It's the cozy little 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. For Season Five, Sam (Ted Danson) and Diane (Shelley Long) make on–again, off–again wedding plans – including a marriage proposal that ends in an assault and battery charge! Not to be outdone, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) move in together; Woody (Woody Harrelson) finds himself abruptly engaged; Carla (Rhea Perlman) falls for a hockey goalie; and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) gets bitten by a dog...and becomes smitten with the dog's owner. Will Norm's (George Wendt) new job pan out? Will Carla get "birdzilla" cooked in time for Thanksgiving dinner? Will wedding bells finally chime for Sam and Diane? You'll find all the answers – and unending laughs – in all 26 hilarious episodes of the season that marks the farewell appearance of Shelley Long as Cheers regular "Diane Chambers."
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EPISODE LIST
1. The Proposal (9/25/86)
2. The Cape Cad (10/2/86)
3. Money Dearest (10/9/86)
4. Abnormal Psychology (10/16/86)
5. House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick (10/30/86)
6. Tan 'N' Wash (11/6/86)
7. Young Dr. Weinstein (11/13/86)
8. Knights of the Scimitar (11/20/86)
9. Thanksgiving Orphans (11/27/86)
10. Everyone Imitates Art (12/4/86)
11. The Book of Samuel (12/11/86)
12. Dance, Diane, Dance (12/18/86)
13. Chambers vs. Malone (1/8/87)
14. Diamond Sam (1/15/87)
15. Spellbound (1/22/87)
16. Never Love a Goalie (Part 1) (1/29/87)
17. Never Love a Goalie (Part 2) (2/5/87)
18. One Last Fling (2/12/87)
19. Dog Bites Cliff (2/19/87)
20. Dinner at Eight–ish (2/26/87)
21. Simon Says (3/5/87)
22. The Godfather, Part III (3/19/87)
23. Norm's First Hurrah (3/26/87)
24. Cheers: The Motion Picture (4/2/87)
25. A House Is Not a Home (4/30/87)
26. I Do, Adieu (5/7/87)
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EPISODE GUIDE
Disc 1: Episodes 1–9
1. The Proposal (9/25/86)
Diane will not accept Sam's proposal over the telephone because she wants him to do it right. So he sets up the perfect romantic evening, only to have Diane reject the proposal.
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2. The Cape Cad (10/2/86)
Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.
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3. Money Dearest (10/9/86)
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
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4. Abnormal Psychology (10/16/86)
Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.
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5. House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick (10/30/86)
Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.
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6. Tan 'N' Wash (11/6/86)
The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout.
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7. Young Dr. Weinstein (11/13/86)
Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.
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8. Knights of the Scimitar (11/20/86)
Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.
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9. Thanksgiving Orphans (11/27/86)
The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.
Disc 2: Episodes 10-18
10. Everyone Imitates Art (12/4/86)
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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11. The Book of Samuel (12/11/86)
Woody delves into Sam's legendary black book to find a date to impress his former girl friend, who is coming to Cheers to introduce her fiancé.
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12. Dance, Diane, Dance (12/18/86)
Frasier's effort to lighten a dance instructor's harsh criticism of Diane's efforts backfires when she decides to audition for the Boston Ballet.
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13. Chambers vs. Malone (1/8/87)
Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.
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14. Diamond Sam (1/15/87)
Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation.
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15. Spellbound (1/22/87)
Nick vows to take Diane away from Sam when Sam defends Loretta's efforts to ditch Nick and start her own singing career.
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16. Never Love a Goalie (Part 1) (1/29/87)
Carla falls for Eddie, a hockey goalie; meanwhile, Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial.
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17. Never Love a Goalie (Part 2) (2/5/87)
Eddie's career was red-hot until he started dating Carla. The defendant in Diane's murder case comes to the bar.
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18. One Last Fling (2/12/87)
Diane gives Sam 24 hours for a final fling before their wedding.
Disc 3: Episodes 19-26
19. Dog Bites Cliff (2/19/87)
Cliff is thinking lawsuit after a dog bites him while delivering the mail, until he meets the dog's beautiful and cooperative owner.
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20. Dinner at Eight–ish (2/26/87)
Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.
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21. Simon Says (3/5/87)
Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.
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22. The Godfather, Part III (3/19/87)
Sam's goddaughter Joyce Pantusso (the late Coach's niece) has come to Boston for a visit. Not wanting her to get into trouble, Sam asks Woody to help her out and show her around – but Woody and Joyce have a surprise for Sam when they get engaged!.
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23. Norm's First Hurrah (3/26/87)
Norm elaborates on his new position with a top CPA firm and is caught in his little white lies when the gang decides to surprise him at work. Meanwhile Cliff finds a $20 note – and Woody has lost one.
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24. Cheers: The Motion Picture (4/2/87)
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.
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25. A House Is Not a Home (4/30/87)
Diane is haunted by the memories of the couple who lived a long and happy life together in the home she and Sam have purchased.
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26. I Do, Adieu (5/7/87)
Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites. |
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