Woody's chili in
the poolroom, but the plan gives Sam
indigestion.
215 218 03/21/91 "Carla Loves Clavin"
Carla has to fill the toughest order
of her life -- being nice to Cliff --
when she gets a tip that he's a judge
for the Miss Boston Barmaid contest.
216 217 03/28/91 "Pitch it Again, Sam"
Sam's old rival shows up, but Sam
balks when he tries to goad him
back onto the mound one last time.
217 219 04/04/91 "Rat Girl"
Lilith is caught in a maze of grief
when her favorite lab rat dies, and
Frasier experiments with a way to
free her, while Paul is the unlikely
cheese to a sexy pursuer.
218 220 04/25/91 "Home Malone"
Sam has an adventure baby-sitting
Frederick, and Woody faces Peril when
babe-in-the-woods Kelly gets a job at
Cheers for a school pRoject.
219 221 05/02/91 "Uncle Sam Wants You" (Finale 9)
With Frasier and Sam fighting over
emotional custody of Freddie, Sam
decides he wants a little Malone of
his own, but something's missing --
a mom.
*** Season #10 ***
220 222 09/19/91 "Baby Balk" (Premiere 10)
The well-meaning advice of Frasier
and Lilith throws a monkey wrench
into the conception plans of Sam
and Rebecca, and Woody runs into
trouble when he temporarily is in
charge of the bar.
221 223 09/26/91 "Get Your Kicks on Route 666"
Frasier suggests the guys go on a
road trip to find their "inner
hairy men," while the women locate
one filling in at the bar --
Carla's cousin Frankie.
222 225 10/03/91 "Madame LaCarla"
Madame Lazora, who's retiring, decides
to pass her crystal ball on to Carla,
who doesn't predict much of a future
for herself as a psychic.
223 229 10/10/91 "The Norm Who Came to Dinner"
Norm hurts his back painting at the
Cranes', and Lilith discovers she'll
need one to get him off the sofa and
back to Cheers.
224 227 10/17/91 "Ma's Little Maggie"
To Cliff's surprise, his mom and
girlfriend Maggie warm up to each
other right away, while Rebecca's
frozen fertility underwear receives
a cool reception from Sam.
225 224 10/24/91 "Unplanned Parenthood"
Sam and Rebecca's burning desire to
be parents is tested by the baptism
of fire they get baby-sitting Carla's
kids, while Cliff is hot to direct the
video Woody's sending home.
226 230 10/31/91 "Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement"
Sam's the one who's spooked when it
looks like the Cheers gang gave
Gary the Halloween fright of his life --
which may have scared him to death.
227 226 11/07/91 "Where Have All The Floorboards Gone"
The guys court disaster when they
get the Celtics' Kevin McHale so
obsessed with how many bolts there are
on the floor of Boston Garden that
the other team mops him up. Kevin's
wife Lynn and announcer Glenn Ordway
have cameos.
228 231 11/14/91 "Head Over Hill"
Sam asks Carla to get even with John
Allen Hill, but instead she gets
horizontal with him, which really
gets Sam's goat.
229 228 11/21/91 "A French Fine Whine"
Woody wants to ask Kelly to marry
him, but Henri and his expiring visa
propose a problem.
230 232 12/05/91 "I'm Okay, You're Defective"
Frasier balks at making out his will,
while Sam would rather die than have
Rebecca's fertility doctor tell him
he's not of sound body.
231 233 12/12/91 "Go Make"
Sam and Rebecca check into a hotel
for a weekend of baby-making, but
their fertile imaginations soon give
them pregnant pause. Sam's chance
encounter with a fristrated father gives
rise to a fantasy in which the lack of
love between parents turns little Sam
into an armed robber. Rebecca,
meanwhile, realizes that the honeymoon's
over after meeting a pair of amorous
newlyweds.
232 234 01/02/92 "Don't Shoot... I'm Only the Psychiatrist"
Norm and Cliff help Frasier's low
self-esteem group cut its fearless leader
down to size, while Woody takes a little
too much off the top when he trims
Sam's hair.
233 235 01/09/92 "No Rest for the Woody"
To pay for Kelly's engagement ring, Woody
moonlights as a gravedigger, but
it's his funeral when, dead on his feet,
he has to meet Kelly's grandmother.
