"Scrubs" My Mirror Image (2006)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

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 | Drunkeness | Interracial Friendship | One Word Title | Tragicomedy

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:

The name of J.D.'s "mirror image", Mrs. Zeebee, is an obvious reference to actor Zach Braff's initials, ZB.

Quotes:

Carla: [J.D. tells Carla, Elliot, and Turk that Kim is pregnant] I'm sorry J.D. but you knew this could happen when you had sex.
Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian: I have to tell you guys something but you have to promise not to laugh. Ok?
[Carla, Elliot, and Turk agree]
Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian: Ok, on the night of said conception, ah, Kim and I nude-ed up, and um, the dirty talk began and I got a little over excited.
Dr. Christopher Turk: Oooh, She like a the dirty talk!
Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian: No, I do. I find it gets the ladies going. But I occasionally get wrapped up in it myself, especially when I use some of my different voices.
Dr. Elliot Reid: He does.
Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian: Anywho, there was some unexpected friendly-fire, and uh, even though I never got a chance to enter the, the village, ah, there was an air strike on one of the outlying regions.
Dr. Christopher Turk: [Turk yells excitedly and Carla pulls his ear to stop him] Thank you.
Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian: Anyway, I talked to the gals in O.B.G and they said it's not uncommon for a woman to get pregnant even if there was no actual penetration.
[...]

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.