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My Lucky Day

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My Lucky Day

Directed by Lawrence Trilling
Written by Debra Fordham
Air Date - December 5, 2002 on NBC
Transcript - Images
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Season Two Episodes :
  1. My Overkill
  2. My Nightingale
  3. My Case Study
  4. My Big Mouth
  5. My New Coat
  6. My Big Brother
  7. My First Step
  8. My Fruit Cups
  9. My Lucky Day
  10. My Monster
  11. My Sex Buddy
  12. My New Old Friend
  13. My Philosophy
  14. My Brother, My Keeper
  15. His Story
  16. My Karma
  17. My Own Private Practice Guy
  18. My T.C.W.
  19. My Kingdom
  20. My Interpretation
  21. My Drama Queen
  22. My Dream Job
   Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 w • 9


“I certainly hope [he died], otherwise that autopsy's gonna be a bitch.”— Dr. Kelso

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[edit] Synopsis

J.D. is trying to amuse the neighbor with Rowdy but is called over to Elliot's place by Carla because Elliot is being cut off financially by her dad and is packing to leave her home. While Elliot's life seems to be going downhill, J.D. is feeling that his is going a lot better when he proves Dr. Cox wrong about a diagnosis after watching a medical TV special on the illness and is praised by Dr. Kelso for making "a one-in-a-million diagnosis" and this event becomes his third best moment in his life (after meeting and performing a magic trick with David Copperfield).

Meanwhile, Carla is told by Turk that she has a bad habit of telling others how to live their life when they don't want to know but she doesn't believe him. Laverne finds two patients with identical illnesses and symptoms so he gives one to J.D. and the other to Dr. Cox who wants to prove that J.D.'s success was a fluke and that often the end result is up to luck. Meanwhile, Carla tells Dr. Cox that he shouldn't get back together with Jordan, but Carla is then confronted by Turk and Jordan about how she shouldn't meddle in other people's business.

Elliot's financial problems get even worse when a patient who got his cancer cured announces he is suing her for wrongly predicting his life expectancy. J.D. finds out that Dr. Cox is doing the exact same as him with his patient, but also finds out not soon afterwards that his own patient has died while Dr. Cox's is still okay. In the end, Elliot finds she has to face her lawsuit with confidence as many doctors are sued, Carla and Turk realize they both need to put up with Carla's habit and J.D. is told by Dr. Cox that it was all down to luck: it was lucky that J.D. watched the medical special but just unlucky that his patient died. Dr. Cox also tells him that he was looking over J.D.'s shoulder the whole time.

[edit] Plot Points

  • J.D. is riding high after correcting a misdiagnosis by Dr. Cox, but is jerked back to reality when he is unable to explain the death of his next patient.
  • Elliot is struggling personally and professionally as she is forced to relinquish all of the luxuries that her father had been financing.
  • Carla learns that sometimes it is better to keep her opinions to herself.

[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

  • As J.D. enters the hospital, everybody congratulates him. Nurse Lauren Halston asks him to sign her breasts.

[edit] Flashbacks

  • J.D. meets David Copperfield at a bar.
  • While with David Copperfield, J.D. does a magic trick so a coin appears from David's ear, who takes the coin and makes it disappear.
  • Sam Dorian gives J.D. a bicycle bell for a present, telling him he'll get a new part every year. J.D. is still waiting for the kickstand
  • Elliot discusses the lawsuit with, antagonizes, and admits fault to Mr. Bragin

[edit] J.D.'s Girls Name

“Look, Britney, recently I made the potentially fatal mistake of getting back together with my ex-wife who, angel that she is, is carrying the spawn of another man's seed.”— Dr. Cox
“How about, Go to hell, Shakira.”— Dr. Cox
“You know, Eunice, you never even woulda made that catch if you weren't such an all-purpose nerd, sitting home alone on a Saturday night, watching some medical special on TV!”— Dr. Cox
“Well, then, have it your way, there, Carol. 'Cause I'm out.”— Dr. Cox


[edit] Guest Stars

[edit] Music

  • "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen

[edit] Quotes

“He died?”— J.D.
“I certianly hope so, otherwise that autopsy's gonna be a bitch.”— Dr. Kelso


“Please. I know all there is to know about thrombotic... thrombo... cyto-cytop-top-top-top...toppee-toppee-”— J.D.
“Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.”— Laverne


“Yeah. They're called breasts.”
“I-I know... I'm a doctor.”— J.D.


“Anyhoo, point being, uh, they said it was very easy to confuse, uh, cellulitis with chompers... Chompers was the-the animated flesh-eating bacteria that-that narrated the special”— J.D.


“Now, you went to four years of college and four years of medical school, so I can safely presume that you are at least eight.”— Dr. Kelso to Elliot


“I think you should just go in there and apologize to her.”— Turk
“No! I didn't say anything that wasn't true!”— Carla

[edit] Trivia

  • The Janitor did not appear in this episode - probably because J.D.'s day was lucky so he was lucky enough that he didn't appear.

[edit] Images

J.D. gets a present from his dad

A nurse asks J.D. to sign her breasts

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