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The Best Episodes Written By David Angell

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Pick a Con... Any Con
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    S1:E19

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  2. undefined Season 8 Episode 2 - And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (2)
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    S8:E2

    Daphne considers dumping Niles after Donny and Mel's plotting stresses her out. Fortunately, Frasier comes to the lovers' aid once again.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  3. undefined Season 8 Episode 1 - And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1)
    8.5/10(10 votes)

    S8:E1

    After running off together, Niles and Daphne face the wrath from their jilted lovers: Donny's suing for emotional distress and Mel's plotting a ruse.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - My Coffee with Niles
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    S1:E24

    When Niles asks Frasier if he's happy after his first year back in Seattle, the question opens up a comical and revealing family dialogue.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - Strange Bedfellows (3)
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    S4:E26

    Janet has won the election and is hosting her press conference at Cheers. Diane turns up to apologize to Sam but ends up asking Janet some personal questions which causes Sam to throw her out of the bar. Later Sam and Janet talk and realize their relationship won't work, so break it off. Sam then picks up the telephone, rings someone and then asks them to marry him..... Meanwhile Vera has been called away, so Donna is left alone with Norm, much to his horror.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 25 - Strange Bedfellows (2)
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    S4:E25

    Sam and Janet's relationship is getting stronger and stronger whilst Diane gets more jealous. Janet suggests that Sam fire iane to sever all ties with his past, but Diane overhears and quits before he can fire her. Vera's sister Donna is visiting the Petersons and Norm is worried that Donna will flirt with him like she did on her last visit.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 24 - Strange Bedfellows (1)
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S4:E24

    Local councilwoman Janet Eldridge comes to Cheers as part of her re-election campaign, and Sam finds hismelf smitten with her. Janet and Sam become a couple, but a jealous Diane joins the opposition campaign fearing that if Janet wins the election, she will win Sam's heart as well. Meanwhile Frasier also joins the opposition campaign hoping to win Diane back.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  8. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S5:E5

    Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  9. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - Dark Imaginings
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    S4:E19

    After trying (and failing) to hit on a pretty female customer, Sam feels like he is over the hill and challenges Woody to a racquetball game. Unfortunately Sam ends up hurting himself and has to take a trip to the hospital.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Legacy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E1

    In the series premiere, brothers Joe and Brian Hackett search for a suitcase full of cash that their dead father supposedly left them.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Return to Nantucket (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E4

    Joe and Brian compete to see who Carol loves more.

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    Writer:David Angell

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Stew in a Stew
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E14

    Fay is forgiving at the loss of her annual raise when Joe tells her how tight money is, but when she sees the brothers gloating over a pair of new leather flight jackets, she quits. She takes a position with Aeromass while Joe struggles at Sandpiper.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Good Son
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    S1:E1

    Psychiatrist Frasier Crane returns to his hometown of Seattle to host a radio talk show, but soon discovers he could use a shrink himself when his father moves in.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Old Flames
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    S2:E7

    Sam's old buddy Dave Richards bets Sam he can break up his romance with Diane within 24 hours and it looks like a sure thing when Diane learns he still has his little black book.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  15. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - The Crane Mutiny
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    S6:E5

    The gang tries to convince Frasier that Rebecca desires him after he quarrels with Lilith and Rebecca replaces Sam's picture with one of Robert Urich.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  16. undefined Season 11 Episode 24 - The Guy Can't Help It
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S11:E24

    Don Sentry walks into the bar and into Rebecca's life. He's the repairman called in to fix the bar tap. Although Don is not Rebecca's usual type, Frasier talks her into taking a chance when she states that someone like a Don is what she should be going after. Quickly, she falls head over heals, but Sam thinks she's settling for second best. He wants Rebecca to be his fall-back if in a couple of years he has not found "Mrs. Malone". Rebecca shoots back that he is an aging Lothario way past his prime. Frasier suggests to Sam, who is hurt by Rebecca's comments, that perhaps there is some truth to Rebecca's assertion about him and that he would benefit by group therapy for sexual compulsives. Sam does go to the meeting, and after a rough start, he does admit that perhaps he is no longer happy with his life.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Peterson Crusoe
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    S3:E11

    Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Someone Single, Someone Blue
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Coach in Love (1)
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    S3:E6

    Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Coach in Love (2)
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S3:E7

    Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - They Called Me Mayday
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S2:E9

    Sam and Diane go to work after Dick Cavett suggests that Sam's autobiography might sell and Norm confronts an old flame of Vera's who's interested in her again.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Love Thy Neighbor
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S4:E8

    Norm fears Vera may be having an affair with his neighbor and Sam wastes his time as a radio sports commentator apologizing to Diane.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Snow Job
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    S2:E18

    Sam lies to Diane about the weekend he has planned chasing snow bunnies in Vermont.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Angell

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  24. undefined Season 5 Episode 13 - Chambers vs. Malone
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    S5:E13

    Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.

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    Writer:David Angell

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David Angell Ratings Summary

"Pick a Con... Any Con" is the best rated episode written by David Angell. It scored 8.6/10 from 9 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on February 24, 1983. It is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (2)".