The BEST episodes of Cheers
Every episode of Cheers ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cheers!
Sam, a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. Somewhat snobby, beautiful and intelligent Diane -- forced to become a waitress when her fiance jilts her -- constantly bickers with Sam. Eventually, they fall in love. Several wacky characters make the bar their home-away-from-home, including sarcastic waitress Carla, beer-loving Norm and Boston letter carrier Cliff.
#1 - Sisterly Love
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1989
Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her sister.
#2 - One Hugs, the Other Doesn't
Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1992
A Boston performance by children's singer Nanny Gee for Frederick's birthday sheds light on Frasier's past as Lilith and the barflies discover Nanny is Frasier's first wife! Frasier had forgotten to mention this fact to Lilith and when Nanny arrives at Cheers she and Lilith soon get into a catfight!
#3 - Home is the Sailor
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1987
Sam returns to Cheers six months after he sold it to a large corporation to pursue a life of leisure on board a new boat. Now the boat has sunk and he's looking for a job.
#4 - I Do, Adieu
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/7/1987
Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites.
#5 - The Big Kiss-Off
Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/28/1988
Sam and Woody wager over who can be the first to plant a three-second kiss on Rebecca.
#6 - Dinner at Eight-ish
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1987
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.
#7 - One for the Book
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1982
While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy shows up for a very small reunion.
#9 - I'm Okay, You're Defective
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1991
Frasier has to face making out a will while Sam braces himself for bad news from Rebecca's fertility doctor.
#10 - Veggie-Boyd
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1990
Woody gets a big break when he's cast in a commercial for a new vegetable drink but Cliff just feels broken when the new trivia napkins upstage him.
#12 - Abnormal Psychology
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1986
Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.
#13 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding (1)
Season 10 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1992
Woody and Kelly's wedding faces some funny obstacles, before and during the ceremony, including Sam's flirtation with a German guest who turns out to be married, the priest dying and Kelly's Uncle Roger having to perform the ceremony - but only if he is drunk, Rebecca having to ice the cake after insulting the kitchen staff, and Lilith having to sing to the guests in order to stop them, and Woody and Kelly, from finding out the disasters going on behind the scenes.
#14 - The Norm Who Came To Dinner
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1991
Norm becomes a permanent house guest when he injures his back while painting at the Cranes'.
#15 - A Fine French Whine
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1991
Woody wants to propose to Kelly, but Henrí and his expiring visa take precedence.
#16 - Showdown (2)
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1983
Diane is still involved with Sam's brother, but she confesses that she is in love with Sam. So she returns to the bar to give him one last chance to admit that he loves her too.
#18 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1993
Sam enlists Harry the Hat to help win the latest war of practical jokes between Cheers and Gary's Old Towne Tavern.
#19 - Love Me, Love My Car
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1992
Sam gets cold feet about selling his beloved car, and goes so far as to romance the buyer's widow to get it back. Rebecca befriends a pig destined to be Woody's Christmas dinner.
#20 - Cry Harder (2)
Season 8 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/3/1990
Robin and Rebecca face criminal charges following an ill-fated corporate takeover attempt. As a reward for turning Robin in, one of executives of the Lillian Corporation offers Sam the opportunity to buy back Cheers for $1.
#21 - Norm, is That You?
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/1988
Norm tries to hide the fact that he's become an interior decorator.
#22 - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1989
Cheers gets another chance of losing a contest to their cross-town rivals at Gary's Old Towne Tap; this time the contest is for "Boston's Best Bloody Mary".
#23 - The Bartender's Tale
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/1985
Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter.
#24 - And God Created Woodman
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1988
Woody takes responsibility for a vase broken by Rebecca at a company party, and winds up pals with the big boss.
#25 - The Magnificent Six
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1992
Henrí challenges Sam to a contest to see who's the bigger ladies' man. Rebecca resorts to desperate measures in her quest to quit smoking.