Tracey: I mean if my husband was in hospital, I'd be mountin' a bedside vigil.
Sharon: Well if I was at Chris' bedside, he'd be tryna mount me.
— Tracey Stubbs telling Sharon Theodopolopodous that she should be with Chris in hospital.
- Date First Aired: 09/06/1997
Chris and Darryl are on the verge of release, much to the disappointment of Sharon and joy of Tracey. Whilst at prison, Sharon comes across an old school friend of hers once called "Snotty Scotty" and now known as "Hopeless", who had been sent to prison for getting into bad company. She invites him to a party, helped by the fact that Chris gets run over by a car.
Luckily Chris survives (well, unluckily in Sharon's case), and Darryl is reintroduced to his old home. However, troubles begin straight away as Darryl struggles with his new life and Tracey's development. Making matters worse, he dodges a party in favor of drinking with his mates, a problem since this puts him at risk of committing a crime. Meanwhile, Dorien has decided to use the opportunity to have sex with Jonathan now that Marcus is out of town. Apparently, he's a fan of bondage, so she's chained him to the door.
Soon Darryl returns drunk and Tracey finds tons of money with him whilst he sleeps, leading her to assume the worst. Luckily, it turns out that his old mates had just given him some money. Unfortunately, Dorien's marriage takes a turn for the worst - she's unable to get Jonathan loose before Marcus comes in.
Tropes in this episode:
- Accidental Misnaming: Like Chris, Darryl manages to misname Dorien as "Doreen".Dorien: Darryl, welcome home.Darryl: Ta. It's, uh, Doreen, innit?Dorien: Close.
- Alliterative Name: Sharon comes across an old schoolfriend named "Snotty Scotty".
- Big "SHUT UP!": Sharon gives one to Tracey and Dorien as they both try to explain their issues at once.
- Brick Joke: At the start of the episode, Sharon eats a tuna sandwich, only to find that she had been eating cat food instead. At the end of the episode, it's mentioned that Sharon gave Chris a tuna sandwich, which Chris enjoyed. Cue funny look from Tracey.
- Brief Accent Imitation: Sharon uses a posh accent to ask Tracey for a drink.
- Continuity Nod:
- Tracey hopes that Darryl's release hasn't been pushed back again.
- Darryl notices that Tracey has changed up the kitchen, prompting Garth to mention the time Sharon blew up the old one. Tracey also mentioned back in "Keep Off the Grass" that Darryl wouldn't be happy to see that the kitchen had been changed.
- Sharon reminds Garth that he and his girlfriend shagged the sofa to bits.
- Dorien's role in the Neighborhood Watch is once again mentioned.
- Tracey reminds Olive that she hardly visited Darryl at all when he was in prison, which had been a major plot point in "Just Family".
- Chris still fondly remembers Dorien, and still not so much vice versa.
- Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: In-Universe; While watching Prisoner: Cell Block H, Tracey claims Lynn just accused Franky of being butch and that's why the two were fighting, however in the actual episode the fight began because Franky threatened to kill Lynn in the middle of the night, so Lynn swung at her with a shovel.
- Drunken Song: Darryl sings "Deliah" by Tom Jones when he returns from the pub drunk.
- Eating Pet Food: Both Sharon and Chris accidentally eat cat food thinking that it's tuna.Sharon: San'wich?Tracey: Wha's in 'em?Sharon: Tuna.Tracey: I didn' know we 'ad any tuna.Sharon: There's a tin started in the fridge.Tracey: Tha's not tuna, tha's luxury cat food!
- Embarrassing Nickname: Hilary was "Snotty Scotty" when at school and "Hopeless" when in prison.
- Funny Photo Phrase: Dorien asks Tracey and Darryl to say "Porridge" when taking their photo.
- The Ghost:
- Mrs. Gilberts, who asked Tracey to feed her cat.
- Tina, Serge, Debbie and Tommy, people Tracey has invited over for a party.
- Horrible Housing: Sharon manages to find Chris a flat not only covered in damp, but with more chance of catching malaria in there than in the African jungle.
- I Ate WHAT?!: Sharon spits her food out when she learns from Tracey that she was eating cat food in her sandwich instead of the tuna she had thought she was eating.
- Insistent Terminology: The sisters are insistent that the party is not canceled but postponed.
- Internal Reveal: Marcus finally comes across one of Dorien's affairs, even though both the sisters and the audience have known since the very start of the series.
