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Uncle Sam Malone
The bar gang tries to show Diane how U.S. savings bonds are a good investment.
1 :01x01 - Give Me a Ring Sometime
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Michael McGuire (Professor Sumner Sloane), Ron Frazier (Ron), John P. Navin, Jr. (Teenager), Erik Holland (Swedish customer)
The series begins as an over-educated Diane Chambers enters the Cheers bar with her fiance/boss, Literature Professor Sumner Sloane, for a quick drink while he makes a phone call to get his mother's wedding ring from his ex-wife. But when Sumner goes to his ex-wife's house to get the family ring for Diane, his relationship with her gets rekindled. Upon his return, he tells Diane that he has no intention of leaving her, and returns once more to get the ring he was supposed to get the first time. This time, he ends up taking his ex-wife to the Barbados to get (re)married, abandoning Diane without a word.
A crushed Diane is left jobless, with few prospects, and finds that a waitress job at Cheers may be the right thing for her.
2 :01x02 - Sam's Women
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Donnelly Rhodes (Leo Metz), Angela Aames (Brandee), Donna McKechnie (Debra), Keenen Ivory Wayans (Customer), Jack Knight (Jack)
After Diane mocks Sam's many female conquests for their lack of intellect, Sam sets out to prove he can attract intelligent women, too. Meanwhile, a long-past patron of the bar comes looking for advice from one of the former owners. Since that owner is long-since passed away, it falls to Coach Ernie to render advice.
3 :01x03 - The Tortelli Tort
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Jack Knight (Jack), Paul Vaughn (Customer #3), Thomas Babson (Customer #1), Stephen Keep (Dr. Graham), Ron Karabatsos (Ed Kellner), Aaron Hamilton (Anthony), John Fiedler (Fred), Richard McGonagle (Customer #2), Rex Ryon (Bruin ("Rough Looking Guy"))
Carla loses her temper after a Yankees fan begins to insult Sam, and she attacks him. Now the fan plans to sue Sam and take the bar away unless Carla can learn to control her temper.
4 :01x04 - Sam at Eleven
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Harry Anderson (Harry), Fred Dryer (Dave Richards), Eapen Mathai (Recordist), Michael Mann (Guy), Paul Vaughn (Customer)
A local big shot newscaster asks to interview Sam, which boosts his ego, but Diane doesn't think that agreeing to put himself on television is a good idea.
5 :01x05 - Coach's Daughter
Writer: Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Philip Charles MacKenzie (Roy), Teddy Bergeron (Man), Tim Cunningham (Chuck), Allyce Beasley (Lisa), Jacqueline Cassell (Woman)
Coach's daughter comes to Boston with some big news, she's getting married! But the man of her dreams turns out to be an obnoxious moron. Coach doesn't have the heart to tell her, which causes a strife in their communications.
6 :01x06 - Any Friend of Diane's
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Macon McCalman (Darrell Stabell), Julia Duffy (Rebecca Prout)
An old friend of Diane's comes to visit her on the rebound of her latest loss at love. Diane becomes upset with Sam after he tries to hit on her friend.
7 :01x07 - Friends, Romans, Accountants
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kenneth Kimmins (Fred Wilson), James Read (Herb Sawyer), Jonathan Terry (Accountant #1), Edie Berry (Accountant #3), Peter Van Norden (Cymbals Player), Jim Hudson (Accountant #2)
In order to kiss up to the boss Norm takes on the planning the annual office party and of course holds it at Cheers. But in order to make this night complete he will need to find his boss a date...I wonder where Diane is.
8 :01x08 - Truce or Consequences
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jack Knight (Jack), John Ratzenberger (Cliff), David A. Penhale (Customer #1)
Diane insists that she and Carla stay after closing to settle their differences once and for all, but one too many drinks makes Carla reveal the startling "truth" about her youngest child.
9 :01x09 - Coach Returns to Action
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Murphy Cross (Nina), Bill Wiley (The Tour Guide), Keone Young (Tourist #1), Barry Cutler (Tourist #2), Eve Smith (Tourist #3), Julia Hendler (The Little Girl), John Ratzenberger (Cliff)
Coach gets a thing for his new neighbor but after Sam see's her he also gets his eyes on the prize.
10 :01x10 - Endless Slumper
Writer: Sam Simon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Christopher McDonald (Rick Walker), Anne Haney (Miss Gilder)
One of the Red Sox players comes into the bar and is very frustrated with a slump he is in. He asks Sam for advice, and Sam brings up his lucky charm - a bottle cap. The baseball player wants to borrow it for luck, and Sam is very protective about it, but ends up letting him borrow it. Sam is very upset when the player does not return it within the promised time period.
11 :01x11 - One for the Book
Writer: Katherine Green
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ian Wolfe (Buzz Crowder), Jack Knight (Jack), John Ratzenberger (Cliff), Boyd Bodwell (Kevin), Frank McCarthy (Mr. Phillips)
Diane begins to keep notes on conversations of the bar; in the meantime a man who is about to join the monastery stops by the bar and after a few drinks reveals some deep secrets about his life, as the gang tries to cheer up an old WWI veteran whose buddies seem to have missed their reunion.
12 :01x12 - The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kurtis Woodruff (Sailor), Robert Evan Collins (Chauffeur)
A mysterious quiet fellow enters the bar and doesn't say a thing all day; which makes the gang believe he is a secret agent.
13 :01x13 - Now Pitching, Sam Malone
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Richard Hill (Tibor Svetkovic), Paul Vaughn (Unknown (recurring)), Luis Tiant (Himself)
Sam allows the public spotlight to get to his head and turns into a TV pitchman.
14 :01x14 - Let Me Count the Ways
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Steve Hanafin (Steve)
After Diane's cat dies she turns to her bar friends looking for help, but ends up very dissapointed when they ignore her for the Celtics game.
15 :01x15 - Father Knows Last
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Mary Ellen Trainor (Mary), Herb Mitchell (Tom)
Carla is pregnant...again, and lets another man believe he is the father because he is smart and could provide for her.
16 :01x16 - The Boys in the Bar
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Michael Kearns (Richard), John Furey (Larry), Kenneth Tigar (Ken), Thomas Babson (Barney), Lee Ryan (Bob), Wesley Thompson (Photographer), John Bluto (Reporter #2), Shannon Sullivan (Reporter #1)
The bar regulars fear the bar may turn into a "gay bar" after one of Sam's old teammates reveals his homosexuality.
17 :01x17 - Diane's Perfect Date
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Gretchen Corbett (Gretchen), Doug Sheehan (Walter Franklin)
Sam and Diane make a bet that they can find each other dates within the next 24 hours. Diane finds the perfect date for Sam, but Sam thought Diane was talking about being Sam's date when they made the contest. He ends up finding a man at the bar in the pool room, and pays him to be Diane's date. Little does Sam know, the guy he paid to take Diane out was an ex-criminal.
18 :01x18 - No Contest
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tessa Richarde (Bonnie), Paul Vaughn (Unknown), Tip O'Neill (Himself), Sharon Peters (Jocelyn), Renee Gentry (Yvonne)
Sam enters Diane into the Bar Maid contest. Diane has no idea, she sees her picture in the paper. She threatens to quit, until she finds out that the newspaper and radio shows will be giving interviews to the winner. She stays in the contest, only to win, thinking she will explain how Bar Maid contest are absurd and disrespectful to women. This all backfires on her when she wins, and gets to go to Bermuda.
19 :01x19 - Pick a Con ... Any Con
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Reid Shelton (George Wheeler), Stephen D. Lee (Leo)
After Coach is cheated out of a lot of money Sam turns to Harry (the conman) to help get it back.
20 :01x20 - Someone Single, Someone Blue
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Duncan Ross (Boggs), Dean Dittman (Harrison Fiedler), Paul Willson (Gregg), Glynis Johns (Helen Chambers)
Diane's mother shows up at Cheers with some bad news: If Diane doesn't marry before the next day her mother will lose the share of Diane's father's estate.
21 :01x21 - Showdown (1)
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Deborah Shelton (Debbie), George Ball (Derek Malone), Paul Vaughn (Paul)
Sam's "perfect" brother show's up at the bar and impresses everybody, including Diane. Sam now feels left in the shadows.
22 :01x22 - Showdown (2)
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Helen Page Camp (Lady #2), Peggy Kubena (Cindy)
Diane's relationship with Sam's older brother continues to grow until he shockingly asks her to move back to Paris with him.
23 :02x01 - Power Play
The Cheers regulars are finding it hard to adapt to Sam and Diane's new relationship. Diane is also having problems with this, which easily shows after she kicks Sam out of her apartment only after 5 minutes of him arriving.
24 :02x02 - Little Sister Don't Cha
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jerry Prell (Customer), Paul Willson (Tom), Paul Vaughn (Paul)
Carla goes into labor at the bar, and her sister comes to fill in for her at the bar. She begins to become interested with all the guys at the bar, espically Cliff. Cliff decides he wants to marry her, but doesn't know that she's been fooling around with every other man at the bar. Norm ends up telling Cliff it isn't a good idea for him to marry Carla's sister.
25 :02x03 - Personal Business
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Patrick Stack (Customer #1), James Ingersoll (Mr. Anderson #2)
Diane wants to go to a speech at a college, but in order for her to do so, she needs to change schedules with Carla. Diane sweet talks Sam into convencing Carla that switching one night with her wouldn't be that bad. Carla refuses to make her point, that Diane gets away with things more than the rest of them would. Diane thinks this is interfering with their relationship, so she quits her job at the bar, and goes on the search for a new job. She comes back in a few weeks with a job at a publishing house. Diane has told Sam that her boss wanted to talk with him, to ask him a few questions about Diane, but the questions her new boss askes Sam are far from professional. Diane gets up-set that all the job offers she has gotten, all had sexual strings attatched.
