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Becker Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
Someone's in the Kitchen with Reggie?
Sun, Oct 6, 2002
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 can't 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. It's Reggie. She's 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 she's ready to be with him too until she finds out that Reggie left town and she assumes she's some sort of consolation prize. Meanwhile Linda argues with Margaret over what the term "next Thursday" means.
Episode 2
Do the Right Thing
Sun, Oct 13, 2002
Becker tries to convince Chris that he chose to be with her before he learned that Reggie was leaving town, but Chris doesn't believe him. Margaret and Linda try to find out the identity of a man who claims he is a former patient. Jake and Bob decide to follow in Reggie's footsteps and travel.
Episode 3
L.A. Woman
Sun, Oct 20, 2002
Neighbors John and Chris do whatever they can to annoy each other. Linda pretends she is from L.A. to impress a new man she is dating. Jake worries that Amanda is decorating his apartment in an overtly feminine fashion.
Episode 4
And the Heartbeat Goes On
Sun, Oct 27, 200230 mins
A grumpy patient who claims he's dying insists that Dr. John Becker (Ted Dansen) visit him in the hospital every night. Also, Bob (Saverio Guerra) accidentally sees Chris (Nancy Travis) naked in her apartment, but what really upsets her is that he doesn't brag to the guys about what a beautiful body she has.
Episode 5
The Grand Gesture
Sun, Nov 3, 2002
Doctor John Becker (Ted Dansen) becomes jealous when Chris (Nancy Travis) 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, Becker shows up at her job and inadvertently gets her into trouble.
Episode 6
The 100th
Sun, Nov 17, 2002
Becker tries to discourage a friend from expressing interest in Chris by telling him that she is gay. Unfortunately, the friend sets up Chris with a lesbian acquaintance. Bob buys a pair of walkie-talkies so that he and Jake can stay in constant contact.
Episode 7
Papa Does Preach
Sun, Nov 24, 2002
Jim Reynolds is a soft-spoken, likable man whom John is treating for high cholesterol. But Jim's condition is worsening because he isn't 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.
Episode 8
Atlas Shirked
Sun, Dec 1, 2002
We see Doctor John Becker (Ted Dansen) desperately trying to figure out what happened to the atlas he recently ordered from a door to door high school student. Meanwhile we discover Chris (Nancy Travis) is an over giver and we see Bob (Saverio Guerra) planning his recently deceased mother's funeral.
Episode 9
Blind Injustice
Sun, Dec 8, 2002
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 Chris's register to walk right past him and out of the diner. Jake even holds the door open for the thief. After Chris and John's attempts to cheer him have the reverse effect, John figures a hockey game may help take Jake's mind off of the matter. But while the two are at the game, Jake believes he hears the robber's voice and he wants John to make a citizen's arrest.
Episode 10
Chris-Mess
Sun, Dec 15, 2002
Chris gets jealous when she hears from John that he is dating an editor at a leading magazine and is going to spend Christmas with her in Vermont. Also: Bob fears that a street-corner Santa is out to get him, and Margaret tries to cheer up Linda by having her go caroling with a church group.
Episode 11
Once Upon a Time
Sun, Jan 5, 2003
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 Jake's old keyboard.
Episode 12
Bad to the Bone
Sun, Feb 2, 2003
Jake (Alex Désert) and Bob (Saverio Guerra) misinterpret one of Chris's (Nancy Travis) telephone conversations and assume that she and John (Ted Danson) are sleeping together. meanwhile, at the office, John Becker tries to persuade a promiscuous teen to practice safe sex and use condoms.
Episode 13
But I've Got Friends I Haven't Used Yet
Sun, Feb 9, 2003
Becker's 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.
Episode 14
The Pain in the Neck
Sun, Feb 16, 2003
Becker is upset when a patient substitutes his Christian Science faith for medical treatment. Linda tries to continue the charade of her "long-distance" relationship with a New York City resident. Bob brags that he is part Native American and tries to cash in on his newly discovered heritage.
Episode 15
Nightmare on Becker Street
Sun, Mar 2, 2003
Doctor John Becker (Ted Danson) is stalked by an elderly but frisky neighbor, Mrs. Firth, (Betty Garrett) who is determined to make him her man. Meanwhile, Linda (Shawnee Smith) decides to tell her boyfriend, Kevin, (Shawn Christian), who thinks she lives in L.A., the truth about where she resides.
Episode 16
The Job
Sun, Mar 9, 2003
John is frustrated with his practice and applies for a research position in Baltimore, without telling his staff or friends. His suspicious behavior leads them to believe he's either ill or on drugs.
Episode 17
Thank You for Not Smoking
Sun, Mar 16, 2003
John feels like climbing the walls after Chris bans smoking from the diner and Margaret won't 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 friend's dog.
Episode 18
Amanda Moves Out
Sun, Mar 30, 2003
Amanda leaves Jake for a deliveryman. Becker's withdrawal from smoking is driving everybody crazy-again. Chris awaits her delivery of hair conditioner.
Episode 19
Ms. Fortune
Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Ruby (Yeardley Smith), a palm reader turns up at the diner and, much to his own dismay, Doctor John Becker (Ted Danson) gets caught up in the excitement and allows her take a look at his palm at the insistence of his friends at the diner. Meanwhile, inspired by the psychic, Linda (Shawnee Smith) invests her inheritance in a grapefruit company in Florida.
Episode 20
Mr. and Ms. Conception
Sun, Apr 13, 2003
Dr. John Becker gets frustrated when a childless couple who come to him for advice on getting pregnant misconstrue everything he says. Elsewhere, Chris flirts with a fire marshal to get out of a ticket, but Bob's attempt to charm a police officer who is about to write him up for jaywalking backfires.
Episode 21
Chris' Ex
Sun, Apr 20, 2003
When Chris's extra-friendly ex-husband suddenly appears and stays at her apartment, Becker tries everything possible to keep the divorced couple apart.
Episode 22
Daytime Believer
Sun, Apr 20, 200322 mins
After a series of romantic dreams about Chris, John realizes he still has feelings for her but wonders if she feels the same way about him. After Linda is involved in an accident on her way to work, she fears that something bad is going to happen to her.
