Becker

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

Despite his best efforts, Becker cant escape the sexual overtones that follow him throughout the day. He starts his morning at the cafe where Reggie and Jake are discussing the various things they do to release sexual tension. When Reggie suggests jogging, Becker quickly dismisses the idea, declaring that he doesnt have any such issues. As his day progresses, a bemused Becker is faced with various circumstances that make him all too aware of his sex life -- or, rather, lack thereof.

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 is kicking himself for not trusting his instincts. Meanwhile, Reggies evening goes south when she realizes that the guy shes dating is just too... nice.

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 takes matters into his own hands to ensure that he gets a proper nights rest. Meanwhile, Margaret agrees to let Linda bring one personal item into the office, unaware that Lindas item is breathing.

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.

Becker agrees to write an article for a fellow doctors medical journal, but has trouble finishing the project. With the articles deadline quickly approaching, Becker tries desperately to find a place to sit and hash out the piece. Unfortunately, he cant seem to acquire five minutes of quiet time before something or someone finds a way to interrupt his concentration.

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 Freds easygoing, jovial manner. Despite Beckers chilly welcome, Fred refuses to give up on resuming contact with his polar opposite son.

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 Man," a pseudonym for Becker. When Becker confronts Sarah at her hotel, it becomes abundantly clear that their explosive chemistry remains fiercely intact.

When Beckers computer is stolen from his apartment, hes shocked to learn that the insurance companys reimbursement wont even cover the cost of a keyboard. Against his better judgment, he purchases a top of the line system via shady means and soon realizes hes made a "fatal error."

Beckers cousin Barry invites him over to his house for dinner, and Becker learns first-hand than Barry and his wife are having major marital problems. However, Becker makes the situation worse by letting it slip that Barry once had an affair.

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 might just be having a good day, he remains wary of each new stroke of luck and convinces himself that payback is on its way.

Becker performs his doctorly duties at the diner when a woman begins to choke on her food. After regaining her composure, the woman intensely expresses her gratitude to Becker, which takes him more than a little off-guard. As the days go by, Beckers fears are compounded when she begins to drop by the office and his apartment bearing gifts and well-wishes. Soon enough, Becker is outright panicked, and convinced that shes a certifiable lunatic whos become a danger to his well-being.

When Dr. John Becker finds out that one of his patients is dating Reggie, he decides to give the guy some free advice on how to "court her properly." Meantime, Linda becomes a volunteer for Big Sisters and gets stuck being a mentor to a greedy brat who takes advantage of her at every turn.

Reggie begins dating Jordan, the most popular guy from her high school, who is building a hospital in the area, but quickly learns his dark side. Meanwhile, John fumes over his former research partners patent for anti-wrinkle cream, and Linda adopts the bum who hangs out in the office doorway.

Becker starts receiving phone calls from a woman he doesnt know, so he tries to avoid her. The strange woman shows up at the diner to explain that a mutual friend suggested they meet while she is in town. Taking a liking to each other, Becker and his new friend begin to spend a lot of time together, that is, until she confesses a shocking secret that sends Becker reeling.

Confined to his apartment during the recuperation period, Becker is subjected to the intruding lifestyles of those who live in his building, which has him seeing red. His mood brightens -- temporarily -- when his doctor from the hospital, Elizabeth Carson, makes a house call. Meanwhile, "good help is hard to find" takes on a new meaning when Margaret and Linda try to find a doctor to fill in for Becker.

Jakes old friend, who was responsible for the car accident in which Jake lost his sight, pays him a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Margaret tries to get out of an annual road trip with some nursing school friends; and Becker experiences screen envy when Jake wins a huge television at his grandmothers church raffle.

Johns waiting room turns into a maze of boxes when Linda orders too many supplies; Reggie becomes attracted to a much younger student and Margaret learns that a former patient died and has included her in her will.

A judge sentences John to attend an anger-management class after he insults two police officers. Its taught by Richard, an irritating calm instructor -- and needless to say, Becker is hardly on his way to graduating with honors.Meanwhile, after Bobs mother kicks him out of her retirement home, Linda invites him to move in with her -- much to everyone elses dismay.

Annoyed that they never hang out with other people, Beckers girlfriend, Liz, makes him throw a dinner party. Becker invites the gang, although only Reggie and her date attend -- a college boy she worries is too young for her -- unless you count the complete stranger with whom Becker seems to have the most in common.

After John agrees to take on a vacationing doctors patients and one of them dies, he inadvertently leaves a phone message, then desperately tries to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Linda tries to comfort her friend Lynda, who wont leave the office; and Reggie and Jake trade barbs during a slow time in the diner.

