The Best Episodes Written By Russ Woody

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - City Lights

   S1:E712/21/1998

   Becker is crabbier than ever when a flickering street light keeps him from getting any sleep. When the city refuses to make the broken street light a priority assignment, Becker takes matters into his own hands to ensure that he gets a proper night's rest. Meanwhile, Margaret agrees to let Linda bring one personal item into the office, unaware that Linda's item is breathing.

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   #2 - Married to the Job

   S2:E410/7/1993

   An evening out at Riff's sees Paul complaining about his meddlesome new producer, and Jamie venting about her same old credit-grabbing boss, who happens to be seated nearby.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Regarding Reggie

   S1:E225/17/1999

   Becker fears that Reggie may get the wrong idea if he asks her to be his date at a medical fundraiser. Fearing that Reggie will misread his invitation, Becker struggles to find someone else to take to the event. Despite his resistance, his friends insist that he should just ask Reggie. The ongoing pressure causes Becker to recall the first time he was rejected by the opposite sex, as Prequel Monday concludes with a flashback sequence of a 10-year-old Becker asking a little girl to a school dance.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Cooked

   S2:E235/15/2000

   Liz is offered a job in Chicago, which prompts John to tell her how he feels about her. He quickly regrets doing it, fearing he'll lose his freedom.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - 2001 1/2: A Graduation Odyssey

   S3:E152/19/2001

   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.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Talking Points

   S4:E183/18/2002

   When a patient loses the ability to speak, John gets him a machine that talks for him, but the man uses it to lash out at people; Bob turns into an environmentalist to impress a girl; Linda accuses Margaret of stealing her bracelet.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Tell Me Lies

   S1:E411/30/1998

   Becker and Jake notice that Reggie is upset about something, but she refuses to tell them why. Becker presses Reggie for details, but she responds with a series of lies before finally revealing the truth.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Bad to the Bone

   S5:E122/2/2003

   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.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Ms. Fortune

   S5:E194/6/2003

   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 a grapefruit company.

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    #10 - Breakfast of Chumpions

    S4:E210/8/2001

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

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    #11 - Larry Spoke

    S1:E142/22/1999

    Becker copes with a patient who believes he can talk directly to God; Linda decides to keep a jacket mistakenly returned to her by her dry cleaner.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - L.A. Woman

    S5:E310/20/2002

    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; Jake worries that Amanda is decorating his apartment in an overly feminine fashion.

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    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #13 - The Front Door

    S1:E611/4/2009

    Mike insists that only Axl fix the front door after he knocks it down; Frankie must sell a car within a week; and its school picture time for a photographically challenged Sue.

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    5.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Pain in the Aspirin

    S2:E1011/22/1999

    As Becker continues to recoup from his gunshot wound, he's caught off guard when Elizabeth claims that she doesn't have any aspirin -- although he found a bottle of them among her things while earlier snooping through her purse. Becker, of course dismissing his own bad behavior, is miffed at her actions and begins to think that she may not have an honest bone in her body. Meanwhile, Bob wins the lottery.

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    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - One Wong Move

    S3:E310/23/2000

    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.

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    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Trials and Defibrillations

    S3:E245/14/2001

    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.

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