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The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 2

Every episode of Cheers Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cheers Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cheers Season 2 Episode 1 - Power Play
    7.7/10(828 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Cheers Season 2 Episode 2 - Little Sister Don't Cha
    7.3/10(796 votes)

    #2 - Little Sister Don't Cha

    S2:E2

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Heide Perlman

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  3. Cheers Season 2 Episode 3 - Personal Business
    7.4/10(761 votes)

    #3 - Personal Business

    S2:E3

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cheers Season 2 Episode 4 - Homicidal Ham
    7.9/10(862 votes)

    #4 - Homicidal Ham

    S2:E4

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  5. Cheers Season 2 Episode 5 - Sumner's Return
    7.7/10(766 votes)

    #5 - Sumner's Return

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Michael J. Weithorn

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  6. Cheers Season 2 Episode 6 - Affairs of the Heart
    7.5/10(755 votes)

    #6 - Affairs of the Heart

    S2:E6

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cheers Season 2 Episode 7 - Old Flames
    7.6/10(766 votes)

    #7 - Old Flames

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  8. Cheers Season 2 Episode 8 - Manager Coach
    7.4/10(774 votes)

    #8 - Manager Coach

    S2:E8

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cheers Season 2 Episode 9 - They Called Me Mayday
    7.4/10(741 votes)

    #9 - They Called Me Mayday

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  10. Cheers Season 2 Episode 10 - How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back
    7.4/10(735 votes)

    #10 - How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back

    S2:E10

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cheers Season 2 Episode 11 - Just Three Friends
    7.6/10(763 votes)

    #11 - Just Three Friends

    S2:E11

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  12. Cheers Season 2 Episode 12 - Where There's a Will...
    7.6/10(725 votes)

    #12 - Where There's a Will...

    S2:E12

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cheers Season 2 Episode 13 - Battle of the Exes
    7.6/10(745 votes)

    #13 - Battle of the Exes

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Sam Simon, Ken Estin

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  14. Cheers Season 2 Episode 14 - No Help Wanted
    7.5/10(707 votes)

    #14 - No Help Wanted

    S2:E14

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cheers Season 2 Episode 15 - And Coachie Makes Three
    7.6/10(712 votes)

    #15 - And Coachie Makes Three

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cheers Season 2 Episode 16 - Cliff's Rocky Moment
    8.0/10(764 votes)

    #16 - Cliff's Rocky Moment

    S2:E16

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  17. Cheers Season 2 Episode 17 - Fortune and Men's Weight
    7.5/10(712 votes)

    #17 - Fortune and Men's Weight

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cheers Season 2 Episode 18 - Snow Job
    7.5/10(713 votes)

    #18 - Snow Job

    S2:E18

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  19. Cheers Season 2 Episode 19 - Coach Buries a Grudge
    7.5/10(711 votes)

    #19 - Coach Buries a Grudge

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  20. Cheers Season 2 Episode 20 - Norman's Conquest
    7.2/10(667 votes)

    #20 - Norman's Conquest

    S2:E20

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Lissa Levin

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  21. Cheers Season 2 Episode 21 - I'll Be Seeing You (1)
    7.4/10(697 votes)

    #21 - I'll Be Seeing You (1)

    S2:E21

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  22. Cheers Season 2 Episode 22 - I'll Be Seeing You (2)
    7.9/10(733 votes)

    #22 - I'll Be Seeing You (2)

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Power Play" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 828 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Les Charles, Glen Charles, it aired on 9/29/1983. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Little Sister Don't Cha".