1. Give Me a Ring Sometime  

First aired: 9/30/1982    Production Code: 001

Stuffy & sophisticated Diane Chambers is dumped by her fiance in a blue collar Boston bar where she meets baseball star-turned-bar owner Sam Malone.

2. Sam's Women  

First aired: 10/7/1982    Production Code: 002

Diane's teasing about the airheaded women Sam dates sends him looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane. Also, an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.

3. The Tortelli Tort  

First aired: 10/14/1982    Production Code: 004

Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan. Diane offers to help by suggesting Carla seek anger management.

4. Sam at Eleven  

First aired: 10/21/1982    Production Code: 005

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

5. Coach's Daughter  

First aired: 10/28/1982    Production Code: 007

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

6. Any Friend of Diane's  

First aired: 11/4/1982    Production Code: 008

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

7. Friends, Romans, Accountants  

First aired: 11/11/1982    Production Code: 013

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."

8. Truce or Consequences  

First aired: 11/18/1982    Production Code: 006

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

9. Coach Returns to Action  

First aired: 11/25/1982    Production Code: 010

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

10. Endless Slumper  

First aired: 12/2/1982    Production Code: 009

Sam gets a phonecall from an old baseball friend, Rick Walker, who has been having a lousy season. He wonders what he should do, and Sam tries to help but can't think of what to do. He suggests getting a lucky charm, and Coach says that Sam used to have one. It turns out Sam still does - a bottle cap, which he says he found. Sam lends Rick the cap and Rick's performance improves greatly - whilst Sam goes through a period of very bad luck. When Sam find out that Rick lost the bottle cap, he gets depressed, as Diane finds out that it was in fact the cap off the last bottle of beer Sam ever drank.

11. One for the Book  

First aired: 12/9/1982    Production Code: 003

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 shows up for a very small reunion.

12. The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One  

First aired: 12/16/1982    Production Code: 012

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

13. Now Pitching, Sam Malone  

First aired: 1/6/1983    Production Code: 016

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

14. Let Me Count the Ways  

First aired: 1/13/1983    Production Code: 011

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

15. Father Knows Last  

First aired: 1/20/1983    Production Code: 014

Carla reveals she's pregnant but fools another man into thinking he's the father.

16. The Boys in the Bar  

First aired: 1/27/1983    Production Code: 015

Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend and teammate of Sam's reveals his homosexuality in a tell-all book.

17. Diane's Perfect Date  

First aired: 2/10/1983    Production Code: 017

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

18. No Contest  

First aired: 2/17/1983    Production Code: 019

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

19. Pick a Con ... Any Con  

First aired: 2/24/1983    Production Code: 018

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

20. Someone Single, Someone Blue  

First aired: 3/3/1983    Production Code: 020

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 father's estate.

21. Showdown (1)  

First aired: 3/24/1983    Production Code: 021

Sam becomes jealous when his impressive older brother Derek drops by the bar and charms everyone including a smitten Diane.

Special. Uncle Sam Malone  

The gang tries to convince Diane that U.S. savings bonds are a good investment.

22. Showdown (2)  

First aired: 3/31/1983    Production Code: 022

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 with him.