7.6/10498 votes#1 - How to Recede in Business
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1988
Rebecca is still smarting from Evan Drake's departure to Japan. So instead of men, she focuses her energies on furthering her career - she figures that Evan Drake took all the key players from the company to Japan with him, and thus all those that knew she is a "washout" are now all gone - and buying a Mercedes. But realistically, her defences are weakened, so when Sam asks her out again, she accepts, albeit without much enthusiasm. Just as Rebecca and Sam are about to go on their first date, Rebecca's new boss, Greg Stone, comes to the bar. Rebecca, having a boss fixation, drops Sam at the sight of Mr. Stone. For her, it is love at first sight all over again.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
7.6/10499 votes#2 - Swear to God
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1988
Sam makes a rash promise to God that he'll remain celibate if only someone else is the father of an old girl friend's baby.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
7.3/10492 votes#3 - Executive Sweet
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1988
Rebecca puts Sam off by telling him that from now on she'll only date men who can advance her career, and then she meets her younger-than-springtime new boss.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.3/10497 votes#4 - One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1988
Sam goes to Mexico to open a new bar for the company, robbing Rebecca of her ""fiance"" and her only defense against the marriage proposal of her baby boss.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.1/10477 votes#5 - Those Lips, Those Ice
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1988
Carla throws a jealous fit when she suspects that Eddie is fooling around with someone from the ice show.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
8.2/10555 votes#6 - Norm, is That You?
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/1988
Norm tries to hide the fact that he's become an interior decorator.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Cherie Steinkellner
8.0/10538 votes#7 - How to Win Friends and Electrocute People
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1988
Cliff drastically alters his personality after no one from the bar comes to visit him during his hospital stay with appendicitis.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.9/10513 votes#8 - Jumping Jerks
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/1988
The gang decides to take up sky diving as a diversion.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.8/10518 votes#9 - Send in the Crane
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1989
Sam finds himself attracted to both an old girlfriend and her grown daughter while Woody volunteers to be the clown at the boss' kid's birthday party Rebecca is planning.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
8.1/10506 votes#10 - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1989
Cheers gets another chance of losing a contest to their cross-town rivals at Gary's Old Towne Tap; this time the contest is for "Boston's Best Bloody Mary."
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.5/10489 votes#11 - Adventures in Housesitting
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1989
Rebecca offers to housesit for one of the company executives and calls on Sam and Woody for help when the man's beloved dog runs away.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
7.6/10492 votes#12 - Please Mr. Postman
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/1989
Cliff's loyalties are tested when his new ladylove, a fellow postal employee, commits a rule infraction on his behalf.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
8.1/10521 votes#13 - Golden Boyd
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/1989
Woody decides to steal Kelly, a rich snob's girl, away when the man humiliates him.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
7.8/10499 votes#14 - I Kid You Not
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/1989
Lilith and Frasier practice their parenting skills on Carla's precocious six-year-old son.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
7.6/10482 votes#15 - Don't Paint Your Chickens
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/1989
Rebecca tries to impress corporate headquarters by using her marketing skills to promote Norm's one man painting business and Sam tries to keep up with a sweet young thing wild about all kinds of sports.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.6/10472 votes#16 - The Cranemakers
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/1989
Lilith persuades Frasier to give up everything urban and move with her to a cabin in the wilds.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.3/10479 votes#17 - Hot Rocks
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/1989
Sam introduces everyone to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an old fan, but Rebecca later believes the old man stole her diamond earrings.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
7.5/10486 votes#18 - What's Up, Doc?
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/1989
Sam actually fakes a case of impotence to get close to a therapist Lilith and Frasier introduced to him.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
7.9/10485 votes#19 - The Gift of the Woodi
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1989
Woody's rich girl friend doesn't fully appreciate his inexpensive but heartfelt birthday gift and Rebecca transforms herself to further her career prospects.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
7.3/10476 votes#20 - Call Me Irresponsible
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/1989
Woody gets gambling fever and tension mounts as Carla waits for Eddie to surprise her on their second anniversary.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
8.2/10541 votes#21 - Sisterly Love
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1989
Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her sister.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
7.4/10512 votes#22 - The Visiting Lecher
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1989
Rebecca accuses a respected authority on marital fidelity of making a pass at her.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 7
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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
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"How to Recede in Business" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 7. It scored 7.6/10 based on 498 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by David Lloyd, it aired on 10/27/1988. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Swear to God".