234 237 01/16/92 "My Son, the Father"
Carla's no nun, but she really risks
the wrath of God when her son announces
his decision to become a priest; Sam's
prayers are answered when he finds a
way to get back at John Hill.
235 236 01/30/92 "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't"
Children's singer Nanny Gee strikes
a chord with Frasier, while the music
stops for Woody, who's disappointed
with a concert experience.
236 238 02/06/92 "Diminished Rebecca, With a Suspended Cliff"
Harry Connick Jr. plays Woody's
cousin, who wears his heart on his
sleeve when it comes to his crush
on Rebecca; and Cliff's hot under the
collar over the new postal uniform.
237 239 02/13/92 "License to Hill"
Rebecca insists she can deal with
the bar while the guys play cards,
but she puts on her poker face
when it turns out they've got a
full house -- and no liquor license.
238 240 02/20/92 "Rich Man, Wood Man"
The guys try to lead Woody out of the
fog when a vacation in London with
Kelly and her money turns him into a
royal jerk.
239 241 02/27/92 "Smotherly Love"
Frasier wants Lilith to stand up to her
domineering mother, while Rebecca wants
Sam to sit down with Norm and tell him
to pay his bar tab.
240 242 03/26/92 "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Sam makes more than a Mickey Mouse
attempt at a baseball comeback, while
rodent-sitter Frasier loses Lilith's
beloved lab rat.
241 244 04/23/92 "Rebecca's Lover... Not"
Rebecca's high-school sweetheart gets
her motor running again, but he's
chosen a different road, while Sam,
upset over his stolen car, starts a
support group.
242 245 04/30/92 "Bar Wars VI: This Time It's For Real"
The new owner of Gary's Old Towne
Tavern turns out to be a real wiseguy,
whose response to Cheer's welcoming
prank is a well-organized crime that
really blows the gang away.
243 243 05/07/92 "Heeeeeere's Cliffy"
With aspiring comic Cliff at his wit's
end, Norm tells him "The Tonight Show"
accepted his material, but the joke's on
Norm when Cliff surprises him with
tickets to Burbank. Johnny Carson and
Doc Severinsen have cameos.
244 724 05/14/92 "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" (Finale 10)
Woody and Kelly engage in a little
prenuptial funny business, but it's
nothing compared with their wedding.
(1 hour)
*** Season #11 ***
245 250 09/24/92 "The Little Match Girl" (Premiere 11)
In the 11th-season opener,
the heat is on for a wired Rebecca when
she accidentally starts a fire in the bar
and then blames it on faulty wiring.
246 251 10/01/92 "The Beer is Always Greener"
While the bar is being rebuilt, Carla has
to take a job at another tavern, where
she has to be horribly nice; Woody thinks
that Kelly worships Satan when he finds
out she's a different kind of Lutheran
from him.
247 248 10/08/92 "The King of Beers"
Norm gets his dream job as a taster for
a brewery while Rebecca gets her first
taste of gambling -- and losing -- when
the bar gets a new slot machine.
248 249 10/22/92 "The Magnificent Six"
Sam regrets taking Henri under his wing
when he's challenged to see who's the
better lady's man. Meanwhile, Rebecca
takes desperate measures to quit smoking.
[postponed from 10/15/92]
249 254 10/29/92 "Do Not Forsake Me, 'O My Postman"
Cliff's old flame Maggie returns and
claims to be carrying their unborn child;
Rebecca hires a hack songwriter to write
a jingle for the bar.
250 252 11/05/92 "Teaching with the Enemy" (Part 1 of 2)
Frasier and Lilith's marriage
could be on shaky ground when Rebecca
spots Lilith in a compromising position
with another man. Meanwhile, Sam hires
a bouncer for the bar.
251 253 11/12/92 "The Girl in the Plastic Bubble" (Part 2 of 2)
Lilith sends Frasier to the
edge when she tells him that she wants a
yearlong trial separation, during which
she'll be living with her lover in an
underground biosphere.
252 256 11/17/92 "Ill Gotten Gaines"
Mr. Gaines thinks Woody is blackmailing
him after Woody catches him cheating
on his wife; Rebecca hosts a
Thanksgiving party at the bar.
