Final Scene from Cheers

The final moments from "Cheers". Originally aired May 20th, 1993.
Copyright NBC/Universal. Not trying to infringe on any copyrights. I just love Cheers.

[@ForceMaximus84]

“Sorry. We’re closed.” On one hand, a throwaway line. On the other hand, a brilliant and simple way to end a show about a bar, especially one that went on for eleven years. And not only do we see Sam walk out the same way we first saw him walk in back in 1982, but the lovely tribute to Coach just as he steps out forever is icing on the cake. Finales don’t get much better than this.

[@mikereiss4216]

Actually, I think it was a hit man. Sam saved his own life by telling the guy "we're closed." ;)

[@mikereiss4216]

@@livelogikal Not sure but I think so. I think there was an episode where coach gave him that Jeronimo picture or something. Edit: Ok, just found this online: cheers.fandom.com/wiki/Geronimo

[@mikereiss4216]

@@livelogikal Well, he knocked on the door. Typically you would just walk in like the kid did in the very first scene. Actually, come to think of it a better ending would be the kid all grown up coming in again and asking for a beer.

[@kyleblackwell9958]

ForceMaximus84 agreed

[@ryanjones9498]

ForceMaximus84 I thought Sams love that he always comes back to is alcohol. I thought he was going to pick up a bottle and chug the whole thing then look at it lovingly and walk to the back to pass out on the pool table, lol

[@Eosimias100]

Writer Ken Levine said this: "That final customer was agent Bob Broder. He represented the Charles Brothers, Jimmy Burrows, and more importantly, me and my partner. Bob was instrumental in getting the show on the air and keeping it on the air. Also, he was (and still is) the best agent we ever had." I also think that last customer represented us (the viewers), and "Sorry, we're closed" was Cheers saying goodbye to its fanbase.

[@michaellevine9559]

Well said, Mr. Levine, from Mr. Levine. -- Michael Levine

[@williamshaw9047]

The first customer was played by John P. Navin, Jr., aka "Cousin Dale" from "National Lampoon's Vacation." He played a teenager trying to buy a beer while claiming to be a Vietnam veteran.

[@yogidemis8513]

That's awesome, I always wondered who that person was and now I know. Thanks Bob & thank you!

[@curtissharpe5775]

Great story

[@CapitanJusticia]

I remember thinking the last customer looked a bit like Frasier, from his silhouette.

[@jlh4jc]

I graduated High School in 1993. When this aired, it was more than a finale to an iconic show. For me, it represented an end to my childhood. Growing up in the 80s and into the early 90s, Cheers was a part of why I liked NBC on Thursdays as a kid. For many years, you led off with The Cosby Show followed by Family Ties. Then Cheers was next followed by Night Court. At the time of this airing in 1993, Family Ties was long gone in 1989 when Alex Keaton had moved onto the business world. The year before, Night Court and Cosby had their last episodes. Cheers was it. My HS graduation was nearing when this aired and everything started to get real.

[@jenniferconstantine9041]

I remember a few years back, Michael J Fox turned 50 and I remember never feeling older. Class of 95.

[@Rockhound6165]

NBC was tough to top there for a while. Also, you left out Hill Street Blues then LA Law which rounded out Must See Thursday. After Cheers left you had Mad About You, Wings, Seinfeld, Frasier, LA Law. This went on until 1994-95 when Friends started then ER took over the LA Law. Funny how Kelsey Grammer played the same character on 2 different very funny and well done shows for over 20 years. He also made an appearance on Wings(I'm still in love with Crystal Bernard to this day).

[@Allenryan819]

I was in my Junior year of high High school, when this first aired I remember it for being the last episode and also later on that night I gave myself the most effed up hair cut, and all my friends tease me!😂

[@new_kingdom8679]

Same here Class 1993 and I watched this with my Parents & Older sister.CHEERS ending I felt like it was the Final Caboose Left of the 1980's.

[@jlh4jc]

@@Rockhound6165 Good points! Hill Street Blues was a great show. As an adult, I like the reruns. But as a 4th grader, it just didn't resonate with me.

[@gavinstone4513]

Ahhh, man. The simplicity of this scene is what brings this finale to fruition. The silence at the bar, the creaks as he walks around; it's all so real and authentic. Well done. From a 19-year-old who just started watching the show, this is a hell of a series.

[@troubledsole9104]

It never disappointed me. You have to look for the frequent cameos on the show.

[@sevenlikethenumber]

Why are you watching cheers at 19 Jesus

[@gavinstone4513]

@@sevenlikethenumber hahaha stumbled upon it one day on Netflix... great show. I'm always a sucker for the '80s/'90s era as far as movies and shows go.

