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Essential Scrubs Episodes

NBC, 2001 to 2010

Our 7 character guides for Scrubs point to 25 key episodes across 8 seasons. Of those, 11 turn up in two or more guides, so they come first, followed by every episode in air order.

Season and episode numbers follow the original broadcast order.

The essentials(11)

Episodes that matter to more than one character, the most shared first.

  1. Season 1, Episode 2

    "My Mentor"

    In 4 guides
    • J.D.: J.D. tries to get to know Dr. Cox and is firmly rebuffed.
    • Carla Espinosa: Carla shrugs off Turk's swagger but says yes once he is honest with her.
    • Christopher Turk: Turk finally wins over Carla through honesty after his swagger fails.
    • Perry Cox: Cox brushes off J.D.'s attempts to make him a mentor.

  2. Season 8, Episode 18

    "My Finale"

    In 4 guides
    • J.D.: J.D. says goodbye to Sacred Heart and everyone in it before leaving to be near his son.
    • Elliot Reid: Elliot stays by J.D.'s side as he says goodbye to Sacred Heart, and his closing daydream imagines their future together.
    • The Janitor: The Janitor finally tells J.D. his name and the truth about the penny.
    • Perry Cox: Cox refuses to say goodbye to J.D., then reveals how he really feels when he thinks J.D. is not around to hear it.

  3. Season 1, Episode 1

    "My First Day"

    In 3 guides
    • J.D.: J.D. begins his internship and starts his feud with the Janitor over a penny jammed in a door.
    • Bob Kelso: Kelso is introduced as the chief of medicine who sees the new interns mostly as a line in his budget.
    • The Janitor: J.D. points out a penny jammed in a door, and the Janitor declares war.

  4. Season 2, Episode 15

    "His Story"

    In 2 guides
    • Carla Espinosa: Carla finally accepts Turk's marriage proposal.
    • Perry Cox: Cox narrates, venting to a psychiatrist about Kelso, J.D., and his own lack of friends.

  5. Season 3, Episode 1

    "My Own American Girl"

    In 2 guides
    • Elliot Reid: Fed up with being walked on, Elliot takes the Janitor's advice and gets a makeover.
    • The Janitor: The Janitor's advice inspires Elliot's makeover.

  6. Season 3, Episode 14

    "My Screw Up"

    In 2 guides
    • J.D.: J.D. takes the brunt of Dr. Cox's grief after a death on his watch, in an episode with a famous final twist.
    • Perry Cox: The death of Ben, Cox's best friend, leaves him lashing out at J.D.

  7. Season 3, Episode 22

    "My Best Friend's Wedding"

    In 2 guides
    • Carla Espinosa: Carla's wedding day goes off the rails when Turk is stuck in surgery.
    • Christopher Turk: Turk is so late to his own wedding that the ceremony is canceled, and he and Carla find another way to marry.

  8. Season 4, Episode 13

    "My Ocardial Infarction"

    In 2 guides
    • Christopher Turk: Turk tries to cash in on his diabetes diagnosis until a patient's amputation sobers him.
    • The Janitor: Feeling rejected after a coffee date with Elliot, the Janitor invents an a cappella group to explain his fancy clothes.

  9. Season 5, Episode 9

    "My Half-Acre"

    In 2 guides
    • Christopher Turk: Turk auditions for the Janitor's air band with an unforgettable impromptu dance.
    • The Janitor: Turk auditions for the Janitor's air band.

  10. Season 5, Episode 20

    "My Lunch"

    In 2 guides
    • J.D.: J.D. is shaken by the death of a recurring patient, setting off a tragic chain of events for Dr. Cox.
    • Perry Cox: Three of Cox's patients die after receiving infected organs, and he blames himself.

  11. Season 6, Episode 2

    "My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby"

    In 2 guides
    • Carla Espinosa: Carla goes into labor and gives birth to Isabella.
    • Christopher Turk: Carla goes into labor with their daughter, and Turk feels shut out as Elliot takes over as her support.

