The Best Episodes Written By Phoef Sutton

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.2/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Dinner at Eight-ish

   S5:E202/26/1987

   Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Son of the Defender

   S3:E184/3/2007

   The past comes back to haunt Denny when a vengeful man forces the firm to find a different outcome in a decades-old murder trial. Meanwhile, Alan is jailed for contempt of court while defending a prostitute.

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   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Breast in Show

   S2:E142/7/2006

   After meeting Irma for a date, Alan finds himself defending her when she is charged with a sex crime by protesting topless. Meanwhile, Denise finds it difficult to remain close to Daniel when he invites her to his own funeral, and Garrett faces his toughest challenge yet when Catherine invades his office.

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   8.6/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Young Dr. Weinstein

   S5:E711/13/1986

   Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.

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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #5 - How to Win Friends and Electrocute People

   S7:E712/15/1988

   Cliff drastically alters his personality after no one from the bar comes to visit him during his hospital stay with appendicitis.

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #6 - The Cranemakers

   S7:E163/2/1989

   Lilith persuades Frasier to give up everything urban and move with her to a cabin in the wilds.

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Cheers: The Motion Picture

   S5:E244/2/1987

   The gang tries to reassure a nervous Mr. and Mrs. Boyd back in Indiana that Woody is fine and has wonderful friends in Boston by making a home movie of an average day at Cheers.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Indoor Fun with Sammy and Robby

   S8:E192/22/1990

   Rebecca dreams of a perfectly romantic day with Robin. Robin on the other hand has dared Sam to a series of adolescent challenges.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Rebecca Redux

   S9:E310/4/1990

   Sam hires a new bar manager that everyone seems to like, then learns how low Rebecca has sunk in her pursuit of new employment.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Do Tell

    S4:E410/16/2007

    Shirley answers the call when a military man, who is an old friend of Denny's, comes under fire for admitting he's gay; Alan endures another bout of incoherent speech; Katie helps a new associate with a bullfighter's custody battle.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Shock and Owww!

    S2:E183/7/2006

    Shirley covertly asks Alan for help when nude photographs of her surface for auction. Paul sends Brad in undercover when he suspects his daughter is once again using drugs, and Denny is inspired by a case involving self-defense electrocution.

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    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Don Juan Is Hell

    S4:E1112/12/1985

    Sam is happy to be the subject of Diane's psychology term paper until he learns just exactly what the Don Juan syndrome is.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - A Bar is Born

    S8:E310/12/1989

    Rebecca prepares herself to spend her first night with Robin Colcord while Sam takes the first step towards owning the bar again.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Cry Harder (2)

    S8:E265/3/1990

    Rebecca and Sam both have mixed emotions as they face the fact that Robin Colcord, after proposing to Rebecca, is arrested for insider trading based on information supplied by the once and future owner of Cheers.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - The Gift of the Woodi

    S7:E194/6/1989

    Woody's rich girl friend doesn't fully appreciate his inexpensive but heartfelt birthday gift and Rebecca transforms herself to further her career prospects.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

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

    S9:E19/20/1990

    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.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Ivan the Incorrigible

    S2:E224/18/2006

    Alan decides to help Jerry with his first big attempted-murder case, but has to take drastic action when Jerry's courtroom outbursts jeopardize the case. Meanwhile, Shirley is shocked to discover that Ivan has yet to inform Missy that they are "divorced," and Brad becomes uncomfortable with a reoccurring word in his new relationship.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Helping Hands

    S2:E121/17/2006

    Alan finds himself all alone against the firm when he decides to defend Jerry Espenson from charges of attempted murder, torture and terrorist threats. Denise and Daniel Post get closer as Daniel second chairs a case against parents who are constantly harassing their daughter's teacher. Meanwhile, Paul is worried about the impact Denny's pending nuptials may have on the firm.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    S2:E203/21/2006

    Shirley defends a long-time client who doesn't want his Victorian erotica collection lost in his divorce, but she is shocked when Ivan is opposing council. Alan takes drastic steps to help Catherine's friend who is being taken advantage of in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Paul cuts back on his time at the firm when Fiona begins to take priority, causing worry among the other partners.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Woody for Hire meets Norman of the Apes

    S6:E131/7/1988

    Woody tries to convince his friends that he got a small part on Spenser: For Hire and Cliff and Norm quarrel about a practical joke involving a chimpanzee.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Crash of the Titans

    S9:E182/21/1991

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

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - The Ass Fat Jungle

    S2:E811/15/2005

    Denise finds herself wanting to sue her own client when Boston's most celebrated plastic surgeon is under fire for unorthodox techniques. Shirley takes on a difficult case involving an Alzheimer's patient which touches her personally. Meanwhile, Alan and Denny fight their own demons as Alan asks his new secretary to protect him from night terrors and Denny undergoes an MRI.

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #23 - The Book of Samuel

    S5:E1112/11/1986

    Woody delves into Sam's legendary black book to find a date to impress his former girl friend, who is coming to Cheers to introduce her fiancé.

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    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Yacht of Fools

    S6:E162/4/1988

    Rebecca thinks she's finally got a shot at Evan Drake when he invites her and Sam for a weekend aboard his yacht.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - The Nutcrackers

    S3:E1012/5/2006

    Alan represents a mother fighting for custody of her preteen daughters, who happen to be white-supremacist singers; a woman reaches for the heavens to blame someone for her husband's death by lightning strike; a girl wants to be emancipated from her family; and Shirley and Alan's wager becomes public at the office Christmas party.

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