[@troubledsole9104]

@@sevenlikethenumber Shows were better then.

[@sevenlikethenumber]

@@gavinstone4513 yeah Seinfeld is great and a couple other 90s shows but I don't rates cheers highly Watch Archer

[@joshowenby6408]

What I liked about the ending of the show is that you were left with the impression that life would continue at the bar as always. You just wouldn't be seeing it every week.

[@oscarjohnson2130]

That's exactly what I thought when I finished the show. I hate how most TV finales feel obligated to have everyone split up or move away from one another at the end. Cheers was like "life has been the same on this damn show for 11 years and not even the end of it will change our pattern!!!"

[@i_am_aladeen]

I was thinking about the cigar he threw into the trashcan. Had me waiting to see the whole place on fire.

[@caza728]

Josh Owenby ER has a similar ending.

[@joshowenby6408]

@@caza728 I know. I watched that one too.

[@joshowenby6408]

@@i_am_aladeen There had been a fire at the bar the previous season so that wasn't going to happen again.

[@mikereiss4216]

The show began with him walking through a hallway and straightening a picture and it ended with him straightening a picture and walking through a hallway.

[@thenextrung]

Full ⭕️😅

[@TheProfessor230]

And the picture he straightened in the last episode was Nicholas Colassantos geronimo picture he had in his dressing room.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Classic

[@TheMashwatcher585]

When Sam asked Norm what was his one true love, it was the bar. It wasn't coach or Diane.

[@bardhi09]

Yeah the bar was pretty much his Home and pretty much his Life...it turned his life around when he almost ruined his life by drinking It's a shame so many people miss the point of the ending...but I'm glad it didn't end with something corny like Sam ending with Diane cuz that would have been stupid

[@NortonsNestMonthly]

***** And Sam's bar can't leave him. He can only leave it.

[@NortonsNestMonthly]

That's right about the bar. It never fought him or left him and running it may have been a daily challenge for Sam to stay sober.

[@DrJekyll38]

Well, not JUST the bar. It was Rebecca, Cliff, Woody, Carla, Norm, and Frasier. Inevitably, if you know them long enough, friends become family.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

It was the only constant in his life. The bar was always there waiting for Sam, through the good and the bad times.

[@richarddrum9970]

When writers and actors actually touched our souls with their work. One of the best stories ever.

[@kennydavis4285]

If you watch this scene along with the first scene of the premier of Cheers, (he walks into the scene and opens the bar) while here he announces, "we are closed" and walks out of the scene and in between those two scenes there is an 11 year capture of a man coming to term with just how fortunate his life has been. Brilliant writing from beginning to end.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I remember seeing this when it aired back in the day. As they each walked off I knew it was their last time being on the show and it felt like I was losing my friends one by one. The power of a great show.

[@scaryazz]

The silence of him walking around alone for the last time is sad

[@squashhead1374]

Yes it is very sad. I often reminisce and go to places of the past where I visited. I think about a past time that is lost and only lives in my memories. People who are no longer in my life. It is very sad getting older watching times and people fade away.

[@bugwber]

Agreed, there seems to be so many times in our lives where one chapter ends with nothing but silence. No bands. No grand pronouncements. No pomp and circumstance. Just you closing one door, and walking away.

[@dadoody]

It's ok. He ended up in.... A good place :)

[@reakingringpiece]

read the book empire of illusion by chris hedges :) you will realise why you feel that way :)

[@NevrSilent]

It's meant to be bittersweet, but only in the sense that we the audience won't get to watch these guys in their lives at the bar. Sammy himself walks off stage in a very satisfied place, one he gets what Norm was saying to him.

[@bryansarracino8623]

The greatest series finale of all time. Simple, no drama. But moving. I cried like a baby after I saw it.

[@Radwar99]

Although I love this series final, in my opinion The Big Bang Theory is the best series finale or at least one of the best.

[@margaret6839]

Gets to me too.

[@cityhawk]

Norm’s intelligence was very underrated. He was more perspective of the world around him than given credit. There were at times, even with Frasier, that Norm was the most intelligent person in the room. What Norm said here put it on full display. The way he was able to articulate why he thought Sam would return was perfect. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@sampats89]

Even his wit. "You know what I love?" 'Beer, norm?' "Sure I've got time for a quick one"

[@maclle]

Or "What's up Norm? My nipples, it's freezing out there!"

[@TheMajestic8]

What was he refering to "her", the Sam´s "true love"? I never get it.

