Cheers: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cheers Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Power Play
Sep 29, 1983 · 23 min
The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.
Little Sister Don't Cha
Oct 13, 1983 · 23 min
Carla goes on a maternity leave and is replaced by her supposedly shy and innocent sister.
Personal Business
Oct 20, 1983 · 23 min
Diane, angry at the implication that she couldn't hold a job anywhere but Cheers, leaves for better position and Norm leaves Vera.
Homicidal Ham
Oct 27, 1983 · 23 min
Andy, the ex-con Sam arranged as a blind date for Diane, returns to Cheers to show off his acting ability.
Sumner's Return
Nov 3, 1983 · 23 min
Diane's intellectual former fiance returns to reclaim her and puts Sam into an anxiety attack when he tries to measure up by reading Tolstoy.
Affairs of the Heart
Nov 10, 1983 · 23 min
Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some "fatal flaw" to find her attractive.
Old Flames
Nov 17, 1983 · 23 min
Sam's old buddy Dave Richards bets Sam he can break up his romance with Diane within 24 hours and it looks like a sure thing when Diane learns he still has his little black book.
Manager Coach
Nov 24, 1983 · 23 min
Coach becomes a slave driver when he's put in charge of Little League team.
They Called Me Mayday
Dec 1, 1983 · 23 min
Sam and Diane go to work after Dick Cavett suggests that Sam's autobiography might sell and Norm confronts an old flame of Vera's who's interested in her again.
How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back
Dec 8, 1983 · 23 min
Sam casually tells Diane he loves her and sends her deep into an introspective analysis of their relationship.
Just Three Friends
Dec 15, 1983 · 23 min
Diane is at first incredulous then furious when it becomes apparent that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.
Where There's a Will...
Dec 22, 1983 · 24 min
Sam lets a dying man tend bar just for fun, but the man leaves the bar patrons $100,000 in a paper napkin will.
Battle of the Exes
Jan 5, 1984 · 24 min
Not wanting to appear lonely and dateless whilst going to her ex-husband Nick's wedding ceremony to blonde bimbo Loretta, Carla asks Sam to accompany her.
No Help Wanted
Jan 12, 1984 · 23 min
Sam regrets asking Norm to do his taxes when the out of work accountant comes up with a five figure refund.
And Coachie Makes Three
Jan 19, 1984 · 24 min
Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them, not realising he is spoiling things for them. Rather than hurt his feelings by asking
Cliff's Rocky Moment
Jan 26, 1984 · 24 min
Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.
Fortune and Men's Weight
Feb 2, 1984 · 24 min
Coach is conned into buying an old scale which also prints out fortunes, and the Cheers gang each see their fortunes - except for Diane, who thinks it is all a load of rubbish. Mea
Snow Job
Feb 9, 1984 · 24 min
Sam lies to Diane about the weekend he has planned chasing snow bunnies in Vermont.
Coach Buries a Grudge
Feb 16, 1984 · 24 min
An old friend of Coach has died and Coach decides to hold a memorial to him in the bar, inviting all their old friends. But then Coach discovers his late friend made a pass at his
Norman's Conquest
Feb 23, 1984 · 24 min
The regulars push Norm into pursuing an attractive new client who seems to be interested in him.
I'll Be Seeing You (1)
May 3, 1984 · 24 min
Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.
I'll Be Seeing You (2)
May 10, 1984 · 24 min
Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.