Becker: The Second Season
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Actor: Alex Désert, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith, Ted Danson, Terry FarrellBrand: Becker
Producer: Gary Dontzig
Producer: Gigi McCreery
Producer: Liz Astrof
Producer: Maisha Closson
Producer: Matt Ember
Producer: Michael Rowe
Producer: Perry M. Rein
Writer: Dave Hackel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 526 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Becker: The Second Season
Movie Review: The Doctor's In!
Summary: 5 Stars
Chances are if you're looking at season two, you're either already a fan or have the potential to become one. I'll spare you my two cents and just provide an episode listing for season 2.
This Season Two 3-disk set of Becker includes 24 episodes:
Ep 1: Point of Contact
Becker performs his doctorly duties at the diner when a woman begins to choke on her food. After regaining her composure, the woman intensely expresses her gratitude to Becker, which takes him more than a little off-guard. Aired: 9/20/1999
Ep 2: Imm-Oral Fixations
Becker is grumpier than usual after he decides to quit smoking, but he gets a lift from Reggie's friend (Marjorie Monaghan), an ex-smoker who tells him the only substitute that worked for her was sex.
Aired: 9/27/1999
Ep 3: Cyrano De-Beckerac
When Dr. John Becker finds out that one of his patients is dating Reggie, he decides to give the guy some free advice on how to "court her properly." Meantime, Linda becomes a volunteer for Big Sisters and gets stuck being a mentor to a greedy brat who takes advantage of her at every turn. Aired: 10/4/1999
Ep 4: Linda Quits
Linda quits her job after she makes a mistake on a patient's prescription, and Becker hires what seems like an ideal replacement. Meanwhile, Reggie, Jake and Bob wonder why a nicely dressed man keeps pacing back and forth outside the diner. Aired: 10/11/1999
Ep 5: My Boyfriend's Back
Reggie begins dating Jordan, the most popular guy from her high school, who is building a hospital in the area, but quickly learns his dark side. Meanwhile, John fumes over his former research partner's patent for anti-wrinkle cream, and Linda adopts the bum who hangs out in the office doorway. Aired: 10/18/1999
Ep 6: Shovel Off to Buffalo
Before leaving for a medical conference in Chicago, Becker discovers that he has an extra airline ticket, which Reggie ends up using.
Aired: 10/25/1999
Ep 7: He Said, She Said
Becker starts receiving phone calls from a woman he doesn't know, so he tries to avoid her. The strange woman shows up at the diner to explain that a mutual friend suggested they meet while she is in town. Taking a liking to each other, Becker and his new friend begin to spend a lot of time together, that is, until she confesses a shocking secret that sends Becker reeling. Aired: 11/1/1999
Ep 8: Stumble in the Bronx
While going to rescue the just-robbed Jake, Becker finds himself caught in the crossfire between two motorists who are arguing over a parking space. Aired: 11/8/1999
Ep 9: Hate Thy Neighbor
Confined to his apartment during his recuperation period, Becker is subjected to the intruding lifestyles of those who live in his building, which has him seeing red. Aired: 11/15/1999
Ep 10: Pain in the Aspirin
As Becker continues to recoup, he's caught off guard when Elizabeth claims that she doesn't have any aspirin -- even though he found a bottle of them while earlier snooping through her purse. Meanwhile, Bob wins the lottery. Aired: 11/22/1999
Ep 11: Blind Curve
Jake's old friend, who was responsible for the car accident in which Jake lost his sight, pays him a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Margaret tries to get out of an annual road trip with some nursing school friends. Aired: 11/29/1999
Ep 12: Santa On Ice
Becker is his usual bitter self as Christmas rolls around, until a department store Santa drops dead in his waiting room. Meanwhile, Reggie prepares for her Christmas party. Aired: 12/13/1999
Ep 13: The Hypocratic Oath
John's waiting room turns into a maze of boxes when Linda orders too many supplies; Reggie becomes attracted to a much younger student and Margaret learns that a former patient died and has included her in her will. Aired: 1/10/2000
Ep 14: The Rumor
A rumor starts that John is dying when he suddenly begins eating healthy food and tries to control his temper. Aired: 1/17/2000
Ep 15: All The Rage
A judge sentences John to attend an anger-management class after he insults two police officers. Meanwhile, after Bob's mother kicks him out of her retirement home, Linda invites him to move in with her -- much to everyone else's dismay. Aired: 2/7/2000
Ep 16: Old Yeller
