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"I Do, Adieu" is the fifth season finale of the American television sitcom ''Cheers'', written by Glen and Les Charles and directed by James Burrows. It originally aired on May 7, 1987 on NBC at 9:00pm (Eastern) / 8:00pm (Central). During the fifth season, Sam Malone (Ted Danson) repeatedly proposes to Diane, and she refuses repeatedly until she accepts engagement in "Chambers vs. Malone" (1987). In the previous episode, "A House Is Not a Home", Sam and Diane bought a house together. Before this episode aired, Ted Danson decided to renew his contract with the show as Sam Malone, while Shelley Long decided to quit the series, which could conclude the on-and-off romance of "Sam and Diane" that went on for the first five years since 1982. Ideas were attempted to write Diane off and to end the story arc, but some ideas were kept in and others thrown out. In this episode, Diane is offered an opportunity to finish one of her novels. However, she must choose between her talents and her man, Sam. After she becomes persuaded into honing her talents, Diane leaves the job, the bar, the relationship, and the city behind for that. In the 1993 series finale, "One for the Road", Shelley Long makes her special guest appearance as Diane Chambers and the "Sam and Diane" storyline is there resurfaced. Meanwhile, with Long's departure, producers of the series made plans to reconstruct the show by introducing a new female lead who does not resemble Shelley Long. Highlights of this episode from reception are Diane Chambers's departure and the end of Sam and Diane's constant on-and-off romance. == Plot == Sumner Sloane (Michael McGuire), Diane's ex-fiancé who jilted her in the series pilot, returns to Cheers, surprising bar patrons. Alone in the billiard room, Sumner tells Diane that, against her will, he submitted one of her unfinished manuscripts to one of his colleagues, who praised it, and was sent to publishers. At first, she becomes excited. However, Sumner persuades her to leave everyone and everything behind, including Sam, in order to hone her talents. He warns her that finishing the novel is impossible and that her potentials will be wasted if she marries Sam. Diane tells Sumner to leave the bar and never return again. Unbeknownst to them, Sam overhears this conversation under the pool table, covered by drapes. At home, in the house they bought together in the previous episode, "A House Is Not a Home", Sam and Diane discuss her talents and their relationship that are both at stake, which they admit. Then Diane suggests that they be married immediately, but Sam is yet reluctant, so she leaves him alone for a moment. Later, Sam daydreams about their own elderly selves living in what would have been if Diane chooses Sam over her career. In that fantasy, Sam and Diane are happily married elderly couple with children and grandchildren. Moreover, Diane has not finished her novel but assures Sam that she has no regrets and that abandoning her talents does not affect their marriage and her happiness with him. Back into reality, then they decide to set the wedding at the bar, where people know about their relationship. The following day, at the wedding, commissioned by the Justice of the Peace (William Addison), a phone call, picked up by Woody, announces that Diane's unfinished novel was praised by publishers and, if finished, will likely be published. Unaffected Diane still wants to marry, but Sam convinces her to set her writing talents first before marriage. After failures, like ballet and filmmaking, and becoming convinced to hone and cherish her writing skills, Diane decides to give writing career a chance, putting a wedding to an end. At closing time, Sam and Diane alone embrace each other for the last time together. Diane promises him that she will return to him in six months. Sam tells her to "have a good life," but Diane attests to her promise and leaves the bar. Now alone in the bar, Sam again tells her to "have a good life," then he daydreams elderly versions of himself and Diane embracing and dancing to the music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Do, Adieu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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