The Ten Best BECKER Episodes of Season One

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With a beloved star in Cheers alum Ted Danson, a staff of writers boasting a strong pedigree (coming from shows like Wings, Cheers, and Frasier), and a premised design that looks like it was made for textbook sitcommery, Becker is the kind of show that should be great. And indeed, its fans often regard it as something of an underrated or neglected gem, never getting its due relative to other sitcoms from the same era. I went into this coverage hoping to corroborate this point-of-view. After all, I enjoy Ted Danson and appreciate a lot of these scribes; I know exactly of what they’re all capable and respect so much of their past efforts. And now that I’ve watched the entire run — front to back — I can say that I mostly agree. I mean, I do think Becker is underrated and deserves more credit, but I also think it’s still one of the many ‘90s/early ’00s sitcoms that simply reside in the figurative middle of the pack, with enough charms to remain affable but a handful of key hinderances that prevent it from getting close to all-timer status, especially in comparison to true classics.