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The Best Episodes of Cheers Season 9

Every episode of Cheers Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cheers Season 9!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cheers Season 9 Episode 1 - Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing
    7.5/10(489 votes)

    #1 - Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing

    S9:E1

    In the afterglow of their intimate encounter, Rebecca becomes determined to deny that it ever happened, to the gang at the bar, to Robin and to herself.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  2. Cheers Season 9 Episode 2 - Cheers Fouls Out
    7.6/10(497 votes)

    #2 - Cheers Fouls Out

    S9:E2

    Sam tries to beat Gary at his own game in a grudge basketball game by recruiting Boston Celtics' star Kevin McHale as a substitute bartender at Cheers.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cheers Season 9 Episode 3 - Rebecca Redux
    7.9/10(532 votes)

    #3 - Rebecca Redux

    S9:E3

    Sam hires a new bar manager that everyone seems to like, then learns how low Rebecca has sunk in her pursuit of new employment.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  4. Cheers Season 9 Episode 4 - Where Nobody Knows Your Name
    7.2/10(476 votes)

    #4 - Where Nobody Knows Your Name

    S9:E4

    Rebecca is secretly very upset when one of Robin's previous lovers goes public claiming to be his current affair.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  5. Cheers Season 9 Episode 5 - Ma Always Liked You Best
    7.4/10(483 votes)

    #5 - Ma Always Liked You Best

    S9:E5

    Cliff gets very hurt and upset when his mother decides that Woody is the son she never had, and Norm gets caught in a window.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  6. Cheers Season 9 Episode 6 - Grease
    7.2/10(492 votes)

    #6 - Grease

    S9:E6

    Norm nearly has a cow when he hears that the Hungry Heifer is closing down, and mounts an all-out campaign to keep it going, while Rebecca frets over seeing Robin as he works in the street nearby as part of a road gang.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cheers Season 9 Episode 7 - Breaking In Is Hard to Do
    7.7/10(487 votes)

    #7 - Breaking In Is Hard to Do

    S9:E7

    Lilith and Frasier try to cope with the fact that their son needs more care from them while Rebecca and Carla try to figure out how Rebecca can pay Robin a conjugal visit in jail.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  8. Cheers Season 9 Episode 8 - Bad Neighbor Sam
    7.4/10(462 votes)

    #8 - Bad Neighbor Sam

    S9:E8

    Sam initiates a feud with the new owner of Melville's, the restaurant upstairs when snobbish restaurateur John Hill buys the building.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cheers Season 9 Episode 9 - Veggie-Boyd
    7.9/10(500 votes)

    #9 - Veggie-Boyd

    S9:E9

    Woody gets a big break when he's cast in a commercial for a new vegetable drink but Cliff just feels broken when the new trivia napkins upstage him.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cheers Season 9 Episode 10 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
    8.2/10(526 votes)

    #10 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure

    S9:E10

    Woody gets hooked on a home television-shopping channel while Norm and Cliff start a fight between Sam and Frasier.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cheers Season 9 Episode 11 - Woody Interruptus
    7.7/10(492 votes)

    #11 - Woody Interruptus

    S9:E11

    Kelly returns from Europe with a new French boyfriend and Cliff decides to have his head cryogenically frozen before he dies.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  12. Cheers Season 9 Episode 12 - Honor Thy Mother
    7.7/10(509 votes)

    #12 - Honor Thy Mother

    S9:E12

    Carla's formidable mother demands on her deathbed that Carla name one of her children "Benito Mussolini."

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cheers Season 9 Episode 13 - Achilles Hill
    6.9/10(494 votes)

    #13 - Achilles Hill

    S9:E13

    Sam decides to settle his feud with John Hill by dating the man's daughter and Carla fears that the foosball table is possessed.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  14. Cheers Season 9 Episode 14 - The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)
    7.5/10(498 votes)

    #14 - The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)

    S9:E14

    Rebecca parties hearty to hide her second thoughts after Robin finally pops the question and Frasier develops a passion for the new sing-along machine.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cheers Season 9 Episode 15 - Wedding Bell Blues (2)
    8.1/10(519 votes)

    #15 - Wedding Bell Blues (2)

    S9:E15

    Rebecca awakens on her wedding morning raring to go, and seems determined to ignore Sam's attempts to remind her of her doubts, and Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield upstages Frasier.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cheers Season 9 Episode 16 - I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking It in Your Face
    7.7/10(499 votes)

    #16 - I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking It in Your Face

    S9:E16

    Rebecca has trouble accepting the fact that she cancelled her wedding with Robin and Frasier translates Dickens' classic prose into Boston vernacular.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Cheers Season 9 Episode 17 - Sam Time Next Year
    7.8/10(497 votes)

    #17 - Sam Time Next Year

    S9:E17

    On Valentine's Day, Sam winds up laid out due to back trouble on the 20th anniversary of his annual tryst with Lauren.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cheers Season 9 Episode 18 - Crash of the Titans
    7.5/10(491 votes)

    #18 - Crash of the Titans

    S9:E18

    Rebecca decides on a new goal in life and begins by flattering John Hill in an effort to get his lease for the bar.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  19. Cheers Season 9 Episode 19 - It's a Wonderful Wife
    7.2/10(469 votes)

    #19 - It's a Wonderful Wife

    S9:E19

    Norm develops a rich paranoia and decides to look for another bar when wife Vera gets a job upstairs at Melville's, and Lilith helps the gang celebrate Frasier's birthday.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Cheers Season 9 Episode 20 - Cheers Has Chili
    7.6/10(471 votes)

    #20 - Cheers Has Chili

    S9:E20

    Rebecca wants to serve Woody's chili in the poolroom despite Sam's heartfelt objections.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cheers Season 9 Episode 21 - Carla Loves Clavin
    7.3/10(478 votes)

    #21 - Carla Loves Clavin

    S9:E21

    Carla faces the hardest task of her life when she tries to be nice to Cliff after learning he's one of the judges for the Miss Boston Barmaid competition.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  22. Cheers Season 9 Episode 22 - Pitch It Again, Sam
    7.7/10(481 votes)

    #22 - Pitch It Again, Sam

    S9:E22

    Sam's old baseball rival shows up to goad Sam into a final round on the mound, but Sam isn't too sure he wants to go.

    Directors:Andy Ackerman, James Burrows
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  23. Cheers Season 9 Episode 23 - Rat Girl
    7.3/10(472 votes)

    #23 - Rat Girl

    S9:E23

    Lilith grieves over the death of her favorite lab rat while bar support Paul proves an unlikely target for a sexy seduction.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Cheers Season 9 Episode 24 - Home Malone
    7.8/10(485 votes)

    #24 - Home Malone

    S9:E24

    Sam enters a whole new world when he babysits for Frasier and Lilith, and Woody worries about Kelly when she goes to work at Cheers as part of a school project.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Cheers Season 9 Episode 25 - Uncle Sam Wants You
    7.6/10(478 votes)

    #25 - Uncle Sam Wants You

    S9:E25

    When Sam finds it difficult to back away from Frasier's son, he decides to have one of his own-if only he can find the right mommy.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 489 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Phoef Sutton, it aired on 9/20/1990. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Cheers Fouls Out".