Season 6

The more things change the more they stay the same in Season 6 of Cheers. After sinking his boat while sailing around the world in an attempt to get over the loss of Diane, Sam returns to Cheers to be a bartender once again, but finds himself at odds with the bar’s new manager Rebecca Howe. Meanwhile, Frasier and Lilith get married, Norm becomes a painter, Cliff moves into an apartment, and Carla and Eddie have twins. The addition of Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe proves to be just what the show needed; as she’s able to fill the Diane role as a love interest and foil to Sam, but with a different dynamic as his boss. Tom Skerritt also joins the cast as a recurrent character, and there’s a special Christmas episode. Season 6 may look different than season’s past with new characters and relationships, but at its core it’s still the same old Cheers, as fun and entertaining as ever.

Average episode rating for this season: 7.24

Best feature of this season: the development of secondary characters like Carla, Woody, Norm, Frasier, and Cliff.

Worst feature of this season: broad-strokes filler/cliché plots that were poorly written and worse executed.