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Becker

1998–2004 · Ended · CBS · 6 seasons · 129 episodes · Comedy · United States

Creator Dave Hackel · Starring Ted Danson, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.
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Episodes

24 episodes · October 2000 – May 2001
  1. Episode 1: 1. The Film CriticOctober 9, 2000 · 23 min
    Becker tries in vain to see a movie without the experience being ruined for him, while Margaret has trouble coping with her marital problems.
  2. Episode 2: 2. SuperBobOctober 16, 2000 · 23 min
    Becker's super dies and Bob takes his job, and the diner is packed, but no one is a paying customer.
  3. Episode 3: 3. One Wong MoveOctober 23, 2000 · 23 min
    Challenged to do so by his friends, Becker changes his routine with disastrous results. When he eats at a new Chinese restaurant, Linda gets a stalker, Margaret gets food poisoning, Bob gets punched in the nose, and Reggie and Jake lose $80 to a scam artist.
  4. Episode 4: 4. What Indifference a Day MakesOctober 30, 2000 · 23 min
    When Becker has a high school student shadow him for a day, it turns out to be the most boring day ever at the office. Meanwhile, Reggie, Jake and Bob find that they have told each other all of their stories and have nothing to say to each other anymore. They decide to start sharing more personal stories, and Reggie and Jake learn a little more about Bob than they wanted to know.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Usual SuspectsNovember 6, 2000 · 23 min
    Becker's office is vandalized, and many, many people appear to have a plausible motive. It turns out that it was just Linda throwing a party, but she goes on a date with the clueless cop assigned to the case to keep him quiet. Meanwhile, Bob has been hanging out in Becker's apartment during the day and impersonating the doctor.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Wrong ManNovember 13, 2000 · 23 min
    "The one who got away" comes back into Becker's life looking to rekindle the flame -- even though she's married. He entertains an invitation up to her hotel room, but after he hallucinates his friends mirroring his own guilt, he makes the hard decision to leave shortly after getting there. Meanwhile, Margaret struggles desperately to get Linda and Becker to sit still long enough to have a staff meeting.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. BeckerethicsNovember 20, 2000 · 23 min
    Becker's car is stolen and things work out to his benefit with the insurance company; Reggie receives a very unexpected marriage proposal on her second date with a new guy.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmNovember 27, 2000 · 23 min
    Becker decides to quit smoking -- unfortunately, on a day when nothing goes right; Margaret is worried that her marriage is falling apart when her husband plans a trip to Atlantic City without her; when Linda keeps screwing up an X-ray, she convinces an old woman that she's crazy to get the woman to keep coming in for new X-rays; Bob, instead of fixing Becker's broken radiator, sleeps in Becker's bed and breaks his clock radio; and Reggie makes Becker do a memory test for a school project.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Dr. Angry HeadDecember 11, 2000 · 23 min
    Dr. Becker's back goes out on Christmas Eve, stranding him in a holiday nightmare. Trying to cut through a crowded department store on Christmas Eve, Becker stumbles into a Christmas display and knocks his back out, leaving him immobilized in Santa's Village. While the same grating Christmas tune plays over and over again, Becker waits for the paramedics and lives out his worst nightmare as he is assaulted by toy trains, cheerful pandas and really irritating kids. Meanwhile, Reggie decides to one-up an annoying woman who collects presents for orphans by organizing an unusual toy drive at the diner.
  4. Episode 10: 10. Margaret's DreamDecember 18, 2000 · 23 min
    Margaret has an erotic dream about Becker; Jake accidentally signs for a keg of beer, so Reggie can't return it. Since Reggie also doesn't have a liquor license and therefore can't sell it, she, Jake, and Bob decide to drink it all.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Heart BreakerJanuary 8, 2001 · 23 min
    Everyone makes fun of John when he starts dating an attractive 27-year-old lawyer (Angela Shelton) and even he begins to wonder if everything is fine after he experiences chest pains when the subject of sex comes up.
  6. Episode 12: 12. The Trouble with HarryJanuary 22, 2001 · 23 min