26 :02x04 - Homicidal Ham
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Vaughn (Paul), Severn Darden (Professor DeWitt)
Andy Andy is back in action. He comes into the bar, harmlessly asking for a drink, then the next thing you know, he's pointing a gun at the bar, demanding all the money in the cash register. They soon find out that Andy isn't a bad person at heart, and that his dreams are to become an actor. Diane decides to help Andy with his dreams, and does a scene from a play infront of her old college professor. While getting ready before the performance, Andy see's Diane and Sam kiss. He becomes angry and actually trys to strangle Diane in the scene they do together.
27 :02x05 - Sumner's Return
Sumner comes back to Cheers, hoping to win Diane back. But he fails miserably as Sam reads 'War and Peace' to impress Diane. Diane soon has to choose between Sumner and Sam. She chooses Sam, of course!
28 :02x06 - Affairs of the Heart
A man named Hank comes into Cheers, and becomes interested in Carla. Diane thinks it's sweet, so she decides to help out, and convinces Carla that he's not that bad. She agrees to go out with him, until she finds out what's wrong with him. After a few dates, things seem to be going well, until Carla dumps Hank for no aparent reason. Diane and Sam soon find out that Carla was right. Hank has a serious heart condition and too much excitement could kill him.
29 :02x07 - Old Flames
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Elizabeth McIvor (Didi)
One of Sam's old friends, Dave, comes into the bar hoping to get the old, skirt chasing Sammy Malone back. But what Dave doesn't know is that Diane and Sam are going together. When Dave finds this out, he makes a bet that he can break them up in the next 24 hours.
30 :02x08 - Manager Coach
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Elliott Scott (Peewee), Corey Feldman (Moose), Martin Davis (Tank)
An old friend of Sam's comes into Cheers, hoping to get Sam as a coach for his little league baseball team. Sam tells his friend that he's been too busy with the bar and Diane. Coach comes up with the idea for him to be the coach of the baseball team, and Sam thinks it's a wonderful idea. But Diane on the otherhand, does not. She thinks that sense Coach was use to training players in the Major League, she's afraid he'll drive the children away by making them work too hard.
31 :02x09 - They Called Me Mayday
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ed Quinlan (Bob), Dick Cavett (Himself)
Dick Cavett suggests to Sam that his autobiography might sell well on the market. So him and Diane get to work on it. Meanwhile an old flame of Vera's comes to town looking to win her back; it's up to Norm to confront him about it.
32 :02x10 - How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Gerald Berns (Dave)
Diane gets Sam a pair of tickets to a fight Sam has been wanting to see. Sam is so happy, he blurts out the phrase, 'I love you'. Diane takes it seriously and is totally taken back by what Sam had said. Diane goes to tell Sam that what he told her really made her happy, and he thinks nothing of it. Diane then proposes that they think about their relationship. If neither one of them can come up with an explination as to why they are together, Diane thinks they should call it quits. A week later, Sam and Diane still can't figure out what their relationship means, and Sam can't bring himself to tell Diane that he loves her sense he used the phrase so casually.
33 :02x11 - Just Three Friends
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Markie Post (Heather Landen)
One of Diane's friends, Heather Landen, comes to Boston for a visit. Diane brings her over to the bar and introduces her to everyone. Heather is very nice to everyone at the bar, espically Sam. Sam starts to worry that Heather is getting a little too friendly, and warns Diane about it. Diane thinks Sam is just over reacting, and invites Heather to dinner with her and Sam. Once things start getting a little too friendly at Diane's apartment, Diane loses it and confronts Heather about it. Heather explains she's just a friendly person and her intentions were to make friends and not steal her boyfriend.
34 :02x12 - Where There's a Will
Writer: Nick Arnold
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tim Cunningham (Greg), Elizabeth Hill (Female Customer #1), Jacqueline Cassell (Female Customer #2)
A man comes into Cheers, who only has 6 months to live, and who is oddly rich. Diane and Sam comfort him and talk to him. Sam lets him work behind the bar, since it's something he's always wanted to do. When it's time for him to leave, he leaves a will which says that Sam gets all of his money. Everyone starts to fight over the money, and Diane convinces Sam to destroy the will, because it's making everyone go crazy.
35 :02x13 - Battle of the Exes
Writer: Sam Simon, Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jacqueline Cassell (Customer #2)
Nick comes into the bar with his new Fiance. Carla is desperate to find somenoe to go to the wedding with her to show Nick up. She begs Sam, and Sam and Diane agree. When Nick sees Sam and Carla together, he secretly now wants her back. Sam and Carla go to the wedding, and have a great time. Later that night, Nick comes back into the bar and kisses Carla, hoping it will make some sparks between them again.
36 :02x14 - No Help Wanted
Writer: Max Tash
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Hal Ralston (Customer #3), Russ Marin (Customer #1), Steve Giannelli (Customer #2 (Steve))
Norm is officaly out of work, and is desperate to find a new job. He's been working as a dish washer, when he can get a much better job. Diane comes up with the great idea to have Norm as Sam's accountant. Sam is a little protective over his money, and doesn't think it's a good idea to do business with friends. Diane convinces Sam to hire Norm and he does. But, when Norm finds out Sam had never fired his old accountant, things get a little rough in their friendship.
37 :02x15 - And Coachie Makes Three
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Milda Dacys (Woman #1), Robyn Peterson (Woman #2)
Diane and Sam are spending a romantic evening together, when Coach barges in on them. Diane and Sam are desperate to find Coach his own girlfriend so they can have time for themselves, but the plan backfires when Diane and Sam have to admite that the reason they set Coach up with somebody is that they don't want him hanging around them so much.
38 :02x16 - Cliff's Rocky Moment
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Elizabeth Hill (Liz), Sam Scarber (Lewis)
Cliff doesn't get along very nicely with a man that comes into the bar. He pushes it far enough to where he wants to fight Cliff. Cliff, being the coward he is, trys to back out of it. But when it's time to face the music, Cliff shows them some of his fighting skills that he doesn't have, and ends up asking Diane to bring him to the hospital.
39 :02x17 - Fortune and Men's Weight
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Charles Champion (Delivery Man #2)
Coach has ordered yet another item from a con man. It's a weight telling fortune machine. Carla is spooked by the machine when everyone's fortune comes true. Diane doesn't believe in it, until she gets a fortune that relates to her and Sam.
40 :02x18 - Snow Job
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Gary Gershaw (Tommy)
Sam wants to go on a ski trip with his old friends, and tells Diane that his uncle died so he could go up to Vermont without her knowing. Carla trys to convence Diane that it's just a bluff so Sam could leave. Diane starts to believe Carla and confronts Sam.
41 :02x19 - Coach Buries a Grudge
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bob Lobel (Customer #1), Jack O'Leary (Lefty), Don Bexley (Charlie), Arthur Lessac (Art)
One of Coach's old friends die. He's so upset, he wants to have a funeral in Boston for him. Sam doesn't think it's a good idea, but doesn't tell Coach. Instead, he tells Diane that Coach's friend had an affair with his wife. Coach over hears the conversation, and becomes furious.
42 :02x20 - Norman's Conquest
After an attractive new client begins to seem interested in Norm; the gang tries to get him to pursue her.
43 :02x21 - I'll Be Seeing You (1)
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Christopher Carroll (Ed)
Sam is asked to pose in a magazine as an eligible bachelor and agree's to. Diane is offended by this (because they are dating right now) and does not take it lightly. Meanwhile, Semenko, a famous artist, has stumbled into Cheers and wants to make Diane the subject of his artwork.
44 :02x22 - I'll Be Seeing You (2)
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Christopher Carroll (Ed)
After seeing the half done portrait of Diane Sam forbids her from posing for him ever again. But of course, Diane will not take this obnoxious order.
45 :03x01 - Rebound (1)
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Brian Burt (Customer #2), Larry Harpel (Customer #1 (Larry)), Anita Elevi (Baton Twirler)
After Diane leaves Cheers for a "vacation" Sam reverts back to his old ways of drinking. Coach hates to see him this way, because he remembers what it was like the first time. So he turns to Diane for help.
46 :03x02 - Rebound (2)
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Brian Burt (Customer #2), Ethel Sway (Croquet Player), Larry Harpel (Customer #1 (Larry))
Dr. Frasier Crane, a doctor recommended by Diane, helps Sam return to the path of soberness once again. But now Diane, who has taken her job back, must tell Sam that she is "involved" with the doctor.
47 :03x03 - I Call Your Name
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Mitch Kreindel (Eddie), Erwin Fuller (Mr. Fancy Bottom)
Fraiser turns to Sam for help about his intimate relationship with Diane. Meanwhile, Cliff must stay undercover to avoid a vengeful fellow postal employee.
48 :03x04 - Fairy Tales Can Come True
Writer: Sam Simon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Rebecca Soladay (Woman #1), J. Alan Thomas (Jeff)
Cliff meets a woman at the Costume Party at Cheers who he really likes, and she even likes him back. But after the night ends he is afraid to see her again without the mask.
