7.9/10714 votes7.9/10(714)#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
7.9/10674 votes7.9/10(674)#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
8.0/10655 votes8.0/10(655)#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
8.1/10730 votes8.1/10(730)#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
7.5/10630 votes7.5/10(630)#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
7.5/10624 votes7.5/10(624)#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
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7.4/10616 votes7.4/10(616)#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
7.5/10647 votes7.5/10(647)#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
7.1/10610 votes7.1/10(610)#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
7.5/10616 votes7.5/10(616)#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
7.4/10600 votes7.4/10(600)#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
7.5/10616 votes7.5/10(616)#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
7.5/10601 votes7.5/10(601)#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
8.2/10666 votes8.2/10(666)#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
7.3/10600 votes7.3/10(600)#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
7.5/10602 votes7.5/10(602)#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
7.8/10623 votes7.8/10(623)#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
7.6/10614 votes7.6/10(614)#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
7.7/10610 votes7.7/10(610)#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: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.3/10595 votes7.3/10(595)#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: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.9/10600 votes7.9/10(600)#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
8.1/10650 votes8.1/10(650)#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
8.1/10639 votes8.1/10(639)#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
7.2/10596 votes7.2/10(596)#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
7.8/10618 votes7.8/10(618)#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
The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 3
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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.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Episodes
25
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.9
7.9
8.0
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Rebound (1)" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 714 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)".
