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Episode: Season 4, Episode 18\\
Title: The Peterson Principle\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/PeterCasey and Creator/DavidLee\\
Air Date: February 13, 1986\\
Previous: Second Time Around\\
Next: Dark Imaginings\\
Guest Starring: Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/DanielDavis]
"The Peterson Principle" is the 18th episode of the fourth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Norm's formerly uninspired career as an accountant might be headed in a promising new direction, as he is up for a promotion to supervisor. A junior accountant at Norm's firm drops by the bar and, while obsequiously flattering Norm in order to get a promotion himself, drops a bomb. It seems that the guy who Norm is going up against for the job has been having an affair with Mrs. Reinhardt, the boss's wife. Now Norm has to wrestle with whether or not to use this inside gossip in order to get his promotion.
In the B-plot, Frasier is still boiling with rage over Diane dumping him the year before. Sam decides to take him out for a night on the town.
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!!Tropes:
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Norm, who has ragged on Vera every available chance he's got, is outraged and offended when told she's the reason he doesn't get the job, even calling her a wonderful woman. As he informs her, he doesn't tell her she's the reason, instead saying he loves her.
* BrutalHonesty: Sam offers to take Frasier out for a night on the town. After Frasier says "This is a pity offer, isn't it?", Sam replies with "Basically." Frasier's response is a cheerful "OK!", and they go out on the town.
* ChekhovsGun: Early in the episode Norm mentions that Vera went out for a lunch with the executive wives. In the end that turns out to be why Norm didn't get the job; the executives decided his wife doesn't fit in.
* ContinuityNod: Cliff still has his slides from his vacation to Florida, from over a year ago.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Woody misunderstands something Norm says, Diane takes him into the background and explains things to him.
* GilliganCut: Jeff lets slip the gossip about Mrs. Reinhardt having an affair with Morrison. He then thinks better of it and asks Norm not to spread the gossip. Norm says "Jeff, I'm insulted." Cut to Norm telling the whole bar the story.
* IncrediblyLameFun: When Sam tells Frasier he can use the bar's slide projector, Diane asks why he said it was broken when she wanted to show everyone her collection of Colombian art. Sam explains it's ''because'' she wanted to show her collection of Colombian art.
* LeftHanging: Well, what was the result of Sam and Frasier's night out on the town? It seems like the setup for one more gag but we never find out how it went.
* MamaBear: In the cold open Carla is grilling a boy of about thirteen or so who wants to take out her daughter Anne-Marie on Anne-Marie's first date. While making pleasant small talk, Carla whips out a Polaroid and takes the boy's picture, full-face and then left and right profiles. After the boy leaves Carla puts his glass in a plastic bag and tells Sam to keep it until "the boys from the lab" come to pick it up.
* MoralityChain: Diane encourages Norm not to use inside gossip.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Immediately after Norm tells Vera he loves her, she asks him just ''how much'' he's been drinking, and he has to explain only two or three beers.
* {{Perfumigation}}: Another instance of the running gag about Sam's cologne. When Sam slaps some on Frasier's cheek, Frasier reacts like he was tear-gassed.
* SeriesContinuityError: Just one of several examples from ''Cheers'' that later became an inter-series continuity error with ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Frasier has his father’s stuffed owl; the implication being his father had died and left the owl to Frasier. Frasier would later explicitly confirm his father's death in "[[Recap/CheersS8E9 Two Girls for Every Boyd]]". The dead part was eventually hand-waved on ''Frasier'' as Frasier lying because he was on bad terms with his dad. Martin Crane, as we meet him on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', is also unlikely to have named an owl Plato (though given he was revealed to not be dead, it could be assumed the owl was not Martin's anyway).
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After hearing from Mr. Reinhardt that Vera was judged to be not good enough for an executive's wife, Norm quits his job with Reinhardt's firm.
* TaxidermyIsCreepy: Frasier comes into the bar with "Plato", his father's stuffed owl. He tries to palm the owl off on Sam but when a creeped-out Sam refuses he throws it away.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Norman's better instincts prevail and he doesn't use his inside gossip. Even when Mr. Reinhardt comes to the bar and tells him that Morrison got the job, and then insults Norm's wife, Norm keeps it a secret, quitting the firm instead.
