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Directed by: James Burrows\\
Written by: Kathy Ann Stumpe\\
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Guest Starring: Marilyn Cooper, Rebecca Staab, Paul Willson]
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"Smotherly Love" is the twentieth episode of the tenth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
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Episode: Season 10, Episode 20\\
Title: Smotherly Love\\
Directed by: James Burrows\\
Written by: Kathy Ann Stumpe\\
Air Date: February 27, 1992\\
Previous: Rich Man, Wood Man\\
Next: Take Me out of the Ball Game\\
Guest Starring: Marilyn Cooper, Rebecca Staab, Paul Willson]
"Smotherly Love" is thetwentieth 20th episode of the tenth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Episode: Season 10, Episode 20\\
Title: Smotherly Love\\
Directed by: James Burrows\\
Written by: Kathy Ann Stumpe\\
Air Date: February 27, 1992\\
Previous: Rich Man, Wood Man\\
Next: Take Me out of the Ball Game\\
Guest Starring: Marilyn Cooper, Rebecca Staab, Paul Willson]
"Smotherly Love" is the
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** What Norm actually spends his money on is buying a replacement for that boat Sam bought and sank between season 5 and "[[Recap/CheersS6E1 Home is the Sailor]]".
* ChekhovsGun: A rare example of something in the cold open paying off in the episode proper. Norm bets on how many nuts Cliff can stuff up his nose
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** What Norm actually spends his money on is buying a replacement for that boat Sam bought and sank between season 5 and season 6 premiere "[[Recap/CheersS6E1 Home is the Sailor]]".
* ChekhovsGun: A rare example of something in the cold open paying off in the episode proper. Norm bets on how many nuts Cliff can stuff up hisnosenose. The money he wins by guessing correctly is taken to Atlantic City by Sam, and bet on roulette.
* ChekhovsGun: A rare example of something in the cold open paying off in the episode proper. Norm bets on how many nuts Cliff can stuff up his
* DumbBlonde: Debbie, Sam's extremely dim-witted date, who buys hook, line, and sinker his tale of winning a radio contest at the exact same time she did.
* GilliganCut: Rebecca, for Norm's benefit, stages a little morality play in which a stranger comes into Cheers, supposedly having escaped from Devil's Island, to pay the $3 bar tab that has long haunted him. After Norm blows the scene off, Sam says "How could you even think that someone would be stupid enough to take a hint like that?" This is followed by Woody paying back Rebecca the $1 he borrowed for lunch yesterday, and complaining that she could have just asked him rather than have someone come all the way from Devil's Island.
* NeverLendToAFriend: Bar tab edition, as Norm winning a ''huge'' amount at roulette (hitting twice in a row would win something on the order of $60K) leads to Sam getting very angry when Norm fails to pay his bar tab.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: After everything's over, Lilith asks if Frasier called her pretty just to force an emotional catharsis. Frasier wisely decides to go with this.
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* WeddingEpisode: Betty forces her daughter to re-enact her wedding, which ends with Lilith, looking uncharacteristically feminine in a wedding dress, finally having the overdue confrontation with her mom.
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"Smotherly Love" is the twentieth episode of the tenth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Bad news for Frasier: Lilith's mother is in town, and she still hates Frasier. Worse, Lilith's unable to stand up to her domineering mother, who insists the couple re-enact their wedding solely for her. Frasier tries to encourage his wife to stand up to her, but he has little luck.
Soon enough, the wedding day re-enactment comes, and Frasier tries to make the most of it by complimenting Lilith's beauty. This proves to be the last straw for the miserable Lilith, and she lets lose at Betty for her manipulative ways. Which, as it turns out, was what Betty did to ''her'' mother on her wedding day.
Meanwhile, Sam takes a trip to Atlantic City with Debbie, a particularly ditzy blond who's just won a radio contest. On his return, it transpires he won an incredible amount of money on Norm's bet, money Rebecca feels Norm could maybe be used to pay off that bar tab of his.
!!Tropes:
* CallBack:
** Turns out when Frasier was talking smack about Mother Sternin way back in season 7, he wasn't actually joking. She really is that awful and unpleasant.
** What Norm actually spends his money on is buying a replacement for that boat Sam bought and sank between season 5 and "[[Recap/CheersS6E1 Home is the Sailor]]".
* ChekhovsGun: A rare example of something in the cold open paying off in the episode proper. Norm bets on how many nuts Cliff can stuff up his nose
* DistractedByTheSexy: As Sam explains, he had put Norm's bet down, but got a little distracted by Debbie jumping up and down.
* ExtremeDoormat: Lilith for Betty.
* FormerlyFit: The earliest record Sam has of Norm's bar tab is from when no-one knew his name, "Skinny Guy at the End of the Bar".
