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The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Cheers Season 11 Episode 25 - One for the Road
    9.2/10(1131 votes)

    #1 - One for the Road

    S11:E25

    Whilst watching the National Cable Ace Awards, the gang sees ex-waitress Diane Chambers winning the award for best writing in a mini-series. This leads to Sam calling Diane to congratulate her, and to find out that she is married and has children. Sam tells her Diane that he too has a wife and kids, and invites Diane and her husband to visit them. Sam strongly believes Diane is lying and becomes really shocked when she walks into Cheers the following day to meet Mrs Malone. Meanwhile Rebecca's boyfriend Don proposes to her and she accidently says no, ends up heartbroken and agrees to play Sam's wife to fool Diane. Sam and Rebecca have dinner with Diane and her husband, Reed Manchester. During the dinner Don arrives and proposes to her again, and this time she manages to say yes! They leave the dinner, and Sam thinks he must look like a fool. Then Diane's husband turns out to be a fake when *his* husband Kevin appears!

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ralph Phillips

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  2. Cheers Season 5 Episode 20 - Dinner at Eight-ish
    8.9/10(949 votes)

    #2 - Dinner at Eight-ish

    S5:E20

    Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  3. Cheers Season 5 Episode 4 - Abnormal Psychology
    8.7/10(775 votes)

    #3 - Abnormal Psychology

    S5:E4

    Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  4. Cheers Season 10 Episode 25 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding
    8.7/10(702 votes)

    #4 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding

    S10:E25

    Woody and Kelly's wedding faces some funny obstacles, before and during the ceremony, including Sam's flirtation with a German guest who turns out to be married, the priest dying and Kelly's Uncle Roger having to perform the ceremony - but only if he is drunk, Rebecca having to ice the cake after insulting the kitchen staff, and Lilith having to sing to the guests in order to stop them, and Woody and Kelly, from finding out the disasters going on behind the scenes.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  5. Cheers Season 5 Episode 9 - Thanksgiving Orphans
    8.6/10(876 votes)

    #5 - Thanksgiving Orphans

    S5:E9

    The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Cherie Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner

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  6. Cheers Season 5 Episode 21 - Simon Says
    8.6/10(829 votes)

    #6 - Simon Says

    S5:E21

    Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  7. Cheers Season 10 Episode 16 - One Hugs, the Other Doesn't
    8.6/10(631 votes)

    #7 - One Hugs, the Other Doesn't

    S10:E16

    A Boston performance by children's singer Nanny Gee for Frederick's birthday sheds light on Frasier's past as Lilith and the barflies discover Nanny is Frasier's first wife! Frasier had forgotten to mention this fact to Lilith and when Nanny arrives at Cheers she and Lilith soon get into a catfight!

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cheers Season 1 Episode 19 - Pick a Con... Any Con
    8.5/10(1156 votes)

    #8 - Pick a Con... Any Con

    S1:E19

    Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  9. Cheers Season 5 Episode 26 - I Do, Adieu
    8.5/10(764 votes)

    #9 - I Do, Adieu

    S5:E26

    Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  10. Cheers Season 11 Episode 22 - It's Lonely on the Top
    8.4/10(542 votes)

    #10 - It's Lonely on the Top

    S11:E22

    Because of Woody's civic election win, Sam needs another bartender, a job he gives to Carla. To celebrate, Carla whips up a batch of one of her powerhouse drinks for the guys. The day after, everyone has a hangover. What's worse, Carla, who imbibed and got drunk herself, has a sneaking suspicion that she took someone home and slept with him, that person she believes being one of the Cheers regulars. She confides in Sam alone, and after he tells her it wasn't him, she panics and they both ponder who it could have been, with her worse nightmare having it be Cliff. When her bed-mate ultimately reveals himself, Carla and Sam have to decide how best to handle the information. Two other revelations come to light in the aftermath of the drunken spree. And Sam makes an admission of his own to Carla to make her feel better about her own further revelation.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Heide Perlman

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  11. Cheers Season 1 Episode 10 - Endless Slumper
    8.3/10(1078 votes)

    #11 - Endless Slumper

    S1:E10

    Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sam Simon

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  12. Cheers Season 6 Episode 8 - Bidding on the Boys
    8.3/10(603 votes)

    #12 - Bidding on the Boys

    S6:E8

    Sam and Woody are up for bids at a charity auction but less than thrilled at their new ""owners.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  13. Cheers Season 8 Episode 14 - What is... Cliff Clavin?
    8.3/10(575 votes)

    #13 - What is... Cliff Clavin?

