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The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 3

Every episode of Cheers Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cheers Season 3!

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.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Rebound (1)" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 702 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Glen Charles, Les Charles, it aired on 9/27/1984. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rebound (2)".

  • Rebound (1)
    7.9/10702 votes

    #1 - Rebound (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles

  • Rebound (2)
    7.9/10664 votes

    #2 - Rebound (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles

  • I Call Your Name
    8.0/10643 votes

    #3 - I Call Your Name

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1984

    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

    Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

  • Fairy Tales Can Come True
    8.1/10714 votes

    #4 - Fairy Tales Can Come True

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1984

    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

  • Sam Turns the Other Cheek
    7.5/10619 votes

    #5 - Sam Turns the Other Cheek

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1984

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Coach in Love (1)
    7.5/10616 votes

    #6 - Coach in Love (1)

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Angell

  • Coach in Love (2)
    7.4/10606 votes

    #7 - Coach in Love (2)

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Angell

  • Diane Meets Mom
    7.5/10640 votes

    #8 - Diane Meets Mom

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • An American Family
    7.1/10603 votes

    #9 - An American Family

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1984

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Diane's Allergy
    7.5/10610 votes

    #10 - Diane's Allergy

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Peterson Crusoe
    7.4/10594 votes

    #11 - Peterson Crusoe

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1984

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Angell

  • A Ditch in Time
    7.5/10610 votes

    #12 - A Ditch in Time

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1984

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Ken Estin

  • Whodunit?
    7.5/10596 votes

    #13 - Whodunit?

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
    8.2/10660 votes

    #14 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1985

    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: N/A

  • King of the Hill
    7.3/10595 votes

    #15 - King of the Hill

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1985

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Elliot Shoenman

  • Teacher's Pet
    7.5/10596 votes

    #16 - Teacher's Pet

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mail Goes to Jail
    7.8/10617 votes

    #17 - The Mail Goes to Jail

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Bar Bet
    7.6/10608 votes

    #18 - Bar Bet

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Behind Every Great Man
    7.7/10603 votes

    #19 - Behind Every Great Man

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1985

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • If Ever I Would Leave You
    7.3/10589 votes

    #20 - If Ever I Would Leave You

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • The Executive's Executioner
    7.9/10594 votes

    #21 - The Executive's Executioner

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Cheerio, Cheers
    8.1/10645 votes

    #22 - Cheerio, Cheers

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/1985

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Sam Simon

  • The Bartender's Tale
    8.1/10633 votes

    #23 - The Bartender's Tale

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/1985

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Sam Simon

  • The Belles of St. Clete's
    7.2/10590 votes

    #24 - The Belles of St. Clete's

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1985

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Ken Estin

  • Rescue Me
    7.8/10612 votes

    #25 - Rescue Me

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/9/1985

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Ken Estin