On the heels of being slapped with a traffic citation for reckless driving, a broken tail light and missing rear view mirror, Becker takes Margaret's advice when she suggests that he turn his jalopy into a potted plant. Although he doesn't get rid of his car, he does buy a motorcycle from one of his patients, causing everyone around him to agree that the doctor is suffering a mid-life crisis. Aired: 2/14/2000
Ep 17: The Roast That Ruined Them
Annoyed that they never socialize with other people, Becker's girlfriend, Liz, makes him throw a dinner party. Becker invites the gang, but only Reggie and her college date Brad show up and an ex con who's suing Becker. Aired: 2/21/2000
Ep 18: For Whom the Toll Calls
When a long-distance call to Chico, California shows up on Becker's phone bill, he decides to dispute the charge. Meanwhile, Reggie is upset when she isn't invited to a friend's wedding, and Bob listens to motivational tapes in order to land a job. Aired: 2/28/2000
Ep 19: The Bearer of Bad Tidings
After John agrees to take on a vacationing doctor's patients and one of them dies, he inadvertently leaves a phone message, then desperately tries to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Linda tries to comfort her friend Lynda, who won't leave the office; and Reggie and Jake trade barbs during a slow time in the diner. Aired: 3/20/2000
Ep 20: One Angry Man
John fumes when he can't get out of jury duty and then can't get picked to actually serve on a jury; Jake gets a dog. Aired: 4/10/2000
Ep 21: Sight Unseen
Jake asks out a friendly young woman only to break up with her after he learns that she's also blind; Margaret tries to discover why a grouchy patient likes everyone but her. Aired: 5/1/2000
Ep 22: Crosstalk
John gets into an argument with a priest over whose hands a patient is really in -- God's or the doctor's; Reggie, Jake and Bob take a gamble on the stock market. Aired: 5/8/2000
Ep 23: Cooked
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. Aired: 5/15/2000
Ep 24: Panic on the 86th
Reggie's celebration after earning an A in her psychology class turns to panic when she considers her uncertain future; and John entertains one of his neighbors, who turns out to be a hooker.
Aired: 5/22/2000
It's really hard for me to pick a favorite...But if I had to, I'd say Ep 22: Cross talk, Ep 21: Sight Unseen, and Ep 15: All the Rage.
I just hope they continue to release the rest of the seasons...
Summary of Becker: The Second Season
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 3-FEB-2009
Media Type: DVD
Having conducted our seasonal check-up, the prognosis is positive for Becker, which, following a healthy first season, showed a steady improvement with sharper writing, funnier jokes, and a more at ease ensemble. Dr. John Becker (Ted Danson in his Golden Globe-nominated role), who operates out of a Bronx neighborhood clinic, is pretty strong medicine, and this season, the writers upped his dosage with more potent misanthropic rants against "a world that sucks." Prone to losing his temper and alienating everyone, Becker is "not good on the phone, not good in person, you?re just not good," his much more likeable chief of staff Margaret (Hattie Wilson) tells him. Whether fighting the phone company over a call he insists he didn?t make or, dismissed for jury duty, railing against a justice system that doesn?t "value my intelligence and want my talents," Becker sees conspiracies and stupidity everywhere. He is invariably his own worst enemy, as in the season opener in which he saves a grateful woman?s life and repays her acts of gratitude toward him by accusing her of being a stalker (spoiler alert: she?s really a nun). Becker is an equal opportunity offender with an unkind word for all, including blind newspaper vendor Jake (Alex Desert), and "Reggie" (Terry Farrell), owner of the struggling diner where Becker holds court and slings insults. But we do get to see his more vulnerable side after he is accidentally shot during a street altercation. He even gets a girlfriend this season, the doctor (Frances Fisher) who treats him (surprise; he?s even a bigger pain in the posterior as a patient). But no amount of pathos can redeem two of the most annoying and obnoxious characters in prime time, flaky and "hardcore unemployable" nurse?s assistant, Linda (Shawnee Smith) and loser Bob (Saverio Guerra). Becker does have a heart, but it also has a brain. One of the best episodes this season is "Crosstalk," in which atheist Becker and a priest (Frasier?s John Mahoney) anxiously await the results of a patient?s operation and debate the nature of faith. Becker wasn?t exactly a water-cooler show, but it?s solid, dependable, and worth checking out if you missed it the first time around. --Donald Liebenson
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