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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!

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 9 Ratings Summary

"Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 9. It scored 7.4/10 based on 446 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".

  • Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing
    7.4/10446 votes

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

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1990

    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

  • Cheers Fouls Out
    7.5/10450 votes

    #2 - Cheers Fouls Out

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1990

    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: N/A

  • Rebecca Redux
    7.8/10487 votes

    #3 - Rebecca Redux

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1990

    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

  • Where Nobody Knows Your Name
    7.2/10434 votes

    #4 - Where Nobody Knows Your Name

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1990

    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

  • Ma Always Liked You Best
    7.4/10439 votes

    #5 - Ma Always Liked You Best

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1990

    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

  • Grease
    7.2/10448 votes

    #6 - Grease

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1990

    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: N/A

  • Breaking In Is Hard to Do
    7.7/10444 votes

    #7 - Breaking In Is Hard to Do

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1990

    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

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • Bad Neighbor Sam
    7.4/10429 votes

    #8 - Bad Neighbor Sam

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Veggie-Boyd
    7.9/10459 votes

    #9 - Veggie-Boyd

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1990

    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: N/A

  • Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
    8.1/10483 votes

    #10 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1990

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Woody Interruptus
    7.7/10453 votes

    #11 - Woody Interruptus

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1990

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

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • Honor Thy Mother
    7.6/10463 votes

    #12 - Honor Thy Mother

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1991

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Achilles Hill
    6.9/10448 votes

    #13 - Achilles Hill

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1991

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

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Dan O'Shannon

  • The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)
    7.5/10456 votes

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

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1991

    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.

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Wedding Bell Blues (2)
    8.0/10470 votes

    #15 - Wedding Bell Blues (2)

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1991

    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: N/A

  • I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking It in Your Face
    7.6/10453 votes

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

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1991

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

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Sam Time Next Year
    7.8/10455 votes

    #17 - Sam Time Next Year

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1991

    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: N/A

  • Crash of the Titans
    7.4/10452 votes

    #18 - Crash of the Titans

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1991

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

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Phoef Sutton

  • It's a Wonderful Wife
    7.2/10434 votes

    #19 - It's a Wonderful Wife

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1991

    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: N/A

  • Cheers Has Chili
    7.6/10433 votes

    #20 - Cheers Has Chili

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1991

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

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Carla Loves Clavin
    7.2/10437 votes

    #21 - Carla Loves Clavin

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1991

    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

    Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine

  • Pitch It Again, Sam
    7.6/10444 votes

    #22 - Pitch It Again, Sam

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1991

    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.

    Director: James Burrows, Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Dan O'Shannon

  • Rat Girl
    7.3/10435 votes

    #23 - Rat Girl

    Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1991

    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: N/A

  • Home Malone
    7.7/10445 votes

    #24 - Home Malone

    Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 4/25/1991

    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: N/A

  • Uncle Sam Wants You
    7.5/10442 votes

    #25 - Uncle Sam Wants You

    Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 5/2/1991

    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: N/A