Cheers: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Rebound (1)
Sep 27, 1984
Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed ""vacation"" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.
Rebound (2)
Oct 4, 1984
Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed ""vacation"" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.
I Call Your Name
Oct 18, 1984
Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee.
Fairy Tales Can Come True
Oct 25, 1984
Cliff meets a woman during a costume party at Cheers that he likes very much, but he's afraid to see her again as himself.
Sam Turns the Other Cheek
Nov 1, 1984
Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end, not wanting to tell everyone the real reason - he was shot at by a jealous husband.
Coach in Love (1)
Nov 8, 1984
Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.
Coach in Love (2)
Nov 15, 1984
Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.
Diane Meets Mom
Nov 22, 1984
Diane meets Frasier's mother, who quietly threatens to kill Diane if she doesn't leave Frasier alone.
An American Family
Nov 29, 1984
Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids, a demand to which Carla agrees.
Diane's Allergy
Dec 6, 1984
Diane suffers a mysterious allergic reaction after moving in with Frasier.
Peterson Crusoe
Dec 13, 1984
Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora.
A Ditch in Time
Dec 20, 1984
Sam meets one of Diane's intense friends, who has her parents over to meet Sam, their future son-in-law, hours after their first date.
Whodunit?
Jan 3, 1985
Frasier is devastated when he learns that his learned mentor has been dating Carla, who also has a little surprise of her own.
The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
Jan 10, 1985
The guys take Frasier on a ""snipe"" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.
King of the Hill
Jan 24, 1985
Sam returns to the mound for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies, but his competitive spirit ruins the day when he strikes them all out.
Teacher's Pet
Jan 31, 1985
Sam and the Coach are taking the same night school course in geography, but while Coach studies, Sam dates the teacher.
The Mail Goes to Jail
Feb 7, 1985
Norm gets arrested when he finishes the route for an ill Cliff, but Cliff refuses to back up Norm's explanation to the authorities.
Bar Bet
Feb 14, 1985
Sam stands to lose the bar to an old friend because of a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bissett before a certain date.
Behind Every Great Man
Feb 21, 1985
Sam faces the ultimate challenge to his skills as a male animal; a lady reporter who has been investigating the Boston singles scene and has heard every line in the book.
If Ever I Would Leave You
Feb 28, 1985
After his second wife Loretta kicks him out, Carla's ex-husband Nick Tortelli comes to Cheers asking Carla to take him back.
The Executive's Executioner
Mar 7, 1985
Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go.
Cheerio, Cheers
Apr 11, 1985
Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.
The Bartender's Tale
Apr 18, 1985
Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter.
The Belles of St. Clete's
May 2, 1985
Carla calls together her former classmates from St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls to plot revenge on their former sadistic principal whom she spots drinking at Cheers.
Rescue Me
May 9, 1985
Frasier proposes to Diane while they're in Italy and she makes an emergency call to Sam, hoping he'll talk her out of it.