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Cheers Season 5 |
| Cheers Season 5 : |
| The fifth season of Cheers an award-winning American television sitcom originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 25 1986 and May 7 1987. This season marks the departure of Shelley Long as Diane Chambers bringing an end to the Sam and Diane relationship though she would return for the series finale. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television. |
| Episode 1 - [The Proposal] |
| Details : 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 asks him to repeat the proposal in a more romantic occasion but when he does (on a boat) she refuses causing Sam to make her walk the plank. Later Diane says she does want to get married but Sam has now retracted the proposal. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Peter Casey | Writer : David Lee | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 1986 |
| Episode 2 - [The Cape Cad] |
| Details : Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brenda Strong | Writer : Andy Cowan | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 1986 |
| Episode 3 - [Money Dearest] |
| Details : Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Janet Leahy | |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 1986 |
| Episode 4 - [Abnormal Psychology] |
| Details : Diane tries to help Lilith the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bebe Neuwirth | Director : James Burrows | Writer : Janet Leahy | |
| Air Date : Oct. 16, 1986 |
| Episode 5 - [House Of Horrors With Formal Dining And Used Brick] |
| Details : Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : David Angell | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 1986 |
| Episode 6 - [Tan 'n' Wash] |
| Details : The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 1986 |
| Episode 7 - [Young DrWeinstein] |
| Details : Stung by Diane's attitude Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Phoef Sutton | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 1986 |
| Episode 8 - [Knights Of The Scimitar] |
| Details : Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dwier Brown | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 27, 1986 |
| Episode 9 - [Thanksgiving Orphans] |
| Details : The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 27, 1986 |
| Episode 10 - [Everyone Imitates Art] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 04, 1986 |
| Episode 11 - [The Book Of Samuel] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Phoef Sutton | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 1986 |
| Episode 12 - [Dance Diane Dance] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 18, 1986 |
| Episode 13 - [Chambers vs Malone] |
| Details : Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : David Angell | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 1987 |
| Episode 14 - [Diamond Sam] |
| Details : Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 15, 1987 |
| Episode 15 - [Spellbound] |
| Details : Nick vows to take Diane away from Sam when Sam defends Loretta's efforts to ditch Nick and start her own singing career. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 22, 1987 |
| Episode 16 - [Never Love A Goalie Part 1] |
| Details : Carla falls for Eddie a hockey goalie; meanwhile Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : David Isaacs | |
| Air Date : Jan. 29, 1987 |
| Episode 17 - [Never Love A Goalie Part 2] |
| Details : Eddie's career was red-hot until he started dating Carla. The defendant in Diane's murder case comes to the bar. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brent Spiner | Director : James Burrows | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : David Isaacs | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 1987 |
| Episode 18 - [One Last Fling] |
| Details : Diane gives Sam 24 hours for a final fling before their wedding. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 12, 1987 |
| Episode 19 - [Dog Bites Cliff] |
| Details : Cliff is thinking lawsuit after a dog bites him while delivering the mail until he meets the dog's beautiful and cooperative owner. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 1987 |
| Episode 20 - [Dinner At Eight-Ish] |
| Details : 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 engaged and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Doris Grau | Bebe Neuwirth | Writer : Phoef Sutton | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 26, 1987 |
| Episode 21 - [Simon Says] |
| Details : Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session then refuses to heed his advice. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Peter Casey | Writer : David Lee | |
| Air Date : Mar. 05, 1987 |
| Episode 22 - [The Godfather Part III] |
| Details : 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 - but Woody and Joyce have a surprise for Sam when they get engaged! |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joe Colligan | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Mar. 19, 1987 |
| Episode 23 - [Norm's First Hurrah] |
| Details : 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 Woody has lost one. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Andy Cowan | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Mar. 26, 1987 |
| Episode 24 - [Cheers The Motion Picture] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Tim Berry | Writer : Phoef Sutton | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 1987 |
| Episode 25 - [A House Is Not A Home] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Douglas Seale | Writer : Phoef Sutton | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Apr. 30, 1987 |
| Episode 26 - [I Do And Adieu] |
| Details : 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 rewrites. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 1987 |