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

Give Me a Ring Sometime

Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.

Sam's Women

Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.

The Tortelli Tort

Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.

Sam at Eleven

Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.

Coach's Daughter

Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.

Any Friend of Diane's

Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date".

Friends, Romans, Accountants

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

Truce or Consequences

Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.

Coach Returns to Action

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

Endless Slumper

While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy shows up for a very small reunion.

One for the Book

The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.

The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One

Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.

Now Pitching, Sam Malone

Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.

Let Me Count the Ways

Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.

Father Knows Last

Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.

The Boys in the Bar

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

Diane's Perfect Date

Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.

No Contest

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

Pick a Con... Any Con

Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.

Someone Single, Someone Blue

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.

Showdown (1)

Showdown (2)

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.

Power Play

Carla goes on a maternity leave and is replaced by her supposedly shy and innocent sister.

Little Sister Don't Cha

Diane, angry at the implication that she couldn't hold a job anywhere but Cheers, leaves for better position and Norm leaves Vera.

Personal Business

Andy, the ex-con Sam arranged as a blind date for Diane, returns to Cheers to show off his acting ability.

Homicidal Ham

Diane's intellectual former fiance returns to reclaim her and puts Sam into an anxiety attack when he tries to measure up by reading Tolstoy.

Sumner's Return

Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some "fatal flaw" to find her attractive.

Affairs of the Heart

Sam's old buddy Dave Richards bets Sam he can break up his romance with Diane within 24 hours and it looks like a sure thing when Diane learns he still has his little black book.

Old Flames

Coach becomes a slave driver when he's put in charge of Little League team.

Manager Coach

Sam and Diane go to work after Dick Cavett suggests that Sam's autobiography might sell and Norm confronts an old flame of Vera's who's interested in her again.

They Called Me Mayday

Sam casually tells Diane he loves her and sends her deep into an introspective analysis of their relationship.

How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back

Diane is at first incredulous then furious when it becomes apparent that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.

Just Three Friends

Sam lets a dying man tend bar just for fun, but the man leaves the bar patrons $100,000 in a paper napkin will.

Where There's a Will...

Not wanting to appear lonely and dateless whilst going to her ex-husband Nick's wedding ceremony to blonde bimbo Loretta, Carla asks Sam to accompany her.

Battle of the Exes

Sam regrets asking Norm to do his taxes when the out of work accountant comes up with a five figure refund.

No Help Wanted

Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them, not realising he is spoiling things for them. Rather than hurt his feelings by asking him not to bother them, Sam and Diane decide to set him up with a woman so they will be left in piece.

And Coachie Makes Three

Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.

Cliff's Rocky Moment

Coach is conned into buying an old scale which also prints out fortunes, and the Cheers gang each see their fortunes - except for Diane, who thinks it is all a load of rubbish. Meanwhile, Norm and Vera make progress in their relationship.

Fortune and Men's Weight

Sam lies to Diane about the weekend he has planned chasing snow bunnies in Vermont.

Snow Job

An old friend of Coach has died and Coach decides to hold a memorial to him in the bar, inviting all their old friends. But then Coach discovers his late friend made a pass at his late wife.

Coach Buries a Grudge

The regulars push Norm into pursuing an attractive new client who seems to be interested in him.

Norman's Conquest

Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.

I'll Be Seeing You (1)

I'll Be Seeing You (2)

Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed ""vacation"" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.

Rebound (1)

Rebound (2)

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

I Call Your Name

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.

Fairy Tales Can Come True

Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end, not wanting to tell everyone the real reason - he was shot at by a jealous husband.

Sam Turns the Other Cheek

Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.

Coach in Love (1)

Coach in Love (2)

Diane meets Frasier's mother, who quietly threatens to kill Diane if she doesn't leave Frasier alone.

Diane Meets Mom

Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids, a demand to which Carla agrees.

An American Family

Diane suffers a mysterious allergic reaction after moving in with Frasier.

Diane's Allergy

Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora.

Peterson Crusoe

Sam meets one of Diane's intense friends, who has her parents over to meet Sam, their future son-in-law, hours after their first date.

A Ditch in Time

Frasier is devastated when he learns that his learned mentor has been dating Carla, who also has a little surprise of her own.

Whodunit?

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

The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

Sam returns to the mound for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies, but his competitive spirit ruins the day when he strikes them all out.

King of the Hill

Sam and the Coach are taking the same night school course in geography, but while Coach studies, Sam dates the teacher.

Teacher's Pet

Norm gets arrested when he finishes the route for an ill Cliff, but Cliff refuses to back up Norm's explanation to the authorities.

