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A while back, I posted messages on various sites regarding the issue of Cliff's mother having moved back to Boston after having already set up shop in Florida. At one point, someone had posted a response saying that she moved back to Boston after having lost all of her money at the dog track in Florida. This poster then went on to say that this was expressed through just one line! There are a couple of things about this situation that I am wondering about. In the first place, if this was expressed through just one line, what else went on in the episode? Also, how did they deal with the reality of Cliff giving up life in the singles' village and taking an apartment with his mother?

Forget Sam, Dianne, Rebecca, Woody and even Frasier. The best character on the show was Lilleth, followed by Norm.

Were there weak episodes? Yep, every series got 'em. Did it ever jump the shark? Never even got near fresh water much less salt water. No sharks in sight here. You might not have liked the replacements as cast members left and died, but the writers handled the transitions incredibly well, and were able to adapt to new personalities and situations. Great writing, great acting, great comedy

I'm amazed so many contributors liked the Diane years better than the the Rebecca years. Diane's snobby personality was getting really tiresome. Likewise, the Coach was a one joke persona. Other supporting characters were not yet fully developed in the Diane era. The post-Diane cast included Woody, who got involved in in a wider variety of story lines and a full time Frazier who added a lot. The show was good with Diane, but better when she left.

JTS when Diane left. It had some funny episodes after that, but it was never as good.

The final scenes of the series had Sam and the gang contemplating the meaning of life - HUH? The episode was great up until Sam & Diane announce they're getting married.

A better ending would've been if Sam had freaked out after being with Diane, afraid she'd read too much into it. Diane finally tells Sam that she has no such ideas of a future with him, but is glad they can be friends. Sam thinks he's off the hook until later when John Hill gets his final revenge on Sam by announcing that he has sold Melvilles to Diane. That way, we would never know if Sam & Diane get back together or not. classic way to end the series IMO.

When they kept humiliating Sam/Cheers regulars with the competing bar (Gary's Old Towne Tavern?)....even changed Sam's backstory to do it....also by making Sam into the superficial, two-dimensional character he never really was before.

I loved the first 9 seasons, but thought it degenerated into a very mediocre sitcom the last 2, except perhaps a couple episodes.

Poor comedy, poor acting and exhibiting a bar as a place where folks never get drunk and disorderly about covers my opinion of this trash of a cit-com.
This show was the most overrated in TV history.

This show actually jumped in reverse. Had it started they way it did today, it would have been canceled. It actually got better each year.

not a fan of Woody Harrelson's terrible acting, how the guy ever made it as an actor is crazy.

I still watched the show until the end. So I don't think it jumped.

Favorite character is easily Sam Malone. Favorite episode is when he gets into a bet with a French guy to see who can get the most phone #'s in one night. The ending is halirious.

to the poster about about Diane being the love of Sam's life - Norm's point was the bar was the love of his life - he put his whole life figuratively and literally into the bar - true the show maybe limped a little at the end, (but how may storylines could they come up after 270 episodes...) but at least after the show ended, we know that Norm and Cliff etc...will be seated there having insignificant bar debates (the best TV car, etc) with Sam, Paul or anyone who will listen. The characters on Cheers were not interested in their own character development, they would have single episodes trying to improve themselves, but only realize they liked being the "insignificant nobodies" they were - Cliff trying to change his personality, Norm would work for awhile, etc. one reason they self-admittedly lived vicariously thru Sam. Only in Sam did we see a true change in character from season 1 to the end.

Had it's ups and downs, but never really jumped. Considering it was on for eleven years and underwent a cast change that took away one of the core focuses of the show, that's pretty impressive. There seem to be strong variances of opinion about whether the change to Rebecca and the accompanying cooperate storylines that were ushered in at that time benefitted the show or not. I guess it's a matter of taste, of course I loved Sam and Diane but I think the show recovered nicely and I think the cooperate subplots supplemented the tension that was lost when Diane left. Also, Diane's leaving midstream kind of created a bittersweet vibe to the rest of the show's run that fit the series to me. When Sam softly tells her retreating figure to "have a good life" .....still chokes me up. As for poor Rebecca, who appears to much malinged here, I didn't think she was all that bad. The writers were smart not to overplay a romantic storyline with her and Sam-it's a sitcom, so inevitably there would be undertones-but I think they were pretty smart to realize the chemistry that fueled Sam and Diane just wasn't there-and there were enough other funny things going on and supporting characters to enjoy for thier dynamic to be too annoying. The baby storyline, admittedly, was lame, but somehow they bounced back quickly and the damage wasn't permanant. I kind of agree that Rebecca got a little too whiny and pathetic, but that seemed to be inspired by a combination of story arc and the writer's deciding that Kirstie was a comic genious in her neurotic scenes, and piling them on heavy as a result. Once Sam bought back the bar, they couldn't really force the storyline of her being this interloper who was forced on everyone, and they had to find some reason to keep her around. I still think Rebecca had her moments. No, she wasn't Diane, but..how long could the Sam and Diane thing have gone on for, anyway? It wouldn't have been the same show if they had gotten married, and did we really believe that she would have stayed working in the bar for eleven years? The final shot of Sam closing down for the night, after losing the love of his life for the final time, that was good stuff, remained true to the heart of the series.

It Jumped the Shark when Diane and Sam became a couple, but then it jumped back with Rebecca coming in. This is the only show I have ever seen jump back. I know that Shelly chose to leave, but the producers should than her to this day. The show became fresh and funny again after her departure. Plus they got to have a serious and sad goodbye scene that didn't end the show.

Cheers to Cheers for returning after jumping the shark.

ALSO WHEN THEY MADE REBECCA A NEUROTIC RATHER THAN AN ICEBERG