One for the Road (Cheers)
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Sam and Diane, reunited after six years apart, decide to end their restarted relationship after their flight is delayed
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| Episode no. | Season 11 Episode 25 |
| Directed by | James Burrows |
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Glen Charles Les Charles |
| Production code | 271 |
| Original air date | May 20, 1993 |
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"One for the Road" is the name of the final episode of the American television series Cheers. It was the 271st episode of the series and the 25th episode of the eleventh season of the show. It first aired on NBC on Thursday, May 20, 1993, to an audience of approximately 42.4 million households in a 98-minute version, making it the second-highest-rated series finale of all time behind the series finale of M*A*S*H and the highest-rated episode of the 1992–1993 television season in the United States. The 98-minute version was re-broadcast on Sunday, May 23, 1993, and an edited 90-minute version aired on Thursday, August 19, 1993.
In this episode, Sam Malone reunites with his former on-off love interest, Diane Chambers, after six years of separation. Sam and Diane decide to move out of Boston and leave everyone and everything, including his friends, behind. They have second thoughts about their relationship and part ways again. After separating from Diane, Sam celebrates his reunion with his friends at the bar. Meanwhile, other characters experience changes in their lives. Rebecca Howe elopes with her boyfriend Don and quits managing the bar. Woody Boyd becomes an elected councilman and gives Norm Peterson a job. Cliff Clavin is promoted by the Post Office.
The television series Cheers follows the fortunes and inter-relationships of a group of Bostonians who meet regularly at "Cheers", their local bar. Sam Malone (Ted Danson), a ladies' man, former baseball player, and bartender, and Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), a college graduate student, and cocktail waitress, had on-and-off relationships throughout first five seasons of the program (1982–1987) until Diane left Boston to pursue a writing career in the season five finale, "I Do, Adieu" (1987). This was Shelley Long's last contracted appearance as Diane Chambers. Six years after the season five finale, the Sam and Diane storyline is resurrected with a special guest appearance by Shelley Long and then concluded during the third part of this final episode.
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