"Scrubs" My Mirror Image (2006)

Director:

John Inwood

Writers:

Bill Lawrence (creator)
Tim Hobert (written by)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

30 November 2006 (Season 6, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

In the sixth season opener, J.D. deals with the news that he's going to be a father, Dr. Cox worries...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Friendship Between Girls | Tragicomedy | Male Female Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 25

10:30 AM

COMEDY

My Mirror Image

#6.1

Cast

Zach Braff	...	Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian
Sarah Chalke	...	Dr. Elliot Reid
Donald Faison	...	Dr. Christopher Turk
Neil Flynn	...	The Janitor
Ken Jenkins	...	Dr. Bob Kelso
John C. McGinley	...	Dr. Perry Cox
Judy Reyes	...	Nurse Carla Espinosa
Elizabeth Banks	...	Dr. Kim Briggs
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Robert Maschio	...	Dr. Todd Quinlan
Christa Miller	...	Jordan Sullivan
Travis Schuldt	...	Keith
Aloma Wright	...	Nurse Laverne Roberts
Blue Man Group	...	Themselves
Chris Dougherty	...	Jerry (as Chris Daugherty)

Runtime:

24 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

In this episode, the patient to whom Dr. Cox relates (for their mutual anger management issues) is named Mr. Slydell. John C. McGinley (who plays the part of Dr. Cox) plays a character by the name of Bob Slydell in the movie Office Space (1999).

Quotes:

Carla: You know, maybe Jordan's right, maybe it's time you start dealing with your anger issues.
Dr. Cox: Carla, for something to be an issue, it needs to cause a problem. I mean, honestly, aside from having to, by-law, remain thirty feet away from a certain telemarketer who I visited while he was eating his dinner, I don't see the downside.

Soundtrack:

Be Yourself

The power is still there.

The first scene is worth the price of admission alone. The whole episode is fast, frenetic, and not really as predictable as they might lead you to first believe. Infusing a patient with your own feelings is probably quite common in hospitals - after all, it happens every day in real life, it's one tried and true way of relating to an individual. But this first show of the new season is so typical of what these people - actors, writers, designers, lighting crew - create each week. There has never been another medical show like this. And when these last original episodes finally exit NBC, those of us who have spent a great amount of time recruiting viewers - sometimes with chloroform and vallium, sometimes with nothing more than a shovel to the head - will be able to look into each others eyes and see the unspoken love for a hospital and staff that never really existed. Except in our minds.