History TearJerker / Cheers

* "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit" revolves around Sam being given an office job at the Lillian Corporation, just so he can serve as the ringer in the company softball team. What makes it heartbreaking is Sam doesn't catch this, but genuinely wants to prove he could be a business executive (despite clearly having no idea what to do, and as later episbservedodes show no ability to even work a computer). As he confides to Rebecca when she comes to tell him this, he phoned up his father, historically and perpetually disappointed in Sam, and told him what he was doing, and the man actually [[WellDoneSonGuy congratulated him]] for the first time in Sam's life.

** When Rebecca returned with a check of her life savings to help recoup the cost (and to tell Sam she never wants to see him or the bar again after how he treated her), Sam apologized and offered her job back, saying Rebecca gave him a chance when he was down and out and didn't like him very much, and the least he could do was repay the favor, and their friendship was restored. With Sam emphasizing (half jokingly) that they were even now.

* This is made even more poignant considering that Ian Wolfe, the actor playing Buzz Crowder, actuslly served in WWI. Wolfe died in 1992, a year short of the potential ten-year reunion.

* "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit" revolves around Sam being given an office job at the Lillian Corporation, just so he can serve as the ringer in the company softball team. What makes it heartbreaking is Sam doesn't catch this, but genuinely wants to prove he could be a business executive (despite clearly having no idea what to do, and as later episodes show no ability to even work a computer). As he confides to Rebecca when she comes to tell him this, he phoned up his father, historically and perpetually disappointed in Sam, and told him what he was doing, and the man actually [[WellDoneSonGuy congratulated him]] for the first time in Sam's life.

* Sam's tearful goodbye with his imaginary son in "Go Make". The son says "see you in a few years," but as of Sam's guest appearance on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' he still hadn' t found someone to settle down with.

** When Rebecca returned with a check of her life savings to help recoup the cost(and to tell Sam she never wants to see him or the bar again after how he treated her), Sam apologized and offered her job back, saying Rebecca gave him a chance when he was down and out and didn't like him very much, and the least he could do was repay the favor, and their friendship was restored. With Sam emphasizing (half jokingly) that they were even now.

* Sam's tearful goodbye with his imaginary son in "Go Make". The son says "see you in a few years," but as of Sam's guest appearance on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' he still hadn't found someone to settle down with.
* In "Pitch It Again, Sam," Sam gets a chance to pitch in an exhibition game. At the stadium, Sam comments that the only thing missing from this great opportunity is Coach. Carla tries to do an impression of Coach to motivate him, but she winds up crying - twice.

** Testament to the power of this sequence: ShelleyLong received an Emmy for her performance in this episode.

* In Part 2 of "I'll Be Seeing You". Diane confides in artist Philip Semenko the dark side of her relationship with Sam.
-->'''Diane:'''I admit Sam and I are very different people. Sometimes that’s good. Sometimes it’s not so good. Sometimes he makes me cry. Sometimes he hurts me and seems to like it.

* In "The Little Match Girl" Rebecca accidentally burns down the bar with a carelessly discarded lit cigarette. She sobbingly (finally) admits it to Sam, who furiously fires her, mercilessly belittled her and tells her never to come back. By this point she considered Sam to be her best friend, and it broke her heart that he would treat her that way after all they've been through together. Once the tears stopped, a calm Rebecca said that while what she did was an accident, Sam intentionally hurt her and she never wanted to see him or the bar again.
** When Rebecca returned with a check of her life savings to help recoup the cost, Sam apologized and offered her back, saying Rebecca gave him a chance when he was down and out and didn't like him very much, and the least he could do was repay the favor, and their friendship was restored. With Sam emphasizing (half jokingly) that they were even now.

** Sam relented and apologized and offered her back, saying Rebecca gave him a chance when he was down and out and didn't like him very much, and the least he could do was repay the favor, and their friendship was restored. With Sam emphasizing (half jokingly) that they were even now.

