The BEST episodes of Cheers season 8
Every episode of Cheers season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cheers season 8!
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 - Cry Harder (2)
Season 8 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/3/1990
Robin and Rebecca face criminal charges following an ill-fated corporate takeover attempt. As a reward for turning Robin in, one of executives of the Lillian Corporation offers Sam the opportunity to buy back Cheers for $1.
#2 - Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/15/1990
Despite the truce negotiated by Rebecca, the gang decides to warm up the cold war against Gary's Olde Towne Tavern when they notice the statue of Tecumseh the Indian is missing.
#3 - Indoor Fun With Sammy and Robby
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1990
Rebecca dreams of a perfectly romantic day with Robin. Robin on the other hand has dared Sam to a series of adolescent challenges.
#4 - Sam Ahoy
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1989
Robin lends Sam and the gang his yacht race in a regatta, but the motley crew discovers a bomb in the refrigerator, right next to the beer.
#5 - The Stork Brings a Crane
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1989
Lilith spoils Rebecca's elaborately planned celebration of Cheers' 100th anniversary by going into labor.
#6 - The Art of the Steal
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1989
Rebecca and Sam are trapped overnight in Robin Colcord's deluxe security apartment while the gang passes the time playing Monopoly.
#7 - Finally! (1)
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1990
Tonight might be the night that Rebecca and Robin finally get together, despite Sam's presence.
#8 - What is... Cliff Clavin?
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1990
Jeopardy makes an appearance in Boston, and Cliff gets on the show. The Jeopardy! round had all 6 categories Cliff specializes in, such as celebrities or the US Postal Service. But when Final Jeopardy approaches, he loses all his money putting a stupid response "Who are three people that have never visited my kitchen?" and becomes depressed afterwards. Meanwhile someone has stolen Sam's little black book and started ringing all the girls in it.
#9 - Finally! (2)
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1990
The aftermath of their get together isn't all she hoped it would be, when Rebecca finds Robin with another woman.
#10 - Woody or Won't He
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1990
A mechanical bull gets the better of Cliff while Woody tries to deal with the romantic advances of his girl friend's mother.
#11 - The Improbable Dream (1)
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1989
Just as Rebecca fears for her sanity because of the erotic dreams she's been having about Sam, multi-millionaire Robin Colcord sweeps her off her feet.
#12 - For Real Men Only
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1989
Frasier and the guys cringe over plans to attend his son's circumcision while Rebecca struggles to throw an interesting retirement party for a very dull corporate employee.
#13 - The Two Faces of Norm
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1989
Norm invents a strict curmudgeon of a partner to boss around his easygoing paint crew while Sam goes crazy with concern after selling his precious 'Vette.
#14 - Two Girls for Every Boyd
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1989
Woody has trouble with the love scenes for his first starring role and the guys have a beard-growing competition.
#15 - Mr. Otis Regrets
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/19/1990
Sam makes Rebecca jealous in many strange ways by telling her that he scored with Robin's other girl friend, and Woody is flabbergasted when a girl answers his ad for a roommate.
#16 - Severe Crane Damage
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1990
Lilith goes on a talk show to promote her new book about men who are bad for women and takes along her prime example-Sam.
#17 - Sammy and the Professor
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1990
Carla faces an audit while Rebecca's mentor, her business school professor, makes an investment in Sam.
#18 - Cry Hard (1)
Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/26/1990
Rebecca and Sam both have mixed emotions as they face the fact that Robin Colcord, after proposing to Rebecca, is arrested for insider trading based on information supplied by the once and future owner of Cheers.
#19 - The Improbable Dream (2)
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1989
Just as Rebecca fears for her sanity because of the erotic dreams she's been having about Sam, she's swept off her feet by multi-millionaire Robin Colcord.
#20 - Loverboyd
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/29/1990
Woody moons over the fact that Kelly is going to Europe to attend school and Norm suffers through being the designated driver for the evening.
#21 - 50-50 Carla
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/1990
Carla and Eddie's other widow Gloria become best buddies but the friendship is threatened when Carla learns the two-timer left $50,000 in insurance and Woody worries about a nude scene when he's cast in a revival of Hair.
#22 - A Bar is Born
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1989
Rebecca prepares herself to spend her first night with Robin Colcord while Sam takes the first step towards owning the bar again.
#23 - Death Takes a Holiday on Ice
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1989
Carla learns that Eddie led a secret life when a second widow shows up at his funeral.
#24 - How to Marry a Mailman
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1989
The young woman Cliff turned in for stealing a Post Office vehicle returns from Canada with an offer that literally blinds Cliff.
#25 - Feeble Attraction
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1989
Norm fires his secretary, who sees it as proof that he's wildly attracted to her and Rebecca becomes obsessed with a surprise hidden in the desk Robin, gave her.