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"Becker" (1998)

After Becker asks Chris out to dinner, she is certain that he is planning to break up with her, and plots her revenge while dropping subtle hints to Becker about her anger at what she presumes is about to happen. Jake has inherited $50,000 from his grandmother and is unsure about how to spend it. He finally decides to buy a boat, but after Margaret talks him out of it, he decides to go back to college in Chicago. He announces his decision at the diner and says goodbye to his friends, who will miss him but are happy for him and wish him well. Jake reminds them that they can always see him the same place he has always seen them: in their minds. Hector, who has just turned down a $50,000-a-year job, is left in charge of the newsstand. Becker's long-time patient, Mr. Gordon, has been hospitalized and his condition continues to deteriorate. Before he passes away, he tells Becker that he is happy and is okay with his passing because he's lived a good life. He has only one regret: voting for Nixon. That night, Becker is standing outside on his balcony when Chris comes down from her apartment and demands that if he is going to break up with her to do it now, asserting that she refuses to wait and that he should just get it over with. Becker tells Chris that he had no plans to break up with her, and Chris quizzes him about his recent strange behavior. He explains that after Mr. Gordon died, he realized that, while his life is not perfect, it isn't bad either, and that for the first time he is genuinely happy. The series ends with a shot of Becker and Chris embracing on Becker's apartment balcony.

The reason is not exactly clear. Some accounts say that she was fired after she led a revolt against the show since she was unhappy about the direction in which her character was going. Her character, Reggie, realized how pathetic her life really was after a one-night stand with Becker, and decided that if she didn't leave then she never would. She left for Europe to model and was never seen again.

In a sixth season episode, Jake mentions that he is on vacation. After that, Bob was never seen or mentioned again. Saviero Guerra, who portrayed Bob, decided not to renew his contract after the fifth season.

After Chris hurts her knee playing racquetball, Becker treats her but realizes that his hand is on her knee and feels uncomfortable about it. That night, he has a nightmare where her leg falls off as he kisses her, and tells Chris the next day that he can't treat her. She gets angry but later goes to his apartment and tells him that she figured out why he won't treat her: because he likes her. Becker admits that it is true, and they kiss. He goes to the diner to tell Reggie what happened, and she kisses him as well, leaving Becker confused. That night, he and Reggie sleep together, and Becker tells Chris that he wants to be with Reggie. Chris is okay with it, but after some thinking, Becker realizes that Chris is the one he wants to be with. Later that day, he learns that Reggie has left town for good, and he takes Chris out to dinner to tell her that she is the one he wants to be with. Chris intially thinks that Becker is only running into her arms because Reggie left, but after everything is straightened out, Chris and Becker end up together. They are still together at the end of the series.

When he was younger, he and his friend both got drunk at a party and got into a car accident while trying to drive home. His friend was uninjured.

Reggie's father opened the diner and she inherited it from him. Chris became the proprietor after Reggie left town

Becker is a staunch atheist, asserting several times throughout the series that he believes in science. When a patient comes to him thinking he hears the voice of God (whom he calls Larry), Becker tells him "there is no Larry". Becker once told a priest that "I became an atheist, I was raised agnostic.", and when a patient said "God bless you", he replied "there is no God, but thanks for the thought."

Out of his own kindness, he practices in a rather poor neighborhood where he is needed, and many of his patients can't afford to pay him. He has accepted gifts such as baseball tickets as payment.

Addison's Disease (after Becker struggled to determine the cause of his patient's symptoms, Linda mentioned that the man still had a tan even though he'd come back from vacation 2 weeks ago. This is what tipped Becker off that his patient had Addison's.) Lou Gehrig's Disease (Becker gets a special machine for a patient with ALS who cannot speak. The episode centers around the man's anger) Multiple Sclerosis (One of Becker's patients has MS, the episode centers around Becker dealing with having to deliver the news to the patient) Arteriovenous Malformation (A man comes in for a routine physical, Becker hears an abnormal sound upon an examination with a stethoscope and insists that the patient go to the hospital immediately. The man is diagnosed with an AVM and is rushed to surgery. He survives) Heart Attack (One of Becker's patients suffers a heart attack at the gym and subsequently sues him for malpractice) Cerebral hemorrhage (One of Becker's patients dies after suffering a hemorrhage. Becker struggles with this because he had just given him a physical days before and he was fine.)

Margaret is a nurse who manages Becker's practice and occasionally provides home care to patients. Linda assists with routine duties around the office, such as filing. She also once mentioned that she reads to the kids who visit the office.

It is never explicitly mentioned, though he is almost certainly specialized in either internal medicine or family medicine. He is often seen treating younger patients, which would fall within the functions of a family medicine physician.