Besides Cheers, other series in NBC's Thursday night lineup for the 1989–90 season were The Cosby Show, A Different World, Dear John and L.A. Law.

At the bar, Kelly walks into the billiard room to see Woody and Emily kissing while rehearsing a love scene.

Woody obsesses over a weather record and wins a trip to Hawaii—actually, one of the show's tricks[14]—on a radio contest with his knowledge.

Carla receives a letter from the ice show company naming her the beneficiary of Eddie's $50,000 accident policy.

Sam, Norm, and Cliff pose as city workers and close Gary's Olde Towne Tavern due to nonexistent toxic waste.

While Sam stays home recovering from chickenpox, Carla goes out with a Boston Red Sox player, Darryl Mead (Kevin Conroy), only to see visions of her dead husband Eddie LeBec in an ice hockey uniform.

Frasier suggests that she see a psychiatrist; instead, she invites psychic Madame Lazora (Georgia Brown) to channel Eddie's spirit.

When Madame Lazora performs a séance, a skeptical Frasier angrily calls the process a "sham".

Carla pays her $250 for the 15-minute session, feels that she made peace with Eddie, and happily decides to continue dating Darryl.

Meanwhile, Rebecca appears on a talk show Consumer Patrol to complain about a defective leg shaving device.

She rescinds her complaint when she realizes that a company owned by her love interest, Robin Colcord, made the product.

It also includes an extended sequence of young Woody Boyd's experience touring the haunted mansion at Disneyland.

The gang (minus Carla) are watching the events happening on the Earth Day Special, and discuss ways they can help the environment.

[31] In January 1990, actor Rees said that he had not based "the character on anyone", despite "speculation that Colcord was a British version of Trump", wrote Phil Kloer of Cox News Service.

[39][41] According to many newspapers, including the main source USA Today, the 1989–90 Nielsen ratings are based on 92.1 million households that have at least one television.