49 :03x05 - Sam Turns the Other Cheek
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Mark Sawyer (Customer #1), Carmen Argenziano (Marvin)
After Sam enters the bar with a gun shot to the butt everyone wants an explanation. So he makes up a fake story about an elaborate scheme which lies only grow bigger and bigger as the story moves through the grapevine. All to avoid the real truth that he was shot by a jealous husband.
50 :03x06 - Coach in Love (1)
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ellen Regan (Sue Blanchard)
Coach meets a beautiful woman who agree's to marry him. Meanwhile, Sam tries to score with her daughter but can't seem to make the date.
51 :03x07 - Coach in Love (2)
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jason Tatar (Customer #2), Alan Blumenfeld (Customer #1), Ellen Regan (Sue Blanchard)
The wedding is set, and everyone's excited. That is until Irene (coach's fiance) wins the lottery and dumps him. When Coach refuses to believe that it has really happened the gang worries he is in a state of denial.
52 :03x08 - Diane Meets Mom
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tom Kindle (Phil Ryan)
Diane meets Frasier's mother for the first time, who "casually" tells her she will kill her if she doesn't leave Fraiser alone.
53 :03x09 - An American Family
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jean Kasem (Loretta Tortelli), Dan Hedaya (Nick Tortelli), Thomas Babson (Tom)
Nick, Carla's scumbag of an ex-husband, returns demanding a more equal division of the marital properties. Namely he wants one of the kids, a demand to which Carla actually agree's.
54 :03x10 - Diane's Allergy
Diane moves in with Fraiser and begins to suffer from a mysterious allergy, which Fraiser believes is a subconsciencious sign that they are not ready to live together.
55 :03x11 - Peterson Crusoe
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Howard Goodwin (Mark), Michael Griswold (Conrad), John Marzilli (Joe)
After an enlightening experience Norm gets an utter awareness of his own mortality. He decides to rid himself of all material possesions and move to Bora Bora. A small island free of all technological advancements where he will live in a hut and do hard labor. But will Norm really make it to Bora Bora?
56 :03x12 - A Ditch in Time
Writer: Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Larry Harpel (Larry), David Wiley (Todd), Carol Kane (Amanda), Kate Williamson (Mona)
Sam becomes attracted to one of Diane's friends, but she strongly insists he stays away. Which of course only makes Sam want her more. After their first date the girl already wants Sam to meet her parents, or who she calls him, "their future son-in-law".
57 :03x13 - Whodunit?
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: James Karen (Dr. Ludlow), Ernie Sabella (Stan)
Fraiser is highly disturbed to learn his trusted mentor has been dating Carla, who also has a suprise of her own: she's pregnant.
58 :03x14 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: H. B. Newton (Customer #3), Kim Elliot (Customer #2), Walter Smith (Customer #1), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Alan Koss (Alan)
Diane insists the gang include Fraiser in their "Masculine Pursuits". So they take him on a "snipe" hunt in the woods and leave him there as a prank. Which doesn't go well.
59 :03x15 - King of the Hill
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jeana Tomasina (Becky), Heidi Sorenson (Ginger), Ola Ray (Andrea), David Paymer (Reporter), Larry Harpel (Larry), Steve Giannelli (Steve), John Hancock (Lenny)
Sam agree's to be the pitcher for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies, but being back on the mound brings back his competitive self and he strikes them all out.
60 :03x16 - Teacher's Pet
Sam and Coach both agree to take a night school class in geography. But when class begins, they do things a little different. While Coach is studying hard for A's, Sam is dating the teacher.
61 :03x17 - The Mail Goes to Jail
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Nick DeMauro (Customer), Troy Evans (Cop), Deborah Richter (Bambi), Larry Harpel (Larry), Al Rosen (Al)
Cliff is a little too ill to finish his mail route so Norm does it for him and gets arrested because of it. But Cliff's pride and fear of losing his perfect discipline record makes him refuse to back up Norm's explanation to the cops.
62 :03x18 - Bar Bet
Writer: Jim Parker
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Thomas Babson (Tom Sherry), Al Rosen (Al), Michael Richards (Eddie Gordon), Dean Dittman (Harrison Fielder), Laurie Walters (Jacqueline Bisset)
An old friend of Sam's returns to the bar with some interesting news. He reminds Sam of an old bet, which stated that if Sam didn't marry Jacqueline Bissett before a certain date he would have to give the bar up.
63 :03x19 - Behind Every Great Man
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Larry Harpel (Larry), Al Rosen (Al), Alison La Placa (Paula Nelson)
Sam tries to hit on a lady who works as an investigator for the Boston singles scene; too bad she has heard every line in the book.
64 :03x20 - If Ever I Would Leave You
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jean Kasem (Loretta Tortelli), Steve Giannelli (Steve), Dan Hedaya (Nick Tortelli)
Nick, Carla's ex-husband, comes to Cheers begging for her to take him back after Loretta kicks him out of the house.
65 :03x21 - The Executive's Executioner
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Mark Schubb (Billy Richter), Randall Miller (Michael), Larry Harpel (Larry), Raye Birk (Walt Twitchell), Richard Roat (Mr. Hecht), David Wohl (Phil Wagner), Warren Munson (John Parker)
Norm becomes the "company hatchet man" after the boss realizes he has a nack for letting people go nicely. But how long can Norm keep this brutal job up?
66 :03x22 - Cheerio, Cheers
Sam throws Diane a going-away party after she announces she will be leaving to acompany Fraiser to Italy for a while.
67 :03x23 - The Bartender's Tale
Writer: Sam Simon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Camilla More (Carolyn), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Gregory Snegoff (Bellboy), Brynja Willis (Brenda), Rhonda Shear (Sydney), Lila Kaye (Lilian)
Carla insists that Sam higher an older woman to replace Diane to avoid the love factor, which Sam does. But he can't control his attraction to her young daughter, a factor Carla didn't add in.
68 :03x24 - The Belles of St. Clete's
Writer: Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Marsha Warfield (Roxanne Brewster), Larry Harpel (Larry), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Thomas Babson (Tom), Kate Zentall (Kathy Settuducato), Camilla Ashland (Drusilla Dimeglio), Alan Koss (Alan), Steve Giannelli (Steve), Ellen Gerstein (Mo McSweeney), Catherine Paolone (Donna Guzzo)
Carla rounds up all of her former classmates from "St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls" to plot a long awaited revenge to an old principle she spots drinking at Cheers.
69 :03x25 - Rescue Me
Writer: Ken Estin
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: James V. Christy (Dan Corelli), Martin Ferrero (Waiter), Dan Galliani (Priest), Susan Kase (Stewardess)
While in Italy, Fraiser proposes to Diane. She calls Sam hoping he will talk her out of it, but says yes after Sam doesn't answer...because he is on the way to Italy to bring Diane back.
70 :04x01 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Lois De Banzie (Sister Marie), Larry Harpel (Larry), Patricia Huston (Sister Catherine), Arnold F. Turner (Customer), Alan Koss (Alan), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane)
After Coach's death, Sam hires a new bartender in Woody Boyd who was Coach's pen pal. Frasier arrives back from Europe after Diane left him at the altar. He tells them that she had six months of decadent living across Europe and is now seeking renewal in a Boston monastery.
71 :04x02 - Woody Goes Belly Up
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Sean Everett (Waiter), Amanda Wyss (Beth Curtis), Al Rosen (Al), Elizabeth Keifer (Lisa)
Woody's old girlfriend comes to Boston to visit him. Frasier decides to pay his bar bill by working as a janitor.
72 :04x03 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Writer: Tom Seeley, Norm Gunzenhauser
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Frank Dent (Stuart Sorensen)
After Diane fantasizes about the owner of a coat left at Cheers, Sam pressures her to ask the coat's owner for a date no matter who the owner turns out to be. When the owner comes to claim the coat, Diane tries to wiggle out of her "dream date". Meanwhile, Norm and Cliff work together on a high school science project.
73 :04x04 - The Groom Wore Clearasil
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Ingle (Professor Moffat), Sherilyn Fenn (Gabrielle), Al Rosen (Al), Mandy Ingber (Annie), Craig Berenson (Customer), Timothy Williams (Anthony Tortelli)
Carla worries that her son, Anthony, is contemplating getting married, even though he is still a teenager. She heads to Sam for help who tries to convince Anthony being a bachelor is far better than being a husband. Meanwhile, Diane has an interview with her former fiance, Sumner Sloane.
74 :04x05 - Diane's Nightmare
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tim Cunningham (Tim), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Derek McGrath (Andy Schroeder), Nancy Cartwright (Cynthia)
On a dark, stormy night, Diane awakens from a nightmare in which she fears that Andy Schroeder, the crazy date who once tried to strangle her, has escaped from the home for the criminally insane and is coming to kill her.
75 :04x06 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Rick Andosca (Guy), Eve Glazier (Little Girl), Steve Giannelli (Steve), William Lanteau (Bruce Sayers), Alan Koss (Alan)
Although Sam would usually have no qualms over lending Diane money, especially a measly $500, that is until he witnesses he recent spending spree and that she has used the money to purchase a book.
76 :04x07 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Don Lewis (Sotto the Mime), Michael Alaimo (Vinnie Claussen), Jack Gallagher (Customer)
Carla's ad in the personals has not been answered, so the guys decide to make up a man for her. Airline pilot Mitch Wainwright is created as a means of raising her spirits, but she becomes obsessed with the 'man.'
77 :04x08 - Love Thy Neighbor
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Miriam Flynn (Phyllis Henshaw), Ernie Sabella (Santo Carbone), Frank Czarnecki (Jack), Richard Young (Frank), Fred Dryer (Dave Richards (as John F. Dryer)), Carolyn Ann Clark (Woman)
Norm and his neighbor's wife hire a private detective when they assume that their spouses are having an affair together.