[@addi543]

@@TheMajestic8he was referring to Cheers

[@BeadzW]

My take on when norm says you always return back to your true love , it shows two things here - that norm is returning to Vera , and Sam returning to cheers. I felt that line !

[@guyincognito9831]

MASH and Cheers. The two highest viewed finales. Two of the best finales.

[@gozhven]

Maybe some people do not realize it but the show ended to loop with the pilot episode. As you saw here Sam walks to the back. The beginning of the Pilot is him coming walking FROM the back.

[@RichWeigel]

I never realized that. I also noticed that the back was completely dark almost like saying the show had died.

[@superlex611]

+Rich Weigel but there is no curtain call

[@grayboo212]

Sam also appears to adjust a picture in the first few seconds he appears in the pilot. He adjusts Coach's picture in the last moments of the finale.

[@shizokiller]

That picture used to belong to Nicholas Colasanto/Coach

[@powermetal26]

Interesting....never thought of that. Almost like then entire show was a flashback, just a memory being told from the mind of Sam as the narator.

[@markdonaldson7934]

M.A.S.H. final scene "Good Bye"".....Cheers final scene "Sorry, were closed". Best television show endings ever.

[@Misguidedchild0351]

Looking back, I believe that Sam’s true love was the love of the people that the bar brought to him.... Coach, Woody, Diane, Cliff, Carla, Rebecca, Frazier, Norm etc...... such a memorable show.

[@samsonguy10k]

Exactly. It wasn't just the bar, but everything about it. The body and the soul. I always enjoy the bars where the bartender looked as relaxed as Sam always was, and who were fantastically sociable. Ones you could sit at the bar and BS with just anyone, or grab a beer and sit in a corner reading a book and just enjoy the atmosphere. Every town needs a Cheers.

[@yukimaruzam]

I think we all want a bar like that. Well, I guess that's why I enjoyed the show. The people and the stories. Well, I am probably sounding obvious by now but it is still great.

[@robertwatt7775]

The bar was his one true love

[@fastfootedone]

it was "the Bar" ---that was what Norm was referring to obviously

[@NipponKiwi]

I believe you are correct

[@Lance514]

I was 8 years old when the series ended. I was too young to understand the show so I never watched it, however I loved the theme song. The song never left me even as an adult. I decided to watch the entire series this past year and just finished the finale. What a wonderful period in time. The stories, the jokes, the moments have made this my favorite sitcom by far. Watching all the awards given , documentaries, Jay Leno farewell finale with the cast on KZbin was great. It shows how much the cast have had an impact on our own lives and have connected to us like our own friends. The Cheers bar is certainly a place we can always visit when we need comfort.

[@ScoreGuru123]

When this show ended it was like a friend passing away for me. The re runs are like looking back at memories of the good times we had. Losing something or someone you love is always the hardest part of life

[@kdaddy310]

That moment when Sam adjusts the picture is as perfect as TV gets.

[@MrMeraby]

Not quite. What would have made it perfect is if it had been a picture of Coach.

[@imperatorrm]

@@MrMeraby I disagree, it feels more poignant that it was a possession of Colasanto. That gesture was more for the cast and crew than the audience.

[@rohunsaigal2576]

@@imperatorrm they should have done more for the audience imo. I would have even liked a schmaltzy "We sure are lucky, aren't we coach?" as he looks to the sky or something

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@rohunsaigal2576 The Cheers audience were/are intelligent and didn't need a dumbed down obvious gesture. They trusted that we got what they were doing unlike sitcoms now where everything is spelled out for the audience because they think they're drooling morons.

[@MrPie]

I just finished this series on Netflix. I watched this scene countless times previously, but now, after watching the entire series...damn onions!

[@sonnyblack946]

Everytime I hear the theme song of Cheers, I stop what im doing, and listen to every single word....I take a pause in my life ,and think. No other theme song does that to me. Brilliant theme song, brilliant show.👏👏👏

[@Numsxll]

Sadly, at the height of his fame, he died from a heart ailment at his home on February 12th, 1985. Much beloved by the cast, the picture of the Apache warrior Geronimo that Colasanto had kept in his dressing room as a good luck charm was hung on the wall of the primary set of Cheers (1982). The picture of was not only a tribute to "Nicky", as he was known to his friends and co-workers, but was a reminder that "Coach" was still around. On the final episode of Cheers (1982), eight years after his death, Nicky Colasanto was acknowledged when series star Ted Danson, in the final scene, straightens the Geronimo picture before walking off stage for the last time.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood

[@pietjebel9130]

yes, its a nice "easter egg" very respectful

[@mirtom82]

Another tribute to Colasanto in this scene is Norm touching the lock on the front door. As Nicolas Colasanto constantly had problems remembering his lines, he often wrote them down in many places on the set. One of places he did was on the slat of the door right next to the lock. By the time of this episode, the door was repainted and Colasanto's line was deleted, which led to some cast members to threaten to quit, but cast members kept honoring him by touching that very spot on the door. Norm turned out to be the last person to do it in the series.

