It's the cozy Boston bar where everybody knows your name... welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. In Cheers: Season One, you'll find all 22 episodes of the show's premiere season and see how this milestone TV comedy series began. Former pro baseball player Sam "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) enjoys a playboy lifestyle as the proprietor of the neighborhood hangout, assisted by his befuddled bartender, Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), and his surly waitress, Carla (Rhea Perlman). Cheers also has Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) – two of the funniest barflies you'll ever encounter. And completing the show's ensemble cast is Shelley Long as Diane Chambers, a teaching assistant who suddenly finds herself jilted, jobless – and hired as Sam's newest waitress! A hearty round of laughs is served up in each episode of TV's classic comedy hit... Cheers!
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SPECIAL FEATURES
• Setting the Bar: A Conversation with Ted Danson (SD)
• Love at First Fight: Opposites Distract (SD)
• Coach Ernie Pantusso's Rules of the Game (SD)
• I'll Drink to That: Stormin' Norm-isms (SD)
• It's a Little Known Fact..." Cheers Trivia Game (HD)
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EPISODE LIST
1. Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) (9/30/82)
2. Sam's Women (10/7/82)
3. The Tortelli Tort (10/14/82)
4. Sam at Eleven (10/21/82)
5. The Coach's Daughter (10/28/82)
6. Any Friend of Diane's (11/4/82)
7. Friends, Romans, and Accountants (11/11/82)
8. Truce or Consequences (11/18/82)
9. Coach Returns to Action (11/25/82)
10. Endless Slumper (12/2/82)
11. One for the Book (12/9/82)
12. The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (12/16/82)
13. Now Pitching, Sam Malone (1/6/83)
14. Let Me Count the Ways (1/13/83)
15. Father Knows Last (1/20/83)
16. The Boys in the Bar (1/27/83)
17. Diane's Perfect Date (2/10/83)
18. No Contest (2/17/83)
19. Pick a Con... Any Con (2/24/83)
20. Someone Single, Someone Blue (3/3/83)
21. Showdown (Part 1) (3/24/83)
22. Showdown (Part 2) (3/31/83)
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EPISODE GUIDE
Disc 1: Episodes 1-8
1. Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) (9/30/82)
Diane Chambers makes her home at Cheers when her fiancé leaves her.
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2. Sam's Women (10/7/82)
Sam is worried that Diane thinks he only dates dumb women, so he tries to impress her with his latest one.
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3. The Tortelli Tort (10/14/82)
Carla attacks an especially obnoxious Yankee fan after they beat the Red Sox. He threatens to sue the bar unless Carla is fired.
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4. Sam at Eleven (10/21/82)
Sam is to be interviewed for a sports segment on the evening news. What he doesn't realize is that he was only chosen because all the big-name players weren't available.
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5. The Coach's Daughter (10/28/82)
Coach is distressed when his sweet but insecure daughter introduces him to her boorish, obnoxious fiancé.
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6. Any Friend of Diane's (11/4/82)
One of Diane's old college friends comes to the bar. She is vulnerable and looking for a man to give her an afternoon of unbridled passion, and Sam predictably jumps at the opportunity.
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7. Friends, Romans, and Accountants (11/11/82)
Norm's workplace party at Cheers is a miserable failure–so he tries to set up Diane as his boss's "date" for the evening.
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8. Truce or Consequences (11/18/82)
Carla tells Diane a shocking secret about her relationship with Sam. It's an outright lie, but Carla does it just to prove that Diane can't keep a secret and will never be her real friend.
Disc 2: Episodes 9-15
9. Coach Returns to Action (11/25/82)
Coach wants to ask out an attractive younger woman, but he doesn't have the guts. Sam sets his sights on her too, but he keeps getting shot down–badly.
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10. Endless Slumper (12/2/82)
Sam loans out his good luck charm to a slumping Red Sox pitcher. The pitcher immediately goes on a winning streak, but Sam begins experiencing a series of accidents.
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11. One for the Book (12/9/82)
Two unlikely customers enter the bar: One is an 80+ year old who is the only arrival for his WWI squad's reunion, and the other is an awkward virgin looking for a night of drinking and fun before he becomes a monk.
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12. The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (12/16/82)
An Englishman enters the bar claiming to be a spy, but Diane exposes him as a fraud. Everyone is mad at her for humiliating him just to show off her own intellect, until he plays a joke on her.
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13. Now Pitching, Sam Malone (1/6/83)
Sam becomes a commercial spokesperson and becomes romantically involved with his agent. But things become complicated when he wants to break off the romance.
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14. Let Me Count the Ways (1/13/83)
Diane becomes upset with everyone at the bar when nobody shows any sympathy after she learns that her family cat has died.
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15. Father Knows Last (1/20/83)
Carla tries to trick a nerdy M.I.T. professor into believing that he's the father of her baby, so that he will support it.
Disc 3: Episodes 16-22
16. The Boys in the Bar (1/27/83)
When Sam publicly supports an old teammate who has come out of the closet, Norm and the gang are afraid that "Cheers" will become a "gay bar."
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17. Diane's Perfect Date (2/10/83)
Sam and Diane agree to find blind dates dates for each other. Diane takes it seriously, but Sam doesn't-assuming that Diane's plan is to set him up with herself. Therefore, he finds a disastrous date for her at the last minute.
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18. No Contest (2/17/83)
Diane reluctantly enters the Miss Boston Barmaid contest, but only so she can publicly denounce the competition as sexist and chauvinistic.
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19. Pick a Con... Any Con (2/24/83)
When Sam learns that a conman has taken thousands of dollars from Coach, he turns to Harry "The Hat" to help them get the money back.
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20. Someone Single, Someone Blue (3/3/83)
Diane's has to get married within ten years of her father's death, or her mother loses her fortune. But there's one problem: she's only just learned of this fact, and the ten-year deadline is tomorrow.
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21. Showdown (Part 1) (3/24/83)
Sam's brother, whom he feels inferior to, shows up at the bar and sweeps Diane off her feet. Sam doesn't want her to go off with him because he wants her for himself, but he doesn't have the guts to admit it.
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22. Showdown (Part 2) (3/31/83)
Diane is still involved with Sam's brother, but she confesses that she is in love with Sam. So she returns to the bar to give him one last chance to admit that he loves her too. |
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