The Best Episodes Written By Glen Charles

Every TV Episode Written by Glen Charles Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Power Play
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Power Play

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    S2:E1

    The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.

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    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Showdown (2)

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    S1:E22

    Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Suspicion

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    S4:E14

    Diane arranges for a stranger to come into Cheers as part of an experiment in paranoid behavior, but then she provides an even better example as she waits for the gang to get back at her.

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #4 - The Triangle

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    S4:E15

    Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Second Time Around

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    S4:E17

    Frasier has been out on a date with a fellow psychiatrist, Dr Lilith Sternin, but things didn't go too well. Frasier feels depressed, so feeling sorry for him, Sam arranges a date between Frasier and a woman he knows named Candy. But Sam and Diane get a surprise when Frasier proposes to Candy after just one date.

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #6 - I Do, Adieu

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    S5:E26

    Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Rebound (2)

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    S3:E2

    Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed ""vacation"" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice

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    S4:E1

    After the sad passing away of Coach, Sam hires a new bartender in Woody Boyd, Coach's pen pal who has moved to Boston. Frasier arrives back from Europe with the news that Diane left him at the altar for six months of decadent living across Europe and is now seeking renewal in a Boston monastery.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Woody Goes Belly Up

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    S4:E2

    The gang brings Woody's old girl friend to Boston to visit him and Frasier, still not yet confident about returning to psychiatry, decides to pay his bar bill by working as a janitor.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #10 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

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    S4:E6

    Sam loans Diane $500 to buy a book autographed by Ernest Hemmingway. She later gives the book to Sam as collateral until she pays back the loan, but Sam accidentally destroys it.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Bob's Change of Life

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    S6:E1

    Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Honor Thy Father

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    S2:E2

    The cabbies are disturbed by Alex's nonchalance when confronted with the news of his father's heart attack.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Art Work

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    S2:E22

    On Elaine's advice, the cabbies pool their money to buy a painting.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Zen and the Art of Cab Driving

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    S3:E13

    Jim picks up two men in his cab and overhear them talking about the secret to success: dynamic perfectionism. Jim takes it to heart and decides to use the technique to reach his goal, which he won't reveal to the cabbies. Soon, Jim becomes the perfect cab driver, setting company records on every shift. After a few weeks, Jim gives up, announcing that he's reached his goal and can no longer stand to work so hard. He invites the gang over to his apartment to reveal what he's been working so hard for. Upon arrival, they see that his goal was a room full of televisions, with satellites, cable, VCRs, and video games—his ticket to the global village. The gang is unimpressed at first, until each of them gets sucked into watching exciting things on the various televisions.

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  15. Background image for Give Me a Ring Sometime
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Give Me a Ring Sometime

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    S1:E1

    Bride-to-be Diane Chambers becomes the center of attention at a cozy bar called Cheers.

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    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Sam at Eleven

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    S1:E4

    Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.

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  17. Background image for Fools and Their Money
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Fools and Their Money

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    S4:E12

    Sam thinks he's doing Woody a favor by not placing a bet for the young man, but the long shot comes in and Sam has to pay off.

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  18. Background image for Showdown (1)
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Showdown (1)

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    S1:E21

    Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.

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  19. Background image for Rebound (1)
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Rebound (1)

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    S3:E1

    Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed ""vacation"" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Fear is My Co-Pilot

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    S4:E21

    A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Diane Chambers Day

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    S4:E22

    Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.

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  22. Background image for The Late Captain Pierce
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - The Late Captain Pierce

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    S4:E4

    When Hawkeye's father is notified that he's dead, he finds it's no easy matter either to get word to him or to establish otherwise.

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    Director:Alan Alda
  23. Background image for No Contest
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #23 - No Contest

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    S1:E18

    Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Someday My Prince Will Come

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    S4:E3

    Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #25 - Relief Bartender

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    S4:E23

    Sam hires a new bartender and appoints himself as host/manager of Cheers. But when his new strategy goes belly-up and he is forced to return to the bar, somebody has to be fired.

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Glen Charles Ratings Summary

"Power Play" is the best rated episode written by Glen Charles. It scored 8.5/10 based on 6 votes. It was directed by James Burrows. It aired on 9/29/1983 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Showdown (2)".