78 :04x09 - From Beer to Eternity
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Steve Giannelli (Steve), Alan Koss (Alan), Kim Waltrip (Woman), Jack Kosslyn (Bill), Joel Polis (Gary), Tim Cunningham (Tim)
Cheers and Gary's Olde Towne Tavern are set to compete in their first ever athletic competition against each other, and the guys discover that bowling is not up their alley. But they find a reluctant hero in Woody, who doesn't want to compete.
79 :04x10 - The Barstoolie
Writer: Andy Cowan, David S. Williger
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Claudia Cron (Claudia), Dick O'Neill (Cliff Clavin, Sr.)
Cliff's father comes to Cheers to give him an important message, but Cliff is reluctant to identify himself to the man who left his family behind. Also, Sam is dating a woman with a brain, and tries to keep her from meeting Diane.
80 :04x11 - Don Juan is Hell
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Rafael Munro (Reporter), Stephen Minor (Barry), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Lowell Greenspon)
Sam is proud to be the subject of Diane's psychology paper for school titled, “Don Juan Syndrome,” until he realizes what an unflattering picture she has painted of him.
81 :04x12 - Fools and Their Money
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Al Rosen (Al), Paul Willson (Paul Krapence), Arthur Taxier (Frank)
Woody has had a remarkable winning streak playing the Cheers football pool. So the gang convinces him to place a bet with a real bookie. But no one expected that he would bet all his life's savings on the game.
82 :04x13 - Take My Shirt, Please
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Patrick Cronin (Bert), Robert Symonds (Mr. Henry Brubaker), Earl Houston Bullock (Announcer), Frances Bay (Mrs. Brubaker)
The gang convinces Sam to give something to the annual charity auction, and is devastated when no one bids on his authentic jersey. Meanwhile, Norm tries to impress a potential client and his wife, but soon realizes that none of them have anything in common.
83 :04x14 - Suspicion
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Hamilton Camp (Martin Gallagher), M. C. Gainey (Irving), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Joseph Paz (Customer)
After making a fool out of the gang at Cheers with her psychology-class experiment in paranoid behavior, it's Diane who may become a better case subject as she nervously awaits their revenge.
84 :04x15 - The Triangle
Writer: Susan Seeger
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Al Rosen (Al)
Frasier has been hitting the bottle hard since his break up with Diane, and Sam wants to help him, having been there himself. But Sam has no confidence in Diane's plan to restore Frasier's self respect.
85 :04x16 - Cliffie's Big Score
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Timothy Scott (Lucas), Al Rosen (Al)
Cliff finds himself in an unusual situation when he has two dates for the annual postman's ball. He asks Sam for advice when he needs to drop either Diane or Carla.
86 :04x17 - Second Time Around
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: Thomas Lofaro
Guest star: Lou Fant (Justice of the Peace), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Jennifer Tilly (Candi Pearson)
After Frasier is dumped by his date, Sam sets him up with a woman who "cannot say no" to anyone.
87 :04x18 - The Peterson Principle
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Daniel Davis (Mr. Reinhardt), Adam Carl (Vito), Chip Zien (Jeff Robbins)
Norm has some dirt on the competition for a promotion at work, that could give him the position.
88 :04x19 - Dark Imaginings
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Peter Neushul (Baritone), James Kline (Bass), Deborah Dalton (Nurse Louise), Douglas Anderson (139th Street Quartet, 1st Tenor), Pamela Bach (Bonnie), Christine Dickinson (Joan), Lisa Vice (Judy), Jere Fields (Nurse Brenda), Larry F. Wright (2nd Tenor), Tim Dunigan (Dr. McNeese)
In an effort not to look old in front of the guys, Sam winds up giving himself a hernia, which he tries to keep secret.
89 :04x20 - Save the Last Dance For Me
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jean Kasem (Loretta Tortelli), Sinara Stull (Cheryl Koski), Nick Dimitri (Eddie Csznyk), Dan Hedaya (Nick Tortelli), Hal Landon, Jr. (Floyd Panjeric)
After finding out that Calra's ex-husband is going to compete in a dance contest with the younger Loretta, Carla tries to enlist Sam as her partner.
90 :04x21 - Fear is My Co-Pilot
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Joseph Whipp (Jack Dalton)
Sam and Diane find themselves in a matter of life-and-death when the pilot, Diane's ex-boyfriend, dies during the trip.
91 :04x22 - Diane Chambers Day
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Doris Grau (Corinne), Jacqueline Cassell (Jackie)
The guys at the bar feel bad for always shutting out Diane from their activities and decide to attend anything she chooses...which happens to be an opera.
92 :04x23 - Relief Bartender
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Eiding (Fred), Patricia Veselich (Mrs. Charters), Judith Barsi (Child #1), Kim Robinson (Andrea), Judith Borsi (Child #1), Jack Lindine (Caribou #1), Terrence Beasor (Caribou #2), Edan Gross (Child #2), Madgel Dean (Mrs. Benfer)
Sam has decided to become the host/manager of Cheers, and therefore will need to hire a new bartender. But after the idea fizzles out, Woody fears he may lose his job.
93 :04x24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Max Wright (Jim Fleener), Kate Mulgrew (Janet Eldridge), Michael G. Hagerty (Decker), David Paymer (Phil Schumacher)
Sam falls for city councilwoman Janet Eldridge, as she stepped into Cheers to campaign. A jealous Diane decides to join her opponents side, believing she is out to steal Sam away and then dump him after the election. Frasier joins the opposition too, in hopes of getting Diane back.
94 :04x25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Max Wright (Jim Fleener), Kate Mulgrew (Janet Eldridge), David Paymer (Phil Schumacher)
Diane feels even more jealous now that Janet and Sam's relationship has grown stronger. Janet believes Sam needs to cut all ties to his past, which means he must fire Diane, a conversation she overheard. But Diane beats him to the punch and quits. Meanwhile, Norm fears that Vera's visiting sister will once again try and seduce him like she did on her last visit.
95 :04x26 - Strange Bedfellows (3)
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kate Mulgrew (Janet Eldridge), David Paymer (Phil Schumacher), Max Wright (Jim Fleener)
Janet has won the election and gathers the press to Cheers to give a speech. Diane shows up and fires a few fastballs by he in the form of questions, causing Sam to remove her from the bar. Janet has been pressing Sam for a marriage proposal, but seeing a lack of commitment in his actions, decides to dump him. This causes Sam to call someone on the phone and propose. Meanwhile, mush to his fears, Vera is called away leaving he and Donna alone.
96 :05x01 - The Proposal
Sam becomes frustrated when Diane refuses to accept his marriage proposal over the telephone, and then agrees to meet her for a romantic evening and then still rejects him.
97 :05x02 - The Cape Cad
Writer: Andy Cowan, David S. Williger
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Don Perry (Hotel Manager), Sid Conrad (Husband), Kathryn White (Wife), Brenda Strong (Vicki)
Since Diane said no to his wedding proposal once too often, Sam says he will never ask her again. He brags that he has set up a romantic weekend with another woman at Cape Cod, which entices Diane to follow him. Although alone, Sam won't mention that his date has returned home early.
98 :05x03 - Money Dearest
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Frances Sternhagen (Esther Clavin)
Cliff makes plans of becoming a rich man someday by introducing his mom to a rich bar patron. But the man explains that when he dies, he's leaving all his money to charity.
99 :05x04 - Abnormal Psychology
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin)
Diane helps Frasier and Dr. Lillith Sternin get together after noticing a chemistry between the two. Meanwhile, Woody invites Norm and Cliff to a fishing trip, which they reluctantly attend.
100 :05x05 - House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
Carla buys a new house and later discovers it is on top of a 17th century prison graveyard. So Cliff is recruited to spend the night there to prove there is nothing to fear.
101 :05x06 - Tan N' Wash
Norm gets the whole gang involved when he invests in a combination laundry and tanning salon.
102 :05x07 - Young Dr. Weinstein
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Dennis Robertson (Dr. Peter Fisher), Kristi Somers (Darlene), Joseph Kell (Waiter)
Woody becomes obsessed with creating a new drink. After many failures he hits a tasty new concoction...now if he can only remember the ingredients. Meanwhile, Diane and her new beau have reservations at a new "in spot" of Boston, named The Cafe. Sam believes he should bring his latest date there also.
103 :05x08 - Knights of the Scimitar
Writer: Jeff Abugov
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bill Deland (Foley), Dwier Brown (Lance), Raye Birk (Walt Twitchell), Steve Vinovich (High Sultan)
Sam becomes jealous when Diane announces that she has been doing some part-time teaching and one of her students is in love with her. Also, Cliff wants to join the Knights of the Scimitar, an exclusive lodge. He also wants the gang to join but only Norm agrees, in hopes of making new business contacts. But a rule will keep him from doing so.
104 :05x09 - Thanksgiving Orphans
Diane invites everyone to Carla's home for a Thanksgiving dinner, only to wind up with a frozen turkey and burnt peas as their meal.
105 :05x10 - Everyone Imitates Art
Diane receives a rejection letter from a literary magazine, touting her work as promising. Sam believes that he would receive the same letter if he sent a poem in to the same magazine. But when his work is accepted, Diane goes all-out to prove his poem was plagiarized.