[@pietjebel9130]

I didn't know about the tapping of the door-spot I will try to focus on this, whenever i watch episodes of Cheers again, which is quite regularly. Just love this show. Thanks for sharing

[@mirtom82]

Fittingly, the line in question was legendary "It's as if he is still with us now" line from Season 2 episode Coach Buries a Grudge. The line turned out to be prophetic, as the touching of the door part was meant to say that Coach is still around.

[@Awinst01]

Seriously? Cheers started in 1982 and ended in 1993.

[@murrburr3]

you always come back to the one you love

[@gregmarkiewicz601]

I wasn't old enough to remember much of Cheers but having watched the show a couple of times through just makes me appreciate it more every time. This show has gotten me through some pretty rough spots in my life and looks like might be doing so again. This final scene has made me bawl my eyes out more times than I care to admit

[@ARGthePirateGaming]

I'm sure a lot of you know, but in case you don't. The moment where he straightened The Geronimo pic was a moment for Coach because he had that exact picture (Yes, the one he fixed) in his dressing room the entire time.

[@alwaysnew189]

I read about that just today...rewatching show after almost 30 years,and reading trivia... so there is 1)a replica od the bar, 2)an actual exterior(different adresses),and 3)all was after all filmed in studios?...

[@mirtom82]

Some say it wasn't scripted and it Ted Danson improvised it on the spot before leaving the set. If it is true story, it adds more sentiment to the entire thing.

[@willpetnc]

Filmed in studio. The exterior is real but the inside is not.

[@paulleckner8235]

Captain Kirk's one true love was his ship, the federation starship Enterprise. Sam Malone's one true love was the bar Cheers.

[@jeremymaxwell8898]

And my one true love is my right hand.

[@773SleepyHollow]

If we ever found out that Sam Malone's one true love was the Starship Enterprise, man, that would put a whole new spin on things.

[@paulleckner8235]

@@773SleepyHollow English is not your first language. I was making a parallel between Captain Kirk and Sam Malone. You have misinterpreted my words in the English language.

[@JohnLutherable]

@@paulleckner8235 yeah, and he was making a joke. No need to be a patronizing ass about it

[@paulleckner8235]

@@JohnLutherable I know you are, but what am I?

[@thewillofabeast9079]

The fact that they hung the art Geromino in the background to remember Coach (Who hung the art in his dressing room) was a great tribute to him, and for Sam to fix it as if saying “there you go, buddy” really warms my heart. R.I.P Coach and to others who had worked on this masterpiece.

[@cdbutler1204]

I like to believe the man who tried to get in after the bar closed was the underage kid from the show’s first scene all grown up. He was the one who tried to trick Sam into giving him a beer. That would have brought it all full circle.

[@texasdrummajor3898]

@Michael Richmond Fair enough. And for which shows have you written?

[@GeekGameCulture]

@Michael Richmond Why is it a stupid idea? Might have been a nice touch.

[@GeekGameCulture]

@Michael Richmond But he just had a theorycraft about a few seconds of dialogue and who it was. If we get that triggered about that few seconds, which would not harm anyone at all, then I fear how you'd react to other forms of media where people theorycraft about how integral parts of the story COULD go. With such an attitude. Don't call people dumb or stupid just because they speculate about how movies or shows or games could go. I'd hate to see how you'd react to someone theory crafting about the MCU or the DCEU! You'd have an aneurysm if you saw the theory crafting there with the type of mentality you have towards those that do that.

[@crashdavis721]

@Michael Richmond bet you wrote them all in crayon on the walls in your house

[@TheBatugan77]

@Michael Richmond Shove it, mike

[@spwash1000]

Today marks 30 years that CHEERS 🍻 closed the bar after 11 years!

[@lexkanyima2195]

Very memorable ending

[@revokdaryl1]

Wow, what an ending. The sound design here is spot on and the tone is beautifully solemn. They definitely ended this amazing show on a high note. A truly bittersweet ending.

[@radforduniversity6424]

He placed both hands on that picture frame, and set it in place, how it was meant to be. A seemingly inconsequential act, with the depth of a glacier below the unseen surface. This kind of writing, leaving the viewer with so much to ponder and appreciate, is not seen today. At least we were fortunate enough to experience it, at least before the world lost the notion of how go make it so

[@lukelichtenthal5407]

Honestly this is the ending the show needed.

