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The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 4

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cheers Season 4 Episode 1 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice
    7.8/10(697 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  2. Cheers Season 4 Episode 2 - Woody Goes Belly Up
    7.4/10(644 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  3. Cheers Season 4 Episode 3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
    7.3/10(634 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  4. Cheers Season 4 Episode 4 - The Groom Wore Clearasil
    7.3/10(631 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  5. Cheers Season 4 Episode 5 - Diane's Nightmare
    7.9/10(717 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  6. Cheers Season 4 Episode 6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
    7.8/10(630 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  7. Cheers Season 4 Episode 7 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
    7.4/10(613 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  8. Cheers Season 4 Episode 8 - Love Thy Neighbor
    7.4/10(613 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  9. Cheers Season 4 Episode 9 - From Beer to Eternity
    7.8/10(635 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  10. Cheers Season 4 Episode 10 - The Bar Stoolie
    7.3/10(614 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Andy Cowan

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  11. Cheers Season 4 Episode 11 - Don Juan Is Hell
    7.7/10(617 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  12. Cheers Season 4 Episode 12 - Fools and Their Money
    7.8/10(603 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  13. Cheers Season 4 Episode 13 - Take My Shirt...Please?
    7.2/10(593 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  14. Cheers Season 4 Episode 14 - Suspicion
    8.0/10(641 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  15. Cheers Season 4 Episode 15 - The Triangle
    7.8/10(619 votes)

    #15 - The Triangle

    S4:E15

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  16. Cheers Season 4 Episode 16 - Cliffie's Big Score
    7.7/10(616 votes)

    #16 - Cliffie's Big Score

    S4:E16

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  17. Cheers Season 4 Episode 17 - Second Time Around
    8.0/10(636 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  18. Cheers Season 4 Episode 18 - The Peterson Principle
    7.5/10(594 votes)

    #18 - The Peterson Principle

    S4:E18

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  19. Cheers Season 4 Episode 19 - Dark Imaginings
    7.8/10(608 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  20. Cheers Season 4 Episode 20 - Save the Last Dance for Me
    7.0/10(584 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  21. Cheers Season 4 Episode 21 - Fear is My Co-Pilot
    7.7/10(623 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  22. Cheers Season 4 Episode 22 - Diane Chambers Day
    7.8/10(605 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  23. Cheers Season 4 Episode 23 - Relief Bartender
    7.4/10(588 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  24. Cheers Season 4 Episode 24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)
    7.8/10(628 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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  25. Cheers Season 4 Episode 25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
    7.8/10(598 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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Angell

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Birth, Death, Love and Rice" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 697 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Les Charles, Glen Charles, it aired on 9/26/1985. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Woody Goes Belly Up".