The Mail Goes to Jail

Sam stands to lose the bar to an old friend because of a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bissett before a certain date.

Bar Bet

Sam faces the ultimate challenge to his skills as a male animal; a lady reporter who has been investigating the Boston singles scene and has heard every line in the book.

Behind Every Great Man

After his second wife Loretta kicks him out, Carla's ex-husband Nick Tortelli comes to Cheers asking Carla to take him back.

If Ever I Would Leave You

Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go.

The Executive's Executioner

Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.

Cheerio, Cheers

Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter.

The Bartender's Tale

Carla calls together her former classmates from St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls to plot revenge on their former sadistic principal whom she spots drinking at Cheers.

The Belles of St. Clete's

Frasier proposes to Diane while they're in Italy and she makes an emergency call to Sam, hoping he'll talk her out of it.

Rescue Me

After the sad passing away of Coach, Sam hires a new bartender in Woody Boyd, Coach's pen pal who has moved to Boston. Frasier arrives back from Europe with the news that Diane left him at the altar for six months of decadent living across Europe and is now seeking renewal in a Boston monastery.

Birth, Death, Love and Rice

The gang brings Woody's old girl friend to Boston to visit him and Frasier, still not yet confident about returning to psychiatry, decides to pay his bar bill by working as a janitor.

Woody Goes Belly Up

Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.

Someday My Prince Will Come

Carla asks Sam to tell her teenage son about the joys of bachelorhood and to discourage his urge to get married.

The Groom Wore Clearasil

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

Diane's Nightmare

Sam loans Diane $500 to buy a book autographed by Ernest Hemmingway. She later gives the book to Sam as collateral until she pays back the loan, but Sam accidentally destroys it.

I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

The guys at the bar feel sorry for Carla because nobody has responded to her newspaper singles ad. So they start sending her romantic responses from a fictional airline pilot.

2 Good 2 Be 4 Real

Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.

Love Thy Neighbor

Sam has to convince Woody to help Cheers win a bowling match with Gary's Old Towne Tavern at a rival bar.

From Beer to Eternity

Cliff refuses to identify himself to his estranged father when the man comes to Cheers with an important message for his son.

The Bar Stoolie

Sam is happy to be the subject of Diane's psychology term paper until he learns just exactly what the Don Juan syndrome is.

Don Juan Is Hell

Sam thinks he's doing Woody a favor by not placing a bet for the young man, but the long shot comes in and Sam has to pay off.

Fools and Their Money

Sam's ego is crushed when no one bids on his old baseball jersey during a public television auction.

Take My Shirt...Please?

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.

Suspicion

Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.

The Triangle

Cliff has two dates for the postman's ball-with Carla and Diane.

Cliffie's Big Score

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.

Second Time Around

Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.

The Peterson Principle

After trying (and failing) to hit on a pretty female customer, Sam feels like he is over the hill and challenges Woody to a racquetball game. Unfortunately Sam ends up hurting himself and has to take a trip to the hospital.

Dark Imaginings

Carla asks Sam to partner her in a dance contest where their main competition is Nick and Loretta.

Save the Last Dance for Me

A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.

Fear is My Co-Pilot

Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.

Diane Chambers Day

Sam hires a new bartender and appoints himself as host/manager of Cheers. But when his new strategy goes belly-up and he is forced to return to the bar, somebody has to be fired.

Relief Bartender

Local councilwoman Janet Eldridge comes to Cheers as part of her re-election campaign, and Sam finds hismelf smitten with her. Janet and Sam become a couple, but a jealous Diane joins the opposition campaign fearing that if Janet wins the election, she will win Sam's heart as well. Meanwhile Frasier also joins the opposition campaign hoping to win Diane back.

Strange Bedfellows (1)

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.

Strange Bedfellows (2)

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.

Strange Bedfellows (3)

We finally found out who Sam's telephone proposal at the end of the last episode was to - Diane! But Diane fears that Sam is meerely on the rebound after breaking up with Janet, so asks him to repeat the proposal in a more romantic occasion, but when he does (on a boat), she refuses, causing Sam to make her walk the plank. Later Diane says she does want to get married, but Sam has now retracted the proposal.

The Proposal

Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.

The Cape Cad

Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.

Money Dearest

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

Abnormal Psychology

Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.

House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick

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.

The Best Seasons of Cheers

The Best Seasons of Cheers

Season 4

Season 11

Season 5

Season 1

Season 7

Season 8

Season 3

Season 6

Season 10

Season 2

Season 9