* Sam’s despair and near-relapse into alcoholism at the end of season 1’s “Endless Slumper”, and Diane being powerless to stop him, can be very difficult to watch.

--->'''Sam:''' [[FamousLastWords Have a good life.]]

* The wordless DreamSequence after Diane leaves for good in "I Do, Adieu", where Sam imagines what might have been with the two of them as an elderly married couple.
** Not to mention [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3YyqoveDgk the scene directly before it]]... Sam ''knows'' Diane will not return even as she tries to convince him (and herself) otherwise.
-->'''Sam:''' [[FamousLastWords Have a good life.]]
* Sam's tearful goodbye with his imaginary son in "Go Make". The son says "see you in a few years," but as of Sam's guest appearance on ''Frasier'' he still hadn't found someone to settle down with.

* The DreamSequence after Diane leaves for good in "I Do, Adieu", where Sam imagines what might have been with the two of them as an elderly married couple.

* "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit" revolves around Sam being given an office job at the Lillian Corporation, just so he can serve as the ringer in the company softball team. What makes it heartbreaking is Sam doesn't catch this, but genuinely wants to prove he could be a business executive (despite clearly having no idea what to do, and as later episodes show no ability to even work a computer). As he confides to Rebecca when she comes to tell him this, he phoned up his father, historically and perpetually disappointed in Sam, and told him what he was doing, and the man actually [[WellDoneSonGuy congratulated him]] for the first time in Sam's life.

* "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit" revolves around Sam being given an office job at the Lillian Corporation, just so he can serve as the ringer in the company softball team. What makes it heartbreaking is Sam doesn't catch this, but genuinely wants to prove he could be a business executive (despite clearly having no idea what to do, and as later episodes show no ability to even work a computer). As he confides to Rebecca when she comes to tell him this, he phoned up his father, historically and perpetually disappointed in Sam, and told him what he was doing, and the man actually [[WellDoneSonGuy congraulted him]] for the first time in Sam's life.

* "One For the Books" features a WWI veteran who keeps waiting for his buddies to show up for a reunion. No-one shows up all night, and he eventually realizes that, out of his whole outfit, he's the last one left. That's a sobering realization to come to, especially in the years after the episode initially aired and fewer veterans of that war were left. Thankfully, the main cast offer to celebrate any future reunions with him, and he doesn't seem averse to the idea.

* "One For the Books" features a WWI veteran who keeps waiting for his buddies to show up for a reunion. No-one shows up all night, and he eventually realizes that, out of his whole outfit, he's the last one left. That's a sobering realization to come to, especially in the years after the episode initially aired and fewer veterans of that war were left. Thankfully, the main cast offer to celebrate any future reunions with him, and he doesn't seem averse to the idea.

-->'''Sam:''' [[PartingWords Have a good life]].

* "Home is the Sailor" picks up a little while after "I Do, Adieu" and shows what's changed since then. While a largely funny episode, Sam confides in Rebecca why he sold the bar in the first place. He kept seeing Diane's face everywhere and just couldn't take it anymore.

* The final moment of "Dance Diane Dance", after Diane gives an impassioned speech to the Boston Ballet to let her audition (not knowing she's awful at it). After Sam and Frasier rescue her from embarrassment by telling her they faked the good reviews from her dance instructor, she nervously chuckles and says, "Never mind." However, the scene has MoodWhiplash as Diane gazes longingly at the ballet dancers practicing, wishing she could be one of them, but knowing now she never would have the talent to.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSW7gwMCcc last appearance of Coach]] was an outtake used for a stinger (observant viewers will notice Carla's not pregnant, when during that time she was), when Coach was visited by an old teammate who according to Coach was blind. The ex-teammate tells him he got the nickname "the Blind Man" because he sold venetian blinds door-to-door in the offseason; Coach naturally ComicallyMissesThePoint and is impressed with how he can still get around while blind. After he leaves, Carla tells Coach that the ex-teammate could see as well as anyone. Coach responds mystically, "In some ways, he can see more", a fitting last line by Coach in the series.