Becker

- Season 4

(2001)

Continuing from last season, Becker is ordered by a judge to see a therapist about his problem with authority. Jake tires of his new girlfriend's wanting to describe for him every little thing she's doing. Linda lobbies for a raise.

John is more irritable than usual when he tries once again to quit smoking. Reggie believes a friendly, fortunate customer stole all of her good luck and left her with his former bad luck.

Everyone at the diner is surprised when Jake announces that he got married over the weekend to a woman he met at a friend's wedding.

A con man posing as a homeless person deceives everyone at the diner. In need of extra cash, Margaret takes on a second job, then regrets it.

John follows Reggie's advice about telling women that he's sorry when they're hurt. Jake and Bob swap jobs.

John hurts his shoulder and is afraid to have an MRI. Linda dates identical twins.

Jake runs into a depressed man who is about to hang himself. So Jake takes him back to the diner to cheer him up. John learns that a patient's wife is pregnant by another man.

Reggie "connects" with the husband of her friend Sara, while at dinner initially with Becker and Sara.

John tries to keep a casual love affair alive, while Bob tries to turn a Super Bowl ring he found into his ticket to fame and fortune.

John reluctantly agrees to buy a gift for a poor child. He then discovers that he also has to deliver it. Bob visits his mother, who still treats him like a child.

Becker's patients include two young men who want a prescription for medical marijuana and a man who is upset to learn that he isn't dying after all. Jake challenges Bob to a game of scrabble.

Reggie begins dating one of John's recently divorced friends. However, she can't stop obsessing about the man's former wife.

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

Becker bores a bartender with a story about his ex-wife's wedding.

John worries that women no longer find him attractive after Jake's girlfriend makes an apparently disparaging remark to him. Linda worries that she is being replaced by a competent, polite temp.

Becker's intended talk to children about nutrition abruptly becomes a discussion about sex. Two police officers conduct a stakeout at the diner.

An unflattering picture of someone other than John is placed in an article about him, causing him distress.

John gets a portable talking computer for his speech-impaired patient, with unintended consequences.

Reggie becomes obsessed with helping Jake reach goals he developed in the sixth grade. Linda saves a patient's life and practically assumes the role of a second doctor at Becker's office.

Bob uses a questionable friend to get Reggie a great deal on a new freezer. John acts as a sex therapist for the Bennetts, an 80-year-old couple having difficulties because of Mr. Bennett's newly revived libido.

Becker is furious because someone has tampered with his laundry and mail and left his apartment covered with roaches. He is sure these developments are all the result of intentional sabotage by his neighbours.

When John receives some expensive steaks from a patient, his new neighbor Chris cajoles him into throwing a party.

John is surprisingly concerned when he learns that his new neighbour Chris has left town without saying goodbye. Reggie assumes that John has more than casual feelings for Chris. Linda sublets her job for a week to a girl who actually manages to do less work than Linda.

Reggie and Chris compete for John's affection. Linda takes Margaret out for a night on the town.