7.7/10641 votes#1 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1985
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.4/10592 votes#2 - Woody Goes Belly Up
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.3/10588 votes#3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1985
Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.3/10582 votes#4 - The Groom Wore Clearasil
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1985
Carla asks Sam to tell her teenage son about the joys of bachelorhood and to discourage his urge to get married.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.9/10661 votes#5 - Diane's Nightmare
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1985
Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
7.8/10582 votes#6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1985
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.4/10565 votes#7 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1985
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.3/10562 votes#8 - Love Thy Neighbor
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1985
Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
7.8/10581 votes#9 - From Beer to Eternity
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1985
Sam has to convince Woody to help Cheers win a bowling match with Gary's Old Towne Tavern at a rival bar.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.3/10569 votes#10 - The Bar Stoolie
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1985
Cliff refuses to identify himself to his estranged father when the man comes to Cheers with an important message for his son.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Andy Cowan
7.7/10569 votes#11 - Don Juan Is Hell
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1985
Sam is happy to be the subject of Diane's psychology term paper until he learns just exactly what the Don Juan syndrome is.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.7/10555 votes#12 - Fools and Their Money
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1985
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.2/10549 votes#13 - Take My Shirt...Please?
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1986
Sam's ego is crushed when no one bids on his old baseball jersey during a public television auction.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
8.0/10597 votes#14 - Suspicion
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.8/10574 votes#15 - The Triangle
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1986
Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.7/10573 votes#16 - Cliffie's Big Score
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1986
Cliff has two dates for the postman's ball-with Carla and Diane.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.9/10588 votes#17 - Second Time Around
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.5/10548 votes#18 - The Peterson Principle
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1986
Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.8/10564 votes#19 - Dark Imaginings
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
7.0/10544 votes#20 - Save the Last Dance for Me
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1986
Carla asks Sam to partner her in a dance contest where their main competition is Nick and Loretta.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.7/10581 votes#21 - Fear is My Co-Pilot
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1986
A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
7.8/10558 votes#22 - Diane Chambers Day
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/1986
Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.4/10547 votes#23 - Relief Bartender
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
7.8/10584 votes#24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/1/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
7.8/10561 votes#25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/8/1986
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.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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 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 4 Ratings Summary
"Birth, Death, Love and Rice" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 641 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Glen Charles, Les Charles, it aired on 9/26/1985. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Woody Goes Belly Up".