John looks at the world around him and sees society gone mad - full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to his mind - anything.

Becker often unleashes his views at the local diner where Reggie, the lovely woman who recently inherited the place, doesn't quite know what to make of this madman. However, Jake, the blind proprietor of the local newsstand, is used to John and does his best to explain the "Becker phenomenon" to Reggie.

At his office, the waiting room is usually teeming with patients from his ethnically diverse neighborhood. His head nurse, Margaret, has the job of making order of this chaos. She does so with ease, deals with John and still has the energy to deal with Linda, the space-cadet who doubles as the nurses' aide.

Dealing with John Becker is quite an experience. And, even though he seems to be insulting them at every turn, the people in his life persist in trying to connect with him and find the nice guy they know is in there somewhere.