BECKER returns in the fifth season of the hit series starring Emmy -Award-winner* Ted Danson as the angry and difficult, yet talented and dedicated, Dr. John Becker. Becker's head nurse Margaret (Hattie Winston) continues to maintain order out of chaos, keeping John and ditzy nurse's aide Linda (Shawnee Smith) in line. Becker's friends, Jake (Alex Desert), the blind proprietor of the local newsstand, and Bob (Saverio Guerra), the annoyi