The BEST episodes of Cheers season 4

Every episode of Cheers season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cheers season 4!

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.

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The Peterson Principle
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7.78
281 votes

#1 - The Peterson Principle

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1986

Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.

Directors: James Burrows
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Suspicion
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7.70
282 votes

#2 - Suspicion

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1986

Diane arranges for a stranger to come into Cheers as part of an experiment in paranoid behavior, but then she provides an even better example as she waits for the gang to get back at her.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Tom Reeder
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Someday My Prince Will Come
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7.64
268 votes

#3 - Someday My Prince Will Come

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1985

Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.

Directors: James Burrows
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I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
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7.64
234 votes

#4 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1985

Sam has a weak moment and lends Diane $500 to buy a book reputedly signed by Ernest Hemingway.

Directors: James Burrows
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Fear is My Co-Pilot
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7.62
274 votes

#5 - Fear is My Co-Pilot

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1986

A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.

Directors: James Burrows
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Diane's Nightmare
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7.62
272 votes

#6 - Diane's Nightmare

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1985

Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
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Woody Goes Belly Up
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7.58
292 votes

#7 - Woody Goes Belly Up

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985

The gang brings Woody's old girl friend to Boston to visit him and Frasier, still not yet confident about returning to psychiatry, decides to pay his bar bill by working as a janitor.

Directors: James Burrows
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Strange Bedfellows (1)
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7.57
274 votes

#8 - Strange Bedfellows (1)

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/1/1986

Local councilwoman Janet Eldridge comes to Cheers as part of her re-election campaign, and Sam finds hismelf smitten with her. Janet and Sam become a couple, but a jealous Diane joins the opposition campaign fearing that if Janet wins the election, she will win Sam's heart as well. Meanwhile Frasier also joins the opposition campaign hoping to win Diane back.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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Second Time Around
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7.57
315 votes

#9 - Second Time Around

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1986

Frasier has been out on a date with a fellow psychiatrist, Dr Lilith Sternin, but things didn't go too well. Frasier feels depressed, so feeling sorry for him, Sam arranges a date between Frasier and a woman he knows named Candy. But Sam and Diane get a surprise when Frasier proposes to Candy after just one date.

Directors: Thomas Lofaro
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Cliffie's Big Score
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7.54
280 votes

#10 - Cliffie's Big Score

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1986

Cliff has two dates for the postman's ball-with Carla and Diane.

Directors: James Burrows
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Relief Bartender
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7.54
279 votes

#11 - Relief Bartender

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1986

Woody fears for his job when Sam hires a second bartender.

Directors: James Burrows
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Diane Chambers Day
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7.53
279 votes

#12 - Diane Chambers Day

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/1986

Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.

Directors: James Burrows
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Don Juan is Hell
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7.52
258 votes

#13 - Don Juan is Hell

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1985

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

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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Strange Bedfellows (3)
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7.52
243 votes

#14 - Strange Bedfellows (3)

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/15/1986

Janet has won the election and is hosting her press conference at Cheers. Diane turns up to apologize to Sam but ends up asking Janet some personal questions which causes Sam to throw her out of the bar. Later Sam and Janet talk and realize their relationship won't work, so break it off. Sam then picks up the telephone, rings someone and then asks them to marry him..... Meanwhile Vera has been called away, so Donna is left alone with Norm, much to his horror.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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Strange Bedfellows (2)
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7.51
268 votes

#15 - Strange Bedfellows (2)

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/8/1986

Sam and Janet's relationship is getting stronger and stronger whilst Diane gets more jealous. Janet suggests that Sam fire iane to sever all ties with his past, but Diane overhears and quits before he can fire her. Vera's sister Donna is visiting the Petersons and Norm is worried that Donna will flirt with him like she did on her last visit.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
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7.50
273 votes

#16 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1985

Sam and the gang make up an answer to Carla's ad in the personal column to lift her spirits.

Directors: James Burrows
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The Triangle
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7.48
283 votes

#17 - The Triangle

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1986

Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Susan Seeger
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The Groom Wore Clearasil
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7.42
251 votes

#18 - The Groom Wore Clearasil

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1985

Carla asks Sam to tell her teenage son about the joys of bachelorhood and to discourage his urge to get married.

Directors: James Burrows
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From Beer to Eternity
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7.40
292 votes

#19 - From Beer to Eternity

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1985

Sam has to convince Woody to help Cheers win a bowling match with Gary's Old Towne Tavern at a rival bar.

Directors: James Burrows
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Love Thy Neighbor
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7.40
262 votes

#20 - Love Thy Neighbor

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1985

Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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Fools and Their Money
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7.39
287 votes

#21 - Fools and Their Money

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1985

Sam thinks he's doing Woody a favor by not placing a bet for the young man, but the long shot comes in and Sam has to pay off.

Directors: James Burrows
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Save the Last Dance For Me
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7.35
272 votes

#22 - Save the Last Dance For Me

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1986

Carla asks Sam to partner her in a dance contest where their main competition is Nick and Loretta.

Directors: James Burrows
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Dark Imaginings
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7.33
276 votes

#23 - Dark Imaginings

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1986

After trying (and failing) to hit on a pretty female customer, Sam feels like he is over the hill and challenges Woody to a racquetball game. Unfortunately Sam ends up hurting himself and has to take a trip to the hospital.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
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Take My Shirt... Please
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7.32
262 votes

#24 - Take My Shirt... Please

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1986

Sam's ego is crushed when no one bids on his old baseball jersey during a public television auction.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
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The Bar Stoolie
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7.31
258 votes

#25 - The Bar Stoolie

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1985

Cliff refuses to identify himself to his estranged father when the man comes to Cheers with an important message for his son.

Directors: James Burrows
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