"Scrubs" My Lucky Day (2002)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Lawrence Trilling

Writers:

Bill Lawrence (creator)
Deb Fordham (written by)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

5 December 2002 (Season 2, Episode 9)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

J.D. inadvertently upstages Dr. Cox when he diagnoses a patient with a rare disease. Turk tells Carla that people don't always appreciate her advice. Meanwhile, a patient of Elliot's sues her for malpractice. |

Plot Keywords:

Narration | Hospital | Drunkeness | Interracial Friendship | One Word Title

Cast

Zach Braff	...	Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian
Sarah Chalke	...	Dr. Elliot Reid
Donald Faison	...	Dr. Christopher Turk
Neil Flynn	...	The Janitor (credit only)
Ken Jenkins	...	Dr. Bob Kelso
John C. McGinley	...	Dr. Perry Cox
Judy Reyes	...	Nurse Carla Espinosa
David Copperfield	...	Himself
Christa Miller	...	Jordan Sullivan (as Christa Miller Lawrence)
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Alan Ruck	...	Mr. Bragin
Aloma Wright	...	Nurse Laverne Roberts
Biff Yeager	...	Dr. Walch
Cody Estes	...	Young J.D.
Deonte Gordon	...	Mark the Orderly (as Deonté Gordon)

Runtime:

24 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

This is the first episode in which the Janitor does not make an appearance.

Quotes:

Dr. Cox: [Dr. Cox to JD: JD recently identified a disease in a patient from watching a TV show and Dr. Cox wants to prove it was a fluke] Here's your chance. Two identical patients. I say we divide 'em up, just like in "The Parent Trap". One goes with the sexy, freewheeling bachelor dad, hello. The other goes with the whiny, neurotic, sexually repressed mom, oh, just you all over. Oh, and I checked tonight's TV listings. There is no special on that disease, so you're gonna wanna stop at the Blockbuster.
J.D.: Please, I know all there is to know about thrombotic thrombo cyto... cytop top top top... toppy... toppy.
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Soundtrack:

Under Pressure