
Laid-back Sam Malone, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. He hires smart, uptight -- and jilted -- Diane Chambers as a server, out of sympathy, but their attraction causes constant bickering. Wacky characters fill the bar: sarcastic waitress Carla, beer-loving accountant Norm, know-it-all postman Cliff. When Diane leaves Boston much later, Sam sells the bar, buys a boat and sails the world, but his boat sinks, so he returns. New, ambitious manager Rebecca Howe hires him back, but they love to hate each other too.
Diane's well-to-do mother will lose her inheritance if Diane isn't married within 24 hours.
Woody and his girlfriend reunite; despondent Frasier takes a job as janitor at Cheers.
A twist on the "Cinderella" story finds Diane trying to locate a man who left his coat at Cheers.
Carla's 16-year-old son wants to marry his high-school sweetheart.