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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Cheers Season 3 Episode 5 - Sam Turns the Other Cheek
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Sam Turns the Other Cheek

    S3:E5

    Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end, not wanting to tell everyone the real reason - he was shot at by a jealous husband.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  2. Cheers Season 11 Episode 6 - Teaching with the Enemy (1)
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Teaching with the Enemy (1)

    S11:E6

    Rebecca spots Lilith with another man, and doesn't know whether to tell Frasier. Later, Lilith confesses to Frasier that she cheated on him - once. Frasier is devastated, and after he and Lilith talk about it, Frasier asks Lilith to tell her lover the affair is over. Lilith goes to see him - and then comes back saying she wants to leave Frasier. Meanwhile Sam hires a bouncer named Tiny, but can't bring himself to fire Tiny when nobody wants to go near him.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Tom Anderson

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  3. Cheers Season 6 Episode 22 - Slumber Party Massacred
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Slumber Party Massacred

    S6:E22

    Lilith and Rebecca throw a teenage slumber party to cheer up Carla after she learns she's soon going to be a grandmother.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  4. Cheers Season 8 Episode 4 - How to Marry a Mailman
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #4 - How to Marry a Mailman

    S8:E4

    The young woman Cliff turned in for stealing a Post Office vehicle returns from Canada with an offer that literally blinds Cliff.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Brian Pollack, Mert Rich

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  5. Cheers Season 6 Episode 4 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (2)
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (2)

    S6:E4

    Carla and Eddie plan to get married if they can get past superstition, Eddie's mother, Carla's children, and Rebecca's nerves as she waits for her boss to show up at the bar.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cheers Season 7 Episode 4 - One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #6 - One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape

    S7:E4

    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

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  7. Cheers Season 7 Episode 22 - The Visiting Lecher
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #7 - The Visiting Lecher

    S7:E22

    Rebecca accuses a respected authority on marital fidelity of making a pass at her.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  8. Cheers Season 3 Episode 24 - The Belles of St. Clete's
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #8 - The Belles of St. Clete's

    S3:E24

    Carla calls together her former classmates from St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls to plot revenge on their former sadistic principal whom she spots drinking at Cheers.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ken Estin

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  9. Cheers Season 11 Episode 7 - The Girl in the Plastic Bubble (2)
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #9 - The Girl in the Plastic Bubble (2)

    S11:E7

    Lilith informs Frasier that she wants to spend a year away from him, sealed in a biosphere with her lover. Frasier reacts to this like any trained psychiatrist - he steps onto the ledge of Melville's and threatens to jump if Lilith leaves him. Lilith and Sam manage to talk him down, but Lilith insists their marriage is over. Once Lilith has gone, Frasier's friends rally round in support of him.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Dan O'Shannon

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  10. Cheers Season 3 Episode 20 - If Ever I Would Leave You
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #10 - If Ever I Would Leave You

    S3:E20

    After his second wife Loretta kicks him out, Carla's ex-husband Nick Tortelli comes to Cheers asking Carla to take him back.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  11. Cheers Season 5 Episode 15 - Spellbound
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Spellbound

    S5:E15

    Diane and Carla console Loretta, who has caught Nick cheating on her. They counsel her to stand on her own two feet and leave Nick. When Nick comes into the bar to claim her back, a chivalrous Sam stands up for her. Nick takes that as a sign that Sam has stolen Loretta from him. So Nick threatens to steal the same from Sam, that being Diane. Nick makes an attempt to wine and dine Diane, then Loretta, then Carla and then any of the three who will give him the time of day. Meanwhile, Frasier, the chess expert, has met his match in simpleton Woody.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Kimberly Hill

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  12. Cheers Season 6 Episode 3 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (1)
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (1)

    S6:E3

    Carla and Eddie plan to get married if they can get past superstition, Eddie's mother, Carla's children, and Rebecca's nerves as she waits for her boss to show up at the bar.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Cherie Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner

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  13. Cheers Season 7 Episode 3 - Executive Sweet
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Executive Sweet

    S7:E3

    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

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  14. Cheers Season 7 Episode 5 - Those Lips, Those Ice
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Those Lips, Those Ice

    S7:E5

    Carla throws a jealous fit when she suspects that Eddie is fooling around with someone from the ice show.

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

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  15. Cheers Season 1 Episode 15 - Father Knows Last
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Father Knows Last

    S1:E15

    Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  16. Cheers Season 1 Episode 16 - The Boys in the Bar
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #16 - The Boys in the Bar

    S1:E16

    Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  17. Cheers Season 4 Episode 20 - Save the Last Dance for Me
    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Cheers Season 3 Episode 9 - An American Family
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #18 - An American Family

    S3:E9

    Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids, a demand to which Carla agrees.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Cheers Season 3 Episode 15 - King of the Hill
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #19 - King of the Hill

    S3:E15

    Sam returns to the mound for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies, but his competitive spirit ruins the day when he strikes them all out.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  20. Cheers Season 5 Episode 19 - Dog Bites Cliff
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Dog Bites Cliff

    S5:E19

    On his postal route, Cliff is bitten by a dog, and decides to sue the owner for $200,000. Madeline, the dog's owner, ends up being a beautiful, voluptuous woman, but one that is up front about wanting to help Cliff despite the fact that she has little money. Cliff and Madeline start dating, the gang at the bar thinking that it only a ploy on her part for Cliff not to sue. Cliff realizes this is the case, but is still dating her in hopes of trading dropping the lawsuit for a roll in the sack. Madeline announces to everyone that her lawyer wants her to get Cliff to sign a waiver to absolve her of any responsibility, but she refuses to do so. Perhaps Madeline really does like Cliff. Or maybe she's got other methods of getting her way. Madeline and Cliff make it all the way to bed in a nice suite at the Ritz, when... Meanwhile, Diane is off on a Buddhist monastery retreat for a couple of weeks.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Joanne Pagliaro

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  21. Cheers Season 6 Episode 7 - The Last Angry Mailman
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #21 - The Last Angry Mailman

    S6:E7

    Cliff is opposed to selling out the family home so a convenience store can be built there, but his mother is all for the idea. Meanwhile, the gang tries to find out about Rebecca's college knickname- ""Backseat Becky"".

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  22. Cheers Season 6 Episode 9 - Pudd'n head Boyd
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Pudd'n head Boyd

    S6:E9

    Woody meets an elderly woman while wearing his makeup for the role of Mark Twain, and begins dating her.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Cheers Season 6 Episode 15 - Tale of Two Cuties
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Tale of Two Cuties

    S6:E15

    Annie Tortelli fills in for Carla at Cheers and Mr. Drake makes Rebecca turn green by personally hiring a pretty young woman to work at Cheers.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Cheers Season 8 Episode 13 - Sammy and the Professor
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Sammy and the Professor

    S8:E13

    Carla faces an audit while Rebecca's mentor, her business school professor, makes an investment in Sam.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Brian Pollack, Mert Rich

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  25. Cheers Season 8 Episode 20 - 50-50 Carla
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - 50-50 Carla

    S8:E20

    Carla and Eddie's other widow Gloria become best buddies but the friendship is threatened when Carla learns the two-timer left $50,000 in insurance and Woody worries about a nude scene when he's cast in a revival of Hair.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Sam Turns the Other Cheek" is the worst rated episode of "Cheers". It scored 6/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by David Lloyd, it aired on 11/1/1984. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Teaching with the Enemy (1)".