106 :05x11 - The Book of Samuel
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Barbara Chase (Woman), Pamela A. Hedges (Tina Wilson), John Brace (Leonard Twilley), Katherine McGrath (Desiree Harrison)
After receiving a "Dear John" letter from Beth in the mail, Woody searches through Sam's legendary black book to find a woman to show off as his date.
107 :05x12 - Dance, Diane, Dance
Writer: Jeff Abugov
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Dan Gerrity (Choreographer)
Diane announces that she has been taking ballet lessons at a community college class with the world renowned Madame Lihkova. She must submit a video tape for her final exam, which the gang get a hold of and its harsh critiques. Frasier rewrites the message to something positive, which swells her head to the point of wanting to audition for the Boston Ballet.
108 :05x13 - Chambers vs Malone
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Thomas Babson (Tom Babson), Jack Ritschel (Warden), Patrick De Santis (Joe), Hugh Maguire (Hall Hugh), Michael Keys (Assistant D.A.), Lance E. Nichols (Baliff), Glen Vernon (Priest)
Sam winds up in jail for assault and battery after proposing to Diane one more time.
109 :05x14 - Diamond Sam
Sam finds himself in a bind when Diane falls in love with an engagement ring costing $5,200. Norm suggest using his friend to make a fake ring for a fraction of the cost. But the pressure is too much for Sam and he buys the expensive ring, switching it before Diane finds out. After revealing his secret, Diane becomes so upset that she tosses the ring out the window...unaware that it's the real ring.
110 :05x15 - Spellbound
When Loretta catches Nick cheating on her, Diane and Carla come to her side for comfort. But when Sam stands up to Nick, he believes that Sam and Loretta are now a couple and vows to steal Diane away from him. Meanwhile, Frasier struggles in a game of chess against Woody.
111 :05x16 - Never Love a Goalie (1)
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Deanna Oliver (Deanna)
Eddie Lebec, a recent addition to the Boston Bruins hockey club, falls for Carla. Meanwhile, Diane is named foreman of a murder trial and is sworn to secrecy, but spills the beans to anyone who will listen.
112 :05x17 - Never Love a Goalie (2)
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Deanna Oliver (Deanna), Suzanne Collins (Sherry Grand), Brent Spiner (Murder Suspect)
Eddie was the hottest goalie in hockey until he and Carla became an item. Meanwhile, the defendant in Diane's murder trial shows up at the bar.
113 :05x18 - One Last Fling
Sam and Diane decide to allow each other one last fling for 24 hours before their wedding day, but neither take advantage of the situation.
114 :05x19 - Dog Bites Cliff
Diane asks for some time away to visit a Buddhist monastery to get her life straightened out. Meanwhile, Cliff is all set to sue the owner of a dog which left him with a bite on his leg, but gets cold feet after seeing the voluptuous beauty.
115 :05x20 - Dinner at Eight-ish
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin), Doris Grau (Corinne)
Frasier shocks the gang by announcing he has asked Lilith Stern to move in together, and invite Sam and Diane over for dinner. Elsewhere, Carla enlists Cliff to watch over her children while away with Eddie.
116 :05x21 - Simon Says
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ray Underwood (Busman)
Diane pleads for Frasier's friend, a noted marriage therapist, to take them in for a session, then refuses to use his suggestions.
117 :05x22 - The Godfather, Part III
Writer: Chris Cluess, Stuart Kreisman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Joe Colligan (Jack)
Joyce Pantusso, Coach's daughter and Sam's goddaughter, has come to Boston for a visit. Sam asks Woody to keep her busy so she won't become bored. But when they come back to Cheers, they give the shocking news that they want to move in together.
118 :05x23 - Norm's First Hurrah
Writer: David S. Williger, Andy Cowan
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jeff Robie (Office Boy), Ron Davis (Board Member), Neil Zevnik (Supervisor)
Norm lands a job at a prestigious Boston CPA firm, but overdoes his importance to the firm with the gang. So when they come to surprise him at work he becomes caught in a lie. Meanwhile, Woody loses a $20 bill and Cliff just happens to have found one.
119 :05x24 - Cheers: the Motion Picture
Woody finds out that his parents fear his safety in Boston and ask him to return to Indiana. So the gang decide to film a short movie showing the life that he leads each day in hopes of changing their minds.
120 :05x25 - A House is Not a Home
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Penny Krompier (Mom), Stefanie Mason (Annie), Lou Bonacki (Man), Mark Smollin (David), Stephanie Walski (Naomi), Douglas Seale (Bert Miller)
Sam and Diane find their dream house, but after hearing the story of the elderly couple who live there now, Diane doesn't have the heart to move in.
121 :05x26 - I Do and Adieu
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Walter Addison (Justice of the Peace)
Sam and Diane's wedding day has finally arrived, as has Dr. Sumner Sloane, along with the news that a producer is interested in one of her manuscripts, but needs to make some changes immediately.
122 :06x01 - Home is the Sailor
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Michael Tulin (Customer)
Six months has passed since Diane left Sam at the alter. Sam had since sold the bar to a corporation and bought himself a sailboat where he had been living until it sank. Now he's returned to Cheers and is looking for a job.
123 :06x02 - 'I' on Sports
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Catherine MacNeal (Joanne), Leonard R. Garner, Jr. (Store Manager), J. Stephan Coyle (Dr. Buzz)
Sam gets the chance to fill-in for his old buddy on TV for a week as a sportscaster on the evening news. But to do so he must dodge his duties at Cheers.
124 :06x03 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (1)
Eddie proposes to Carla and wants her to meet his mother. The get together is a disaster when she takes an immediate disliking to Carla and wants the wedding called off. Elsewhere, Rebecca nervously awaits the arrival of her boss.
125 :06x04 - Little Carla, Happy at Last (2)
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Timothy Williams (Anthony Tortelli), Mandy Ingber (Annie Tortelli), Ron Husmann (Bandleader), Jay Thomas (Eddie LeBec)
It's up to Sam to get Carla and Eddie back together after Eddie's mother did not approve of his choice of brides.
126 :06x05 - The Crane Mutiny
Writer: David Angell
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin)
Having had a fallout with Lilith, the gang tries to convince Frasier that Rebecca wants him. Meanwhile, Rebecca removes Sam's picture and replaces it with one of her own.
127 :06x06 - Paint Your Office
After Norm is alerted by Rebecca how much his bar tab has amassed, he works it off by painting her office for her.
128 :06x07 - The Last Angry Mailman
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Frances Sternhagen (Esther Clavin)
Cliff's mom is ready to sell their family home to a developer who wants to build a convenience store on the site. Meanwhile, after discovering Rebecca's college nickname, "Backseat Becky," the gang want to learn how she got the name.
129 :06x08 - Bidding on the Boys
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: Thomas Lofaro
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lilltih Sternin)
Sam and Woody participate in a charity auction but are not too happy after finding out who bought them.
130 :06x09 - Pudd'nhead Boyd
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: John Paragon (Grif Palmer), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Woody takes the role of Mark Twain in a local theater production, and meets an older woman while still in his makeup which he begins dating.
131 :06x10 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss
Sam is asked by Rebecca to attend a company function with her to prove to Evan Crane that she is not a lesbian. Meanwhile, Frasier comes down with a bad case of the hiccups.
132 :06x11 - My Fair Clavin
Cliff creates a monster when he moves into a singles apartment complex and meets Sally, a very plain looking woman. Cliff explains to Rebecca that she won't go out because of her looks, in which Miss Howe suggests she gets a makeover. Pleased with her new face, Sally becomes a hit at Cheers, making Cliff wishing she was back to her old self. Meanwhile, Rebecca has begun smoking again and makes a pact with Sam, if she ever smokes again, she will sleep with him.
133 :06x12 - Christmas Cheers
The gang finds themselves depressed on Christmas Eve, with Rebecca keeping the bar open late, Carla wants to be home with Eddie, and Woody is away from home for the first time during the holiday season. When Sam is invited to a late night dinner at Rebeca's apartment, Sam becomes desperate to find her a gift.
134 :06x13 - Woody For Hire, Meets Norman of the Apes
No one will believe Woody when he says he was hired to play a tiny role in an episode of Spenser: for Hire. Meanwhile, a disagreement between Norm and Cliff over the paint job Norm has done in Cliff's mothers apartment, has a chimpanzee doing the same work Norm has just completed.
135 :06x14 - And God Created Woodman
A company picnic at Evan Drake's home ends up making Woody buddies with the boss due to his taking the fall for Rebecca who has broken one of Evan's vases.
136 :06x15 - Tale of Two Cuties
With Carla on maternity leave having given birth to twins, her daughter Annie fills in, and Mr. Drake has hired a pretty young girl to work at the bar causing jealous feelings for Rebecca, who is unaware that the girl is his daughter.
137 :06x16 - Yacht of Fools
Sam is invited to bring a guest along for a weekend on Evan Drake's yacht. When Rebecca finds out, she insists that Sam brings her along so she can get closer to Evan.
138 :06x17 - To All the Girls I've Loved Before
Sam and Rebecca give Frasier and Lilith their bachelor and bridal showers. While Frasier's promises to be a party to remember, the fun suddenly stops when the stripper ends up being one of his patients. Meanwhile, Lilith's party becomes a blast, so much so that a drunken Lilith misses her call from Frasier she had asked him to make, putting fear in his mind that she has run off with the male stripper.
139 :06x18 - Let Sleeping Drakes Lie
While Evan Drake is in Europe, Norm has been hired to paint the inside of his home. When Rebecca finds out she badgers Norm into letting her look around Evan's place. But when he comes home unexpectedly, she must find a place to hide.
