Cheers Weekly

After the stunning opening to season 5 for both Cheers Weekly and the show itself...we now have the fallout episode. Diane is focused on changing Sam's mind, Sam is focused on any other woman but Diane, and our hosts are concluding very different ratings for this episode, "The Cape Cad". And bonus points for correctly guessing how many kittens Norm has in his sports jacket at the end of the night! (Review starts - 11:54)

The bar is open and ready for Season Five!! Cheers Weekly is back baby with a super-sized episode covering where our hosts have been this summer, exploring who Sam was proposing to at the end of Season Four and how close Frasier came to committing a felony. And since it's the season premiere, we have a Happy Hour Special...George's fantastic interview with Joseph and Kate Darowski, authors of the new book "Cheers: A Cultural History". This show requires your preferred bottle of wine or your favorite six-pack...so grab some hors d'oeuvres and enjoy "The Proposal". (Review starts - 42:16)

It's celebration time as we are at the Season 4 finale!!!! We have cliffhangers (who is Sam proposing to on the phone at the end?), we have a stellar debate on the best TV characters of all-time (Randy is correct, no sense fighting it), we have the ethics of eavesdropping (and if apologize are required) and, best of all, we have the Cheers Weekly exclusive Bottle-Service Award for the best episode of the season! So pop open some Cristal, join Norm at the bar and enjoy "Strange Bedfellows Part 3"! (Review starts - 19:04)

Part 2 of the three-part season four finale continues the love triangle between Sam, Janet and Diane with yet another iconic office fight. But the hosts of Cheers Weekly are the model of precision and unity as they focus on the new Deadwood movie, the legendary status of Top Gun and how effective the guest appearance by Senator Gary Hart turned out. Convince the Senator to buy you a beer, talk to Norm so he doesn't have to go home and enjoy "Strange Bedfellows, Part 2". (Review starts - 12:04)

We have guest stars galore this week including Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Orange Is The New Black), Max Wright (Alf, Norm), David Paymer (The Good Wife, The Commish), and Mike Hagerty (The George Carlin Show, Friends). We have the vaunted David Angell back at the writer's helm. We have the classic campaign slogan "Wim with Jim". And we have George doing pretty good and nothing beefing Randy....so all is right with the world again at Cheers Weekly! And even more importantly, after a few tough episodes of season 4, the train is back on the tracks!. But is it all the way back to its legendary status? Tune in and find out in with "Strange Bedfellows, Part 1". (Review starts - 11:35)

Just as a skunky keg of beer can leave a bad aftertaste, so does this week's episode, "Relief Bartender", for our hosts. George and Randy examine where and how this last part of season 4 has gone off-the-rails a bit. Is it due to the length of the season (the longest to-date)? Or maybe the lack of B-plots? Or is it something more structural? Does our beloved Cheers gang have enough time to reclaim the high road for this season with only three episodes remaining? Tune in and find out! (Review starts - 13:10)

The Cheers gang finally goes too far with excluding Diane from their activities and they must find a way to make it up to her - a way that includes...the opera! Other insights we garner from this week's episode: the depth of Randy's anger toward Netflix regarding a recent cancellation, when is the proper time to break the fourth wall during a movie scene and George answers the burning question regarding if there really was an episode of Happy Days that involved a strip club. So grab a balcony seat while popping open a Pabst and enjoy "Diane Chambers Day"! (Review starts - 10:00)

Although both Randy and George are a bit under-the-weather this week, Cheers Weekly marches on! Randy is grumpy regarding the Top 500 songs of the 80s channel on SirrusXM as well as about this episode in general while George carries much more optimism regarding life, entertainment and the introduction and usage of Jack Dalton. Elsewhere, Sam and Diane come to some interesting conclusions while facing certain death while Woody loses his arm-wrestling crown. Grab a stool, order up an Old Fashioned and enjoy "Fear Is My Co-Pilot". (Review starts - 13:45)

It's what we all have been waiting for...the reunion of the Boston Boppers! And with it comes the return of Nick and Loretta! Will they mend fences enough to take the dance title? Will Sam find a van to test Loretta's theory? Will Randy ever watch a subtitled film again? And will George claim superior dance moves to Sam Malone? Come find all these answers as well as the first Cheers appearance of "Unchained Melody" in "Save The Last Dance For Me". (Review starts - 14:52)

A special treat from Cheers Weekly this episode as George provides a "live" look-in at the Fifth Annual Clean Shorts Film Festival including helping uncover a possible conspiracy to steal an Oscar linked to The Godfather. Meanwhile, back at the bar, Cliff may have finally gone over the edge with his love of vegetables while Sam faces an existential crisis regarding getting old. Plus, bonus points to those that can recognize the former Mrs. David Hasselhoff's guest turn. Put down the racketball racket and enjoy "Dark Imaginings"! (Review starts - 21:34)