    John has his hands full when a former patient dies and leaves him his ashes, and a current patient suffers a puzzling rapid heartbeat. Elsewhere, Reggie turns a blind eye to her handsome new boyfriend's glaring flaws
  7. Episode 13: 13. The Princess CruiseFebruary 5, 2001 · 23 min
    Dr. Becker sails off on a gay cruise because of Linda; Jake's girlfriend is letting her looks go due to his blindness.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Pretty PoisonFebruary 12, 2001 · 23 min
    John's former flame, Megan (Jaclyn Smith), appears unexpectedly at his door and announces that she has left her husband and wants to move in with John.
  9. Episode 15: 15. 2001 1/2: A Graduation OdysseyFebruary 19, 2001 · 23 min
    John is honored when he's asked to fill in for the mayor and be the commencement speaker at his old high school, until he discovers why the mayor dropped out.
  10. Episode 16: 16. Elder HostileFebruary 26, 2001 · 23 min
    Jake's grandmother (Adrian Ricard), who insists she has a heart murmur, gets angry at John when he declares her to be in good health; Reggie goes through an old high-school yearbook and gets more depressed by the minute; Margaret becomes concerned about Linda's relationship with a young boy.
  11. Episode 17: 17. The Ugly TruthMarch 5, 2001 · 23 min
    Reggie secretly conducts a psychology experiment on John to see if he treats attractive patients the same as unattractive ones. Also, Jake gets into a jam when he's accidentally sent a driver's license.
  12. Episode 18: 18. The More You KnowMarch 19, 2001 · 23 min
    John doesn't know what to do when he accidentally learns that Linda and Reggie are dating the same guy; Bob tries in vain to figure out who the hooker is in his building.
  13. Episode 19: 19. You Say Gay Son, I Say GodsonApril 9, 2001 · 23 min
    John, for once, is at a loss for words when his godson (Marc Valera) seeks his advice on how to tell his father that he is gay; Reggie gets caught up in a game of one-upmanship with a snooty acquaintance (Molly Hagan).
  14. Episode 20: 20. Nocturnal OmissionsApril 16, 2001 · 23 min
    John is crankier than normal when he suffers a bout of insomnia, which he believes can be cured by watching mindless TV shows. Unfortunately, his TV set is broken and he refuses to buy a new one.
  15. Episode 21: 21. The TorMentorApril 23, 2001 · 23 min
    John is excited when he learns that his favorite college professor from Harvard is coming to town. But when John meets him, he's shocked to discover that the man doesn't remember him.
  16. Episode 22: 22. Small WonderApril 30, 2001 · 23 min
    John takes an out-of-shape patient (Alan Blumenfeld) to a gym to work out, but the man has a heart attack there and then sues John; Linda dyes her hair blonde and suspects that's the reason people think she's dumb.
  17. Episode 23: 23. Sue YouMay 7, 2001 · 23 min
    John refuses to settle Vinny's lawsuit against him, despite the advice of his lawyer, Ruth, because he feels like it would imply guilt. Ruth impresses upon him that he could lose, and would then more or less have to shut down his practice. He finally decides to settle when he realizes how many people, both patients and employees, depend on him. Unfortunately, his decision doesn't sit well and he goes and tells Vinny that he will absolutely not settle. Jake and Bob try to think of the worst way to die. Linda pretends to like an ugly sweater/vest that Margaret's unemployed husband knits for her, and Margaret catches Linda in her lie by giving her one of her own to wear.
  18. Episode 24: 24. Trials and DefibrillationsMay 14, 2001 · 23 min
    As the series' third season comes to a close, John Becker is being taken to court by a patient who claims the doctor almost killed him. The patient, Vinny, is suing John for allegedly causing him to have a heart attack by taking him to a gym for a workout. John maintains that Vinny would have had the heart attack anyway and that going to the gym had nothing to do with it. Defending John from his insurance company is a pretty attorney, and, of course, John finds fault with her, too. She refuses to let the hot-tempered doctor take the stand, fearing that he won't be able to keep a lid on his anger.

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EPISODE LENGTH
22 minutes
FIRST AIRED
November 2, 1998
LAST AIRED
January 28, 2004
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Dave Hackel Productions, Industry Entertainment Partners, Paramount Television

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