CHEERS Season 7, episode 22: “The Visiting Lecher”
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To my tastes, this is the worst episode of Cheers you’ve covered. I have an even more adverse reaction to it than you did. The teaser is an amusing situation in search of a punchline. The villain never gets his comeuppance. It’s not so much that it’s dated – because you could have these jokes today – but that it doesn’t realize it’s not funny or else would have punished him. Even worse that they had to fob this one off as a season finale.
It’s not the acting or direction, but a deep failure of the writing.
This episode feels less like a season finale than any other of Cheers. All of the other finales involve a cliffhanger or a major life event or decision. The Diane years always had a big cliffhanger or development in the Sam/Diane relationship. The season six finale showed a big step forward in cementing the Sam/Rebecca friendship. Future finales involve Sam and Rebecca’s relationship, ownership of the bar, the Woody/Kelly wedding, and of course the events of the series finale. But the season seven finale could have been any episode in the season; it was funny but did not really move anything forward.
Congrats on finishing season seven. It was a great season. I’m looking forward to season eight. That was the season when I started watching in real time. The show arguably reaches its comedic peak in season eight. The introduction of Robin Colcord will shake everything up.
The gaslighting does grate me like few things can do.
I did enjoy the “Scariest bitch you;d ever want to meet” line but it’s dampened by him not getting his comeuppance.