Cheers: Season 5

1986 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 5 of Cheers

Season 5 of Cheers Has 26 episodes and premiered on September 25, 1986. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

26episodes

Sep 25, 1986premiered

May 7, 1987latest episode

10.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 The Proposal
Sep 25, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
5x02 The Cape Cad
Oct 2, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 7.7
Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Andy Cowan · Starring: Brenda Strong, Willie Garson, Don Perry, Sid Conrad
5x03 Money Dearest
Oct 9, 1986 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Janet Leahy · Starring: Thomas Babson, Paul Willson, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Erdman
5x04 Abnormal Psychology
Oct 16, 1986 · 23 min · ★ 9.0
Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Janet Leahy · Starring: Bebe Neuwirth, Alan Koss, Tim Cunningham, Steve Giannelli
5x05 House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
Oct 30, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 8.1
Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: David Angell
5x06 Tan 'n' Wash
Nov 6, 1986 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout.
Directing: James Burrows · Starring: Paul Willson, Steve Giannelli
5x07 Young Dr. Weinstein
Nov 13, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 8.3
Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Phoef Sutton · Starring: Kristi Somers, Dennis Robertson, Joseph Kell, Julian Barnes
5x08 Knights of the Scimitar
Nov 20, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 7.9
Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.
Directing: James Burrows · Starring: Raye Birk, John Edward Peck, Steve Vinovich, Bill DeLand
5x09 Thanksgiving Orphans
Nov 27, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 8.4
The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Bill Steinkellner, Cherie Steinkellner
5x10 Everyone Imitates Art
Dec 4, 1986 · 23 min · ★ 8.3
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Starring: Michael Holden
5x11 The Book of Samuel
Dec 11, 1986 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Phoef Sutton · Starring: Amanda Wyss, Tim Cunningham, Steve Giannelli, John Brace
5x12 Dance, Diane, Dance Mid-Season Finale
Dec 18, 1986 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
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.
Directed by: James Burrows · Written by: Jeff Abugov · Starring: Marilyn Lightstone, Dan Gerrity
5x13 Chambers vs. Malone
Jan 8, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.0
Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: David Angell · Starring: Thomas Babson, Tom Troupe, Glen Vernon, Michael Keys Hall
5x14 Diamond Sam
Jan 15, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Tom Reeder · Starring: Al Rosen
5x15 Spellbound
Jan 22, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 6.8
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, a chivalrous Sam stands up for her. Nick takes that as a sign that Sam has stolen Loretta from him. So Nick threatens to steal the same from Sam, that being Diane. Nick makes an attempt to wine and dine Diane, then Loretta, then Carla and then any of the three who will give him the time of day. Meanwhile, Frasier, the chess expert, has met his match in simpleton Woody.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Kimberly Hill · Starring: Jean Kasem, Dan Hedaya
5x16 Never Love a Goalie (1)
Jan 29, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.4
Carla falls for Eddie, a hockey goalie; meanwhile, Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Ken Levine, David Isaacs · Starring: Jay Thomas, Steve Giannelli, Hugh Maguire, Mark Arnott
5x17 Never Love a Goalie (2)
Feb 5, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.2
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 and Carla analyze Eddie's life routine since the slump started, the only change in routine being Carla in his life. Not only does Carla come to the conclusion that she may be a jinx, but so does every one else in the bar. Carla has to decide to dump Eddie and have him regain his winning streak, or stay with Eddie at the price of the Bruins. Or is there another solution? Meanwhile, Diane is still at the trial and still talking to whoever will listen to her. Reminiscent of 12 Angry Men (1957), Diane stands alone in the jury as the dissenting voice thinking that the accused is guilty, comparing the relationship of the accused and his victim wife to Sam and herself. If she can't win in the court of law, she figures, out of a streak of good luck, that she can win outside the legal system.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Ken Levine, David Isaacs · Starring: Jay Thomas, Brent Spiner, Steve Giannelli, Mark Arnott
5x18 One Last Fling
Feb 12, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.8
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 rituals, she agrees if only to stop someone else from "pleasuring" Sam. At the party, just as Diane is ready to come out of the cake, Norm makes a comment which makes Sam re examine out loud for the first time this wedding and the fact that Diane will now be the one and only woman in his life. After jumping out of the cake mad at Sam for his comments, Diane later offers Sam a proposition: she will give him a last 24-hours of freedom to do whatever he pleases with whomever he pleases. Sam excitedly agrees until Diane throws in that she too will have her last 24-hours of freedom to do whatever she pleases with whomever she pleases. Will Sam still go along with Diane's plan and if so what will he do and what will she do?
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Cherie Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner · Starring: Alan Koss, Tim Cunningham, Larry Harpel, Steve Giannelli
5x19 Dog Bites Cliff
Feb 19, 1987 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
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 front about wanting to help Cliff despite the fact that she has little money. Cliff and Madeline start dating, the gang at the bar thinking that it only a ploy on her part for Cliff not to sue. Cliff realizes this is the case, but is still dating her in hopes of trading dropping the lawsuit for a roll in the sack. Madeline announces to everyone that her lawyer wants her to get Cliff to sign a waiver to absolve her of any responsibility, but she refuses to do so. Perhaps Madeline really does like Cliff. Or maybe she's got other methods of getting her way. Madeline and Cliff make it all the way to bed in a nice suite at the Ritz, when... Meanwhile, Diane is off on a Buddhist monastery retreat for a couple of weeks.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Joanne Pagliaro · Starring: Steve Giannelli, Anita Morris
5x20 Dinner at Eight-ish
Feb 26, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 9.1
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Phoef Sutton · Starring: Bebe Neuwirth, Doris Grau, Al Rosen, Zetta Whitlow
5x21 Simon Says
Mar 5, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 8.2
Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee · Starring: John Cleese, Ray Underwood
5x22 The Godfather, Part III
Mar 19, 1987 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
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!
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Stu Kreisman, Chris Cluess · Starring: Joe Colligan, Al Rosen, Cady McClain
5x23 Norm's First Hurrah
Mar 26, 1987 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Andy Cowan · Starring: Tegan West, Jeff Williams, Neil Zevnik, Ron Davis
5x24 Cheers: The Motion Picture
Apr 2, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Tim Berry · Writing: Phoef Sutton · Starring: Doris Grau, Al Rosen
5x25 A House Is Not a Home
Apr 30, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Phoef Sutton · Starring: Douglas Seale, Billie Bird, Stephanie Walski, Lou Bonacki
5x26 I Do, Adieu Season Finale
May 7, 1987 · 24 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: James Burrows · Writing: Les Charles, Glen Charles · Starring: Michael McGuire, Steve Giannelli, Walter Addison