Season 5

episodes

1. 1. Someone's In The Kitchen with Reggie? 2002-10-06 23 min 8.0 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 he...
2. 2. Do the Right Thing 2002-10-13 23 min 7.5 John tries desperately to persuade Chris that he chose to be with her before he learned that Reggie was leaving town, but Chris doesn't believe him. Also, Jake and Bob decide to follow in Reggie's foo...
3. 3. L.A. Woman 2002-10-20 23 min 7.0 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;...
4. 4. And The Heartbeat Goes On 2002-10-27 23 min 7.0 A grumpy patient who claims he's dying insists that John visit him in the hospital every night. Also, Bob accidentally sees Chris naked in her apartment, but what really upsets her is that he doesn't...
5. 5. The Grand Gesture 2002-11-03 23 min 8.0 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...
6. 6. The 100th 2002-11-17 23 min 3.7 John gets jealous and lies to a friend who expresses interest in Chris by telling him that she is gay. Unfortunately, the man acts on John's information and sets Chris up with a lesbian acquaintance....
7. 7. Papa Does Preach 2002-11-24 23 min 9.0 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,...
8. 8. Atlas Shirked 2002-12-01 23 min 8.0 Becker's desperately trying to figure out what happened to the atlas he ordered from a door to door high school student; Chris is an over giver; Bob plans his mother's funeral.
9. 9. Blind Injustice 2002-12-08 23 min 8.0 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...
10. 10. Chris-Mess 2002-12-15 23 min 9.0 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...
11. 11. Once Upon a Time 2003-01-05 23 min 8.0 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...
12. 12. Bad to the Bone 2003-02-02 23 min 8.0 Jake and Bob misinterpret one of Chris's phone conversations and assume that she and John are sleeping together. At the office, John tries to persuade a promiscuous teen to use condoms.
13. 13. But I've Got Friends I Haven't Used Yet 2003-02-09 23 min 8.0 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 st...
14. 14. The Pain in the Neck 2003-02-16 23 min 9.0 John gets upset when a patient refuses to take any more medication because he believes God is healing him through prayer. At the diner, Bob brags that he is part Native American and tries to cash in o...
15. 15. Nightmare on Becker Street 2003-03-02 23 min 7.0 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...
16. 16. The Job 2003-02-09 23 min 8.0 Fed up with his practice, John applies for a research position in Baltimore, without telling his friends. His suspicious behavior then leads them to believe he's either sick or on drugs.
17. 17. Thank You for Not Smoking 2003-03-16 23 min 8.0 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 un...
18. 18. Amanda Moves Out 2003-03-30 23 min 8.0 Becker's in withdrawal from cigarettes and driving everybody crazy; Jake's girlfriend leaves him for a deliveryman; Chris awaits her delivery of Supersculpt Leave-In Hair Conditioner.
19. 19. Ms. Fortune 2003-04-06 23 min 8.0 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...
20. 20. Mr. and Ms. Conception 2003-04-13 23 min 9.0 John 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'...
21. 21. Chris's Ex 2003-04-20 23 min 8.0 When Chris's all-too-friendly ex-husband unexpectedly shows up and stays at her apartment, Becker tries everything he can to keep the divorced duo apart.
22. 22. Daytime Believer 2003-04-20 23 min 8.0 John realizes he still has feelings for Chris after a series of romantic dreams about her, but he fears she doesn't feel the same way about him. Meanwhile, Linda lives in fear that something bad is go...