The BEST episodes of Cheers season 1
Every episode of Cheers season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cheers season 1!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Endless Slumper
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1982
Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.
#4 - No Contest
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1983
Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.
#5 - Pick a Con... Any Con
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1983
Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
#6 - Now Pitching, Sam Malone
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1983
Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
#7 - The Tortelli Tort
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1982
Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.
#8 - Let Me Count the Ways
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1983
Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
#9 - Sam's Women
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1982
Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
#10 - The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1982
The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.
#11 - Someone Single, Someone Blue
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1983
Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.
#12 - The Boys in the Bar
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/1983
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.
#13 - Diane's Perfect Date
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1983
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
#14 - Coach Returns to Action
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1982
Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
#15 - Any Friend of Diane's
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1982
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
#16 - Truce or Consequences
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1982
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
#17 - Coach's Daughter
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1982
Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
#18 - Father Knows Last
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/1983
Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.
#19 - Give Me a Ring Sometime
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1982
Cheers is a small bar in Boston, MA. As owner Sam Malone opens up, a couple enter the bar. Professor Sumner Sloane and his fiance Diane Chambers are to go to Barbados to be married, but Sumner's ex-wife still has the wedding ring. Sumner asks Sam to keep an eye on Diane for him whilst he goes and fetches it. Sam tries chatting up Diane but she's not interested. The other employees at Cheers arrive for work - waitress and single mom Carla Tortelli, and bartender Ernie "Coach" Pantusso, who was Sam's baseball coach back in the days when Sam was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. As the bar gets busier and more people wonder who she is, Diane hopes Sumner will return eventually. Sumner comes back a few hours later and says he hasn't got the ring, but then his ex-wife calls and says she's got it, so he once again leaves Diane in Cheers whilst he goes to fetch it. He asks Diane to call the airport and put their flight back a bit. Once again he is gone a long time, and Diane starts to worry t
#20 - Sam at Eleven
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1982
Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
#21 - Showdown (1)
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1983
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.
#22 - Friends, Romans, Accountants
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1982
Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date".