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Cheers

I Do and Adieu

Season 5, Episode 26, Aired May 07, 1987

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Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites.

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Michael McGuire

Professor Sumner Sloane
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Walter Addison

Justice of the Peace

Rhea Perlman

Carla Lozupone Tortelli LeBec
George Wendt

Hilary Norman "Norm" Peterson
Ted Danson

Sam "Mayday" Malone
Bebe Neuwirth

Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane
Shelley Long

Diane Chambers
John Ratzenberger

Clifford C "Cliff" Clavin, Jr

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By the2rrs, Nov 25, 2008

Have a good life the last words we hear as diane goes up the stairs.
My 2nd favorite episode the scenes were the characters are older are very good and this episode still brings a tear to my eye.
My favorite episode is a post diane 2 parter where carla gets married.
I wasnt aware of the alternate ending they filmed but didnt show.
Wish it was avaliable on dvd.
I also bealive this probally was the best season with diane in it seasons 1-4 were ok but season 5 kinda put things over the top for me.
I give this episode a 10 cheers.moreless
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alando7, NBC wouldn't be stupid enough to keep show where the leading man and woman didn't have chemistry if that was what the entire situation of the show called for. It lasted 6 years without Shelley, they had chemistry.moreless

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By Hulkamaniac14, Nov 07, 2007

alando7, NBC wouldn't be stupid enough to keep show where the leading man and woman didn't have chemistry if that was what the entire situation of the show called for. It lasted 6 years without Shelley, they had chemistry.

alando7, NBC wouldn't be stupid enough to keep show where the leading man and woman didn't have chemistry if that was what the entire situation of the show called for. It lasted 6 years without Shelley, they had chemistry.

alando7, NBC wouldn't be stupid enough to keep show where the leading man and woman didn't have chemistry if that was what the entire situation of the show called for. It lasted 6 years without Shelley, they had chemistry.moreless
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This is my favorite episode of Cheers. The conclusion to Sam and Diane's relationship. In my opinion, their relationship really made the show what it was. I continued to watch Cheers after season 5 but I don't think the show ever really fully recovered frmoreless

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By alando7, Mar 30, 2006

This is my favorite episode of Cheers. The conclusion to Sam and Diane's relationship. In my opinion, their relationship really made the show what it was. I continued to watch Cheers after season 5 but I don't think the show ever really fully recovered from Diane's departure. The chemistry between Sam and Rebecca just wasn't the same - no magic!

Seasons 4 and 5 were full of good episodes, this one I think was the best. In particular I like the daydream scenes of Sam picturing himself growing old with Diane and being happy. But of course, fate was not on their side as it were!

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- Sam: You never know. You could die, I could die, the world could end. One of us could bump our heads and wander the streets the rest of our lives with amnesia. Or maybe, one of us will decide we want something else. Diane: None of those things will happen. I'll be back here. I will. I'll see you in six months, OK? (Diane exits Cheers) Sam: Have a good life....
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- Sam: Hey, have a good life. Diane: Have a good life? Sam: What? Diane: Well, that's something you say when somethings over. Sam, I'm going away for six months. That's all. So no more of this 'Have a good life' stuff.
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- Sam: I tell you what. You're bad at ballet. You're terrible at acting. You can't draw worth a lick. You're bad at poetry, photography, cinema, and omelets. I mean they're going to have to start inventing things for you to be bad at. Diane: Make your point, Sam. Sam: You're good at writing. I think we finally found something you don't stink at.
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- Carla: (about Sam and Diane's wedding going off an on) This is inhuman.
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- Sam: What's up, Norm? Norm: Me about 30 times a night.
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- Diane: (to Sam) I've waited several years for this marriage and I don't want to wait any longer. I'm starting to get scared. Something always seems to screw us up. Usually it's you. Sometimes it's me.
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- Sumner: Sam's bludgeoned all the spirit out of you and dragged you back down to his level. Diane: No one was dragged Sumner. Sam and I walked arm and arm to his level.
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- Sumner: Excuse me, young man. I'm Dr. Sumner Sloane. I'm looking for Diane Chambers. Woody: gee I hope she's not sick. Sumner: No, I'm not a medical doctor. I'm in the literature department at Boston University where I occupy a chair. Woody: Hey don't worry about it. That's all I did in school too.
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- Diane: I'll be back here, I will. I'll see you in 6 months. Okay? Sam: Okay. Diane: Okay. That's better. (Diane leaves Cheers.) Sam: Have a good life.
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- Sumner is responsible for leaving Diane at Cheers, and is responsible for taking her away from it, too.
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- This was the only episode of the 5th season which featured a scene in the poolroom.
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- This episode is the last regular appearance for Shelley Long as Diane Chambers.(She did appear in "One for the Road")
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- A fake ending was originally taped before a live studio audience in which Sam and Diane are wed. This was done to hide from the public the fact that Shelley Long was leaving Cheers. However, NBC promoted "I Do, Adieu" heavily as her swan song and made no secret of the fact their leading lady was leaving.
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