[@jonmiller6320]

This series is one that I grew up with. Spending nights with my grandparents watching this and jeopardy lol...how time flies. Great memories and a great show...I'll treasure both forever.

[@frankyruggiero9129]

This is easily one of the best scenes in sitcom history

[@Magic8Ball19NM]

Just binged watch all 11 seasons on Netflix! Amazing how a show dating 10 years before I was born could have such an impact on my life👌🏾Cheers!🍺

[@rajeshramachandran1680]

I searched netflix for cheers but it wasnt in their list.

[@rajeshramachandran1680]

Where can i find cheers?

[@Magic8Ball19NM]

rajesh ramachandran It is still on Netflix, type in Cheers and you should see it in big yellow letters with a man sitting on a bar stool

[@rajeshramachandran1680]

@@Magic8Ball19NM tried again but no success. Im from india so maybe its not available in the india netflix menu. Not sure if thats the case though

[@CapitanJusticia]

That's because the 80's were the greatest decade for pop culture!

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Sometimes you want to go to where everybody knows your name.🍺

[@normzeer543]

Norm! Which is my name too, and whenever I myself signs off after I write something I say "Cheers" Norm🍻, as I still remember watching "Cheers" on a weekly basis. Cheers, Norm

[@clintonflynn815]

Sometimes you don't.

[@nah....6151]

I always thought they had a missed opportunity not bringing John P. Navin back, grown up, as the final customer getting turned away at the end, would've been a full circle moment

[@warwagon]

Or actually not getting turned away.

[@example2844]

The thing is, many shows always pile on the emotion in the final episode, but I don't feel like this show did which is why this last one is so good. Just because an iconic show is ending, doesn't mean it has to be sad, we all knew everything was gonna be ok and that life for these characters was gonna keep going, which is OK for a show. Forever one of the great endings

[@brianandrew9594]

- Cheers will always be one of my favorite shows. A great cast, chemistry, writing, and atmosphere. - This scene is the perfect way to end the series. Simple, yet touching. Pure class. - Whenever I feel lonely, tired, depressed, content, or anything in between ... I can always come back to Cheers.

[@travisthekpopfan7587]

25 years since this finale came to air. We'll all miss you, Cheers. All of us. :'(

[@magneto8002]

One of the greatest series ever. Hard not to feel nostalgic.The thing with great tv shows is that they leave their mark on an era, and with that they leave a mark on you.

[@jrock2264]

Wow, this was 20 years ago...I remember it like it was yesterday....

[@eoinoconnell185]

@@scottknode898 28 years ago.

[@kodiak138]

A bunch of my buddies had a party to watch the last episode, most of us had a tear in our eye but nobody would admit it. We all went from about 18 or 19 to 30 with this show in our blood.

[@xawaomar100]

I was watching tv and finally decided to give Cheers a try. This was the very first episode I watched.

[@leodelarosa8498]

That scene still gets to me til this day.

[@hullster9970]

Born in 1970 in England, i got my first TV in my room in 1982. That year we had a new TV channel called "Channel4" and they aired Cheers on a Friday night 22:00-22:30. I used to watch it in bed last thing Friday night. I did love it. I may have seen every episode, but suspect some slipped through the net. It still air's on Channel4 as re-runs early weekday mornings. I seem to remember, looking back to the 80's thinking the funniest episode for me was the very last one Coach was in. I have never managed to see it again to confirm that, it continues to elude me. The theme song was probably embedded in me as, it is very true of me. I did love the pub, and in my local everyone did indeed know my name. Bar phone rings: Coach answers and then shouts out....."Is there an Ernie Pantusso here"..... Malone:"Thats you coach"......... coach:"Speaking"

[@megatitan9559]

Thank YOU Sammy.....leave one on the bar for us poor souls..we love you, please don't leave our souls. This series from 1982-now means so much. ..can't let it go. ..

[@NortonsNestMonthly]

Poor Sam. After turning away the most challenging and passionate relationship in his life, he was content with his empty bar and that was his one true love. He loved his solitude most and the dysfunctional "family" he presided over at Cheers. At least Diane had the courage to leave Boston behind and continue to grow. Diane's wisdom, unwelcome and limited though it often was, was wasted on Sam and those barflies. They wanted no part of any meaningful change. That bar kept them locked away from it.

[@partyguy101ify]

+NortonsNestMonthly To be fair, Diane was kind of a bitch about it, from her first day to her departure to her return.

