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Becker Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
The Film Critic
Mon, Oct 9, 200021 mins
Doctor John Becker tries in vain over and over to see a movie without the experience being ruined for him - wither by other movie patrons or friends and patients spoiling the plot ahead of his viewing. Meanwhile, Margaret is having trouble coping with her marital problems between her and Louis.
Episode 2
SuperBob
Mon, Oct 16, 2000
After Becker's building super dies from a heart-attack, Bob successfully takes over with some help from Linda. Reggie receives a proposal after only two dates, unaware that her boyfriend is already engaged to be married.
Episode 3
One Wong Move
Mon, Oct 23, 200021 mins
Challenged to do so by his friends, Dr. John Becker changes his routine with disastrous results. When he decides to eat at a new Chinese restaurant things go wrong. Meanwhile, Linda gets a stalker, Margaret gets food poisoning, Bob gets punched in the nose, and Reggie and Jake lose $80 to a scam artist.
Episode 4
What Indifference a Day Makes
Mon, Oct 30, 200021 mins
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.
Episode 5
The Usual Suspects
Mon, Nov 6, 200021 mins
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.
Episode 6
The Wrong Man
Mon, Nov 13, 2000
"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.
Episode 7
Beckerethics
Mon, Nov 20, 200021 mins
Becker's car is stolen, and he settles favorably with the insurance company. Reggie receives a marriage proposal on her second date with a new guy.
Episode 8
Smoke 'em If You Got 'Em
Mon, Nov 27, 200021 mins
Becker decides to quit smoking. Reggie makes Becker do a memory test for a school project. Margaret is worried that her marriage is falling apart when her husband plans a trip to Atlantic City without her. Linda repeatedly convinces an elderly woman that she needs her hand x-rayed when, in reality, Linda keeps botching the process. Instead of fixing Becker's broken radiator, Bob sleeps in Becker's bed and breaks his clock radio.
Episode 9
Dr. Angry Head
Mon, Dec 11, 200021 mins
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.
Episode 10
Margaret's Dream
Mon, Dec 18, 200021 mins
Margaret has a surprise erotic dream about Doctor John Becker. Meanwhile, Jake accidentally signs for a keg of beer, so Reggie can't return it. Since Reggie also doesn't have a liquor license for the diner she therefore can't sell it. Jake, Bob and Reggie decide they will have to drink it all themselves.
Episode 11
Heart Breaker
Mon, Jan 8, 200121 mins
Everyone begins making fun of Doctor John Becker 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 between the couple.
Episode 12
The Trouble with Harry
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
Doctor John Becker has his hands full when a former patient dies and leaves him his ashes. Also, a current patient suffers a puzzling rapid heartbeat that Becker tries to get to the bottom of. Elsewhere, Reggie turns a blind eye to her handsome new boyfriend's glaring flaws.
Episode 13
The Princess Cruise
Mon, Feb 5, 200121 mins
Linda inadvertently books John on a gay cruise. Jakes's girlfriend lets her appearance slide because he's blind.
Episode 14
Pretty Poison
Mon, Feb 12, 2001
After Becker gets reunited with his childhood 'fantasy', Megan, Becker becomes happy and life is going great for him....Not for long. Becker then finds out that Megan has been using him for many reasons.
Episode 15
2001 1/2: A Graduation Odyssey
Mon, Feb 19, 200130 mins
Becker is asked to perform a speech in front of a class of graduating students in the Mayor's absence. He is eagerly brainstorming things to say, little does he know the graduating class is the class of "2001 and a half".
Episode 16
Elder Hostile
Mon, Feb 26, 2001
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.
Episode 17
The Ugly Truth
Mon, Mar 5, 2001
Reggie conducts an experiment on Becker for a psychology course to see if he treats attractive patients more favorably than unattractive ones. Jake is accidentally sent a driver's license.
Episode 18
The More You Know
Mon, Mar 19, 200121 mins
John doesn't know what to do when he accidentally learns that Linda and Reggie are dating the same man. Bob tries to figure out the identity of the prostitute in his building.
Episode 19
You Say Gay Son I Say Godson
Mon, Apr 9, 2001
John Becker (Ted Dansen), for once, is at a loss for words when his godson Adam (Marc Valera) seeks his advice on how to tell his father that he is gay. Meanwhile; Reggie gets caught up in a game of one-upmanship with a snooty acquaintance, Sara (Molly Hagan).
Episode 20
Nocturnal Omissions
Mon, Apr 16, 200121 mins
In this episode Doctor John Becker is even more crankier than normal when he suffers a bout of insomnia, which he believes can be cured by watching mindless Television shows. Unfortunately, his Television set is broken and but he stubbornly refuses to buy a new one.
Episode 21
The TorMentor
Mon, Apr 23, 200130 mins
John is excited to learn that his favorite Harvard professor in town for a book signing. But he's shocked to discover that the man doesn't remember him.
Episode 22
Small Wonder
Mon, Apr 30, 2001
Becker takes an out-of-shape patient to a gym to work out. The man has a heart attack and sues Becker. Linda suspects that people think she's dumb because she has dyed her hair blonde.
Episode 23
Sue You
Mon, May 7, 200130 mins
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.
Episode 24
Trials and Defibrillations
Mon, May 14, 200120 mins
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.
