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The Best Episodes of Becker Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Becker Season 3 Episode 13 - The Princess Cruise
    8.3/10(173 votes)

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Ken Levine
    Writer:Michael Markowitz

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  2. Becker Season 3 Episode 8 - Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    S3:E8

    Becker decides to quit smoking -- unfortunately, on a day when nothing goes right; Margaret is worried that her marriage is falling apart when her husband plans a trip to Atlantic City without her; when Linda keeps screwing up an X-ray, she convinces an old woman that she's crazy to get the woman to keep coming in for new X-rays; Bob, instead of fixing Becker's broken radiator, sleeps in Becker's bed and breaks his clock radio; and Reggie makes Becker do a memory test for a school project.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Becker Season 3 Episode 24 - Trials and Defibrillations
    7.9/10(148 votes)

    S3:E24

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  4. Becker Season 3 Episode 18 - The More You Know
    7.8/10(145 votes)

    S3:E18

    John doesn't know what to do when he accidentally learns that Linda and Reggie are dating the same guy; Bob tries in vain to figure out who the hooker is in his building.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:David Isaacs

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  5. Becker Season 3 Episode 2 - SuperBob
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    S3:E2

    Becker's super dies and Bob takes his job, and the diner is packed, but no one is a paying customer.

    Director:Ken Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Becker Season 3 Episode 17 - The Ugly Truth
    7.7/10(145 votes)

    S3:E17

    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 he's accidentally sent a driver's license.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Matthew Weiner

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  7. Becker Season 3 Episode 3 - One Wong Move
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  8. Becker Season 3 Episode 5 - The Usual Suspects
    7.6/10(141 votes)

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Ken Levine
    Writer:Ken Levine

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  9. Becker Season 3 Episode 11 - Heart Breaker
    7.6/10(143 votes)

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Wilding

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  10. Becker Season 3 Episode 12 - The Trouble with Harry
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    S3:E12

    John has his hands full when a former patient dies and leaves him his ashes, and a current patient suffers a puzzling rapid heartbeat. Elsewhere, Reggie turns a blind eye to her handsome new boyfriend's glaring flaws

    Director:Wil Shriner
    Writers:Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano

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  11. Becker Season 3 Episode 20 - Nocturnal Omissions
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    S3:E20

    John is crankier than normal when he suffers a bout of insomnia, which he believes can be cured by watching mindless TV shows. Unfortunately, his TV set is broken and he refuses to buy a new one.

    Director:Wil Shriner
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Becker Season 3 Episode 4 - What Indifference a Day Makes
    7.5/10(130 votes)

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Markowitz

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  13. Becker Season 3 Episode 9 - Dr. Angry Head
    7.5/10(141 votes)

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Becker Season 3 Episode 10 - Margaret's Dream
    7.5/10(141 votes)

    S3:E10

    Margaret has an erotic dream about Becker; Jake accidentally signs for a keg of beer, so Reggie can't return it. Since Reggie also doesn't have a liquor license and therefore can't sell it, she, Jake, and Bob decide to drink it all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Becker Season 3 Episode 21 - The TorMentor
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    S3:E21

    John is excited when he learns that his favorite college professor from Harvard is coming to town. But when John meets him, he's shocked to discover that the man doesn't remember him.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Becker Season 3 Episode 23 - Sue You
    7.5/10(133 votes)

    S3:E23

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Becker Season 3 Episode 6 - The Wrong Man
    7.4/10(133 votes)

    S3:E6

    "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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Matthew Weiner

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  18. Becker Season 3 Episode 7 - Beckerethics
    7.4/10(139 votes)

    S3:E7

    Becker's 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.

    Director:Ken Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Becker Season 3 Episode 14 - Pretty Poison
    7.4/10(144 votes)

    S3:E14

    John's former flame, Megan (Jaclyn Smith), appears unexpectedly at his door and announces that she has left her husband and wants to move in with John.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Matthew Weiner

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  20. Becker Season 3 Episode 22 - Small Wonder
    7.4/10(141 votes)

    S3:E22

    John takes an out-of-shape patient (Alan Blumenfeld) to a gym to work out, but the man has a heart attack there and then sues John; Linda dyes her hair blonde and suspects that's the reason people think she's dumb.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Becker Season 3 Episode 15 - 2001 1/2: A Graduation Odyssey
    7.3/10(135 votes)

    S3:E15

    John is honored when he's 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  22. Becker Season 3 Episode 16 - Elder Hostile
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Becker Season 3 Episode 19 - You Say Gay Son, I Say Godson
    7.3/10(141 votes)

    S3:E19

    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).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gary Dontzig

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  24. Becker Season 3 Episode 1 - The Film Critic
    7.2/10(141 votes)

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Princess Cruise" is the best rated episode of Becker season 3. It scored 8.3/10 from 173 votes. Directed by Ken Levine and written by Michael Markowitz, it aired on February 5, 2001. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em".