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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
9/30/1982
1.
Give Me a Ring Sometime
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Cheers is a small bar in Boston, MA. As owner Sam Malone opens up, a couple enter the bar. Professor Sumner Sloane and his fiance Diane Chambers are to go to Barbados to be married, but Sumner's ex-wife still has the wedding ring. Sumner asks Sam to keep an eye on Diane for him whilst he goes and fetches it.
Sam tries chatting up Diane but she's not interested. The other employees at Cheers arrive for work - waitress and single mom Carla Tortelli, and bartender Ernie ""Coach"" Pantusso, who was Sam's baseball coach back in the days when Sam was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. As the bar gets busier and more people wonder who she is, Diane hopes Sumner will return eventually.
Sumner comes back a few hours later and says he hasn't got the ring, but then his ex-wife calls and says she's got it, so he once again leaves Diane in Cheers whilst he goes to fetch it. He asks Diane to call the airport and put their flight back a bit. Once again he is gone a long time, and Diane starts to worry t
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Glen Charles
/ Les Charles
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Guest starring:
Michael McGuire, John P. Navin, Jr., Ron Frazier, Erik Holland
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/7/1982
2.
Sam's Women
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Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/14/1982
3.
The Tortelli Tort
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Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/21/1982
4.
Sam at Eleven
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Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Glen Charles
/ Les Charles
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Guest starring:
Fred Dryer,
Paul Vaughn, Eapen Mathai, Michael Mann
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/28/1982
5.
Coach's Daughter
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Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Ken Estin
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Guest starring:
Allyce Beasley, Philip Charles MacKenzie,
Tim Cunningham, Teddy Bergeron, Jacqueline Cassel
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/4/1982
6.
Any Friend of Diane's
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Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Isaacs
/ Ken Levine
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Guest starring:
Julia Duffy, Macon McCalman
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/11/1982
7.
Friends, Romans, Accountants
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Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date".
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Isaacs
/ Ken Levine
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Guest starring:
James Read, Kenneth Kimmins, Jim Hudson,
Peter Van Norden, Edie Berry, Jonathan Terry
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/18/1982
8.
Truce or Consequences
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Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Isaacs
/ Ken Levine
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Guest starring:
David A. Penhale
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/25/1982
9.
Coach Returns to Action
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Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Earl Pomerantz
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Guest starring:
Murphy Gross, Julia Hendler, Eve Smith, Barry Cutler, Keone Young, Bill Wiley
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/2/1982
10.
Endless Slumper
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Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/9/1982
11.
One for the Book
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While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy shows up for a very small reunion.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Katherine Green
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Guest starring:
Ian Wolfe, Boyd Bodwell, Frank McCarthy
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/16/1982
12.
The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
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The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Lloyd
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Guest starring:
Ellis Rabb, Robert Evan Collins, Kurtis Woodruff
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/6/1983
13.
Now Pitching, Sam Malone
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Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Isaacs
/ Ken Levine
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Guest starring:
Barbara Babcock, Luis Tiant, Richard Hill, Paul Vaughan
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/13/1983
14.
Let Me Count the Ways
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Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Heide Perlman
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Guest starring:
Mark King, Steve Hanafin
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/20/1983
15.
Father Knows Last
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Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/27/1983
16.
The Boys in the Bar
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Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Isaacs
/ Ken Levine
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Guest starring:
Alan Autry, John Furey, Michael Kearns, Kenneth Tigar,
Thomas Babson, Wesley Thompson, Shannon Sullivan, John Bluto, Lee Ryan
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/10/1983
17.
Diane's Perfect Date
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Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Lloyd
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Guest starring:
Derek McGrath, Gretchen Corbett, Doug Sheehan
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/17/1983
18.
No Contest
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Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Heide Perlman
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Guest starring:
Charlie Stavola, Renee Gentry, Tessa Richarde, Sharon Peters, Tip O'Neill,
Paul Vaughn
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/24/1983
19.
Pick a Con... Any Con
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Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Angell
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Guest starring:
Reid Shelton, Stephen D. Lee
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/3/1983
20.
Someone Single, Someone Blue
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Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
David Angell
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Guest starring:
Glynis Johns, Duncan Ross, Dean Dittman, Paul Willson
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/24/1983
21.
Showdown (1)
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Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/31/1983
22.
Showdown (2)
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Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.
Director:
James Burrows
Writer:
Glen Charles
/ Les Charles
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Guest starring:
Lois De Banzie, Helen Page Camp, Peggy Kubena
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