[@rosvel92]

@@NortonsNestMonthly Sam realized his purpose in the world had always been to help the people in the bar, even if he couldn't help himself. Sam was the one who motivated Diane to pursue her life-dream of her book over him. Sam couldn't stop himself from helping everyone who walked into the bar. He stayed at Cheers, because he realized that's who he was all along, and what truly made him happy: to help the people at the bar.

[@mondop5270]

I loved this show growing up, life was diffrent bsck then. No internet, no utube, no phones in everyone's hands ( no phones in anyones hand🤣), no way aside from old videos to watch previous episodes, waiting for new episides each week! ... was, as with most good shows, kinda linked to its era... still funny to watch but just nostalgic. No good show can go too long sadly

[@scottreiburnNYC]

Thanks so much for posting, Brendan. Wow. Hot tears, right now. What a moment. They, the cast of cheers, and the place itself, became another family. Good friends. That’s a testament to the exquisitely precise and brilliant writing, and of course the absolutely perfect cast. They made it look so easy, didn’t they? This was basically a one-set show. To pull off that much history, over the many years, and keep it engaging, is astonishing. That shot, from the viewpoint of the customer “looking in” to the bar? I don’t remember ever seeing that shot during the show’s run. Am I mistaken? Sam fixing the picture that the beloved Coach/Nicky had in his dressing room as a tip of the hat to another beloved cast member, long gone? What a way to go out. I hope Cheers always has a spotlight through the ages. What a show. What a show. 🥺

[@gond9166]

I watch Cheers every year from start to finish. It helps me keep believing that friends are the most important thing in life.

[@LAFan]

I remember watching this last episode of Cheers on NBC in 1993. It got a huge audience. Something insane like 90 million viewers which is unheard of today except for the Super Bowl. Then later that night the cast got drunk on a LIVE version of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 🤣

[@lexkanyima2195]

Very significant

[@paulwhittle3227]

this was one of the best shows ever. I watch it over and over. wish I could turn back time really miss this show

[@akotlas761]

Surely Frasier was even greater.

[@pietjebel9130]

the serie Frasier NO WHERE near matches the sitcom Cheers, Frasier was probably the best character after Sam Malone in Cheers though, but in his own sitcom / spin-off he wasn't nearly as funny Personally, i kinda hated / very much disliked his show, but thats my experience

[@LegoPostPresidency]

What a lovely tribute to coach at the end

[@TheFaithfulAtheist]

The greatest, and most poignant, series finale. Ever.

[@superlex611]

:), better then seinfeld and frasier

[@mikereiss4216]

+alex kanyima Not better than Friends though.

[@superlex611]

***** yes cheers is so emotional then friends

[@victorkong82]

+TheFaithfulAthiest MASH beats all.

[@111highgh]

+Victor Kong Two and half men.

[@mikevalbuena635]

He adjust the Geronimo picture is a tribute to Coach. That picture was their way of always having that character and actor around.

[@Bentom86]

Aaaargh!!! Why do we as a society overanalyze everything? "Why didn't Sam turn out the lights"? "Why did he walk to the back room?" "Did he get shot back there?" Why not just accept it for what it is...a fitting final minute of a great TV series. The frame adjustment was a perfect tribute to Coach, but I'm sure there were many other bits in that last episode that only those with the show would understand. I recently have gotten hooked on "Becker" reruns & wishing I watched it when it was in its original run, but the final episode also had a classy end. Ted Danson definitely was the perfect guy to be Sam Malone & Dr. John Becker. A great actor & leading man.

[@waluigitime1780]

Don't know why people think Sam was shot. He was CLEARLY in an episode of Frasier.

[@T1H8F8C2]

Such a beautiful, low-key and subtle ending. Perfect.

[@the10thleper]

They should reopen the bar! Classic comedy, I miss this show so much. Thursday nights at 9, prime time. Bring Cheers back!

[@Amp661]

I agree, but as reruns. No more "remakes" as they would suck and not have that magic the original had.

[@jackywhipet]

His "one" true love was the bar itself i always took it at..plus the final 10 minutes I thought teds acting sorta changes knowing the last episode and all,,100% you can see it in his face,,sad day....cheers is imo the best long running comedy EVER.

[@LiLi-gy2xw]

I will add the bar plus the friends he has met there.

[@Bayan1905]

I remember watching this live, as did MILLIONS of fans of the show. Cheers was one of those shows that was great in all of its writing, it's characters, it's episodes etc. It didn't divide people, didn't dump out woke politics like now, it was just comedy at its finest.

