The little old lady who Becker ends up helping is actually on her way to see the monument of 9/11. Her son had died in the collapse of the two towers. In helping her, Becker doesn't know this until the end. I love this show when the tender side of this irascible, most of the time annoying, man is shown. This is one of those shows, because even though John is in a hurry, and have people waiting for him, he doesn't leave the old woman to her own efforts. And in the end, it was worthwhile. I only wish it would've shown Chris' reaction to Becker's showing kindness to the old woman.
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Love this episode - Ted Danson is superb. So is Frances Sternhagen
deswind-1506218 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
If one were to watch only one episode of Becker, this would be the one. I have seen this one several times, and each time it is amazing. Great acting and well written. Danson does a great job of staying within the character of Becker while taking him to the place where the stereotypical character sheds like an onion to the inner core where he is empathetic. And the empathy occurs even though he could have easily chosen to just be part of the busy herd of people running from place to place and struggling with time pressures. Frances Sternhagen is fantastic as well, and said we just lost her in November of 2023. Frances does a great convincing job of being lost and finally breaking down. Kudos to the writers. Television does not get better than this.
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