Becker
Becker
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Becker

7.2 / 10
1998
6 seasons
129 episodes
Comedy

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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BECKER SERIES 1 Excerpt

Cast

Seasons

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.5
    02-11-199823m

    Becker deals with an HIV-positive child, and the fact that Reggie has inherited his favorite diner from her father.

  • Take These Pills and Shove 'Em

    2.Take These Pills and Shove 'Em

    7.7
    09-11-199823m

    Becker must make a house call after a patient has an adverse reaction to his brutal bedside manner. He remains hellbent on convincing his patient, Mr. Marino, to acknowledge the fa...

  • Sex in the Inner City

    3.Sex in the Inner City

    8.0
    16-11-199822m

    Despite his best efforts, Becker can't escape the sexual overtones that follow him throughout the day. He starts his morning at the cafe where Reggie and Jake are discussing the va...

  • Tell Me Lies

    4.Tell Me Lies

    8.0
    30-11-199823m

    Becker and Jake notice that Reggie is upset about something, but she refuses to tell them why. Becker presses Reggie for details, but she responds with a series of lies before fina...

  • My Dinner With Becker

    5.My Dinner With Becker

    8.0
    07-12-199823m

    Becker initially declines the offer of a blind date, but he eventually agrees to meet the woman. After hearing about her passion for line-dancing, karaoke and aroma therapy, Becker...

  • Man Plans, God Laughs

    6.Man Plans, God Laughs

    8.5
    14-12-199823m

    Becker's attempt at friendship is short lived; with Margaret at home with the flu, the flaky Linda is left in charge of the office; Reggie receives an unwelcome visit from a former...

  • City Lights

    7.City Lights

    9.0
    21-12-199823m

    Becker is crabbier than ever when a flickering street light keeps him from getting any sleep. When the city refuses to make the broken street light a priority assignment, Becker ta...

  • Physician, Heal Thyself

    8.Physician, Heal Thyself

    8.0
    11-01-199923m

    The disagreeable doc gets even more irritable when he becomes the patient in this pungent episode of the surprise hit of the season. The arrogant Bronx doctor is once again complai...

  • Choose Me

    9.Choose Me

    7.0
    18-01-199923m

    When Reggie announces that she has an extra ticket to a Rangers-Flyers hockey game, Jake and Becker each makes it his primary goal to be chosen as the lucky recipient.

  • P.C. World

    10.P.C. World

    7.5
    25-01-199922m

    When a self-serving reporter witnesses a heated argument between Becker and a man at the diner, he determines that Becker's comments are "politically incorrect" and uses his column...

  • Scriptus Interruptus

    11.Scriptus Interruptus

    7.5
    01-02-199923m

    Becker agrees to write an article for a fellow doctor's medical journal, but has trouble finishing the project. With the article's deadline quickly approaching, Becker tries desper...

  • Love! Lies! Bleeding!

    12.Love! Lies! Bleeding!

    7.5
    08-02-199923m

    Becker, not convinced of the wonders of love after witnessing a woman stab her husband with a fork, is forced to consult a teenager who wants a vasectomy, treat a woman with a seve...

  • Becker the Elder

    13.Becker the Elder

    8.5
    15-02-199923m

    Becker is less than thrilled when his estranged father, Fred, makes an unannounced visit. Although Becker is unhappy to see his father, the others are instantly charmed by Fred's e...

  • Larry Spoke

    14.Larry Spoke

    7.0
    22-02-199923m

    Becker copes with a patient who believes he can talk directly to God; Linda decides to keep a jacket mistakenly returned to her by her dry cleaner.

  • Activate Your Choices

    15.Activate Your Choices

    8.5
    01-03-199922m

    When Becker learns that his ex-wife Sandra is in town for a book signing tour, he feigns disinterest until he learns that chapters of her new self-help publication denounces "Angry...

  • Limits & Boundaries

    16.Limits & Boundaries

    7.5
    08-03-199923m

    When a patient's mother desperately needs Becker to watch her two kids for the day, he reluctantly agrees and then makes Margaret and Linda keep an eye on them. But when the day tu...

  • Partial Law

    17.Partial Law

    8.0
    05-04-199922m

    When Becker's computer is stolen from his apartment, he's shocked to learn that the insurance company's reimbursement won't even cover the cost of a keyboard. Against his better ju...

  • Saving Harvey Cohen

    18.Saving Harvey Cohen

    9.0
    12-04-199923m

    Much to Becker's dismay, an alley cat finds its way into his office and refuses to leave. When they realize that the cat is sick, Becker's guilted into taking care of it -- to the...

  • Truth and Consequences

    19.Truth and Consequences

    7.5
    19-04-199923m

    Becker's cousin Berry invites him over to his house for dinner, and Becker learns first-hand that Berry and his wife are having major marital problems. However, Becker makes the si...

  • Drive, They Said

    20.Drive, They Said

    8.0
    03-05-199923m

    Becker reluctantly agrees to shuttle Reggie, Margaret, Jake and Linda to various engagements in Queens when they learn that he's heading that way in his car. It quickly becomes a "...

  • Lucky Day

    21.Lucky Day

    9.0
    10-05-199923m

    A prime parking space, an unexpected tax refund and a flawless trip to the post office are just a few of the lucky breaks bestowed upon Becker. Unable to accept the idea that he mi...

  • Regarding Reggie

    22.Regarding Reggie

    8.0
    17-05-199922m

    Becker fears that Reggie may get the wrong idea if he asks her to be his date at a medical fundraiser. Fearing that Reggie will misread his invitation, Becker struggles to find som...

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