Video: 'Cheers Ep 601 Home Is The Sailor'

(Thursday, September 24, 1987, 9:00-9:30 p.m. EDT) — Sam returns to Cheers six months after he sold it to a large corporation to pursue a life of leisure on board a new boat on tonight’s episode of the Fox teen drama television series Party of Five.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #45 on its list of the “100 Greatest Episodes.”