253 255 12/03/92 "Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa"
Carla doesn't want to show her true
feelings when John Hill has a heart
attack; Cliff is convinced that Hitler
has moved into his apartment building.
254 257 12/10/92 "Daddy's Middle-Aged Girl"
Rebecca's overbearing father orders
her to return to San Diego with him;
Woody tries to command Kelly to move
her things into his apartment.
255 258 12/17/92 "Love Me, Love My Car"
Sam acts like a swine when he tries to
retrieve a car he sold from the buyer's
widow; Rebecca befriends the pig that's
to be Woody's Christmas dinner.
256 259 01/07/93 "Sunday Dinner"
Cliff and Norm agree to videotape a
family reunion that's being held in the
bar; Frasier goes on what he thinks is
a date with his secretary.
257 260 01/14/93 "Norm's Big Audit"
A brash IRS agent tries to get Norm
to sleep with her in exchange for not
auditing him; Sam attempts to sabotage
the gang's viewing of one of his old
ballgames.
258 261 01/21/93 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar"
Robin comes back to the bar, with two
surprises: he's broke and he hid another
money belt containing millions of dollars
somewhere in the bar.
259 262 02/04/93 "Loathe and Marriage"
Daddy's little girl is getting married and
wants the father of the bride to walk her
down the aisle, despite objections from the
mother of the bride -- Carla.
260 263 02/11/93 "Is There A Doctor In the Howe?" (Part 1 of 2)
After receiving a
telegram from Lilith asking him for a
divorce, Frasier finds comfort in the
arms of another woman -- Rebecca.
261 264 02/18/93 "The Bar Manager, the Shrink, His Wife,
and Her Lover" (Part 2 of 2)
The unexpected return of
Lilith is further complicated by the
arrival of the insane, gun-toting
Dr. Pascal.
262 265 02/25/93 "The Last Picture Show"
When the guys go to a drive-in theater,
Sam leaves the bar in the charge of one
of its former owners, who proceeds to
drive Carla and Rebecca crazy.
263 267 03/18/93 "Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey"
Sam is going to need the luck of the
Irish -- and maybe the help of Harry
the Hat -- to win a St. Patrick's Day
bet with Gary's Old Towne Tavern.
264 269 04/01/93 "Look Before You Sleep"
Sam's dream of getting a good night's
sleep becomes a nightmare when he
accidentally locks his keys in the bar,
which sends him on a frantic search for
a bed.
265 270 04/22/93 "Woody Gets an Election"
Frasier conducts an experiment in voter
psychology -- by putting Woody on the
ballot for city council. Spanky
McFarland ("Our Gang") has a cameo.
266 272 04/29/93 "It's Lonely on the Top"
The morning after a night of drinking
Carla's potent brew brings a few
surprises: an intimate encounter, some
tattoos and a shocking disclosure from
Sam.
267 268/271 05/06/93 "Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses"
The gang thinks that Cliff has finally
gone and killed his mother. Meanwhile,
Rebecca goes wild when she thinks Mr.
Gaines has asked her out. (1 hour)
268 266 05/13/93 "The Guy Can't Help It"
Rebecca is flush with excitement about
dating a plumber; Sam joins a
counseling group for sexual compulsives.
269 275 05/20/93 "One for the Road" (Series Finale)
After 11 years and 111 Emmy
nominations, the place where everybody
knows you name is finally sounding its
last call. But first, there's Last
Call! A Cheers Celebration, a series
retrospective hosted by Bob Costas.
Then (at 9:24) Shelley Long returns as
Diane, who's written an award-winning
movie based on Carla's life. The gang
watches in disbelief as she receives
her award on TV and gives the longest
acceptance speech in awards history.
Sam later phones Diane and the two
lapse into lies about their lives.
Diane tells him that she's married and
has three children. Sam tells her he's
married with four children - only to
have Diane show up the next day wanting
to have lunch with his "wife." Sam
panics and asks Rebecca, who has just
turned down a marriage proposal from a
plumber named Don, to pose as Mrs.
Malone. Mike Ditka and model Kim
Alexis are among the celebrities who
have cameos.