Season 5 · Episode 8 — Atlas Shirked
Becker's desperately trying to figure out what happened to the atlas he ordered from a door to door high school student; Chris is an over giver; Bob plans his mother's funeral.
Season 5 episodes
E1Becker spends the night with Reggie, but whilst trying to sneak out of the diner, Jake discovers him and finds out everything. Becker decid…
E2John tries desperately to persuade Chris that he chose to be with her before he learned that Reggie was leaving town, but Chris doesn't bel…
E3Neighbors 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…
E4A grumpy patient who claims he's dying insists that John visit him in the hospital every night. Also, Bob accidentally sees Chris naked in…
E5John becomes jealous when Chris turns down his offer to watch a movie with him and instead goes out with another man. Later, in an awkward…
E6John gets jealous and lies to a friend who expresses interest in Chris by telling him that she is gay. Unfortunately, the man acts on John'…
E7Jim Reynolds is a soft-spoken, likable man whom John is treating for high cholesterol. But Jim's condition is worsening because he isn't ta…
E8Becker's desperately trying to figure out what happened to the atlas he ordered from a door to door high school student; Chris is an over g…
E9Jake begins to believe that his blindness makes him less of a person. The feeling sets in after he allows a crook carrying cash from Chris'…
E10Chris gets jealous when she hears from John that he is dating an editor at a leading magazine and is going to spend Christmas with her in V…
E11Margaret looks back 10 years to her first meeting with John, when she persuaded him to hire her and keep his practice open instead of closi…
E12Jake and Bob misinterpret one of Chris's phone conversations and assume that she and John are sleeping together. At the office, John tries…
E13Becker's old college roommate Rick Cooper, a recovering alcoholic, comes to town to make amends; but John was unaware until now that Rick w…
E14John gets upset when a patient refuses to take any more medication because he believes God is healing him through prayer. At the diner, Bob…
E15John is stalked by an elderly but frisky neighbor (Betty Garrett) who is determined to make him her man. Also: Linda decides to tell her bo…
E16Fed up with his practice, John applies for a research position in Baltimore, without telling his friends. His suspicious behavior then lead…
E17John feels like climbing the walls after Chris bans smoking from the diner and Margaret won't let him light up in the office. Elsewhere, Bo…
E18Becker's in withdrawal from cigarettes and driving everybody crazy; Jake's girlfriend leaves him for a deliveryman; Chris awaits her delive…
E19A 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 pa…
E20John gets frustrated when a childless couple who come to him for advice on getting pregnant misconstrue everything he says. Elsewhere, Chri…
E21When Chris's all-too-friendly ex-husband unexpectedly shows up and stays at her apartment, Becker tries everything he can to keep the divor…
E22John realizes he still has feelings for Chris after a series of romantic dreams about her, but he fears she doesn't feel the same way about…