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.
#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.
#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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#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.
#11 - Relief Bartender
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1986
Woody fears for his job when Sam hires a second bartender.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.