Continuing from last season, Becker is ordered by a judge to see a therapist about his problem with authority. Jake tires of his new girlfriend's wanting to describe for him every little thing she's doing. Linda lobbies for a raise.
John is more irritable than usual when he tries once again to quit smoking. Reggie believes a friendly, fortunate customer stole all of her good luck and left her with his former bad luck.
Jake runs into a depressed man who is about to hang himself. So Jake takes him back to the diner to cheer him up. John learns that a patient's wife is pregnant by another man.
John reluctantly agrees to buy a gift for a poor child. He then discovers that he also has to deliver it. Bob visits his mother, who still treats him like a child.
Becker's patients include two young men who want a prescription for medical marijuana and a man who is upset to learn that he isn't dying after all. Jake challenges Bob to a game of scrabble.
John worries that women no longer find him attractive after Jake's girlfriend makes an apparently disparaging remark to him. Linda worries that she is being replaced by a competent, polite temp.
Reggie becomes obsessed with helping Jake reach goals he developed in the sixth grade. Linda saves a patient's life and practically assumes the role of a second doctor at Becker's office.
Bob uses a questionable friend to get Reggie a great deal on a new freezer. John acts as a sex therapist for the Bennetts, an 80-year-old couple having difficulties because of Mr. Bennett's newly revived libido.
Becker is furious because someone has tampered with his laundry and mail and left his apartment covered with roaches. He is sure these developments are all the result of intentional sabotage by his neighbours.
John is surprisingly concerned when he learns that his new neighbour Chris has left town without saying goodbye. Reggie assumes that John has more than casual feelings for Chris. Linda sublets her job for a week to a girl who actually manages to do less work than Linda.