140 :06x19 - Airport V
Eddie has been cut by the Penguins and gets a new job skating as a penguin in The World of Ice show. But Carla can't go to visit him because she is afraid to fly. Frasier decides to hold a workshop for others who have the same fear, ending with a plane trip. While the patients are calm aboard the flight, their comments have Frasier freaked out. Meanwhile, Rebecca awaits the arrival of Murray Treadwell, a local restaurant critic, hoping to receive a positive review of the bar since taking over the management.
141 :06x20 - The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit
Evan Drake promotes Sam to an executive position, which upsets Rebecca. She figures out that Sam only got the nod so he could be a ringer on the corporation's softball team. Despite wanting to throw this back in his face when the season ends and Sam is fired, he tells Rebecca how his father said he was proud of him, causing her to rethink her plans.
142 :06x21 - Our Hourly Bread
With all the crew asking for raises, Rebecca confides that the bar may be shut down since it is losing money. The gang devise an idea to raise money by raffling off a cruise. But an error by Woody has the winner being number 66 or 99, and both patrons threaten to sue.
143 :06x22 - Slumber Party Massacre
When Carla learns she is about to be a grandmother and becomes depressed, Lilith and Rebecca throw a slumber party in an attempt to cheer her up.
144 :06x23 - Bar Wars
The Cheers gang declares war on a rival bar, Gary's Old Town Tavern, and steals their bowling tournament trophy.
145 :06x24 - The Big Kiss-Off
Sam and Woody square off to see who can kiss Rebecca first.
146 :06x25 - Backseat Becky, Up Front
Rebecca goes to great lengths to try to get some time alone with Evan Drake before he moves to Japan.
147 :07x01 - How to Recede in Business
Rebecca's life is thrown into chaos when she learns Evan Drake's replacement has made Sam the new manager.
148 :07x02 - Swear to God
Sam makes a wager with God that if he remains celibate if only he isn't the father of an old girlfriend's child.
149 :07x03 - Executive Sweet (1)
Rebecca tells Sam that she'll only date people that can help her get further in her career.
150 :07x04 - One Happy Chappy in a Sappy Serape (2)
Sam heads south of the border to Mexico to open a new bar for the company, which makes Rebecca available to her baby boss.
151 :07x05 - Those Lips, Those Ice
Carla becomes upset when she believes that Eddie is having an affair with someone from the ice show.
152 :07x06 - Norm, is That You?
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin), George DelHoyo (Robert Cooperman)
Norm becomes an interior decorator, but tries to hide it from the gang.
153 :07x07 - How to Win Friends and Electrocute People
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Cliff makes a personality change when no one visits him while in the hospital with an appendicitis. Meanwhile, Sam teaches Lilith how to drive.
154 :07x08 - Jumping Jerks
The gang decides to learn how to sky dive.
155 :07x09 - Send in the Crane
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Sam becomes attracted to an old girlfriend and her daughter. Meanwhile, Woody volunteers to be a clown at a birthday Rebecca is planning.
156 :07x10 - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Cheers' goes up against rival bar Gary's Old Towne Tavern in a contest to make Boston's Best Bloody Mary.
157 :07x11 - Adventures in Housesitting
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Rebecca housesits for a company executive, and has to call Sam and Woody for help when the dog runs away.
158 :07x12 - Please Mr. Postman
Cliff is tested when his new girlfriend, a postal employee, breaks the rules on his watch.
159 :07x13 - Golden Boyd
Woody tries to steal a rich man's girlfriend after he embarrasses him.
160 :07x14 - I Kid You Not
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Lilith and Frasier have a trial run at parenting when they watch Carla's six-year-old son.
161 :07x15 - Don't Paint Your Chickens
Rebecca tries to impress her bosses by using her skills to promote Norm's business, while Sam tries to keep up with a woman who is in to every sport.
162 :07x16 - The Cranemakers
Lilith convinces Frasier to move with her into a cabin in the woods.
163 :07x17 - Hot Rocks
Sam introduces everyone to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but Rebecca thinks that he was the one who stole her earrings.
164 :07x18 - What's Up, Doc?
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Sam fakes that he has impotence in order to get closer to a therapist.
165 :07x19 - The Gift of the Woody
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Woody's rich girlfriend fails to appreciate a gift that he gives to her. Meanwhile, Rebecca has a makeover in order to help her career.
166 :07x20 - Call Me Irresponsible
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Woody gets the urge to gamble; Carla waits for Eddie to surprise her on their anniversary.
167 :07x21 - Sisterly Love
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Sam tries to get Rebecca and her sister to talk again.
168 :07x22 - The Visiting Lecher
Rebecca believes a a respected authority on marital fidelity was flirting with her.
169 :08x01 - The Improbable Dream (1)
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Rebecca continues to have X-rated dreams about Sam, but millionaire Robin Colcord comes into her life.
170 :08x02 - The Improbable Dream (2)
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Webster Williams (Miles), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Rebecca is able to get her mind off of Sam when millionaire Robin Colcord takes her to California.
171 :08x03 - A Bar is Born
Rebecca gets ready for her first night with Robin Colcord; Sam works to be named the owner of the bar once again.
172 :08x04 - How to Marry a Mailman
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Webster Williams (Miles)
The woman Cliff turned in for stealing a Post Office van returns from Canada and has a blinding offer for Cliff.
173 :08x05 - The Two Faces of Norm
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Eric Allan Kramer (Rudy), Rob Moran (Dennis Hammill), Kristen Amber Citron (Veronica), Cynthia Stevenson (Norm's secretary), Gordon Hunt (Gordon), Jacqueline Alexandra Citron (Jennifer)
Norm invents a partner to order around his paint crew; Sam regrets selling his Corvette.
174 :08x06 - The Stork Brings a Crane
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Victoria Hoffman (Gail Aldrich), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Michael Ennis (Doctor), Laura Robinson (Nurse), Monty Ash (Mr. Weaver)
Rebecca plans a party for Cheers' 100th anniversary, but all eyes are on Lilith when she goes into labor.
175 :08x07 - Death Takes a Holiday on Ice
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kevin Conroy (Darryl Mead), Thomas Haden Church (Gordie Brown), Anne DeSalvo (Gloria LeBec), Eric Christmas (Father Barry)
At Eddie's funeral, Carla learns that she isn't his only widow.
176 :08x08 - For Real Men Only
Writer: David Pollock, Elias Davis
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Melanie Kinnaman (Tanya), Michael Currie (Mr. Sheridan), Jay Robinson (Larry)
Frasier and the guys grimace at the thought of Frasier's son's circumcision. Meanwhile, Rebecca has a tough time planning a retirement party for a dull employee.
177 :08x09 - Two Girls for Every Boyd
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ebbe Roe Smith (Ron), Jeffrey Richman (Lee Bradken), Lisa Kudrow (Emily), Mark Kubr (Torsten), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Woody has difficulty acting out the love scenes in his first starring role. Meanwhile, the guys have a competition to see who can grow a beard the fastest.
178 :08x10 - The Art of the Steal
Rebecca and Sam are trapped together overnight at Robin Colcord's high security apartment. Meanwhile, the gang plays Monopoly.
179 :08x11 - Feeble Attraction
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: John Pappas (Phil), Cynthia Stevenson (Norm's secretary)
Norm fires his secretary, who believes the move is only because he's too attracted to her to work with her. meanwhile, Rebecca obsesses over a surprise hidden in a desk Robin gave her.
180 :08x12 - Sam Ahoy
Robin lets Sam and the gang borrow his yacht, but things take a turn when they find a bomb in the worst place possible -- in the refrigerator next to the beer.
181 :08x13 - Sammy and the Professor
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Alexis Smith (Alice Anne Volkman), Diedrich Bader (Waiter)
Rebecca's business school professor makes an investment in Sam. Meanwhile, Carla is audited.
182 :08x14 - What is... Cliff Clavin?
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Greg Davis (Timmy), Bernie Kuby (Ear), Steven Rotblatt (Stage Manager), Alex Trebek (Himself), Johnny Gilbert (Himself)
Jeopardy comes to Boston to tape the game show and Cliff lands a spot as a contestant on the show. He cruises through the Jeopardy! round, but struggles with the Final Jeopardy question., Meanwhile, Sam's little black book was stolen and the thief begins calling all of the girls in the book.
183 :08x15 - Finally! (1)
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Crystal Carson (Ingrid), Gail O'Grady (Laura Walton), Bill Medley (Himself), Webster Williams (Miles)
Rebecca and Robin plan out a night during which they hope to get together, but Sam's presence makes it more difficult than they had expected.
184 :08x16 - Finally! (2)
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bill Medley (Himself), Valerie Karasek (Christine Davi)
Rebecca is crushed when she finds Robin with another woman.
185 :08x17 - Woody or Won't He
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Melendy Britt (Roxanne Gaines), Robert Gallo (Phil)
Cliff tries his luck on a mechanical bull and Woody finds the advantages of his girlfriend's mother.
186 :08x18 - Severe Crane Damage
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Marsha Kramer (Talk Show Lady), Phyllis Katz (Brenda Balzak)
Lilith goes on a talk show in order to promote her new book about men who are bad for women and brings an example -- Sam.
187 :08x19 - Indoor Fun With Sammy and Robby
Rebecca daydreams about what a perfect day with Robin would be like. Robin, however, dares Sam to take on several childish challenges.
