Season 1 · Episode 21 — Showdown (1)

Bride-to-be Diane Chambers becomes the center of attention at a cozy bar called Cheers.

Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the…

Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.

Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.

Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.

Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.

Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date".

Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.

Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.

Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.

While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy s…

The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.

Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.

Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.

Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.

Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.

Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.

Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.

Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.

Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's fath…

Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris…