The Best Episodes Written By David Isaacs

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.1/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Room Service

   S5:E153/3/1998

   An unexpected visit from Lilith stirs old passions in Frasier and new ones in Niles.

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   8.8/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 2

   S8:E510/15/1979

   As company clerk Radar O'Reilly reluctantly prepares to depart the 4077th, the unit is still without electricity due to a broken generator, and the operating room continues to fill up with war wounded as night falls. The responsibility for procuring a new generator falls on Klinger, who lacks Radar's masterful knack of cutting through red tape in search of much-needed supplies.

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   8.6/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Shutout in Seattle (2)

   S6:E245/20/1999

   The love lives of Frasier, Martin, Niles and Roz come crashing down around them.

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4. 

   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 1

   S8:E410/8/1979

   On leave in Tokyo, Radar is desperately needed back at the crisis-stricken 4077th, but his return is delayed by outside events. While casualties continue to pour in from the front, the 4077th's generator conks out, and the backup has been stolen, depriving the medical unit of all electrical power. But Klinger, filling in for the vacationing Radar, lacks the expertise and experience to wheel and deal for a new machine.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Wheels of Fortune

   S9:E162/26/2002

   Frasier is unimpressed when his scheming, scamming ex-brother-in-law rolls in for a visit -- now in a wheelchair -- and claims to be a reformed, God-fearing man who needs money for a revival ministry.

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6. 

   8.4/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Truce or Consequences

   S1:E811/18/1982

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

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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Shutout in Seattle (1)

   S6:E235/20/1999

   Despondent over Daphne’s engagement, Niles takes a walk on the wild side with a funky waitress from Café Nervosa.

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #8 - Miss Right Now

   S11:E194/6/2004

   Martin worries about a visit from Ronee's mother. She dislikes him because she once saw Martin innocently comforting the teenage Ronee and assumed he was trying to 'take her virtue'.

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   8.3/10(16 votes)

   #9 - The Show Where Lilith Comes Back

   S1:E162/3/1994

   After finding a long-lost letter of reconciliation from Frasier, Lilith comes to Seattle and tries to rekindle their relationship.

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    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Any Friend of Diane's

    S1:E611/4/1982

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

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11. 

    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Adventures in Paradise (2)

    S2:E911/22/1994

    Jealousy rears its ugly head when Frasier bumps into Lilith and her new boyfriend while vacationing with his new girlfriend.

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12. 

    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - None Like It Hot

    S7:E610/23/1978

    As the temperatures reach triple digits, Hawkeye and BJ recieve their new rubber bathtub from Abercrombie & Fitch. However, soon the whole camp is hot under the collar as word leaks out about the tub and everyone wants a dip, except for Klinger, who is trying to get his Section 8 by wearing a fur coat.

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13. 

    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Point of View

    S7:E1011/20/1978

    In this unique episode, the camera becomes the eyes of a young wounded soldier. It records his sensory responses to being wounded, flown by helicopter to the 4077th, examined, operated on, and treated in post-operation.

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14. 

    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind

    S5:E310/5/1976

    Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.

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15. 

    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back

    S7:E101/12/1989

    Cheers gets another chance of losing a contest to their cross-town rivals at Gary's Old Towne Tap; this time the contest is for "Boston's Best Bloody Mary."

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey

    S11:E193/18/1993

    It's the annual St. Patrick's Day battle of sales between Cheers and Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Not only does Cheers lose the battle of the hi-jinx with an unsuspecting Woody taking the brunt of the battle, Cheers also loses the sales bet. Sam has finally had as much as he can take not only with the loss once again to Gary's but performing the most humiliating task he and the guys have had to endure due to the loss. Sam threatens Gary and decides to pull out one of the biggest guns he knows: Harry the Hat. Sam asks Harry to devise and execute the ultimate plan to beat Gary. Harry refuses. Despite Carla's assertion to take matters into her own hands, Sam finally gives up permanently to Gary. When Sam goes over to Gary's to wave the final white flag, he witnesses in horror what he believes is Carla's master plan. But what he witnesses is part of a deal Gary made with Rutherford Cunningham, who Sam knows better by another name.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Activate Your Choices

    S1:E153/1/1999

    When Becker learns that his ex-wife Sandra is in town for a book signing tour, he feigns disinterest until he learns that chapters of her new self-help publication denounces "Angry Man," a pseudonym for Becker. When Becker confronts Sarah at her hotel, it becomes abundantly clear that their explosive chemistry remains fiercely intact.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Jumping Jerks

    S7:E812/22/1988

    The gang decides to take up sky diving as a diversion.

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    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #19 - Adventures in Paradise (1)

    S2:E811/15/1994

    Frasier's budding relationship is put to the test when he bumps into his ex-wife Lilith while on vacation with his new love.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Finally! (1)

    S8:E151/25/1990

    Tonight might be the night that Rebecca and Robin finally get together, despite Sam's presence.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - They Call the Wind Korea

    S7:E710/30/1978

    A strong windstorm affects the M*A*S*H personnel in varying ways: Hawkeye and most of the unit busy themselves securing items that could blow away; Radar prepares his animal hutch for the worst; a disgusted Charles switches his Tokyo-leave transportation from air to ground, and runs into a difficult medical situation en route to Seoul.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?

    S10:E811/7/1991

    The gang feels responsible when the Celtics' Kevin McHale goes into a slump after becoming obsessed with the number of bolts in the floor of Boston Garden.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #23 - License to Hill

    S10:E182/13/1992

    Rebecca insists she can handle the bar while the rest of the gang plays poker, then learns that she's allowed their liquor license to lapse.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real

    S10:E234/30/1992

    The new owner of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern lack a sense of humor and respond badly to Cheers' latest prank.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!

    S10:E245/7/1992

    Norm tells Cliff a little white lie about Carson using Cliff's material on The Tonight Show, then regrets it when Cliff comes up with two tickets to Burbank. Meanwhile Sam and Woody install a satellite dish at Cheers.

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