The BEST episodes of Cheers season 3

#1 - 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.

#2 - The Executive's Executioner

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/1985

Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go.

#3 - Coach in Love (1)

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1984

Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.

#4 - Bar Bet

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1985

Sam stands to lose the bar to an old friend because of a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bissett before a certain date.

#5 - Rebound (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1984

#6 - Cheerio, Cheers

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/1985

Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.

#7 - If Ever I Would Leave You

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/1985

After his second wife Loretta kicks him out, Carla's ex-husband Nick Tortelli comes to Cheers asking Carla to take him back.

#8 - Peterson Crusoe

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1984

Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora.

#9 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1985

The guys take Frasier on a "snipe" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.

#10 - Behind Every Great Man

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1985

Sam faces the ultimate challenge to his skills as a male animal; a lady reporter who has been investigating the Boston singles scene and has heard every line in the book.

#11 - Rebound (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1984

Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed "vacation" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.

#12 - I Call Your Name

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1984

Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee.

#13 - Sam Turns the Other Cheek

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1984

Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end, not wanting to tell everyone the real reason - he was shot at by a jealous husband.

#14 - A Ditch in Time

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1984

Sam meets one of Diane's intense friends, who has her parents over to meet Sam, their future son-in-law, hours after their first date.

#15 - The Belles of St. Clete's

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1985

Carla calls together her former classmates from St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls to plot revenge on their former sadistic principal whom she spots drinking at Cheers.

#16 - Diane Meets Mom

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1984

Diane meets Frasier's mother, who quietly threatens to kill Diane if she doesn't leave Frasier alone.

#17 - King of the Hill

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1985

Sam returns to the mound for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies, but his competitive spirit ruins the day when he strikes them all out.

#18 - Teacher's Pet

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1985

Sam and the Coach are taking the same night school course in geography, but while Coach studies, Sam dates the teacher.

#19 - Coach in Love (2)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1984

#20 - Diane's Allergy

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1984

Diane suffers a mysterious allergic reaction after moving in with Frasier.

#21 - Rescue Me

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/9/1985

Frasier proposes to Diane while they're in Italy and she makes an emergency call to Sam, hoping he'll talk her out of it.

#22 - An American Family

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1984

Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids, a demand to which Carla agrees.

#23 - Fairy Tales Can Come True

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1984

Cliff meets the woman of his dreams at the bar on Halloween night but is afraid of meeting her when he's not in costume, and Sam and Diane have their first non-romantic outing together after the breakup.

#24 - Whodunit?

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1985

Frasier is devastated when he learns that his learned mentor has been dating Carla, who also has a little surprise of her own.

#25 - The Mail Goes to Jail

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1985

Norm gets arrested when he finishes the route for an ill Cliff, but Cliff refuses to back up Norm's explanation to the authorities.