Cheers: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
The Proposal
Sep 25, 1986
We finally found out who Sam's telephone proposal at the end of the last episode was to - Diane! But Diane fears that Sam is meerely on the rebound after breaking up with Janet, so
The Cape Cad
Oct 2, 1986
Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.
Money Dearest
Oct 9, 1986
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
Abnormal Psychology
Oct 16, 1986
Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.
House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick
Oct 30, 1986
Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.
Tan 'n' Wash
Nov 6, 1986
The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout.
Young Dr. Weinstein
Nov 13, 1986
Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.
Knights of the Scimitar
Nov 20, 1986
Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.
Thanksgiving Orphans
Nov 27, 1986
The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.
Everyone Imitates Art
Dec 4, 1986
Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.
The Book of Samuel
Dec 11, 1986
Woody delves into Sam's legendary black book to find a date to impress his former girl friend, who is coming to Cheers to introduce her fiancé.
Dance, Diane, Dance
Dec 18, 1986
Frasier's effort to lighten a dance instructor's harsh criticism of Diane's efforts backfires when she decides to audition for the Boston Ballet.
Chambers vs. Malone
Jan 8, 1987
Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.
Diamond Sam
Jan 15, 1987
Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation.
Spellbound
Jan 22, 1987
Diane and Carla console Loretta, who has caught Nick cheating on her. They counsel her to stand on her own two feet and leave Nick. When Nick comes into the bar to claim her back,
Never Love a Goalie (1)
Jan 29, 1987
Carla falls for Eddie, a hockey goalie; meanwhile, Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial.
Never Love a Goalie (2)
Feb 5, 1987
Carla and Eddie are now in a relationship. Ever since Carla blew him the kiss and Eddie let in that cheap goal, Eddie has been on a slump. The most superstitious couple ever, Eddie
One Last Fling
Feb 12, 1987
For the bachelor party the guys at the bar throw for Sam, Woody offhandedly asks Diane if she would be the girl who jumps out of the cake. Although she abhors such male sexual ritu
Dog Bites Cliff
Feb 19, 1987
On his postal route, Cliff is bitten by a dog, and decides to sue the owner for $200,000. Madeline, the dog's owner, ends up being a beautiful, voluptuous woman, but one that is up
Dinner at Eight-ish
Feb 26, 1987
Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were eng
Simon Says
Mar 5, 1987
Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.
The Godfather, Part III
Mar 19, 1987
Sam's goddaughter Joyce Pantusso (the late Coach's niece) has come to Boston for a visit. Not wanting her to get into trouble, Sam asks Woody to help her out and show her around -
Norm's First Hurrah
Mar 26, 1987
Norm elaborates on his new position with a top CPA firm and is caught in his little white lies when the gang decides to surprise him at work. Meanwhile Cliff finds a $20 note - and
Cheers: The Motion Picture
Apr 2, 1987
The gang tries to reassure a nervous Mr. and Mrs. Boyd back in Indiana that Woody is fine and has wonderful friends in Boston by making a home movie of an average day at Cheers.
A House Is Not a Home
Apr 30, 1987
Diane is haunted by the memories of the couple who lived a long and happy life together in the home she and Sam have purchased.
I Do, Adieu
May 7, 1987
Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on r