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My Bad

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My Bad

Directed by Marc Buckland
Written by Gabrielle Allan
Air Date - October 30, 2001 on NBC
Transcript - Images
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Season One Episodes :
  1. My First Day
  2. My Mentor
  3. My Best Friend's Mistake
  4. My Old Lady
  5. My Two Dads
  6. My Bad
  7. My Super Ego
  8. My Fifteen Minutes
  9. My Day Off
  10. My Nickname
  11. My Own Personal Jesus
  12. My Blind Date
  13. My Balancing Act
  14. My Drug Buddy
  15. My Bed Banter & Beyond
  16. My Heavy Meddle
  17. My Student
  18. My Tuscaloosa Heart
  19. My Old Man
  20. My Way or the Highway
  21. My Sacrificial Clam
  22. My Occurrence
  23. My Hero
  24. My Last Day
   Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 w • 9


“I don't dislike you, I nothing you.”— Jordan

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[edit] Synopsis

J.D. gets assigned an important board member, Jordan Sullivan, as a patient. Elliot's is treating Dr. Greenberg, a shrink, who is confined to wearing mouth protection which keeps him from speaking. Elliot talks to him about her problems.

Meanwhile, Turk spends the night at Carla's apartment, but her mother, who is visiting, storms the room and yells at Turk because they are not married. Turk tells Carla that he will never spend the night at her house again.

Dr. Cox is still suspended, which Dr. Kelso finds very amusing. J.D. wants to ask Jordan if she could help out Dr. Cox, but he finds her packing and ready to leave. He gets mad, which Jordan finds very hot, so she tells him to take his pants off. They sleep together. When Elliot wants to talk to Dr. Greenberg again, she finds out that he has been released, which makes her sad. After spending the night at Turk's apartment, Carla gets a call from the hospital that her mother has broken her leg.

After sleeping with Jordan, J.D. wants to introduce her to Dr. Cox, but Cox informs him that Jordan is his ex-wife. J.D. feels immediately guilty for sleeping with Jordan, but decides not to tell Dr. Cox what happened. Later, J.D. tells Dr. Cox that Jordan could help him get back from suspension, but he doesn't want that because he hates her. Elliot calls her mom who doesn't really listen to her problems, and Carla is angry at Turk, blaming him for her mother's accident. It is up to Dr. Cox to convince her that it had not been Turk's fault.

J.D. asks Jordan if she would help Perry, while Turk tells Elliot that he had once seen a therapist and it had helped him a lot. Then Carla tells Turk that she wants to spend the night at Turk's place because her mother is at the hospital. The board meeting ends with a cheerful Dr. Cox. He was not fired, which Dr. Kelso is not pleased with. At the end, Elliot goes to see Dr. Greenberg as a patient and Dr. Cox thanks J.D. for helping him after all, while looking at old pictures of happy times with his ex-wife.

[edit] Plot Points

  • J.D. sleeps with a patient and later realizes it is Dr. Cox's ex-wife.
  • Dr. Cox is suspended and could possibly be fired.


[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

  • J.D. and a patient walk a tightrope.
  • J.D. fantasizes about Jordan.
  • Jordan growls and scratches at J.D.
  • J.D.'s friends and co-workers throw him a "surprise!" party after something obvious hits him.
  • Dr. Cox breaths fire on J.D.
  • Dr. Cox undergoes a plastic surgery to look like Jimmie Walker, and later Jimmie Walker himself talks to Dr. Kelso.

[edit] Janitor story

  • While spending "alone time" in a room, Janitor is seen by J.D. talking into a stethoscope. He later gets J.D.'s scrubs wet to repay him.

[edit] J.D.'s Girl Name

  • Agnes, as used in Dr. Cox's first "Thank You".
“Well, geez, Agnes, does the field hockey team know that you're missing?”— Dr. Cox
  • He also calls him Linus, who is a boy, but a character from Peanuts who always has a blanket.
“Okay, Linus, you're way too excited; I want you to get your blankie, go in a corner, and take a time-out.”— Dr. Cox

[edit] Guest Stars

[edit] Music

Music from Season:

1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9

  • "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul, performed by Donald Faison
  • "Good Life" by Francis Dunnery

[edit] Quotes

“Your ex-wife. She's the answer.”— J.D.
“Uhhh... Things that ruined my life... Things that took half my money... Things with sharp edges!”— Dr. Cox


“As legal counselor, it is my job to inform you that your suspension is effective immediately. Oh, gah! I'm just the messenger! Your long-term job status will be decided at the board meeting. Until then, and I can not bend on this, I don't want you setting foot on the premises.”— Ted
“I'm going to be here all day.”— Dr. Cox
"That works for me; that'll be good. I hope that works out..."


“Unless you two have an extremely disturbing relationship, I'm afraid you're full of crap.”— Dr. Cox


“Even though you're terrified the Good Dr. Cox'll find out, if I wanted you to go to his apartment right now and have sex with me in front of him, you would.”— Jordan
“Please don't do that.”— J.D.


“I can't believe she's sleeping.”— Carla
“I had the intern give her two Valiums.”— Dr. Cox
"Why? Was she in alot of pain?"
"No... she just wouldn't shut up."

[edit] Trivia

  • In this episode Dr. Cox's first name is revealed to be Perry.
  • This is the first appearance of Jordan Sullivan.
  • A later episode was entitled My Bad Too.
  • This is the first episode when Janitor is noticed by someone other than J.D. Elliot tells him "Sorry" after she have missed trash can with a coffee cup.
  • Guest Christa Miller (Jordan) is wife of series creator Bill Lawrence. The footage of Jordan used as Dr. Cox and Jordan's wedding is actually from Christa and Bill's wedding.

[edit] Title explanation

J.D. sleeps with Jordan to later find out that she is Dr. Cox's ex-wife and feels bad about this.

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