The Best Episodes Written By Ken Levine

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.1/10(8 votes)

   #1 - Room Service

   S5:E153/3/1998

   An unexpected visit from Lilith stirs old passions in Frasier and new ones in Niles.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - The Usual Suspects

   S3:E511/6/2000

   Becker's office is vandalized, and many, many people appear to have a plausible motive. It turns out that it was just Linda throwing a party, but she goes on a date with the clueless cop assigned to the case to keep him quiet. Meanwhile, Bob has been hanging out in Becker's apartment during the day and impersonating the doctor.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 1

   S8:E410/8/1979

   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.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 2

   S8:E510/15/1979

   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.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Wheels of Fortune

   S9:E162/26/2002

   Frasier is unimpressed when his scheming, scamming ex-brother-in-law rolls in for a visit -- now in a wheelchair -- and claims to be a reformed, God-fearing man who needs money for a revival ministry.

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   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #6 - The Show Where Lilith Comes Back

   S1:E162/3/1994

   After finding a long-lost letter of reconciliation from Frasier, Lilith comes to Seattle and tries to rekindle their relationship.

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Miss Right Now

   S11:E194/6/2004

   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'.

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   8.3/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey

   S11:E193/18/1993

   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.

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #9 - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back

   S7:E101/12/1989

   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."

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    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Adventures in Paradise (2)

    S2:E911/22/1994

    Jealousy rears its ugly head when Frasier bumps into Lilith and her new boyfriend while vacationing with his new girlfriend.

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    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Any Friend of Diane's

    S1:E611/4/1982

    Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.

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    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Truce or Consequences

    S1:E811/18/1982

    Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - None Like It Hot

    S7:E610/23/1978

    As the temperatures reach triple digits, Hawkeye and BJ recieve their new rubber bathtub from Abercrombie & Fitch. However, soon the whole camp is hot under the collar as word leaks out about the tub and everyone wants a dip, except for Klinger, who is trying to get his Section 8 by wearing a fur coat.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Point of View

    S7:E1011/20/1978

    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.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind

    S5:E310/5/1976

    Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement

    S10:E710/31/1991

    Sam may have played his last prank when it appears that his Halloween trick may have killed his old nemesis Gary.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?

    S10:E811/7/1991

    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.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #18 - License to Hill

    S10:E182/13/1992

    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.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real

    S10:E234/30/1992

    The new owner of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern lack a sense of humor and respond badly to Cheers' latest prank.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #20 - The Big Kiss-Off

    S6:E244/28/1988

    Sam and Woody wager over who can be the first to plant a three-second kiss on Rebecca.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Do Not Forsake Me O' My Postman

    S11:E510/29/1992

    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.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Look Before You Sleep

    S11:E204/1/1993

    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.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Drive, They Said

    S1:E205/3/1999

    Becker reluctantly agrees to shuttle Reggie, Margaret, Jake and Linda to various engagements in Queens when they learn that he's heading that way in his car. It quickly becomes a "what-was-I-thinking" scenario for the gang when Becker's terroristic skills behind the wheel cause an accident. Even More Shameless Crossover Monday winds up when Dr. Becker returns to his office waiting room to find Hilton Lucas, Doug Heffernan and Ray Barone -- side-by-side -- waiting.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Shovel Off to Buffalo

    S2:E610/25/1999

    Before leaving for a medical conference in Chicago, at which he is scheduled to speak, Becker discovers that he has an extra airline ticket, which Reggie ends up using. Once aboard the plane, Reggie is immediately annoyed by the flight attendant and fellow passengers while Becker is uncharacteristically taking it all in stride. When Reggie discovers that Becker is high on Valium, she's alone in her misery until bad weather causes a delay and finds them stuck for hours on a tarmac in Buffalo. As the Valium wears off, Becker's temper and tongue-lashings return and the situation becomes a pressure-cooker about to explode.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking

    S6:E611/19/2003

    Chris tries to get John to be more considerate of her feelings, but he's not sure he can do it; Hector tricks Jake into selling porn magazines; Margaret takes a night job with a telemarketer and is shocked when she learns that it's a phone-sex operation.

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