    S8:E14

    Jeopardy makes an appearance in Boston, and Cliff gets on the show. The Jeopardy! round had all 6 categories Cliff specializes in, such as celebrities or the US Postal Service. But when Final Jeopardy approaches, he loses all his money putting a stupid response ""Who are three people that have never visited my kitchen?"" and becomes depressed afterwards. Meanwhile someone has stolen Sam's little black book and started ringing all the girls in it.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  14. Cheers Season 11 Episode 17 - The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)
    8.3/10(492 votes)

    #14 - The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)

    S11:E17

    After returning to Boston only to discover Frasier in bed with Rebecca, Lilith comes to Cheers to seek Sam's advice. Frasier comes after her, and Rebecca shows up as well to explain. Frasier says he can't take Lilith back after what she did - just as her lover, Dr Pascal, shows up and takes the gang as hostages unless Lilith returns to him. When Paul and John Allen Hill show up and also get taken as hostages, Lilith has to persuade Pascal to let them all go, and that she doesn't want to go back. Plus will she reconcille with Frasier?

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Kathy Ann Stumpe

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  15. Cheers Season 11 Episode 19 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
    8.3/10(581 votes)

    #15 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey

    S11:E19

    It's the annual St. Patrick's Day battle of sales between Cheers and Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Not only does Cheers lose the battle of the hi-jinx with an unsuspecting Woody taking the brunt of the battle, Cheers also loses the sales bet. Sam has finally had as much as he can take not only with the loss once again to Gary's but performing the most humiliating task he and the guys have had to endure due to the loss. Sam threatens Gary and decides to pull out one of the biggest guns he knows: Harry the Hat. Sam asks Harry to devise and execute the ultimate plan to beat Gary. Harry refuses. Despite Carla's assertion to take matters into her own hands, Sam finally gives up permanently to Gary. When Sam goes over to Gary's to wave the final white flag, he witnesses in horror what he believes is Carla's master plan. But what he witnesses is part of a deal Gary made with Rutherford Cunningham, who Sam knows better by another name.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  16. Cheers Season 11 Episode 21 - Woody Gets an Election
    8.3/10(529 votes)

    #16 - Woody Gets an Election

    S11:E21

    When City Councilman Kevin Fogarty comes to Cheers on his re-election campaign spouting a whole lot of political nothings that nonetheless woos the crowd, Frasier bets the gang that he can even get a trained monkey on the ballot and garner 10% of the vote. Without a trained monkey in sight, Frasier chooses Woody as a good surrogate. Frasier does indeed get enough signatures to get Woody on the ballot. Woody helps his own political cause when Holly Matheson, a local reporter covering the City Hall beat, mistakes Woody's farm talk as an analogy for the problems of City politics. In an early poll, Woody garners 8% popular support, enough for the gang to concede defeat to Frasier.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  17. Cheers Season 1 Episode 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime
    8.2/10(1704 votes)

    #17 - Give Me a Ring Sometime

    S1:E1

    Bride-to-be Diane Chambers becomes the center of attention at a cozy bar called Cheers.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  18. Cheers Season 1 Episode 22 - Showdown (2)
    8.2/10(940 votes)

    #18 - Showdown (2)

    S1:E22

    Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  19. Cheers Season 3 Episode 4 - Fairy Tales Can Come True
    8.2/10(780 votes)

    #19 - Fairy Tales Can Come True

    S3:E4

    Cliff meets a woman during a costume party at Cheers that he likes very much, but he's afraid to see her again as himself.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sam Simon

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  20. Cheers Season 3 Episode 14 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
    8.2/10(712 votes)

    #20 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

    S3:E14

    The guys take Frasier on a ""snipe"" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cheers Season 6 Episode 24 - The Big Kiss-Off
    8.2/10(567 votes)

    #21 - The Big Kiss-Off

    S6:E24

    Sam and Woody wager over who can be the first to plant a three-second kiss on Rebecca.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  22. Cheers Season 7 Episode 6 - Norm, is That You?
    8.2/10(595 votes)

    #22 - Norm, is That You?

    S7:E6

    Norm tries to hide the fact that he's become an interior decorator.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Cherie Steinkellner

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  23. Cheers Season 7 Episode 21 - Sisterly Love
    8.2/10(584 votes)

    #23 - Sisterly Love

    S7:E21

    Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her sister.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  24. Cheers Season 9 Episode 10 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
    8.2/10(525 votes)

    #24 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure

    S9:E10

    Woody gets hooked on a home television-shopping channel while Norm and Cliff start a fight between Sam and Frasier.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Cheers Season 10 Episode 7 - Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement
    8.2/10(535 votes)

    #25 - Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement

    S10:E7

    Sam may have played his last prank when it appears that his Halloween trick may have killed his old nemesis Gary.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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Best Episodes Summary

"One for the Road" is the best rated episode of "Cheers". It scored 9.2/10 based on 1131 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Ralph Phillips, it aired on 5/20/1993. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dinner at Eight-ish".