188 :08x20 - 50-50 Carla
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Anne DeSalvo (Gloria LeBec)
Carla becomes friends with Gloria, Eddie's other widow, but their new found friendship is threatened when Carla learns Eddie left $50,000 in insurance money. Meanwhile, Woody stresses over having to act in a nude scene when he is cast in a production of Hair.
189 :08x21 - Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tim Donoghue (Tucker), Robert Machray (Fire Marshall), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Despite the truce, the gang tries to revive the war against Gary's Old Towne Tavern when they find that their statue of Tecumseh the Indian is missing.
190 :08x22 - Loverboyd
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Trish Ramish (Chambermaid)
Woody deals with the news that Kelly is going to Europe for school. Norm is named designated driver for an evening.
191 :08x23 - The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Georgia Brown (Madame Lazora), Kevin Conroy (Darryl Mead), Michael Rupert (Dennis), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Carla calls an exorcist when Eddie's ghost appears in the bar. Rebecca goes to a TV station to complain about a hair removal system.
192 :08x24 - Mr. Otis Regrets
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Christine Cavanaugh (Terry Gardner), Eric Bruskotter (Cutter Gardner), Colin Wells (Eric)
Sam makes Rebecca jealous by telling her that he hooked up with Robin's other girlfriend. Woody is shocked when a girl answers his ad for a roommate.
193 :08x25 - Cry Hard (1)
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jonathan McMurtry (Jim Montgomery)
Rebecca gives the gang a tour of Robin's apartment while he is out of town. However, while there, Sam finds that Robin has been stealing information from Rebecca's company.
194 :08x26 - Cry Harder (2)
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner, Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jonathan McMurtry (Jim Montgomery), Christopher Darga (Christopher), Ron Canada (Agt. Munson), James Nardini (James)
Rebecca and Sam deal with Robin being arrested for insider trading based on information supplied by the future owner of Cheers.
195 :09x01 - Love is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Eric Christmas (Father Barry)
After their night together, Rebecca continues to tell herself and everyone around her that nothing happened.
196 :09x02 - Cheers Fouls Out
Writer: Larry Balmagia
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Lee Vines (Father Conrad), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), James Hornbeck (Dr. Walter Froenmeyer), James Nardini (James)
Sam tries to beat Gary at a basketball game by inviting Boston Celtics' star Kevin McHale to fill in as a bartender at Cheers.
197 :09x03 - Rebecca Redux
Writer: Phoef Sutton, Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Perry Anzilotti (Promoter), Randy Pelish (Customer), Timothy Fall (Car Show Patron)
Sam hires a new bar manager, but later learns of the lengths Rebecca is going to find a job.
198 :09x04 - Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Arsenio Hall (Himself), Roger Rees (Robin Colcord), Catherine MacNeal (Joanne), Paul Willson (Paul Krapance), Ron Ulstad (Sherman)
Rebecca tries to hide how upset she is when she learns that one of Robin's former girlfriends goes public and says she is currently having an affair with Robin.
199 :09x05 - Ma Always Liked You Best
Writer: Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Frances Sternhagen (Esther Clavin), Peter Schreiner (Pete), Paul Willson (Paul Krapence), Rocky La Porte (Jeff), Ken Foree (Policeman #1), James F. Dean (Policeman #2), John Posey (Lars)
Cliff is upset when his mother calls Woody the "son she never had." Meanwhile, Norm gets stuck in a window.
200 :09x06 - Grease
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Sheldon Leonard (Sid Nelson)
Norm freaks out when he learns the Hungry Heifer is closing, and starts a campaign to keep it open. Meanwhile, Rebecca sees Robin when he begins working on a nearby street on a road gang.
201 :09x07 - Breaking in is Hard to Do
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Edward Penn (Prisoner), John Boyle (Prison Guard), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Clive Rosengren (Doug Aducci)
Lilith and Frasier try to figure out how to give their son more car. Rebecca and Carla try to arrange a conjugal visit in jail for Rebecca and Robin.
202 :09x08 - Cheers 200th Anniversary Special (1)
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Roger Rees (Himself), John McLaughlin (Host), James Burrows (Himself), Shelley Long (Herself)
John McLaughlin talks to the cast about the show and features clips from the previous 200 episodes.
203 :09x09 - Cheers 200th Anniversary Special (2)
John McLaughlin talks to the cast about the show and features clips from the previous 200 episodes.
204 :09x10 - Bad Neighbor Sam
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Mrs. Armstrong), Tamara Mark (Martha), E. E. Bell (Bradley)
Sam starts up a fight between him and the new owner of Melville's, the restaurant upstairs.
205 :09x11 - Veggie-Boyd
Writer: Rob Long, Dan Staley
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Debbie Gregory (Jill), John Cervenka (Technician), Tom Everett (Director)
Woody lands a role in a commercial for a vegetable drink.
206 :09x12 - Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tom Klunis (Heinrich), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane)
Woody becomes addicted to the home-shopping television network. Meanwhile, Norm and Cliff try to fuel a fight between Sam and Frasier.
207 :09x13 - Woody Interruptus
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Douglas MacHugh (Night Manager), Michael Keenan (Dr. Eckworth)
Kelly returns from Europe with a French boyfriend, much to Woody's chagrin. Cliff decides that he would like to have his head cryogenically frozen before he dies.
208 :09x14 - Honor Thy Mother
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Sada Thompson (Mama Lozupone), Josh Lozoff (Gino Tortelli), Randy Pelish (Sal), Carol Ann Susi (Angeline)
On her death bed, Carla's mother's last wish is that Carla name one of her children Benito Mussolini.
209 :09x15 - Achilles Hill
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Diedrich Bader (Paul), Valerie Mahaffey (Valerie Hill), Eric Christmas (Father Barry)
Sam tries to end his feud with John Hill by dating his daughter. Carla begins to think the foosball table is haunted.
210 :09x16 - The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Calvin Jung (Walter)
Rebecca takes to partying in order to hide her second thoughts when Robin proposes to her. Frasier takes to a new sing-along machine.
211 :09x17 - Wedding Bell Blues (2)
Writer: Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Ray Stricklyn (Ed), Bobby Hatfield (Himself)
On the day of Rebecca and Robin's wedding, Rebecca is determined to ignore Sam as well as her doubts about marrying Robin.
212 :09x18 - I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking it in Your Face
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Jan Gan Boyd (Stewardess), Jeff McCarthy (Leon)
Rebecca has trouble coping with the fact that she called the wedding off. Frasier translates a Dickins book into Boston lingo.
213 :09x19 - Sam Time Next Year
Writer: Larry Balmagia
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Gibby Brand (Adam), Roger Eschbacher (Jules), Don Took (Edward), Barbara Feldon (Lauren Hudson), Michael S. Dukakis (Himself)
It's Valentines Day, but Sam is feeling anything but love when back trouble prevents him from participating in his annual tryst with Lauren.
214 :09x20 - Crash of the Titans
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jeremiah Morris (Harry)
Rebecca decides on a new goal she wants to achieve, and begins by trying to win over John Hill while trying to get his lease for the bar.
215 :09x21 - It's a Wonderful Wife
Writer: Sue Herring
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Heather Lee (Miss Kenderson), Bernadette Birkett (Vera Peterson)
Norm, paranoid, decides to search for another bar. Lilith puts together a party for Frasier's birthday.
216 :09x22 - Cheers Has Chili
Writer: Phoef Sutton, Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lillith Sternin-Crane), Robert Machray (Fire Marshall), Stanley Clay (Albert)
Rebecca wants to serve Woody's chili recipe in the poolroom, but Sam objects.
217 :09x23 - Carla Loves Clavin
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jessie Scott (Shawnee Wilson), Nathan Davis (Mr. Quincy)
Carla goes out of her way to be nice to Cliff when she learns that he is a judge for the Miss Boston Barmaid competition.
218 :09x24 - Pitch It Again, Sam
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Michael Cannizzo (Fireman Mike), Zachary Benjamin (Billy), Henry Woronicz (Cap Richards), Joel Anderson (Ballplayer), James Reynolds (Fireman Jim), Michael Fairman (Dutch Kincaid), Peter Kevoian (Fireman Peter), Leanne Griffin (Leanne)
An old rival of Sam's arrives to challenge Sam to another round of baseball.
219 :09x25 - Rat Girl
Lilith is devastated when her favorite lab rate dies. Meanwhile, Paul is seduced.
220 :09x26 - Home Malone
Sam babysits for Frasier and Lilith. Woody worries about Kelly when she works at Cheers for a school project.
221 :09x27 - Uncle Sam Wants You
Writer: Rob Long, Dan Staley
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Tress MacNeille (Darla)
Sam becomes enamored with Frasier's son and decides he wants a child of his own but must find the right mother first.
222 :10x01 - Baby Balk
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bruce Wright (Bowler)
Sam and Rebecca are planing to have a baby so they decide to ask Dr. Crane's help.
223 :10x02 - Get Your Kicks on Route 666
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Anthony Addabbo (Frankie)
Frasier decides to go on a trip to find his "inner man," and takes the guys with him.
224 :10x03 - Madame LaCarla
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Georgia Brown (Madame Lazora), Jeffrey Richman (Lee Bradken)
Carla is given a crystal ball by a retiring psychic, Madame Lazora.
225 :10x04 - The Norm Who Came in from the Cold
Norm is stuck with Lilith and Frasier when he injures his back while painting at their house.
226 :10x05 - Ma's Little Maggie
Writer: Jonathan Stark, Tracy Newman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Frances Sternhagen (Esther Clavin)
Cliff's girlfriend quickly befriends his mother. Rebecca tries to get Sam to wear frozen fertility underwear.
