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The Cape Cad

‘The Cape Cad’

Season 5, Episode 2 -  Aired October 2, 1986

After rejecting Sam's proposal and seeing the offer rescinded, Diane returns to Cheers and hopes to win him back. As Sam tries to get his mind off Diane with a romantic trip to Cape Cod, she gatecrashes his weekend break.

Quote from Diane

Sam: [answers phone] Hello.
Diane: Hi, Sam. How's it going up there?
Sam: Uh, fine. Fine. [giggles] Oh, don't do that, Vicki. I'm ticklish.
Diane: Sam, I feel an apology is in order. I may have made your friend Vicki a bit uncomfortable earlier today.
Sam: Well, she's plenty comfortable right now, so, uh, I'll pass on her message. Bye-bye, Diane.
Diane: No, no, Sam. I wouldn't feel right unless I expressed my feelings personally. Let me speak with her, please.
Sam: Shoot. She's in the, uh, the bathroom right now.
Diane: She's tickling you from the bathroom?
Sam: Well, she just went in there. She she always runs into the bathroom after she tickles me.
Diane: Perhaps it's nausea. Sam, l, I really want to apologize to her face-to-face. I'll be right up.
Sam: No, no, no, no, don't- [line disconnects]

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Quote from Sam

Sam: Oh, good, good, good. Do me a favor, will ya? I'll pay you $50.
Man: I beg your pardon.
Woman: Let's go, Harvey.
Sam: No, no, no, please. No funny stuff at all. Uh, come, come on now. You'll be saving my life here. Come, come on in. Come in.
Man: Now hold it now. Just a minute here.
Sam: I promise you. No weird stuff. I just want your wife to go in the bathroom and make some noises.
Woman: What kind of noises?
Sam: I don't know, uh woman kind of stuff. Like you're getting all dolled up for some hot action.
Woman: What does that sound like?
Sam: Uh, eh, I don't know. Whatever you and Harvey do... Never mind. Never mind. Just, uh... Here you go. $50.

Quote from Sam

Diane: Hi, Sam.
Sam: Hey.
Diane: Where's Vicki?
Sam: She's, uh, still in the bathroom.
Diane: Well, I'll just wait. Huh?
Sam: No, uh... You know, um this could take a little while here. Why don't you, uh, why don't you just yell your apologies through the door here?
Diane: Oh, that's silly. I'll be here all weekend. I can certainly wait. [woman laughing]
Diane: She sure is busy.
Man: [opens the bathroom door] Is that enough or should we snap some towels? [Sam closes the door]
Sam: It's the, uh, bathroom inspector. It's a new thing.

Quote from Diane

Diane: Sam, let's call an end to this nonsense right now. I don't care how rough you were on her; that is not Vicki. See, I know Vicki left. I've known all along.
Sam: And you let me go through this whole stupid act?
Diane: Well, I wanted to see how far you'd go-- ordering two sets of meals, leaving empty bottles of Vitamin E outside your door...
Sam: Yeah, well, what about you? You know, coming all the way up here to spy on me?
Diane: Oh, don't be ridiculous.
Sam: Yeah?
Diane: [sighs] What's the use? We both look like imbeciles. All we do is find new ways to humiliate each other. I humiliate you by saying "no" to your sweet proposal. You humiliate me by rejecting my retraction. You carry off this ridiculous charade. I spy on you in hotel rooms. It's become sick and degrading. And, quite frankly, I'm embarrassed to be a part of it, Sam.
Sam: Yeah, well, I'm not too thrilled you're part of it either.

Quote from Sam

Waiter: Here you go, pal.
Sam: Oh. [the waiter hands Sam the bill] Oh, yeah, yeah. I guess this all looks pretty weird, doesn't it?
Waiter: Oh, nothing I haven't seen before.
[The man and his wife emerge from the bathroom]
Man: I believe you owe us $50.
Waiter: Now there's a new one.

Quote from Sam

Diane: By the way, I suppose I owe you an apology for being here this weekend. In retrospect, I guess it was probably a mistake.
Sam: Probably?
Diane: I'd say "definitely" if you were to admit that it was a mistake to flaunt your date in front of me.
Sam: Apology accepted. Boy, you know the one thing I really hate is to eat alone. I always feel like someone's looking at me.
Diane: I'm the only one here.
Sam: Well, you're looking at me.
Diane: Then you can either join me or I can eat with my eyes closed.
Sam: Well, I hate to have you butter your knuckles.
Diane: Sam, you know what I remember most about being here before?
Sam: Oh, sure, sure. Yeah, I think the salt air gives me extra stamina.
Diane: Actually, I was thinking of the Clams Oregano, but now that you mention it, I did enjoy the... salt air.

Quote from Sam

Sam: Let's go.
Diane: Yes, this is the perfect moment. But it is with the understanding, isn't it, of what this step we're about to take means?
Sam: Oh, yeah, yeah, no problem. If they give us any trouble, I'll just pay for both rooms.
Diane: What it means between us.
Sam: Oh, now wait, listen. Listen.
Diane: No, it has to mean something, Sam.
Sam: I'm only gonna agree to do this if, if we agree that it doesn't mean anything.
Diane: How can our lovemaking not mean something?
Sam: Well, it's easy. Just concentrate.

Quote from Diane

Sam: All right. Come on. Let's go.
Diane: No.
Sam: What do you mean "no"? Oh, all right, I see what you doing. That's good. That's, that's very funny. That's... [chuckles] All right. Come on.
Diane: No, the only place I'm going is home.
Sam: You know, it's very funny. I laughed. The joke's over.
Diane: Sam, this is the wrong time for physical dalliance. It's too soon. If we rush into a physical encounter now, we might ruin the much more important nuptial consummation coming up.
Sam: Smell the old salt air.
Diane: Sam, please. This is nothing to worry about. We're on the right course. When we're married, you'll be happy we waited. Really, this is nothing to be upset about. Bye-bye.
Sam: Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine. I mean, it's perfect. You said someone was gonna ruin this weekend, but now I'm really gonna have some fun here. Shoot.
Waiter: Did we lose another one? [Sam groans]

Quote from Sam

Sam: Oh, it's you.
Diane: Small world.
Sam: Mm.
Diane: I thought I was eating late enough to avoid seeing you.
Sam: Me, too. The only reason why I waited so long to eat.
Diane: Oh, I thought perhaps it was because you've been eating for two. [sighs] I'm kind of glad you're here. I've been sitting here driving myself crazy. When we used to come here, wasn't there a lobster trap out in the lobby?
Sam: Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess the lobsters finally wised up and starting coming through the kitchen.

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