Cheers: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Cheers Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Birth, Death, Love and Rice
Sep 26, 1985 · 24 min
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 lef
Woody Goes Belly Up
Oct 3, 1985 · 24 min
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 janit
Someday My Prince Will Come
Oct 17, 1985 · 24 min
Diane fantasizes over an expensive coat left behind by a patron and agrees to go out with whoever claims it.
The Groom Wore Clearasil
Oct 24, 1985 · 24 min
Carla asks Sam to tell her teenage son about the joys of bachelorhood and to discourage his urge to get married.
Diane's Nightmare
Oct 31, 1985 · 24 min
Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.
I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
Nov 7, 1985 · 24 min
Sam loans Diane $500 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.
2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
Nov 14, 1985 · 24 min
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.
Love Thy Neighbor
Nov 21, 1985 · 24 min
Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.
From Beer to Eternity
Nov 28, 1985 · 23 min
Sam has to convince Woody to help Cheers win a bowling match with Gary's Old Towne Tavern at a rival bar.
The Bar Stoolie
Dec 5, 1985 · 24 min
Cliff refuses to identify himself to his estranged father when the man comes to Cheers with an important message for his son.
Don Juan Is Hell
Dec 12, 1985 · 24 min
Sam is happy to be the subject of Diane's psychology term paper until he learns just exactly what the Don Juan syndrome is.
Fools and Their Money
Dec 19, 1985 · 24 min
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.
Take My Shirt...Please?
Jan 9, 1986 · 23 min
Sam's ego is crushed when no one bids on his old baseball jersey during a public television auction.
Suspicion
Jan 16, 1986 · 24 min
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
The Triangle
Jan 23, 1986 · 24 min
Diane and Sam try to rebuild Frasier's shattered ego when he starts drinking too much.
Cliffie's Big Score
Jan 30, 1986 · 24 min
Cliff has two dates for the postman's ball-with Carla and Diane.
Second Time Around
Feb 6, 1986 · 24 min
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
The Peterson Principle
Feb 13, 1986 · 23 min
Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.
Dark Imaginings
Feb 20, 1986 · 24 min
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 hims
Save the Last Dance for Me
Feb 27, 1986 · 24 min
Carla asks Sam to partner her in a dance contest where their main competition is Nick and Loretta.
Fear is My Co-Pilot
Mar 13, 1986 · 24 min
A flying daredevil that Diane barnstormed with across Europe takes her and Sam for a ride and dies at 20,000 feet up.
Diane Chambers Day
Mar 20, 1986 · 24 min
Diane feels depressed and left out of the gang's activities so Frasier organizes a day just for her-at the opera.
Relief Bartender
Mar 27, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Strange Bedfellows (1)
May 1, 1986 · 24 min
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 jo
Strange Bedfellows (2)
May 8, 1986 · 24 min
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
Strange Bedfellows (3)
May 15, 1986 · 24 min
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 th