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The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 4

Every episode of Cheers Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cheers Season 4!

The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 4

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.
  1. Background image for Birth, Death, Love and Rice
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice

    S4:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for Woody Goes Belly Up
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Woody Goes Belly Up

    S4:E2

    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.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Someday My Prince Will Come

    S4:E3

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

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #4 - The Groom Wore Clearasil

    S4:E4

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

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Diane's Nightmare

    S4:E5

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

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    Director:James Burrows
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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

    S4:E6

    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.

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  8. Background image for 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #7 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real

    S4:E7

    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.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Love Thy Neighbor

    S4:E8

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

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  10. Background image for From Beer to Eternity
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #9 - From Beer to Eternity

    S4:E9

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

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - The Bar Stoolie

    S4:E10

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

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Andy Cowan
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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Don Juan Is Hell

    S4:E11

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

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  13. Background image for Fools and Their Money
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Fools and Their Money

    S4:E12

    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.

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    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Take My Shirt...Please?

    S4:E13

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

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    Director:James Burrows
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    8.3/10(7 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.

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #15 - The Triangle

    S4:E15

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

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  17. Background image for Cliffie's Big Score
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Cliffie's Big Score

    S4:E16

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

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  18. Background image for Second Time Around
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. Background image for The Peterson Principle
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #18 - The Peterson Principle

    S4:E18

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

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  20. Background image for Dark Imaginings
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Dark Imaginings

    S4:E19

    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.

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    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Save the Last Dance for Me

    S4:E20

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

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Fear is My Co-Pilot

    S4:E21

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

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Diane Chambers Day

    S4:E22

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

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Relief Bartender

    S4:E23

    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.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)

    S4:E24

    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.

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    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Birth, Death, Love and Rice" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Les Charles, Glen Charles, it aired on 9/26/1985. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Woody Goes Belly Up".