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Episode: Season 4, Episode 18\\
Title: The Peterson Principle\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/PeterCasey and Creator/DavidLee\\
Air Date: February 13, 1986\\
Previous: Second Time Around\\
Next: Dark Imaginings\\
Guest Starring: Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/DanielDavis]
"The Peterson Principle" is the 18th episode of the fourth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Norm's formerly uninspired career as an accountant might be headed in a promising new direction, as he is up for a promotion to supervisor. A junior accountant at Norm's firm drops by the bar and, while obsequiously flattering Norm in order to get a promotion himself, drops a bomb. It seems that the guy who Norm is going up against for the job has been having an affair with Mrs. Reinhardt, the boss's wife. Now Norm has to wrestle with whether or not to use this inside gossip in order to get his promotion.
In the B-plot, Frasier is still boiling with rage over Diane dumping him the year before. Sam decides to take him out for a night on the town.
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!!Tropes:
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Norm, who has ragged on Vera every available chance he's got, is outraged and offended when told she's the reason he doesn't get the job, even calling her a wonderful woman. As he informs her, he doesn't tell her she's the reason, instead saying he loves her.
* BrutalHonesty: Sam offers to take Frasier out for a night on the town. After Frasier says "This is a pity offer, isn't it?", Sam replies with "Basically." Frasier's response is a cheerful "OK!", and they go out on the town.
* ChekhovsGun: Early in the episode Norm mentions that Vera went out for a lunch with the executive wives. In the end that turns out to be why Norm didn't get the job; the executives decided his wife doesn't fit in.
* ContinuityNod: Cliff still has his slides from his vacation to Florida, from over a year ago.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Woody misunderstands something Norm says, Diane takes him into the background and explains things to him.
* GilliganCut: Jeff lets slip the gossip about Mrs. Reinhardt having an affair with Morrison. He then thinks better of it and asks Norm not to spread the gossip. Norm says "Jeff, I'm insulted." Cut to Norm telling the whole bar the story.
* IncrediblyLameFun: When Sam tells Frasier he can use the bar's slide projector, Diane asks why he said it was broken when she wanted to show everyone her collection of Colombian art. Sam explains it's ''because'' she wanted to show her collection of Colombian art.
* LeftHanging: Well, what was the result of Sam and Frasier's night out on the town? It seems like the setup for one more gag but we never find out how it went.
* MamaBear: In the cold open Carla is grilling a boy of about thirteen or so who wants to take out her daughter Anne-Marie on Anne-Marie's first date. While making pleasant small talk, Carla whips out a Polaroid and takes the boy's picture, full-face and then left and right profiles. After the boy leaves Carla puts his glass in a plastic bag and tells Sam to keep it until "the boys from the lab" come to pick it up.
* MoralityChain: Diane encourages Norm not to use inside gossip.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Immediately after Norm tells Vera he loves her, she asks him just ''how much'' he's been drinking, and he has to explain only two or three beers.
* {{Perfumigation}}: Another instance of the running gag about Sam's cologne. When Sam slaps some on Frasier's cheek, Frasier reacts like he was tear-gassed.
* SeriesContinuityError: Just one of several examples from ''Cheers'' that later became an inter-series continuity error with ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Frasier has his father’s stuffed owl; the implication being his father had died and left the owl to Frasier. Frasier would later explicitly confirm his father's death in "[[Recap/CheersS8E9 Two Girls for Every Boyd]]". The dead part was eventually hand-waved on ''Frasier'' as Frasier lying because he was on bad terms with his dad. Martin Crane, as we meet him on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', is also unlikely to have named an owl Plato (though given he was revealed to not be dead, it could be assumed the owl was not Martin's anyway).
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After hearing from Mr. Reinhardt that Vera was judged to be not good enough for an executive's wife, Norm quits his job with Reinhardt's firm.
* TaxidermyIsCreepy: Frasier comes into the bar with "Plato", his father's stuffed owl. He tries to palm the owl off on Sam but when a creeped-out Sam refuses he throws it away.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Norman's better instincts prevail and he doesn't use his inside gossip. Even when Mr. Reinhardt comes to the bar and tells him that Morrison got the job, and then insults Norm's wife, Norm keeps it a secret, quitting the firm instead.
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