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ted99 · 01-22-2003, 05:43 PM

I have been watching cheers every day on paramount in the Uk for the last year having seen all the episodes give or take a few, I have a question though, when did Ted Danson decide to leave?quite clearly in the last season there were several stories that led me to believe that more series were in the pipeline:
1. Lilith left to have a baby and would probably expected to come back for series 12 the following year or she would have stayed in the eco=pod.
2. Woody's baby/city council was never really left to it's final conclusion, it was a relatively new story thread.
3. The new storylines about Rebecca and her new husband and Sam and his sex complusion group were started very late in the series, however I feel that these were for the benefit of the final episode as were the Norm job and cliff promotion story.

Please take the time to reply as it would shed a new perspective on the final series.

Dr. Lilith Sternin · 01-22-2003, 06:08 PM

*confused* Wait, what? Lilith didn't leave to have a baby? Bebe decided her time at Cheers was up and she wanted to go back to theatre, her first love. I don't believe she was aware that "Cheers" would only have a season left after she left, or I'd assume she would have stuck it out one more season. She obviously agreed to come back for an ep, to end the series with the Frasier/Lilith fans happy they reunited. However, it also wasn't planned that there would be a "Frasier" spinoff until right up to the very end of "Cheers." I doubt that Lilith would have come back at ALL had they planned the sequel, because Lilith was never part of the sequel idea. SO, it was pretty stupid that they reunited, only to be divorced by the time of the "Frasier" pilot. Such is life.

I still don't know where the baby thing came from?

Please enlighten me?

AKA · 01-23-2003, 03:45 AM

The writers weren't counting on a new season, they were working on the assumption that season eleven was going to be the last (I remember seasons ten and nine were also going to be the show's last, but both years, the show was saved at the zero hour when NBC offered them more money per episode.

Fast forward ten years... sound familiar?

ted99 · 01-23-2003, 10:20 AM

I assumed she was having a baby as it is unuasual for someone to leave a series halfway through, especially after such a dramatic and hugely consequential storyline, which still had some mileage left in it.

Brian Damage · 01-23-2003, 03:54 PM

Well, there was a storyline where Frasier and Lilith were planning on having a second child. However, nothing became of it.

Frasier W. Crane · 01-23-2003, 05:23 PM

Weird how you uncover things that might have been huh?

brypie · 01-27-2003, 12:03 AM

I remember hearing the summer before the last season started that it would be the last because Ted Danson was leaving the show.

01-22-2003, 05:43 PM	#1
ted99 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 22, 2003 Location: England Posts: 5	When did Danson decide to leave I have been watching cheers every day on paramount in the Uk for the last year having seen all the episodes give or take a few, I have a question though, when did Ted Danson decide to leave?quite clearly in the last season there were several stories that led me to believe that more series were in the pipeline: 1. Lilith left to have a baby and would probably expected to come back for series 12 the following year or she would have stayed in the eco=pod. 2. Woody's baby/city council was never really left to it's final conclusion, it was a relatively new story thread. 3. The new storylines about Rebecca and her new husband and Sam and his sex complusion group were started very late in the series, however I feel that these were for the benefit of the final episode as were the Norm job and cliff promotion story. Please take the time to reply as it would shed a new perspective on the final series.

01-22-2003, 06:08 PM	#2
Dr. Lilith Sternin Ice Cube in Heels Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 31, 2002 Posts: 523	confused Wait, what? Lilith didn't leave to have a baby? Bebe decided her time at Cheers was up and she wanted to go back to theatre, her first love. I don't believe she was aware that "Cheers" would only have a season left after she left, or I'd assume she would have stuck it out one more season. She obviously agreed to come back for an ep, to end the series with the Frasier/Lilith fans happy they reunited. However, it also wasn't planned that there would be a "Frasier" spinoff until right up to the very end of "Cheers." I doubt that Lilith would have come back at ALL had they planned the sequel, because Lilith was never part of the sequel idea. SO, it was pretty stupid that they reunited, only to be divorced by the time of the "Frasier" pilot. Such is life. I still don't know where the baby thing came from? Please enlighten me?
	__________________ "Musical theatre -- it's totally American and when it's good, it's like nothing else." ~Bebe Neuwirth </center> Lilith: I mapped out our dominant and recessive traits on a genome square, applied Mendel's laws, allowed for anomolies, and concluded that you are the best biological choice. Frasier: I see. Well, enticed as I am by your honeyed words, I'm gonna need some kissin'. Lilith: Frasier, don't misunderstand. I'm not proposing any change in our relationship. Frasier: Would we sleep together? Lilith: I thought we'd freeze your sperm. Frasier: Is that a yes or a no? Lilith: Natural fertilization isn't practical. I'd have to fly to Seattle every time I ovulate. Frasier: Right, okay. So then, your plan is for me to visit some local doctor, freeze my essence, and then bring it home with you. Lilith: Correct. I'll take mine to go!

01-23-2003, 10:20 AM	#4
ted99 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 22, 2003 Location: England Posts: 5	Apologies! I assumed she was having a baby as it is unuasual for someone to leave a series halfway through, especially after such a dramatic and hugely consequential storyline, which still had some mileage left in it.

01-23-2003, 03:54 PM	#5
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Well, there was a storyline where Frasier and Lilith were planning on having a second child. However, nothing became of it.
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01-23-2003, 05:23 PM	#6
Frasier W. Crane Farewell, Frasier Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 22, 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 782	Weird how you uncover things that might have been huh?
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01-23-2003, 03:45 AM	#3
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	The writers weren't counting on a new season, they were working on the assumption that season eleven was going to be the last (I remember seasons ten and nine were also going to be the show's last, but both years, the show was saved at the zero hour when NBC offered them more money per episode. Fast forward ten years... sound familiar?

01-27-2003, 12:03 AM	#7
brypie A man of mystery Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 21, 2002 Location: Way too cold Minnesota Posts: 34	I remember hearing the summer before the last season started that it would be the last because Ted Danson was leaving the show.