The BEST episodes written by Heide Perlman

No Contest
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7.80
464 votes

#1 - No Contest

Cheers - Season 1 - Episode 18

Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.

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The Executive's Executioner
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7.76
263 votes

#2 - The Executive's Executioner

Cheers - Season 3 - Episode 21

Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go.

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Let Me Count the Ways
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7.71
501 votes

#3 - Let Me Count the Ways

Cheers - Season 1 - Episode 14

Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.

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Everyone Imitates Art
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7.62
231 votes

#4 - Everyone Imitates Art

Cheers - Season 5 - Episode 10

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.

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Woody Goes Belly Up
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7.55
280 votes

#5 - Woody Goes Belly Up

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 2

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.

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Cliffie's Big Score
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7.55
269 votes

#6 - Cliffie's Big Score

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 16

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

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Father Knows Last
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7.54
483 votes

#7 - Father Knows Last

Cheers - Season 1 - Episode 15

Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.

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The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
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7.51
306 votes

#8 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

Cheers - Season 3 - Episode 14

The guys take Frasier on a "snipe" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.

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Affairs of the Heart
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7.49
372 votes

#9 - Affairs of the Heart

Cheers - Season 2 - Episode 6

Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some "fatal flaw" to find her attractive.

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Door Jam
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7.41
699 votes

#10 - Door Jam

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 11

Frasier mistakenly receives some of Cam Winston's mail, including a mysterious invitation to an exclusive locale. Frasier and Niles are surprised to have been left out of the loop about this new hot spot, and become obsessed with finding out more information. Frasier heads to the address on the invitation, but cannot get the receptionist to tell him anything. Niles finally shows up and poses as Cam, and is told that the business is a spa. He and Frasier enjoy all of the amenities, but are disturbed to learn that the spa has a "gold level" area to which they are denied access. They constantly complain about being left out. Roz believes that they only care about the gold level because they are not allowed there, but uses her connections to a senator who has a membership to get them inside. The brothers are appeased, until they spot a platinum door. They ignore an attendant's warning and barge through the door, but aren't too happy with the result. Meanwhile, Daphne ruins Martin's enjoyment of The Rockford Files when she says that he reminds her of Rockford's father, rather than the title character.

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Fools and Their Money
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7.38
276 votes

#11 - Fools and Their Money

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 12

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.

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Daphne Does Dinner
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7.35
698 votes

#12 - Daphne Does Dinner

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 14

Niles and Frasier plan a party to celebrate the unveiling of a painting that Niles has just purchased. However, Daphne notes that every event the brothers host inevitably ends in disaster. She suggests that Niles instead host the party with her. Frasier is hurt to learn that he will be excluded, and says that he will not even attend the party. Daphne believes that she has everything under control, but things quickly begin to unravel. Alice writes her name in crayon on the painting. Daphne remains calm, and gives Roz the name of a man whom Niles uses to restore artwork. However, the game hens catch fire in the meantime. The caterers are too busy to replace them, so Daphne must turn to Frasier for help. He comes over to assist with the food preparation, but must hide in the pantry whenever Niles comes in the kitchen so that his role will remain a secret. Frasier becomes angry when he overhears Niles and others complimenting the food and saying how much better off they are without Frasier's involvement. Mike Shaw, the artist responsible for the painting, shows for the party after earlier declining his invitation. He doesn't care for the stuffy guests, and decides to go upstairs and watch pay-per-view boxing with Mrs. Moon. Niles hears a couple's description of Shaw (white-haired man in a flannel shirt using a cane) and assumes they have him confused with Martin. The couple who met Shaw has to leave. Martin arrives to bring Frasier some dishes, and winds up having to pose as Shaw for the other guests. Roz asks Daphne to stall the unveiling because the art restorer is painfully slow. Niles insists that dinner must be served immediately. He discovers Frasier, and they begin to argue, leading to more chaos. Daphne tries her best to salvage the evening, but an unexpected event prompts her to give up. Frasier consoles her by telling her that the disastrous party means she is officially part of the family.

It's Lonely on the Top
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7.35
189 votes

#13 - It's Lonely on the Top

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 22

A night of drinking leads to some surprises and revelations when Carla tells Sam that she drunkenly slept with one of the regulars that night - but can't remember who! Could it be Norm, or Cliff, or Frasier, or what about the most unlikely person in the bar she could have slept with - Paul.....?

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Save the Last Dance For Me
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7.35
261 votes

#14 - Save the Last Dance For Me

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 20

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

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Little Sister Don't Cha
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7.32
431 votes

#15 - Little Sister Don't Cha

Cheers - Season 2 - Episode 2

Carla goes on a maternity leave and is replaced by her supposedly shy and innocent sister.

