Birth, Death, Love and Rice

September 26, 1985

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Cheers - S4 - E1

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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Cheers: Season 4 - 26 Episode s

4x1 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice
September 26, 1985
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.
4x2 - Woody Goes Belly Up
October 3, 1985
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.
4x3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
October 17, 1985
Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.
4x4 - The Groom Wore Clearasil
October 24, 1985
Carla asks Sam to tell her teenage son about the joys of bachelorhood and to discourage his urge to get married.
4x5 - Diane's Nightmare
October 31, 1985
Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.
4x6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
November 7, 1985
Sam loans Diane to buy a book autographed by Ernest Hemmingway. She later gives the book to Sam as collateral until she pays back the loan, but Sam accidentally destroys it.
4x7 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
November 14, 1985
The guys at the bar feel sorry for Carla because nobody has responded to her newspaper singles ad. So they start sending her romantic responses from a fictional airline pilot.
4x8 - Love Thy Neighbor
November 21, 1985
Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.
4x9 - From Beer to Eternity
November 28, 1985
Sam has to convince Woody to help Cheers win a bowling match with Gary's Old Towne Tavern at a rival bar.
4x10 - The Bar Stoolie
December 5, 1985
Cliff refuses to identify himself to his estranged father when the man comes to Cheers with an important message for his son.
4x11 - Don Juan Is Hell
December 12, 1985
Sam is happy to be the subject of Diane's psychology term paper until he learns just exactly what the Don Juan syndrome is.
4x12 - Fools and Their Money
December 19, 1985
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.
4x13 - Take My Shirt...Please?
January 9, 1986
Sam's ego is crushed when no one bids on his old baseball jersey during a public television auction.
4x14 - Suspicion
January 16, 1986
Diane arranges for a stranger to come into Cheers as part of an experiment in paranoid behavior, but then she provides an even better example as she waits for the gang to get back at her.
4x15 - The Triangle
January 23, 1986
Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.
4x16 - Cliffie's Big Score
January 30, 1986
Cliff has two dates for the postman's ball-with Carla and Diane.
4x17 - Second Time Around
February 6, 1986
Frasier has been out on a date with a fellow psychiatrist, Dr Lilith Sternin, but things didn't go too well. Frasier feels depressed, so feeling sorry for him, Sam arranges a date between Frasier and a woman he knows named Candy. But Sam and Diane get a surprise when Frasier proposes to Candy after just one date.
4x18 - The Peterson Principle
February 13, 1986
Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.
4x19 - Dark Imaginings
February 20, 1986
After trying (and failing) to hit on a pretty female customer, Sam feels like he is over the hill and challenges Woody to a racquetball game. Unfortunately Sam ends up hurting himself and has to take a trip to the hospital.
4x20 - Save the Last Dance for Me
February 27, 1986
Carla asks Sam to partner her in a dance contest where their main competition is Nick and Loretta.
4x21 - Fear Is My Co-Pilot
March 13, 1986
A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.
4x22 - Diane Chambers Day
March 20, 1986
Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.
4x23 - Relief Bartender
March 27, 1986
Sam hires a new bartender and appoints himself as host/manager of Cheers. But when his new strategy goes belly-up and he is forced to return to the bar, somebody has to be fired.
4x24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)
May 1, 1986
Local councilwoman Janet Eldridge comes to Cheers as part of her re-election campaign, and Sam finds hismelf smitten with her. Janet and Sam become a couple, but a jealous Diane joins the opposition campaign fearing that if Janet wins the election, she will win Sam's heart as well. Meanwhile Frasier also joins the opposition campaign hoping to win Diane back.
4x25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
May 8, 1986
Sam and Janet's relationship is getting stronger and stronger whilst Diane gets more jealous. Janet suggests that Sam fire iane to sever all ties with his past, but Diane overhears and quits before he can fire her. Vera's sister Donna is visiting the Petersons and Norm is worried that Donna will flirt with him like she did on her last visit.
4x26 - Strange Bedfellows (3)
May 15, 1986
Janet has won the election and is hosting her press conference at Cheers. Diane turns up to apologize to Sam but ends up asking Janet some personal questions which causes Sam to throw her out of the bar. Later Sam and Janet talk and realize their relationship won't work, so break it off. Sam then picks up the telephone, rings someone and then asks them to marry him..... Meanwhile Vera has been called away, so Donna is left alone with Norm, much to his horror.

4x1 - Birth, Death, Love and Rice

4x2 - Woody Goes Belly Up

4x3 - Someday My Prince Will Come

4x4 - The Groom Wore Clearasil

4x5 - Diane's Nightmare

4x6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

4x7 - 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real

4x8 - Love Thy Neighbor

4x9 - From Beer to Eternity

4x10 - The Bar Stoolie

4x11 - Don Juan Is Hell

4x12 - Fools and Their Money

4x13 - Take My Shirt...Please?

4x14 - Suspicion

4x15 - The Triangle

4x16 - Cliffie's Big Score

4x17 - Second Time Around

4x18 - The Peterson Principle

4x19 - Dark Imaginings

4x20 - Save the Last Dance for Me

4x21 - Fear Is My Co-Pilot

4x22 - Diane Chambers Day

4x23 - Relief Bartender

4x24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)

4x25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)

4x26 - Strange Bedfellows (3)

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S3: Season 3

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