[@songbirdy]

It was taped live before a studio audience. We didn't watch it live from our living rooms but still, they had to know their shit to get it good and right in a relatively short amount of time.

[@GetShrekd]

shut the fuck up about the word woke lmao. only the stupidest of people unironically use it to denounce something

[@audspod1]

An amazing show, watching it again and still laugh out loud. God bless all who starred in it and produced it.

[@AftrBurNr]

Every ten years roughly I watch this show from start to finish. I’m 36.

[@12345682900]

The very first scene and the very last scene, 11 years apart, are exactly the same except for Sam walking in different directions after he straightens a picture on the wall. Never think that wasn't intentional. 30 years later, Cheers remains one of television's best efforts. "Cheers" to Cheers.

[@trevorlee7945]

Its like Finnegan's Wake The end is the beginning all over

[@12345682900]

@@trevorlee7945 True in a sense, but I have to believe the oh-so-sophisticated Joyce would've been offended to hear the comparison. LoL

[@Amp661]

Also, Norm was the first customer to enter the bar, besides the kid who never actually bought a drink in the pilot, and he was the last customer to leave the bar. Cool observation.

[@12345682900]

@@Amp661 Technically, I suppose, that is true but the very first "paying customers" we see are Diane Chambers (Shelly Long) and her fiancée Sumner Sloan (Michael McGuire) although their champagne was not paid for either, compliments of Sam Malone (Ted Danson). Now when you consider that Norm (George Wendt) never really paid for drinks either, the question now becomes: So, who was the first customer to actually pay for a drink? 🤔🤔🤔

[@mikebattista9570]

The way he adjusted and ran his fingers on the right side of the picture really showed his compassion. I still feel it

[@MasterTSayge]

I wish Bars today were more like Cheers. My Dad use to go to bars like this during his days where every one knows your name. Nowadays no one knows no one. I guess I was born too late.

[@kevaninthe4135]

I go to a bar like that. It's a dive but it's our dive and we all know everyone's name, what we drink and what we play at the jukebox.

[@RichWeigel]

Actually if you hit the bars in the smaller towns and cities they pretty much know the locals by name.

[@gary6754]

now, its bars where every SJW is offended

[@johnepants]

There used to be a bar in the neighborhood where I grew up that was like this. My dad coached the taverns softball team when I was younger. Every Friday was boys night out with me, my brother, and my father. We would go to the bar prior to seeing a movie, and all of his friends would give us quarters for the pinball and bowling machines while he had a drink or two. Reminded me of cheers a lot.

[@WilliamSynn]

People know me at the biker bar, the neighborhood hole in the wall, and several other places as well. If y’all ever come out to Vegas, you’re more than welcome to meet up with me and my alcoholic self...

[@coloursprogram]

Just watch the series again for probably the 10th time since it's been on Netflix and it's on CBS access. The final scene always gets me because there are certain jobs in life that are not a job but our family and when it comes to an end you know you will never get that back. Beautifully done show from day one

[@BigPlaneFixer]

I remember watching this way back when. Still feels sad to see the end. Such an enjoyable show. Back then I was yet sober. Once I got sober I always wondered how Sam stayed in that bar...it was because he was surrounded by family.

[@simonmoon5595]

I loved this show so much growing up that I bought the whole series to enjoy at night with a drink before bed. So comforting and funny not like the garbage produced today. Perhaps I view it like that because it brings back an awesome time in my life when the world was sane. The funny part is the final dvd skipped all over the final scene so it was unwatchable 😂. Pissed me off. The eighties were the best. Peace to all you lovely people.

[@shanedangers]

Wow, 11 seasons is a milestone for a sitcom

[@ericandy88]

Two & A Half Men ended after 12 seasons (though a shell of its former self, of course) & Big Bang Theory will also wrap up after 12. Ozzie & Harriet lasted 14, but that was from a time when not only were shows not always with a narrative throughline, but series finales were not MUST-SEE EVENTS yet. M*A*S*H changed all that. But depending on how much the viewers have taken a show to their hearts, the finale at anytime can be meaningful & bittersweet.

[@blake7871]

@@ericandy88 True, but Two and a Half and Big Bang can't hold a candle to Cheers. Very average sitcoms. But, nowadays, an average sitcom seems much better because of the below average crap around it.

[@underdog1ssrr]

making your way in the world today takes everything you've got

[@georgedietrich5544]

He meant the Bar. That place and the people associated with it was his true love.

[@gilsfilms5061]

Truly the greatest conclusion to the greatest show of all time (fingers crossed for a Cheers reunion on the Frasier revival) (:

[@movietrivia1553]

Happiest saddest moment in TV history.

