9.0/102 votes#1 - City Lights
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/21/1998
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
9.0/101 votes#2 - Cooked
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2000
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.
Director: Ken Levine
Writer: Russ Woody
9.0/102 votes#3 - One Wong Move
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2000
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/102 votes#4 - Tell Me Lies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/1998
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/102 votes#5 - Regarding Reggie
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1999
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#6 - 2001 1/2: A Graduation Odyssey
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2001
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#7 - Breakfast of Chumpions
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2001
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#8 - Talking Points
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2002
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#9 - L.A. Woman
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2002
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#10 - Bad to the Bone
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2003
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.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Russ Woody
8.0/101 votes#11 - Ms. Fortune
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2003
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Russ Woody
7.5/104 votes#12 - Becuming a Magichin
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2016
Growing impatient, Miranda skips ahead in the Five-Phase Plan and studies magic with Patrick. But their act hits a last-minute snag.
Director: Andrew Gaynord
Writer: Russ Woody
7.0/101 votes#13 - The Naked and the Dead
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1985
Dr. Westphall tries to deal with his critical sister-in-law and a reluctant hospital board; Luther becomes Axelrod's personal trainer; Roxanne asks Chandler to her recital; Rosenthal worries over the threats of an assaulted teenager; Dr. Caldwell's questionable behavior continues at the hospital; and Dr. Craig proves to be of little help to his grieving wife.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Russ Woody
7.0/101 votes#14 - Women Unchained
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1987
Shirley Daniels returns to the hospital as a patient; Mrs. Craig offers Griffin a place to stay; Chandler and Novino compete to see who can correctly diagnose a difficult patient; and Ehrlich and Papandrao face wedding rumors when they return from Mexico.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Russ Woody
7.0/102 votes#15 - Larry Spoke
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/22/1999
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
6.7/103 votes#16 - Netwerking at the Nursing Home
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2016
Miranda's visit to an ailing aunt turns into an audition when Uncle Jim spots a movie director in the nursing home. A jealous Patrick confronts Owen.
Director: Andrew Gaynord
Writer: Russ Woody
6.0/101 votes#17 - Nowhere to Run
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1988
Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor who's linked to mob-run prostitution, Miles fears for his life when he receives his first death threat.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Russ Woody
6.0/104 votes#18 - The Front Door
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2009
When Axl accidentally breaks down the front door, Mike insists that, he fix it in order to teach him a lesson, which leaves the Heck house wide open for days. At work, Frankie needs to sell a car within a week or she will have to wear a dog suit outside the lot for promotion. Meanwhile, it's picture day at school and Sue is concerned because she has never had a flattering picture taken of herself.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Russ Woody
5.0/101 votes#19 - Pain in the Aspirin
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1999
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Russ Woody
5.0/102 votes#20 - Trials and Defibrillations
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2001
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.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Russ Woody
1.0/101 votes#21 - It's How You Play the Game
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1989
To get the public to see Frank's piece on the homeless, the FYI team competes with Jerry Gold's show on its level, with surprising results.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Russ Woody
1.0/101 votes#22 - Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1989
While Murphy is throwing a birthday party for Gene Kinsella, Miles recognizes a woman he had a one-night stand with at a broadcaster's convention, Mrs. Kinsella. However, Kinsella thinks that his wife is having an affair with Frank.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Russ Woody
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"City Lights" is the best rated episode written by Russ Woody. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Andy Ackerman. It aired on 12/21/1998 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Cooked".