Jake asks out a friendly young woman only to break up with her after he learns that shes also blind; Margaret tries to discover why a grouchy patient likes everyone but her.

Liz is offered a job in Chicago, which prompts John to tell her how he feels about her. He quickly regrets doing it, fearing hell lose his freedom.

Becker tries in vain to see a movie without the experience being ruined for him, while Margaret has trouble coping with her marital problems.

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.

Beckers 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 Beckers apartment during the day and impersonating the doctor.

Beckers 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.

Dr. Beckers 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 Santas 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.

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.

Dr. Becker sails off on a gay cruise because of Linda; Jakes girlfriend is letting her looks go due to his blindness.

John is honored when hes 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.

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 hes accidentally sent a drivers license.

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).

John is excited when he learns that his favorite college professor from Harvard is coming to town. But when John meets him, hes shocked to discover that the man doesnt remember him.

John refuses to settle Vinnys 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 doesnt 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 Margarets unemployed husband knits for her, and Margaret catches Linda in her lie by giving her one of her own to wear.

At the end of last season, John was thrown in jail for contempt of court during a malpractice case. Tonight, hes released after reluctantly apologizing to a judge, who orders him to see a therapist and work on his problem with authority. However, the therapist, Katherine Simmons, is dealing with her own authority issues, which John winds up "helping" her work out. Becker is shocked one night when she shows up at his apartment a changed woman. Elsewhere, Jake grows weary of his new girlfriends annoying habit of describing for him every little thing shes doing; and Linda lobbies for a raise.

Everyones shocked when Jake announces that he got married over the weekend to a woman he met at a friends wedding. After realising he may have rushed things, Jake gets an annulment.

John takes Reggies advice that he should tell women that hes sorry when he disappoints them, only to have it backfire; Jake and Bob switch jobs for the day.

Jake encounters a depressed man who is about to hang himself, so he takes him back to the diner to cheer him up; John learns that a patients wife is pregnant by another man.

John believes he is finally in a perfect relationship after seeing Laura for several months. Their no-strings, no-pressure friendship is just right for him: its filled with casual sex and devoid of responsibility. Unfortunately for John, its no longer ideal for Laura. She wants a commitment, which is something John just isnt ready to make. Elsewhere, Bob boasts about finding a Super Bowl ring in the backseat of a cab and plans to sell it rather than try to find its rightful owner; and Linda tries to talk her parents out of getting a divorce.

Johns day is filled with wacky people, from two guys who want a prescription for marijuana to a man who is upset when he learns that he isnt dying.

John agrees to give free medical care to Bob, Reggie and Jake in exchange for repairs, food and magazines.

John worries that women no longer find him attractive after Jakes girlfriend makes a disparaging remark to him; Linda fears that a pretty temp is going to replace her.

John is elated to learn that an article he submitted is being published in The New York Medical Journal, but when it appears, his article is accompanied by a picture of an overweight, unattractive stranger. After constant phone calls to correct the mistake, John is finally able to meet Wally, the editor, but then even more damage occurs. Meanwhile, Jake loses his hearing after going to a concert, and Linda is the dumpee-not the dumper-when she goes out Arnoldo the water delivery man.

To Jakes horror, Reggie is obsessed with assisting him reach a goal he made up in the sixth grade. Reggies persistence only causes pain and embarrassment for Jake, and she refuses to listen to Johns pleas to leave Jake alone. Meanwhile, Linda drives the office crazy when she saves a patients life and now thinks she can skip medical school and go straight to telling John and Margaret what to do.

Dr. John Beckers laundry, apartment and mail have all been tampered with and he is sure the culprit is one of his pesky neighbors. Determined to solve the mystery, he decides to confront all the tenants and barges into his buildings weekly board meeting. Meanwhile Chris, the new girl in Beckers apartment building, is a hit with the gang at the diner, but her perky behavior only serves to darken his already miserable day.

John is surprisingly flustered when he learns that his upbeat neighbor Chris left town without saying goodbye. Reggies womans intuition kicks in and she immediately assumes that John has more than just casual feelings for his neighbor. Meanwhile, Linda sublets her job for a week to a girl who actually manages to do less work than Linda.

Becker spends the night with Reggie, but whilst trying to sneak out of the diner, Jake discovers him and finds out everything. Becker decides to dump Chris, and when she comes to the diner he tells her that he slept with Reggie and cant be with her. Later Becker has second thoughts and after a conversation with Linda about following your heart, decides to dump Reggie and be with Chris. He goes to the diner but Reggie is nowhere to be seen. The phone rings. Its Reggie. Shes realized she hit rock bottom when she slept with Becker and has decided to leave town. Becker goes to Chris and tells her he changed his mind, and shes ready to be with him too until she finds out that Reggie left town and she assumes shes some sort of consolation prize. Meanwhile Linda argues with Margaret over what the term "next Thursday" means.