[@ambassador8524]

One of the only sitcoms that wrapped it up properly.

[@Rtkat3]

This ending was re-enacted in the "Family Guy" episode "Bookie of the Year" to close out the subplot that Brian Griffin and Stewie Griffin were in with Frank Sinatra Jr.

[@Mantooth2851]

Remember watching this when it aired as a teenager. My parents were huge Cheers fans. And honestly, so I am. I really need to watch this series from the beginning again...one of the greats.

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

A sad, beautiful and happy ending all at once Sam won’t ever be alone because he has his friends, also in a way the Cheers universe would continue for another 11 years with Frasier, Cheers/Frasier: 1982 to 2004, 22 years of joy

[@tubagusthegreat9061]

Thank you for being a part of my beautiful childhood memories where I watched cheers series with my late parents

[@bryansarracino8623]

The Coach Geronimo pic

[@johnhowell5740]

My all time favorite sitcom!! So sad Kirstie Alley has passed on. RIP Ms Alley

[@vassa1972]

Both cheers and Seinfeld were great shows at that time

[@kevaninthe4135]

This is one show where the set should not be dismantled. Preserve it forever. It was that special.

[@li4398]

Cheers and Frazier huge hits in the uk. Wonderful comedy, probarly will never be bettered.

[@DriveCarToBar]

And us kids who were a little bit younger, you knew it was bedtime after Cheers ended and the theme to Taxi started playing. Tax finished its last season with Cheers in the timeslot immediately preceding it. Taxi was already in re-runs by the time I was old enough to stay up and watch Cheers. A few years back, I learned that the theme to Taxi is actually a great jazz-funk tune called "Angela" by Bob James.

[@stev1963hit]

Never accepted it was over,still watch at least four seasons a year-long live Cheers

[@iamjaychase1]

I will always and forever love Cheers!! July 2021

[@Torontogal1973]

I remember watch the 1st year when they were dead last in the ratings, it was on at 11:30Pm. So most people didn't even see the show, I started telling all my family and friends about this funny show called Cheers on after the News at 11:30. Slowly but surely Cheers began to raise in the ratings, I know I wasn't solely responsible; but I was one of the first few people that threw a tiny stone up on the waters. It rippled out to touch the hearts of Millions. Cheers

[@julo9738]

They really don't end series like this any more. It's either so overwrought and wallowing in "this is the end, what an adventure, thanks for the memories!" or it just goes off.

[@mikeuscila9623]

Great classic TV show.... One of my all-time favorite,s....

[@Brainstorm_2002]

When me and my family went to boston, we got to visit the bar and it was amazing. Cheers will always be a classic

[@danielmatthews638]

the cheers bar needs to open again........it would be a hit again...of course everybody would have gray hair.....i can just see tom brady coming into the bar. in reference of show one about the patriots needing a quarterback....

[@davidlafleche1142]

No. All these "reboots" stink. It's like casting other people in All in the Family or Lost in Space. NOBODY can be Archie Bunker BUT Carroll O'Connor, and NOBODY can say, "You bubble-headed booby!" but Jonathan Harris.

[@lokisgodhi]

@@davidlafleche1142I I think he's talking about a new series with the original cast. The problem is Kelsey Grammer and Woody Harrelson would likely pass, as would a few others. So it would never have the same feel.

[@shanekeenaNYC]

@Jack Bran Perhaps have Tom Brady replace Ted Danson, and Rob Gronkowski replace George Wendt. Have John Krasinski and Chris Evans come in to replace Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammar.

[@kdm222]

TRULY ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER WE SALUTE YOU

[@laganas2008]

This and Roseanne used to come on every Friday night here in the UK, many years ago now, but I'd always look forward to it. Loved it.

[@mattriddell8983]

Sheer brilliance, from "How 'bout a beer, chief?" to "Sorry, we're closed."

[@execatty]

Classic show from my childhood.. Truly epic

[@matthewdouglas3567]

This was a truly great show indeed!!!! I watched this show when I was a young guy every night it came on! I Loved CHEERS!!!!!!!

[@unclebugspayton]

I remember this like it was yesterday..bring it back!!!

[@jaredjlinden]

As a young adult, the romantic in me was disappointed that Sam and Diane did not permanently reunite in the last episode. As an older adult, the realist in me understands that they could never have been a long term couple. They were just too different. Opposites attract, but sharing the same values is the recipe for an enduring relationship. And those two did not share the same values.

[@jackhackman7777]

All good thing must come to an end and it's always nice to go out on a high and have the chance to say good buy to those closest too you ..........