Being a huge Ted Danson fan and Cheers being my all time fave,  I never really got into Becker but I do appreciate the show and caught a few episodes here and there.

I think you nailed the character's delivery and verbiage.  Lots of popping dialogue as Becker jumps from one character to the next as would an ER doc seeing multiple patients.  I love the retirement home setting.  Being already cynical, grumpy and impatient this would be the ultimate test of Becker's patience and compassion.

I also like the correlation between the setting and Becker's own battles with aging, thoughts of suicide and his relationship with his daughter.  I loved the idea of him jumping from home to home and moving in and out of his daughter's house.  

I think this is actually a great reboot idea.  It's definitely dark and could go too far as old people are an easy target, but could also be very very funny with an older audience.  





    

Some of the banter works pretty well, but it’s also pretty dark for a comedy. Ten minutes in and the lead character of a sit-com is trying to kill himself. Even if the original got this intense, it’s a little early to be starting it up here.

I doubt she’d leave Becker in this state. I don’t know what suicide watch looks like in a nursing home but she’d at least take the rope.

So the whole period after menopause thing sounded surprising to me. I Googled to check. I know doctors hate it when you take Google’s word over theirs, but Becker’s not a real doctor and Google says bleeding after menopause could be a sign of a serious disorder.

The final scene is too rushed and the tone suffers for it. Having Becker change his mind seconds after Jim’s death is a little too sudden. I’m also not sure how much Becker being suicidal really matters in this story. You could lift it and still have him go through a very similar arc.

All complaints aside, what’s attempted here is more or less what I would expect from an update of Becker. It’s got a good arc and the dry, dark humor occasionally works. Could use some tinkering, but it basically hits the mark.