- Kinky Cuffs: Dorien's sexual relationship with Jonathan involves the use of handcuffs. This becomes the downfall of her and Marcus' marriage when they break and she's unable to free him before Marcus shows up.
- "L" Is for "Dyslexia": Darryl once bought Tracey knockoff perfume that spelt Chanel with an "S".
- The Loins Sleep Tonight: Darryl has some difficulties having sex with Tracey, which he blames on the fact that Tracey has changed.
- Look Both Ways: Tracey doesn't bother to look both ways when rushing to meet Darryl, and has to be held back by Garth as a car speeds past. Chris does the same when he sees Sharon, leading to him being flung over a windscreen.
- Mistaken for Gay: When Sharon says Hopeless has just come out, she means out of prison, but Dorien thinks she meant out of the closet.
- Mistaken for Thief: Tracey finds a ton of money under Darryl's possession and is led to believe that he's committed a robbery. Turns out that his old mates were so happy with the fact that he had come home that they had given him tons of money.
- Oh, Crap!: Dorien, upon finding out that Marcus has come in on one of her affairs.
- The Oldest Profession: When trying to hide some possibly stolen money, Sharon gives it to Dorien and tells her to say she got it in exchange for sexual favours.
- One-Shot Character: Hilary Scott a.k.a. "Snotty Scotty" or "Hopeless".
- One-Steve Limit: Tracey mentions a friend called Tina, the same name of a One-Shot Character from "Commitments".
- One-Word Title: The title of the episode is "Cheers".
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Douglas McFerran taking over the role of Darryl from Alun Lewis was due to the latter's prior commitments to appear in Emmerdale.
- Rhyming Names: Hilary, once known as "Snotty Scotty".
- Series Continuity Error: Darryl claims to have not had sex with Tracey since his arrest, seemingly forgetting he did in both "Love On the Run" and "We'll Always Have Majorca".
- Shirtless Scene: Tracey undresses Darryl when he comes home drunk.
- Shout-Out:
- The name of the episode is a reference to the 1980's American sitcom Cheers.
- Tracey and Sharon watch the second episode of Prisoner: Cell Block H in bed, specifically the scene where Franky and Lynn have to be restrained after their confrontation in the garden:Sharon: 'Ave I missed anythin'?Tracey: Only the bleached blonde one accusin' the ugly spotty one o' bein' butch.
- Darryl compares Chris to Nelson Mandela to try and make him feel better about his situation with Sharon:Chris: They gave 'im a Nobel Peace Prize an' the freedom o' South Africa, they given me a poxy travel warrant an' forty-five quid!
- Garth quotes Romeo and Juliet.
- Hopeless' dad was a big Johnny Cash fan.
- Sharon goes to see Sense and Sensibility after Darryl kicks her out of the house.
- To ask Tracey about sex with Darryl, she asks her how was Great Expectations, to which Tracey mopes that it was more like Little Dorrit.
- Dorien uses the Marquis de Sade to get inspiration for torture.
- When Dorien thinks Hopeless is gay, she offers to let him borrow her Judy Garland CDs.
- Dorien calls Darryl going down the pub "wonderfully Dickensian".
- Sharon remarks that Tracey's life could be compared to Reservoir Dogs.
- Tracey worries that Darryl is hanging out with the cast of Crimewatch UK.
- Speak in Unison: When Dorien says the party has been cancelled, Tracey and Sharon both correct her at once by saying "Postponed".
- Story Arc: This episode marks the start of the collapse of the Green marriage when Marcus comes in on one of Dorien's affairs.
- Taken Off Life Support: Sharon reveals that she's given the doctors full permission to turn off Chris' life support... if he wakes up of course.
- Take That!:
- When watching Prisoner: Cell Block H, Tracey calls Kerry Armstrong a bleached blonde and Carol Burns ugly and spotty.
- When talking about their upcoming release from prison, Darryl remarks that he and Chris have beaten Michael Howard.
- Darryl remarks that deflation doesn't bother Kenneth Clarke.
- Dorien tortures Jonathan by forcing him to watch Emmerdale at full volume.
- Dorien remarks that if she wanted to be depressed by the woes of the underclass that she'd buy The Guardian.
- Wham Episode: After six series worth of infidelity, Marcus finally catches Dorien in one of her affairs which sends their marriage into a nosedive.
- Your Door Was Open: Darryl tells Dorien that she can't keep doing popping in through the backdoor now that he's out of prison.
