The BEST episodes of Cheers season 5
Every episode of Cheers season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cheers season 5!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Simon Says
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1987
Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.
#5 - The Proposal
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1986
We finally found out who Sam's telephone proposal at the end of the last episode was to - Diane! But Diane fears that Sam is meerely on the rebound after breaking up with Janet, so asks him to repeat the proposal in a more romantic occasion, but when he does (on a boat), she refuses, causing Sam to make her walk the plank. Later Diane says she does want to get married, but Sam has now retracted the proposal.
#6 - Everyone Imitates Art
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1986
Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.
#7 - Norm's First Hurrah
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/1987
Norm elaborates on his new position with a top CPA firm and is caught in his little white lies when the gang decides to surprise him at work. Meanwhile Cliff finds a $20 note - and Woody has lost one.
#8 - Chambers vs Malone
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1987
Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.
#9 - Diamond Sam
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1987
Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation.
#10 - One Last Fling
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1987
Diane gives Sam 24 hours for a final fling before their wedding.
#11 - Tan N' Wash
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1986
The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout.
#12 - Young Dr. Weinstein
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1986
Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.
#13 - The Godfather, Part III
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/1987
Sam's goddaughter Joyce Pantusso (the late Coach's niece) has come to Boston for a visit. Not wanting her to get into trouble, Sam asks Woody to help her out and show her around - but Woody and Joyce have a surprise for Sam when they get engaged!
#14 - Never Love a Goalie (2)
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1987
Eddie's career was red-hot until he started dating Carla. The defendant in Diane's murder case comes to the bar.
#15 - The Book of Samuel
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1986
Woody delves into Sam's legendary black book to find a date to impress his former girl friend, who is coming to Cheers to introduce her fiancé.
#16 - A House is Not a Home
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/30/1987
Diane is haunted by the memories of the couple who lived a long and happy life together in the home she and Sam have purchased.
#17 - Knights of the Scimitar
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1986
Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.
#18 - Never Love a Goalie (1)
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1987
Carla falls for Eddie, a hockey goalie; meanwhile, Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial.
#19 - Dog Bites Cliff
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1987
Cliff is thinking lawsuit after a dog bites him while delivering the mail, until he meets the dog's beautiful and cooperative owner.
#20 - Thanksgiving Orphans
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1986
The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.
#21 - Dance, Diane, Dance
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1986
Frasier's effort to lighten a dance instructor's harsh criticism of Diane's efforts backfires when she decides to audition for the Boston Ballet.
#22 - Money Dearest
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1986
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
#23 - The Cape Cad
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1986
Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.
#24 - House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1986
Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.
#25 - Spellbound
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1987
Nick vows to take Diane away from Sam when Sam defends Loretta's efforts to ditch Nick and start her own singing career.