 Although Diane and Sam were on the verge of rekindling their relationship following Diane Chambers Day at the opera, the flame subsides a bit when Sam goes on a date with another woman, despite the fact that Sam and Diane aren t officially dating again yet. But Sam has other things on his mind, namely business. Another sports celebrity is opening a chain of pubs which is bound to take away business from Cheers. So Sam proposes a new management structure, where he hangs up his bartender hat to become the full-time manager/host, welcoming guests and devising new ways to drum up business. This opens up another bartender position. The staff at the bar think this idea is bad, but Sam goes ahead with it anyway. Sam hires a new bartender, Ken Charters, a young family man struggling to make ends meet before this job. A week goes by, and Sam s plan is a failure, as he isn t really good at coming up with money raising concepts. This means that he will have to go back to bartending, and fire one of the bartenders. He doesn t have the heart to fire Ken just because of his family situation. That leaves single Woody. Sam hates to do it but has no choice. Woody takes the firing with some hurt feelings since he feels like the bar and the people there are like home to him. However just as Woody is about to leave for good, Ken quits as he is offered the job of his dreams elsewhere. Sam thinks that he can stop Woody from leaving, but it now won t be as easy as he thinks. In the end, Woody decides to stay, but he isn t as dumb as he looks as he pulls one over on Sam.