Cheers (TV Series) Finally!: Part 2 (1990) User Reviews

Finally!: Part 2 (#8.16)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 10 June 2014]

Sam makes sure that Rebecca doesn't see Robin with the other woman but is reluctant to keep covering up for him as Rebecca is his friend. Robin then says that he will buy him Cheers so Sam agrees. But he feels bad and tells Rebecca, only she thinks he is just jealous. But a bad surprise awaits her. Only she still stays with Robin hoping him to choose her out of the ones he dates.

A good ending to the story. Well it is not completely an ending as it seems to be just a beginning of the irrational relationship Rebecca has with Robin. Her character is being pretty funny right now and greatly performed. I was just a bit mad at her for saying "Sam was right" in the limo,didn't she think not to tell that Sam told her so he might still get his bar? I guess they needed it because for the show they don't ant Sam to have the bar yet, but still, so selfish. Just like kicking him out in some bad neighborhood in the previous episode.

Sam, I'm in the Lead!

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 1 September 2019]

After the first episode shows what a cad Robin is, Sam feels it's necessary to give Rebecca the bad news. This leads to her making a sad discovery. Sam begins trying to convince her that she is making a big mistake having any dealings with her. By the way, I loved the ending.

I... Feel... BAD

[Bolesroor · 8/10 · 7 May 2011]

Robin and Rebecca finally screw, and the very next night Sam spots Colcord with another woman. Does he tell his friend the truth or cover for Robin? What if his silence could help him achieve his dream of getting the bar back?

The magic of Season Eight is that the character of Robin Colcord energized Sam and Rebecca- romantically, financially, morally- they were rejuvenated and redefined, and the two of them gained a new vitality that brought the show back to greatness. This episode has a classic plot, one that's been done since the dawn of Drama, but the writing and performing is so vibrant that it all seems brand-new. Brilliant work.

Here's an interesting note: the writers had Robin involved with three women- Rebecca, Christine Davi (the ballerina seen in this episode), and a Charge D'Affaires in the French Consulate. The French woman- who we will later learn is named Jeanne-Marie- is never seen in the series' run, despite being mentioned multiple times and being the subject of at least two episodes. It's reasonable to assume that the writers had intended to cast the part and feature Jeanne-Marie as an actual person… but in the end they decided to take the Vera Peterson approach and leave Jeanne-Marie as a phantom.

Kirstie Alley is great again here, and this episode could have been slowed down in pace just to draw out some of the pathos and tragedy inherent in the situation. Here's a lonely woman- as much of an outsider in the bar as Diane was- who finally finds love with a man who can make all her corporate and financial dreams come true. Whether through choice or against her wishes she has not been intimate with a man for over three years, and when she finally does open herself up- physically and emotionally- she is instantly betrayed. In real life this would be devastating, and while I don't expect Cheers to become a maudlin drama I long for the pace and rhythm of its sister show "Taxi," and the achingly-funny humanity they could have brought to an episode like this. Cheers was always rushing toward the next punchline, and the writers sometimes forgot the emotions behind the laughs could be just as powerful.

Rebecca decides to stay with Robin, aware that he's cheating, and in some ways this finally completes her character: She's been a Victim all her life, and now she finally has the Abuser to balance out her equation. Rebecca won't even go out on a date with Sam after three years of friendship- but she's willing to MARRY Robin who is openly cheating on her. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad...

GRADE: B+