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An American Family
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7.29
221 votes

#16 - An American Family

Cheers - Season 3 - Episode 9

Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids, a demand to which Carla agrees.

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Cheerful Goodbyes
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7.28
701 votes

#17 - Cheerful Goodbyes

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 21

On his show one day, Frasier tells his caller Jeremy that Niles used to wet the bed. Although he doesn't mention Niles by name, Niles and most of Seattle realize who Frasier was talking about. Niles is of course angry with Frasier. A few days later the Cranes, plus Daphne, head to Boston. Frasier is giving a speech at a conference and Niles will be making the introduction. At the airport, Frasier meets his old friend Cliff Clavin, who thinks Frasier has come for his retirement party. Not wanting to disappoint Cliff, Frasier says that's what he's here for...much to Niles' annoyance, as he has booked seats at an exclusive restuarant. At the party, Martin bonds with Frasier's friend Norm Peterson, Daphne is fascinated with Cliff's stories and Frasier is enjoying telling everyone what it is like to be famous. Only Niles is not having a good time, until Carla, the waitress from Cheers, tells him some embarrasing stories about Frasier, which Niles decides to use in his introduction.

Fortune and Men's Weight
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7.23
315 votes

#18 - Fortune and Men's Weight

Cheers - Season 2 - Episode 17

Coach is conned into buying an old scale which also prints out fortunes, and the Cheers gang each see their fortunes - except for Diane, who thinks it is all a load of rubbish. Meanwhile, Norm and Vera make progress in their relationship.

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Birth, Death, Love and Rice
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7.21
327 votes

#19 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 1

After the sad passing away of Coach, Sam hires a new bartender in Woody Boyd, Coach's pen pal who has moved to Boston. Frasier arrives back from Europe with the news that Diane left him at the altar for six months of decadent living across Europe and is now seeking renewal in a Boston monastery.

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And Coachie Makes Three
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7.20
373 votes

#20 - And Coachie Makes Three

Cheers - Season 2 - Episode 15

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.

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Jealous Guy
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7.17
6 votes

#21 - Jealous Guy

The Bill Engvall Show - Season 1 - Episode 6

Susan informs Bill that they need some more "us time", but when Bill tries to use Paul's advice and tries to take Susan to a Chris Isaak concert, Susan declines because she had a relationship with Chris Isaak in college.

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I'm Listening
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7.16
669 votes

#22 - I'm Listening

Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 6

Frasier overhears Ronee making a date with another man. He tells Martin, who is furious at him for eavesdropping. Ronee later breaks the news to Martin herself, explaining that she didn't think they had an exclusive relationship. He covers by claiming to be dating a woman named Sheila. Frasier gets stuck in the kitchen and overhears the conversation, and Martin accuses him of being a chronic eavesdropper. Martin runs into Ronee and her date at Cafe Nervosa, and tries to make her jealous by having Roz pose as the fictional Sheila. Frasier urges Martin to tell Ronee how he feels about her. Ronee comes over to talk to Martin, and Frasier leaves to give them some privacy. However, Roz inadvertently drives Ronee away, and Frasier somehow finds himself listening to another private conversation as Ronee and Martin sort things out in her car.

Coots and Ladders
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7.09
662 votes

#23 - Coots and Ladders

Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 17

A panicked Frasier calls Niles over to the apartment and says that he has committed a crime. He explains the series of events that led up to this. When Frasier was overcome by a coughing fit, Roz took over the show and advised a caller to seek counseling to deal with kleptomania, which she described as being the result of someone needing the thrill of stealing to deal with the emptiness in his or her life. Frasier congratulated her on knowing what to say, but Roz said that it was easy because he is so predictable.

Die Alysis
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7.06
168 votes

#24 - Die Alysis

B Positive - Season 1 - Episode 2

When Drew's condition worsens, he needs to make sure Gina is still serious about donating her kidney and winds up making her an offer she can't refuse.

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Sharing Kirby
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6.96
660 votes

#25 - Sharing Kirby

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 9

Frasier and Niles compete to see some rare wine, owned by a rich relative of Kirby's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Martin must wear a blood pressure monitor.

Beat the Candidate
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6.94
18 votes

#26 - Beat the Candidate

Stacked - Season 1 - Episode 2

Skyler must hit the books to prove her worth when Gavin hires an ultra-competitive new employee and then realizes that only one of them can stay on the staff.

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Analyzed Kiss
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6.91
682 votes

#27 - Analyzed Kiss

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 23

Julia becomes extremely depressed after breaking up with Avery, who had never followed through on his promise to leave his wife for her.