The WORST episodes of Cheers

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

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.

Last Updated: 12/7/2025Network: NBCStatus: Ended
One for the Road (3)
star
6.80
30 votes

#1 - One for the Road (3)

Season 11 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/20/1993

I'll Be Seeing You (1)
star
6.85
367 votes

#2 - I'll Be Seeing You (1)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1984

Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.

Directors: James Burrows
Coach Buries a Grudge
star
6.96
357 votes

#3 - Coach Buries a Grudge

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1984

An old friend of Coach has died and Coach decides to hold a memorial to him in the bar, inviting all their old friends. But then Coach discovers his late friend made a pass at his late wife.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
Where There's a Will...
star
7.01
442 votes

#4 - Where There's a Will...

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1983

Sam lets a dying man tend bar just for fun, but the man leaves the bar patrons $100,000 in a paper napkin will.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Nick Arnold
I'll Be Seeing You (2)
star
7.04
368 votes

#5 - I'll Be Seeing You (2)

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1984

Directors: James Burrows
Whodunit?
star
7.06
295 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Tom Reeder
Norman's Conquest
star
7.08
363 votes

#7 - Norman's Conquest

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1984

The regulars push Norm into pursuing an attractive new client who seems to be interested in him.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Lissa Levin
The Mail Goes to Jail
star
7.08
256 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
They Called Me Mayday
star
7.10
380 votes

#9 - They Called Me Mayday

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1983

Sam and Diane go to work after Dick Cavett suggests that Sam's autobiography might sell and Norm confronts an old flame of Vera's who's interested in her again.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
Bar Wars
star
7.14
266 votes

#10 - Bar Wars

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/31/1988

The gang at Cheers declares war when rival bar, Gary's Old Town Tavern, steals the trophy celebrating their one and only sporting victory in a bowling tournament.

Directors: James Burrows
No Help Wanted
star
7.17
384 votes

#11 - No Help Wanted

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1984

Sam regrets asking Norm to do his taxes when the out of work accountant comes up with a five figure refund.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Max Tash
Just Three Friends
star
7.17
381 votes

#12 - Just Three Friends

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1983

Diane is at first incredulous then furious when it becomes apparent that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
Cliff's Rocky Moment
star
7.17
409 votes

#13 - Cliff's Rocky Moment

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1984

Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
Cheers: The Motion Picture
star
7.18
219 votes

#14 - Cheers: The Motion Picture

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/1987

The gang tries to reassure a nervous Mr. and Mrs. Boyd back in Indiana that Woody is fine and has wonderful friends in Boston by making a home movie of an average day at Cheers.

Directors: Tim Berry
Writer: Phoef Sutton
The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec
star
7.18
171 votes

#15 - The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/12/1990

Carla feels compelled to call in an exorcist when Eddie's ghost appears in the bar and Rebecca complains to a TV station about a defective hair removal system.

Directors: James Burrows
Feeble Attraction
star
7.18
170 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Go Make
star
7.18
217 votes

#17 - Go Make

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1991

Sam and Rebecca let their imaginations run free during a weekend of baby-making and dream up different versions of their future progeny.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Loathe and Marriage
star
7.21
205 votes

#18 - Loathe and Marriage

Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1993

Carla's daughter insists on having her father walk her down the aisle, despite Carla's objections.

Directors: James Burrows
Look Before You Sleep
star
7.22
214 votes

#19 - Look Before You Sleep

Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1993

Sam locks his keys in the bar, meaning he can't go home. He goes to Carla's to get her keys to the bar, but Woody has them. Carla offers Sam her couch for the night, but John Allen Hill is there so Sam heads off. He visits the houses of Cliff, Norm and Frasier before finally ending up in Rebecca's house.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Rebecca Parr
Rich Man, Wood Man
star
7.22
207 votes

#20 - Rich Man, Wood Man

Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1992

The gang tries to bring Woody back to earth after a vacation in London with Kelly and her money.

Directors: James Burrows
Battle of the Exes
star
7.22
378 votes

#21 - Battle of the Exes

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1984

Not wanting to appear lonely and dateless whilst going to her ex-husband Nick's wedding ceremony to blonde bimbo Loretta, Carla asks Sam to accompany her.

Directors: James Burrows
And Coachie Makes Three
star
7.23
408 votes

#22 - And Coachie Makes Three

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1984

Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them, not realising he is spoiling things for them. Rather than hurt his feelings by asking him not to bother them, Sam and Diane decide to set him up with a woman so they will be left in peace.

Directors: James Burrows
Personal Business
star
7.23
422 votes

#23 - Personal Business

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1983

Diane, angry at the implication that she couldn't hold a job anywhere but Cheers, leaves for better position and Norm leaves Vera.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Tom Reeder
Honor Thy Mother
star
7.24
189 votes

#24 - Honor Thy Mother

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1991

Carla's formidable mother demands on her deathbed that Carla name one of her children "Benito Mussolini."

Directors: James Burrows
Power Play
star
7.24
474 votes

#25 - Power Play

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1983

The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.

Directors: James Burrows