227 :10x06 - Unplanned Parenthood
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Risa Littman (Anne Marie Tortelli), Jarrett Lennon (Ludlow Tortelli), Josh Lozoff (Gino Tortelli), Leah Remini (Serafina Tortelli), Sabrina Wiener (Lucinda Tortelli)
Sam and Rebecca become discouraged in their quest to have a child after they have trouble taking care of Carla's children. Meanwhile, Cliff tries to convince Woody to let him be the director for his video project.
228 :10x07 - Bar Wars V: the Final Judgement
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Rick Cramer (matt), Robert Desiderio (Gary)
Sam takes his pranks too far when he believes that he may have killed Gary during a Halloween gag.
229 :10x08 - Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?
The gang thinks they are to blame when Celtics' star Kevin McHale hits a slump after becoming preoccupied over the number of bolts in the floor at Boston Garden.
230 :10x09 - Head Over Hill
Writer: Rob Long, Dan Staley
Director: John Ratzenberger
Guest star: Jordan Lund (Barker #1), Kenneth Magee ((Barker #2)
Sam is upset when Carla begins to fall for John Hill.
231 :10x10 - A Fine French Whine
Woody wants to propose to Kelly, but Henri gets in the way.
232 :10x11 - I'm Okay, You're Defective
Frasier struggles to write out his will; Sam worries about getting bad news from the fertility specialist.
233 :10x12 - Go Mate
Sam and Rebecca have a weekend full of trying to make a baby, but both have different dreams of their future child.
234 :10x13 - Don't Shoot... I'm Only the Psychiatrist
Cliff and Norm try to help boost Frasier's self-esteem. Meanwhile, Woody cuts Sam's hair.
235 :10x14 - No Rest For the Woody
Woody takes a job as a gravedigger to try to earn some money for an engagement ring.
236 :10x15 - My Son, the Father
Sam plots a way to get even with John Hill. Carla's son decides to become a priest.
237 :10x16 - One Hugs, the Other Doesn't
Frasier's past is brought to light during a performance by children's singer Nanny Gee at Frederick's birthday party.
238 :10x17 - A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff
Woody's cousin falls for Rebecca. Cliff is upset over the new post office uniforms.
239 :10x18 - License to Hill
Rebecca looks after the bar while the gang plays poker, but is to blame when the liquor license lapses.
240 :10x19 - Rich Man, Wood Man
Woody returns to reality after a trip to London with Kelly.
241 :10x20 - Smotherly Love
Frasier tries to convince Lilith to confront her mother. Rebecca tries to persuade Norm to pay his tab.
242 :10x21 - Take Me Out of the Ball Game
Sam debates a baseball comeback, but has a change of heart when he sees how much younger the players are than he is. Meanwhile, Frasier scrambles when he loses Lilith's lab rat.
243 :10x22 - Rebecca's Lover... Not
Rebecca's high school crush arrives in town, and is shocked to see how much he has changed.
244 :10x23 - Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real
The new owner of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern doesn't see the humor in Cheers' newest prank.
245 :10x24 - Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!
Norm fools Cliff into thinking that Johnny Carson will use Cliff's joke on "The Tonight Show", so the gang heads off for Hollywood and comedy ensues. The subplot follows Sam as he tries to install a satellite dish.
246 :10x25 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding (1)
It's Woody and Kelly's wedding day, but they must face several obstacles, both before and during the wedding itself.
247 :10x26 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding (2)
It's Woody and Kelly's wedding day, but they must face several obstacles, both before and during the wedding itself.
248 :11x01 - The Little Match Girl
Writer: Rob Long, Dan Staley
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jackie Swanson (Kelly Boyd), Keene Curtis (John Allen Hill), Peter Keleghan (Kirby), Robert Machray (Fire Marshall), Amanda Carlin (Ms. Kurland), Peter Kevoian (Fireman Peter)
There is a fire in the bar and it's Rebecca's fault but no one knows it.
249 :11x02 - The Beer is Always Greener
Writer: Tom Leopold
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Paul Willson (Paul Krapance), Alan Koss (Alan), Jackie Swanson (Kelly Boyd), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Rosa Nevin (Gwen), Matthew Glave (Bartender), Spencer Beglarian (Customer), Julia Montgomery (Ellen), Glenn Shadix (Bernard)
Carla is forced to find another job while Cheers is being rebuilt and for that she has to be nice.
250 :11x03 - The King of Beers
Norm becomes a beer taster at a brewery. Rebecca realizes that she is addicted to the bar's new slot machine.
251 :11x04 - The Magnificent Six
Rebecca resorts to desperate measures in her quest to quit smoking.
252 :11x05 - Do Not Forsake Me O' My Postman
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Derek McGrath (Andy Schroeder)
Maggie returns to see Cliff and tells him that she's carrying his baby.
253 :11x06 - Teaching with the Enemy (1)
Rebecca spots Lilith with another man, and doesn't know whether or not to tell Frasier.
254 :11x07 - The Girl in the Plastic Bubble (2)
Frasier ends up on a ledge when Lilith tells him she wants to spend a year away from him.
255 :11x08 - Ill-Gotten Gaines
Kelly's father thinks that Woody is out to blackmail him when he sees him cheating on his wife. Meanwhile, Rebecca puts together a Thanksgiving dinner at the bar.
256 :11x09 - Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa
Carla hides her true feelings when John Hill has a heart attack. Meanwhile, Cliff thinks Hitler moved into his apartment building.
257 :11x10 - Daddy's Little Middle-Aged Girl
Rebecca's father tries to convince her to go with him to San Diego. Woody attempts to get Kelly to move her stuff into his apartment.
258 :11x11 - Love Me, Love My Car
Sam decides to sell his car, but has a hard time doing so. When he finally decides to sell it, he tries to do everything possible to get it back. Meanwhile, Rebecca becomes attached to the pig Woody is going to fix for Christmas dinner.
259 :11x12 - Sunday Dinner
Frasier tries seeing other women after Lilith leaves him and starts by dating his secretary, Shauna. Meanwhile, Cliff and Norm video tape a family reunion held at Cheers.
260 :11x13 - Norm's Big Audit
Norm debates sleeping with in IRS agent to avoid getting audited. Sam tries to stop the gang from watching his old baseball tapes.
261 :11x14 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar
Robin returns, broke, but remembers that he had left a belt stuffed with cash in the bar.
262 :11x15 - Loathe and Marriage
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Leah Remini (Serafina Tortelli)
Carla's daughter wants to have her father walk her down the aisle, much to her chagrin.
263 :11x16 - Is There a Doctor in the Howe? (1)
The gang throws a party to try to cheer Frasier up when his divorce from Lilith is finalized. The drinking is to blame when Frasier and Rebecca share a moment.
264 :11x17 - The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)
Lilith returns to try to get back Frasier, only to find him with Rebecca. The situation becomes even more complex when Lilith's former lover arrives in town as well.
265 :11x18 - The Last Picture Show
Writer: Fred Graver
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Pat Hingle (Gus O'Malley), Michael Winters (Security Guard), Nicholas Ross Oleson (Man at Drive-In)
Sam asks the bar's former owner to watch the place while he and the gang go to a drive-in theater before it closes for good.
266 :11x19 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
Sam asks Harry the Hat for help in the latest prank against Gary's Old Towne Tavern.
267 :11x20 - Look Before You Sleep
Writer: Rebecca Parr Cioffi
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Deirdre Imershein (Julie), Frances Sternhagen (Esther Clavin)
Sam finds himself locked out of the bar, forcing him to have to find a place to sleep for the night.
268 :11x21 - Woody Gets an Election
Writer: Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon, Rob Long, Dan Staley
Director: James Burrows
Frasier tries to get Woody to run for city council.
269 :11x22 - It's Lonely on the Top
Writer: Heide Perlman
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane)
A night of drinking leads to some surprising twists -- Carla tells Sam she slept with one of the bar's regulars, but can't remember who.
270 :11x23 - Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (1)
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane)
Rebecca impresses Lloyd and he ends up inviting her to a society gala, and is shocked with what the night brings.
271 :11x24 - Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (2)
Cliff puts Esther Calvin into a retirement home, but Cliff feels guilty about the move.
272 :11x25 - The Guy Can't Help It
Writer: David Angell, David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane)
Rebecca falls for a plumber, and Sam joins a support group.
273 :11x26 - One for the Road (1)
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Shelley Long (Diane Chambers), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Gregg Berger (Announcer Of Cable Ace Awards (Uncredited)), Anthony Heald (Kevin), Rick Berman (Bar patron)
Diane's re-visit to the bar is not a pleasant one, when she brings her husband up, Sam feels intimidated and pretends to be married to Rebecca. When the date turns out to be a disaster, Sam and Diane get re-engaged, but once again things fall through. Meanwhile, Rebecca at last becomes engaged to her boyfriend.
274 :11x27 - One for the Road (2)
Diane's re-visit to the bar is not a pleasant one, when she brings her husband up, Sam feels intimidated and pretends to be married to Rebecca. When the date turns out to be a disaster, Sam and Diane get re-engaged, but once again things fall through. Meanwhile, Rebecca at last becomes engaged to her boyfriend.
275 :11x28 - One for the Road (3)
Diane's re-visit to the bar is not a pleasant one, when she brings her husband up, Sam feels intimidated and pretends to be married to Rebecca. When the date turns out to be a disaster, Sam and Diane get re-engaged, but once again things fall through. Meanwhile, Rebecca at last becomes engaged to her boyfriend.