* HypocriticalHumor: Betty snarks at Carla's height, despite being shorter than she.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Sam initially assumes Frasier's asking for a stiff drink is because of a hard day. It's actually because with the impending arrival of Betty Sternin he feels the need to marinade.
-->'''Lilith:''' Mother and I have arrived.\\
'''Frasier:''' Hit me Woody, need some juice!
** As Betty tells Lilith what her wedding renactment will have, Lilith gestures to Frasier to order some for her.
* LameComeback: Carla, normally the queen of snarky putdowns, is unable to make a good rejoinder to Betty's snarks, repeatedly. Eventually, she concludes she must be ill and takes the rest of the day off.
* LittleKnownFacts: At the re-enactment, Cliff's conversation draws several colleagues of Frasier's who keep giving him their cards.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Betty Sternin for Frasier. She even planned a lengthy speech for the part of wedding when anyone asks if they object.
* PrecisionFStrike: After another failed attempt to stand up to Betty, Lilith turns to Frasier and mutters "lot of help you were, you spineless bastard."
* SayingTooMuch:
** After a while, Lilith notes Frasier constantly refers to their wedding as "our ''damn'' wedding."
** Finding Lilith hiding from her mother in Cheers, Frasier states he goes to Cheers to get away from his problems. Then he has to backpedal that he doesn't mean ''marital'' problems.
* StepfordSmiler: Frasier's initial idea for dealing with Betty is to force a particularly rictus-like grin over his face and not argue with her.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: After everything's over, Lilith asks if Frasier called her pretty just to force an emotional catharsis. Frasier wisely decides to go with this.
Bad news for Frasier: Lilith's mother is in town, and she still hates Frasier. Worse, Lilith's unable to stand up to her domineering mother, who insists the couple re-enact their wedding solely for her. Frasier tries to encourage his wife to stand up to her, but he has little luck.
Soon enough, the wedding day re-enactment comes, and Frasier tries to make the most of it by complimenting Lilith's beauty. This proves to be the last straw for the miserable Lilith, and she lets lose at Betty for her manipulative ways. Which, as it turns out, was what Betty did to ''her'' mother on her wedding day.
Meanwhile, Sam takes a trip to Atlantic City with Debbie, a particularly ditzy blond who's just won a radio contest. On his return, it transpires he won an incredible amount of money on Norm's bet, money Rebecca feels Norm could maybe be used to pay off that bar tab of his.
!!Tropes:
* CallBack:
** Turns out when Frasier was talking smack about Mother Sternin way back in season 7, he wasn't actually joking. She really is that awful and unpleasant.
** What Norm actually spends his money on is buying a replacement for that boat Sam bought and sank between season 5 and "[[Recap/CheersS6E1 Home is the Sailor]]".
* ChekhovsGun: A rare example of something in the cold open paying off in the episode proper. Norm bets on how many nuts Cliff can stuff up his nose
* DistractedByTheSexy: As Sam explains, he had put Norm's bet down, but got a little distracted by Debbie jumping up and down.
* ExtremeDoormat: Lilith for Betty.
* FormerlyFit: The earliest record Sam has of Norm's bar tab is from when no-one knew his name, "Skinny Guy at the End of the Bar".
* HypocriticalHumor: Betty snarks at Carla's height, despite being shorter than she.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Sam initially assumes Frasier's asking for a stiff drink is because of a hard day. It's actually because with the impending arrival of Betty Sternin he feels the need to marinade.
-->'''Lilith:''' Mother and I have arrived.\\
'''Frasier:''' Hit me Woody, need some juice!
** As Betty tells Lilith what her wedding renactment will have, Lilith gestures to Frasier to order some for her.
* LameComeback: Carla, normally the queen of snarky putdowns, is unable to make a good rejoinder to Betty's snarks, repeatedly. Eventually, she concludes she must be ill and takes the rest of the day off.
* LittleKnownFacts: At the re-enactment, Cliff's conversation draws several colleagues of Frasier's who keep giving him their cards.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Betty Sternin for Frasier. She even planned a lengthy speech for the part of wedding when anyone asks if they object.
* PrecisionFStrike: After another failed attempt to stand up to Betty, Lilith turns to Frasier and mutters "lot of help you were, you spineless bastard."
* SayingTooMuch:
** After a while, Lilith notes Frasier constantly refers to their wedding as "our ''damn'' wedding."
** Finding Lilith hiding from her mother in Cheers, Frasier states he goes to Cheers to get away from his problems. Then he has to backpedal that he doesn't mean ''marital'' problems.
* StepfordSmiler: Frasier's initial idea for dealing with Betty is to force a particularly rictus-like grin over his face and not argue with her.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: After everything's over, Lilith asks if Frasier called her pretty just to force an emotional catharsis. Frasier wisely decides to go with this.