Every key episode by season(25)

Season 1(3 episodes)

  1. Season 1, Episode 1

    "My First Day"

    An essential, in the guides for J.D., Bob Kelso, and The Janitor. Read the notes

  2. Season 1, Episode 2

    "My Mentor"

    An essential, in the guides for J.D., Carla Espinosa, Christopher Turk, and Perry Cox. Read the notes

  3. Season 1, Episode 14

    "My Drug Buddy"

    • Elliot Reid: Elliot's suspicions about J.D.'s girlfriend lead to the two of them ending up together.

Season 2(1 episode)

  1. Season 2, Episode 15

    "His Story"

    An essential, in the guides for Carla Espinosa and Perry Cox. Read the notes

Season 3(4 episodes)

  1. Season 3, Episode 1

    "My Own American Girl"

    An essential, in the guides for Elliot Reid and The Janitor. Read the notes

  2. Season 3, Episode 14

    "My Screw Up"

    An essential, in the guides for J.D. and Perry Cox. Read the notes

  3. Season 3, Episode 18

    "His Story II"

    • Christopher Turk: Turk narrates an episode while stalling on his wedding invitations and hiding a surgical mistake.

  4. Season 3, Episode 22

    "My Best Friend's Wedding"

    An essential, in the guides for Carla Espinosa and Christopher Turk. Read the notes

Season 4(3 episodes)

  1. Season 4, Episode 5

    "Her Story"

    • Elliot Reid: Elliot narrates as she starts to wonder whether her new mentor, Dr. Molly Clock, is as perfect as she seems.

  2. Season 4, Episode 13

    "My Ocardial Infarction"

    An essential, in the guides for Christopher Turk and The Janitor. Read the notes

  3. Season 4, Episode 21

    "My Lips Are Sealed"

    • Carla Espinosa: Carla and J.D. share a drunken kiss while he is trying to help her reconcile with Turk.

Season 5(4 episodes)

  1. Season 5, Episode 9

    "My Half-Acre"

    An essential, in the guides for Christopher Turk and The Janitor. Read the notes

  2. Season 5, Episode 10

    "Her Story II"

    • Carla Espinosa: Carla narrates and gets a fertility test after a new nurse makes her feel old.

  3. Season 5, Episode 19

    "His Story III"

    • The Janitor: The Janitor narrates, traps J.D. in a water tower, and bonds with a patient who cannot communicate.

  4. Season 5, Episode 20

    "My Lunch"

    An essential, in the guides for J.D. and Perry Cox. Read the notes

Season 6(5 episodes)

  1. Season 6, Episode 2

    "My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby"

    An essential, in the guides for Carla Espinosa and Christopher Turk. Read the notes

  2. Season 6, Episode 3

    "My Coffee"

    • Elliot Reid: Elliot weighs an offer to go into private practice while Dr. Cox needles her about it.

  3. Season 6, Episode 6

    "My Musical"

    • J.D.: A patient who hears everyone singing turns the hospital into a musical, including J.D. and Turk's duet "Guy Love."

  4. Season 6, Episode 7

    "His Story IV"

    • Bob Kelso: Kelso narrates and befriends a soldier whose war stories remind him what good leadership means.

  5. Season 6, Episode 22

    "My Point of No Return"

    • Elliot Reid: As her wedding to Keith approaches, Elliot begins to doubt she is with the right man.

Season 7(3 episodes)

  1. Season 7, Episode 5

    "My Growing Pains"

    • Bob Kelso: Elliot throws Kelso a birthday party and learns he is 65, which puts his job at risk.

  2. Season 7, Episode 9

    "My Dumb Luck"

    • Bob Kelso: Kelso decides to retire on his own terms instead of being forced out.

  3. Season 7, Episode 11

    "My Princess"

    • Perry Cox: Cox tells his son the story of a hospital workday as a medieval fairy tale.

Season 8(2 episodes)

  1. Season 8, Episode 6

    "My Cookie Pants"

    • Bob Kelso: The retired Kelso recommends his old rival Cox for the chief of medicine job.

  2. Season 8, Episode 18

    "My Finale"

    An essential, in the guides for J.D., Elliot Reid, The Janitor, and Perry Cox. Read the notes

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