The Best Episodes Written By David Isaacs
Every TV Episode Written by David Isaacs Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
David Isaacs Ratings Summary
The best episode written by David Isaacs is "It Had To Be You", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Larry Gelbart". "It Had To Be You" aired on 1/23/1984 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Good-Bye Radar: Part 2".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - It Had To Be You
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1984
About to be married, Radar turns up at the Potters', panicky and determined to call the whole thing off.
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: David Isaacs
9.3/10 3 votes#2 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 2
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1979
As company clerk Radar O'Reilly reluctantly prepares to depart the 4077th, the unit is still without electricity due to a broken generator, and the operating room continues to fill up with war wounded as night falls. The responsibility for procuring a new generator falls on Klinger, who lacks Radar's masterful knack of cutting through red tape in search of much-needed supplies.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: David Isaacs
9.0/10 3 votes#3 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 1
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1979
On leave in Tokyo, Radar is desperately needed back at the crisis-stricken 4077th, but his return is delayed by outside events. While casualties continue to pour in from the front, the 4077th's generator conks out, and the backup has been stolen, depriving the medical unit of all electrical power. But Klinger, filling in for the vacationing Radar, lacks the expertise and experience to wheel and deal for a new machine.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: David Isaacs
8.8/10 5 votes#4 - Room Service
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/1998
An unexpected visit from Lilith stirs old passions in Frasier and new ones in Niles.
Director: David Clark Lee
Writer: David Isaacs
8.5/10 2 votes#5 - Point of View
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1978
In this unique episode, the camera becomes the eyes of a young wounded soldier. It records his sensory responses to being wounded, flown by helicopter to the 4077th, examined, operated on, and treated in post-operation.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: David Isaacs
8.5/10 2 votes#6 - Activate Your Choices
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1999
When Becker learns that his ex-wife Sandra is in town for a book signing tour, he feigns disinterest until he learns that chapters of her new self-help publication denounces "Angry Man," a pseudonym for Becker. When Becker confronts Sarah at her hotel, it becomes abundantly clear that their explosive chemistry remains fiercely intact.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Isaacs
8.3/10 3 votes#7 - They Call the Wind Korea
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1978
A strong windstorm affects the M*A*S*H personnel in varying ways: Hawkeye and most of the unit busy themselves securing items that could blow away; Radar prepares his animal hutch for the worst; a disgusted Charles switches his Tokyo-leave transportation from air to ground, and runs into a difficult medical situation en route to Seoul.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: David Isaacs
8.2/10 4 votes#8 - Shutout in Seattle (1)
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1999
Despondent over Daphne’s engagement, Niles takes a walk on the wild side with a funky waitress from Café Nervosa.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: David Isaacs
- 8.2/10 4 votes
#9 - Shutout in Seattle (2)
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1999
The love lives of Frasier, Martin, Niles and Roz come crashing down around them.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: David Isaacs
8.2/10 4 votes#10 - Miss Right Now
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2004
Martin worries about a visit from Ronee's mother. She dislikes him because she once saw Martin innocently comforting the teenage Ronee and assumed he was trying to 'take her virtue'.
Director: Scott Ellis
Writer: David Isaacs
8.2/10 6 votes#11 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1976
Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 7 votes#12 - Any Friend of Diane's
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1982
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 5 votes#13 - Truce or Consequences
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1982
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 3 votes#14 - 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: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#15 - Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1991
Sam may have played his last prank when it appears that his Halloween trick may have killed his old nemesis Gary.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 1 votes#16 - Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1991
The gang feels responsible when the Celtics' Kevin McHale goes into a slump after becoming obsessed with the number of bolts in the floor of Boston Garden.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#17 - License to Hill
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1992
Rebecca insists she can handle the bar while the rest of the gang plays poker, then learns that she's allowed their liquor license to lapse.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#18 - Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 4/30/1992
The new owner of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern lack a sense of humor and respond badly to Cheers' latest prank.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#19 - Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!
Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 5/7/1992
Norm tells Cliff a little white lie about Carson using Cliff's material on The Tonight Show, then regrets it when Cliff comes up with two tickets to Burbank. Meanwhile Sam and Woody install a satellite dish at Cheers.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#20 - Do Not Forsake Me O' My Postman
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1992
Maggie returns to Cheers and Cliffie, this time claiming she's carrying his baby. Rebecca hires a hack songwriter to create a jingle for the bar.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 3 votes#21 - Loathe and Marriage
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1993
Eighteen year old Serafina, Carla's daughter, announces that she is pregnant and wants to marry the father, a retired police officer living off disability who she loves. After discussing the issue, Carla gives Serafina her blessing and her financial support for the wedding. With her connection to Hill, Carla manages to arrange for the ceremony at Melville's - she's afraid of the bad wedding karma history at Cheers - and the reception at Cheers.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#22 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1993
It's the annual St. Patrick's Day battle of sales between Cheers and Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Not only does Cheers lose the battle of the hi-jinx with an unsuspecting Woody taking the brunt of the battle, Cheers also loses the sales bet. Sam has finally had as much as he can take not only with the loss once again to Gary's but performing the most humiliating task he and the guys have had to endure due to the loss. Sam threatens Gary and decides to pull out one of the biggest guns he knows: Harry the Hat. Sam asks Harry to devise and execute the ultimate plan to beat Gary. Harry refuses. Despite Carla's assertion to take matters into her own hands, Sam finally gives up permanently to Gary. When Sam goes over to Gary's to wave the final white flag, he witnesses in horror what he believes is Carla's master plan. But what he witnesses is part of a deal Gary made with Rutherford Cunningham, who Sam knows better by another name.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 3 votes#23 - Look Before You Sleep
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1993
Sam locks his keys in the bar, meaning he can't go home. He goes to Carla's to get her keys to the bar, but Woody has them. Carla offers Sam her couch for the night, but John Allen Hill is there so Sam heads off. He visits the houses of Cliff, Norm and Frasier before finally ending up in Rebecca's house.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 7 votes#24 - Daphne's Room
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/1995
When Frasier's caught in Daphne's room, his attempts to rectify the invasion of her privacy only make the situation worse.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs
8.0/10 2 votes#25 - The Merchant of Korea
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1977
After Charles hands B.J. two hundred dollars, he begins to take advantage. Everyone gets together and persuades Charles to play poker. He has incredible beginner's luck until Radar discovers that Charles whistles loudly when he bluffs. They all win back their money and then some.
Director: William B. Jurgensen
Writer: David Isaacs