Neighbors John and Chris do whatever they can to annoy each other, from smoking cigars to using a sander at 4 A.M. to strip a floor; Linda pretends she is from L.A. to impress a new guy she is dating; Jake worries that Amanda is decorating his apartment in an overly feminine fashion.

John becomes jealous when Chris turns down his offer to watch a movie with him and instead goes out with another man. Later, in an awkward attempt to show Chris his true feelings, John shows up at her job and inadvertently gets her into trouble.

Jim Reynolds is a soft-spoken, likable man whom John is treating for high cholesterol. But Jims condition is worsening because he isnt taking his medication. The reason: One of his three alter egos, the evil Jerry, keeps hiding the pills. So John goes straight to the source and speaks to Jerry, who then accuses Jim of lying. Adding to all of the confusion is yet a third persona Jim begins to exhibit: a three-year-old girl. Elsewhere, Chris and Jake annoy each other; and Bob becomes a big brother to a 10-year-old boy.

Jake begins to believe that his blindness makes him less of a person. The feeling sets in after he allows a crook carrying cash from Chriss register to walk right past him and out of the diner. Jake even holds the door open for the thief. After Chris and Johns attempts to cheer him have the reverse effect, John figures a hockey game may help take Jakes mind off of the matter. But while the two are at the game, Jake believes he hears the robbers voice and he wants John to make a citizens arrest.

Margaret looks back 10 years to her first meeting with John, when she persuaded him to hire her and keep his practice open instead of closing shop and returning to Boston. Meanwhile, Bob hides at the diner from an angry tenant who wants him to fix a clogged drain; and Chris finds Jakes old keyboard.

Beckers old college roommate Rick Cooper, a recovering alcoholic, comes to town to make amends; but John was unaware until now that Rick was the one behind the misdeeds he confesses, which include stealing and sleeping with his wife. Meanwhile, Margaret spends time with Cliff, the medical supply salesman, until Linda accuses her of having an affair with him; and Bob becomes obsessed with his supposedly imminent death.

John is stalked by an elderly but frisky neighbor (Betty Garrett) who is determined to make him her man. Also: Linda decides to tell her boyfriend (Shawn Christian), who thinks she lives in L.A., the truth about where she resides.

John feels like climbing the walls after Chris bans smoking from the diner and Margaret wont let him light up in the office. Elsewhere, Bob convinces Jake that Amanda is cheating on him after Jake unwittingly walks into the diner wearing lime green pants that are too small for him; and Linda persuades John to treat a friends dog.

A palm reader turns up at the diner and, much to his own dismay, Becker gets caught up in the excitement and lets her take a look at his palm. Inspired by the psychic, Linda invests her inheritance in a grapefruit company.

When Chriss all-too-friendly ex-husband unexpectedly shows up and stays at her apartment, Becker tries everything he can to keep the divorced duo apart.

John and Chris reluctantly confront their feelings for each other in the sixth-season opener. Meanwhile, Chris is furious over an outrageously high hospital bill and tries to get some of the charges dismissed in a meeting with an unsympathetic hospital administrator (Paul Dooley). Jake sells his dreadlocks to pay his rent.

John tries to plan a romantic first date with Chris, but unforeseen obstacles keep cropping up; Jake gets shocking news about his grandmother after she dies in a retirement home.

Chris gets frustrated when John repeatedly refuses to hold up his end of a conversation; Linda claims that she has met “the one,” but she soon gets a big surprise; and Hector tries to persuade Jake to invest in his latest get-rich-quick scheme.

What was supposed to be a quiet Thanksgiving dinner for Becker and Chris turns into a stressful feast when Chris long-lost sister shows up. The gang learns she served time for cutting off her husbands finger in a fit of rage, and nervously watch her for signs of a relapse.

Chris gets upset when John gets a free trip to Las Vegas to speak at a medical convention, but doesnt invite her to go along because he refuses to trade in his first-class airline ticket for two coach seats. Then Becker is tempted by a lovely doctor who whispers sweet nothings in his ear during the six-hour flight. Meanwhile, an uppity plastic surgeon takes over Beckers practice during his absence.

Theres a blizzard in New York, so Chris plans a trip to Bermuda with Becker; a psychic tells Linda shes going to meet the man of her dreams; Margaret looks forward to a weekend alone.

In the series finale, Becker realizes hes happy, but Chris fears that John is going to break up with her after he invites her to dinner at a nice restaurant; Jake used his inheritance from his grandmother to go off to Northwestern University; and Linda finds a new Italian boyfriend on the subway.