Cheers

10 Best Episodes of Cheers - Season 5

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 04, 2023.

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Cheers - S5E19

#15 - Dog Bites Cliff (Season 5 - Episode 19)

Cliff is thinking lawsuit after a dog bites him while delivering the mail, until he meets the dog's beautiful and cooperative owner.

The episode was rated 7.51 from 73 votes.

Cheers - S5E8

#14 - Knights of the Scimitar (Season 5 - Episode 8)

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Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.

The episode was rated 7.55 from 83 votes.

Cheers - S5E11

#13 - The Book of Samuel (Season 5 - Episode 11)

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 fiancΓ©.

The episode was rated 7.56 from 77 votes.

Cheers - S5E24

#12 - Cheers: The Motion Picture (Season 5 - Episode 24)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.57 from 69 votes.

Cheers - S5E18

#11 - One Last Fling (Season 5 - Episode 18)

Diane gives Sam 24 hours for a final fling before their wedding.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 81 votes.

Cheers - S5E2

#10 - The Cape Cad (Season 5 - Episode 2)

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Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 89 votes.

Cheers - S5E13

#9 - Chambers vs Malone (Season 5 - Episode 13)

Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.

The episode was rated 7.64 from 84 votes.

Cheers - S5E26

#8 - I Do, Adieu (Season 5 - Episode 26)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.74 from 69 votes.

Cheers - S5E7

#7 - Young Dr. Weinstein (Season 5 - Episode 7)

Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 88 votes.

Cheers - S5E9

#6 - Thanksgiving Orphans (Season 5 - Episode 9)

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The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 77 votes.

Cheers - S5E21

#5 - Simon Says (Season 5 - Episode 21)

Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 74 votes.

Cheers - S5E4

#4 - Abnormal Psychology (Season 5 - Episode 4)

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Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 102 votes.

Cheers - S5E10

#3 - Everyone Imitates Art (Season 5 - Episode 10)

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 episode was rated 7.84 from 83 votes.

Cheers - S5E1

#2 - The Proposal (Season 5 - Episode 1)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 99 votes.

Cheers - S5E20

#1 - Dinner at Eight-ish (Season 5 - Episode 20)

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.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 81 votes.

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