Season 1

1. S01E01

   Give Me a Ring Sometime

   1982-09-30

   Stuffy & sophisticated Diane Chambers is dumped by her fiance in a blue collar Boston bar where she meets baseball star-turned-bar owner Sam Malone.

   Pilot note — From the desk: Cheers opens its catalog run with “Give Me a Ring Sometime” (1982-09-30). Bar as workplace family; multi-cam peak craft. Shelley Long exit lore and the Sam/Diane industrial complex.

2. S01E02

   Sam's Women

   1982-10-07

   Diane's teasing about the airheaded women Sam dates sends him looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane. Also, an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.

3. S01E03

   The Tortelli Tort

   1982-10-14

   Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan. Diane offers to help by suggesting Carla seek anger management.

4. S01E04

   Sam at Eleven

   1982-10-21

   Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.

5. S01E05

   Coach's Daughter

   1982-10-28

   Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.

6. S01E06

   Any Friend of Diane's

   1982-11-04

   Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.

7. S01E07

   Friends, Romans, Accountants

   1982-11-11

   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."

8. S01E08

   Truce or Consequences

   1982-11-18

   Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after-work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.

9. S01E09

   Coach Returns to Action

   1982-11-25

   Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.

10. S01E10

    Endless Slumper

    1982-12-02

    Sam gets a phone call from an old baseball friend, Rick Walker, who has been having a lousy season. He wonders what he should do, and Sam tries to help but can't think of what to do. He suggests getting a lucky charm, and Coach says that Sam used to have one. It turns out Sam still does - a bottle cap, which he says he found. Sam lends Rick the cap and Rick's performance improves greatly - whilst Sam goes through a period of very bad luck. When Sam find out that Rick lost the bottle cap, he gets depressed, as Diane finds out that it was in fact the cap off the last bottle of beer Sam ever drank.

11. S01E11

    One for the Book

    1982-12-09

    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.

12. S01E12

    The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One

    1982-12-16

    An Englishman visits Cheers and tells tale tales of being a WWII spy.

13. S01E13

    Now Pitching, Sam Malone

    1983-01-06

    Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.

14. S01E14

    Let Me Count the Ways

    1983-01-13

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

15. S01E15

    Father Knows Last

    1983-01-20

    Carla reveals she's pregnant but fools another man into thinking he's the father.

16. S01E16

    The Boys in the Bar

    1983-01-27

    Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend and teammate of Sam's reveals his homosexuality in a tell-all book.

17. S01E17

    Diane's Perfect Date

    1983-02-10

    Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.

18. S01E18

    No Contest

    1983-02-17

    Sam enters Diane in the annual Miss Boston Barmaid contest.

19. S01E19

    Pick a Con ... Any Con

    1983-02-24

    Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.

20. S01E20

    Someone Single, Someone Blue

    1983-03-03

    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.

21. S01E21

    Showdown

    1983-03-24

    Sam becomes jealous when his impressive older brother Derek drops by the bar and charms everyone including a smitten Diane.

22. S01E22

    Showdown

    1983-03-31

    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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