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* TheBusCameBack: Diane's snooty old boyfriend, Sumner Sloane, makes a surprising return.
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* TheBusCameBack: Diane's snooty old boyfriend, Sumner Sloane, makes a surprising return. A more literal example than most as his final appearance in the bar saw him leaving with the promise of an imminent return, for which Diane mocks him:
--> '''Diane''': You said you'd be right back. That was a year ago.
--> '''Diane''': You said you'd be right back. That was a year ago.
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Sumner would return to the bar one last time, in Shelley Long's last episode, "[[Recap/CheersS5E26IDoAdieu I Do and Adieu]]".
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Sumner would return to the bar one last time, in Shelley Long's last episode, episode as a regular, "[[Recap/CheersS5E26IDoAdieu I Do and Adieu]]".
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* SmallReferencePools: Played straight by Sam, who reads ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' because it has a reputation as ''the'' definitive sophisticated, intellectual {{doorstopper}} novel. Subverted by Diane and Sumner, who are clearly fed up with having discussed and over-analyzed it to death already and suggest more obscure literature (which Sam obviously hasn't read) instead.
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Sumner would return to the bar one last time, in Shelley Long's last episode, "[[Recap/CheersS5E26 "[[Recap/CheersS5E26IDoAdieu I Do and Adieu]]".
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* ShownTheirWork: Sam, Diane, and Sumner go out to eat at Maison Robert, a real Boston restaurant that was in operation from 1977 to 2004.
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* ShownTheirWork: Sam, Diane, and Sumner go out to eat at Maison Robert, a real Boston restaurant that was in operation from 1977 1972 to 2004.
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Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1GiveMeARingSometime Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
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Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), (Creator/MichaelMcGuire), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1GiveMeARingSometime Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
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Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1 Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
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Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1 "[[Recap/CheersS1E1GiveMeARingSometime Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
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Episode: Season 2, Episode 5\\
Title: Sumner's Return\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/MichaelJWeithorn\\
Air Date: November 3, 1983\\
Previous: Homicidal Ham\\
Next: Affairs of the Heart\\
Guest Starring: Creator/MichaelMcGuire]
"Sumner's Return" is the fifth episode of the second season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1 Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
Sam is threatened by the obvious affinity that Diane and Sumner, two highbrow intellectuals, feel for each other. Cliff recommends that Sam read some sort of highbrow book so he can talk about it at the dinner and not feel left out. The gang decides that Sam should read that most famous {{Doorstopper}}, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''.
Sumner would return to the bar one last time, in Shelley Long's last episode, "[[Recap/CheersS5E26 I Do and Adieu]]".
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!!Tropes:
* TheBusCameBack: Diane's snooty old boyfriend, Sumner Sloane, makes a surprising return.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: Seen on Sam's desk. Not used the way it usually is, for creepy horror, but to demonstrate Sam's simple tastes as opposed to Diane's sophistication.
* {{Doorstopper}}: A gag, as Sam takes a book that's "three pounds", per Cliff, and somehow plows all the way through it in the span of a week. He misses a lot of sleep and is unshaven and dead on his feet by the night of the dinner.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: DiscussedTrope. Diane wants to go back home for sex. When Sam reminds her that she wanted him to read ''War and Peace'' to her, she says "Let's watch the movie."
--> '''Sam''': ''(suddenly furious)'' There's a ''movie''? CLIFF! '''I'LL KILL HIM!!''' ''(jumps out of the office)''
* MenAreUncultured: Sam is very insecure about his lack of culture so he reads ''War and Peace'' so he can come off as intelligent.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Sumner is shocked when Diane tells him to "cut the crap!", saying in return, "what have they done to you here?"
* {{Pride}}: Sumner is very full of himself.
--> '''Sumner''': I may not be perfect. Then again, I ''may''.
* ShownTheirWork: Sam, Diane, and Sumner go out to eat at Maison Robert, a real Boston restaurant that was in operation from 1977 to 2004.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 5\\
Title: Sumner's Return\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/MichaelJWeithorn\\
Air Date: November 3, 1983\\
Previous: Homicidal Ham\\
Next: Affairs of the Heart\\
Guest Starring: Creator/MichaelMcGuire]
"Sumner's Return" is the fifth episode of the second season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
Into the bar strolls Sumner Sloane (Michael [=McGuire=]), Diane's former literature professor and fiance, who abandoned her at the bar in the first episode of ''Cheers'', "[[Recap/CheersS1E1 Give Me a Ring Sometime]]". Diane isn't all that thrilled to see Sumner but they soon agree to let bygones be bygones. Sam, on the other hand, is quite suspicious of Sumner's motives, but agrees to go out to dinner with them.
Sam is threatened by the obvious affinity that Diane and Sumner, two highbrow intellectuals, feel for each other. Cliff recommends that Sam read some sort of highbrow book so he can talk about it at the dinner and not feel left out. The gang decides that Sam should read that most famous {{Doorstopper}}, ''Literature/WarAndPeace''.
Sumner would return to the bar one last time, in Shelley Long's last episode, "[[Recap/CheersS5E26 I Do and Adieu]]".
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!!Tropes:
* TheBusCameBack: Diane's snooty old boyfriend, Sumner Sloane, makes a surprising return.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: Seen on Sam's desk. Not used the way it usually is, for creepy horror, but to demonstrate Sam's simple tastes as opposed to Diane's sophistication.
* {{Doorstopper}}: A gag, as Sam takes a book that's "three pounds", per Cliff, and somehow plows all the way through it in the span of a week. He misses a lot of sleep and is unshaven and dead on his feet by the night of the dinner.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: DiscussedTrope. Diane wants to go back home for sex. When Sam reminds her that she wanted him to read ''War and Peace'' to her, she says "Let's watch the movie."
--> '''Sam''': ''(suddenly furious)'' There's a ''movie''? CLIFF! '''I'LL KILL HIM!!''' ''(jumps out of the office)''
* MenAreUncultured: Sam is very insecure about his lack of culture so he reads ''War and Peace'' so he can come off as intelligent.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Sumner is shocked when Diane tells him to "cut the crap!", saying in return, "what have they done to you here?"
* {{Pride}}: Sumner is very full of himself.
--> '''Sumner''': I may not be perfect. Then again, I ''may''.
* ShownTheirWork: Sam, Diane, and Sumner go out to eat at Maison Robert, a real Boston restaurant that was in operation from 1977 to 2004.
