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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 5 Episode 20 - Dinner at Eight-ish
    9.1/10(941 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Cheers Season 5 Episode 4 - Abnormal Psychology
    9.0/10(801 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Cheers Season 11 Episode 25 - One for the Road
    8.9/10(1127 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Cheers Season 1 Episode 19 - Pick a Con... Any Con
    8.6/10(1176 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Cheers Season 7 Episode 6 - Norm, is That You?
    8.6/10(610 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Cheers Season 1 Episode 17 - Diane's Perfect Date
    8.5/10(1002 votes)

    #6 - Diane's Perfect Date

    S1:E17

    Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  7. Cheers Season 1 Episode 22 - Showdown (2)
    8.5/10(958 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Cheers Season 3 Episode 14 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
    8.5/10(733 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Cheers Season 1 Episode 8 - Truce or Consequences
    8.4/10(1102 votes)

    #9 - Truce or Consequences

    S1:E8

    Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  10. Cheers Season 1 Episode 10 - Endless Slumper
    8.4/10(1121 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Cheers Season 5 Episode 9 - Thanksgiving Orphans
    8.4/10(867 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Cheers Season 3 Episode 3 - I Call Your Name
    8.3/10(718 votes)

    #12 - I Call Your Name

    S3:E3

    Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee.

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

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  13. Cheers Season 4 Episode 5 - Diane's Nightmare
    8.3/10(736 votes)

    #13 - Diane's Nightmare

    S4:E5

    Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  14. Cheers Season 4 Episode 14 - Suspicion
    8.3/10(659 votes)

    #14 - Suspicion

    S4:E14

    Diane arranges for a stranger to come into Cheers as part of an experiment in paranoid behavior, but then she provides an even better example as she waits for the gang to get back at her.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  15. Cheers Season 4 Episode 26 - Strange Bedfellows (3)
    8.3/10(608 votes)

    #15 - Strange Bedfellows (3)

    S4:E26

    Janet has won the election and is hosting her press conference at Cheers. Diane turns up to apologize to Sam but ends up asking Janet some personal questions which causes Sam to throw her out of the bar. Later Sam and Janet talk and realize their relationship won't work, so break it off. Sam then picks up the telephone, rings someone and then asks them to marry him..... Meanwhile Vera has been called away, so Donna is left alone with Norm, much to his horror.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  16. Cheers Season 5 Episode 7 - Young Dr. Weinstein
    8.3/10(596 votes)

    #16 - Young Dr. Weinstein

    S5:E7

    Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  17. Cheers Season 5 Episode 10 - Everyone Imitates Art
    8.3/10(636 votes)

    #17 - Everyone Imitates Art

    S5:E10

    Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cheers Season 7 Episode 16 - The Cranemakers
    8.3/10(527 votes)

    #18 - The Cranemakers

    S7:E16

    Lilith persuades Frasier to give up everything urban and move with her to a cabin in the wilds.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  19. Cheers Season 10 Episode 25 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding
    8.3/10(687 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Cheers Season 1 Episode 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime
    8.2/10(1783 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Cheers Season 2 Episode 1 - Power Play
    8.2/10(860 votes)

    #21 - Power Play

    S2:E1

    The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  22. Cheers Season 3 Episode 4 - Fairy Tales Can Come True
    8.2/10(803 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Cheers Season 4 Episode 17 - Second Time Around
    8.2/10(658 votes)

    #23 - Second Time Around

    S4:E17

    Frasier has been out on a date with a fellow psychiatrist, Dr Lilith Sternin, but things didn't go too well. Frasier feels depressed, so feeling sorry for him, Sam arranges a date between Frasier and a woman he knows named Candy. But Sam and Diane get a surprise when Frasier proposes to Candy after just one date.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  24. Cheers Season 4 Episode 25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
    8.2/10(619 votes)

    #24 - Strange Bedfellows (2)

    S4:E25

    Sam and Janet's relationship is getting stronger and stronger whilst Diane gets more jealous. Janet suggests that Sam fire iane to sever all ties with his past, but Diane overhears and quits before he can fire her. Vera's sister Donna is visiting the Petersons and Norm is worried that Donna will flirt with him like she did on her last visit.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  25. Cheers Season 5 Episode 21 - Simon Says
    8.2/10(821 votes)

    #25 - 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Dinner at Eight-ish" is the best rated episode of "Cheers". It scored 9.1/10 based on 941 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Phoef Sutton, it aired on 2/26/1987. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Abnormal Psychology".