My Malpractical Decision
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My Malpractical Decision | |
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Written by Janae Bakken Air Date - September 21, 2004 on  DVD • iTunes • Syndication | |
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- “You know, if you really wanna piss him off, we should follow him to his office and just have sex right in front of him! Ahhhh, that would never work, I couldn't perform. It's a mentor thing.”— J.D.
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[edit] Synopsis
Dr. Kelso announces that Neena Broderick is about the enter the building, so Ted panics. Neena is the scariest medical malpractice attorney in the city, who seems to create problems where there were none. Dr. Kelso makes sure this place is shaped up, so they take out Doug as well. Dr. Cox doesn't think much of Neena, but isn't afraid of her either. Neena doesn’t think about anything Perry says. Neena's father is in the hospital, much to the surprise to J.D. and Dr. Cox. Neena wants to know what the situation is with her father. Dr. Cox says they elect not to do the procedure and Dr. Kelso confirms that they can refuse treatment on non-emergency patients. Neena finds J.D. and tells him she is just worried about her father. J.D. and Neena flirt in the cafeteria. She says her act is just part of the job, just like J.D. playing a nerdy doctor. J.D. goes to Perry and advices to do the procedure, but Perry knows it was Neena's doing. Doug wants to know if he should really be a doctor, but Elliot doesn't know what to say. Dr. Cox wants to know how Neena managed to persuade J.D.' and Neena admits she manipulated him.
Turk got a new phone number, CALL-TURK. J.D. says it should only be CALL-TUR but he is willing to dial the extra K nonetheless. Turk knows this so he did something nice for J.D. - we see the janitor's mop broken, the water bucket replaced with blue paint and the walls having lots of hand prints so that Dr. Kelso thinks it was Janitor that did it. Mr. Corman has come back to the hospital as his tennis serve is not the same after his surgery. Mr. Corman nags on about his tennis serve so Turk tells him to get away and not even think about calling his cell phone. The Janitor finds out it was Turk who painted the walls with handprints so he tells Mr. Corman of Turk's cell phone number. He calls him at dinner.
Neena meets Mr. Corman on the way to see J.D. and she says she would do anything to help her father. Turk ponders what to do, and ends up filing a restraining order against Mr. Corman. This motivates J.D. to do the procedure and Elliot to tell Doug he is not cut out to be a doctor. Doug is shocked, but finds his gift: Finding the cause of death down at the morgue as he has seen so many of his own patients die.
Neena's dad will be fine. She thanks Dr. Cox and also thanks J.D. by making out in front of Dr. Cox. J.D. is confused as she said she wasn't interested in him. In fact, she was interested so they kiss more. Mr. Corman is suing Turk, with Neena as his attorney so he leaves a message on J.D.'s answering machine. It turns out that she handed him her card when they met earlier. Just as J.D. is about to call Turk back, Neena asks if he is coming into the bedroom. Thus J.D. hangs up the phone, deletes the message and runs into the bedroom.
[edit] Plot Points
- Turk pulls a fast prank on the Janitor and doesn't like the payback he receives from him and Mr. Korman, a former patient who tries to get retaliation.
- Trouble abounds for J.D. and Dr. Cox when they feel threatened by a patients' daughter, Neena Broderick, a malpractice attorney with seemingly evil intentions.
- Doug becomes a pathologist after finding his gift.
- There are several insinuations throughout the episode suggesting Neena is Ted's estranged wife.
[edit] Recurring Themes
[edit] Fantasies
- Doug is thrown out the window in a cloth sack, and is then hung up on Janitor's wall while Janitor pretends to read the newspaper.
- “How long do I have to stay up here?”— Doug
- “Just until I finish pretending to read the newspaper.”— Janitor
- “Just until I finish pretending to read the newspaper.”— Janitor
- Neena walks down the corridor wearing a top hat and cane, hitting everyone in the balls as she passes them.
- A white version of Turk, named Cal Turk, who sells insurance (but only .
[edit] Flashbacks
- J.D. helps set up a bed for a "foxy nurse" at her apartment, but demands J.D. leaves straight afterwards and she begins to kiss her muscular and topless boyfriend.
[edit] Janitor Story
Turk frames the Janitor for putting blue hand prints allover the hospital walls as a way to show J.D. that he's a good friend. Janitor gets revenge by giving Turks mobile number to a hypochondriac patient.
[edit] J.D.'s Girl Names
Priscilla - Neena winks at J.D. from all the way down the corridor, but Dr. Cox notices and is not pleased.
[edit] Episode Running Gags
- Turk's cell phone number CALL-TUR, which Turk thinks is cool. He later decides that the best way to deal with Mr. Corman is to file a restraining order against him, mainly to avoid the other option, which is changing his cell phone number.
- Lloyd the Delivery Guy is the loneliest person in the hospital, and is driven to ecstasy by any form of physical contact. J.D. has this same reaction simultaneously after he and Lloyd bump into each other.
- Ted freezes up whenever Neena talks to him.
- J.D. helps a "foxy nurse" set up a bed in a flashback, and then she makes out with her boyfriend. They are later seen making out in the supply closet.
[edit] Guest Stars
- Julianna Margulies as Neena Broderick
- Richard Kind as Harvey Corman
- Biff Yeager as Dr. Walch
- Dayo Ade as Mr. Hovey
- Amy Rilling as Nurse Amy
- Mike Schwartz as Lloyd
[edit] Music
- "I Want To Know" by Mavericks
- "One (Finale)" by A Chorus Line
[edit] Quotes
- “Elliot, I know everyone thinks I'm this huge screw-up, but I just want you to know that I'm gonna turn it around!”— Doug
- “Doug! This is a quarantined area!”— Elliot
- “Doug! This is a quarantined area!”— Elliot
- “Your father's gonna be just fine. The place is top-notch! I practically live here!”— Mr. Corman
- “Are you a doctor?”— Neena
- “Are you a doctor?”— Neena
- “Massive hypochondriac. If you'll excuse me, I have to go harass a surgeon.”
- “What are you doing here?”— J.D.
- “Ah. Hiding from Doug. He asked me a question I haven't answered yet. You?”— Elliot
- “Ah. Hiding from Doug. He asked me a question I haven't answered yet. You?”— Elliot
- “I was trying to make a dramatic exit. I thought this was a patient's room.”— J.D.
- “Shore it up, people. Neena Broderick's in the building.”— Dr. Kelso
- “WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!”— Ted
- “WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!”— Ted
- “As tactless as it was to yell that in a room of very sick people, Ted had a point.”— J.D.'s Narration
- “You're sweet.”— Neena
- “Oh my God, is she flirting with me?”— J.D.'s Narration
- “Oh my God, is she flirting with me?”— J.D.'s Narration
- “Oh my God, am I flirting with you?”
- “Oh my God, is she psychic?”
- “Oh my God, is she psychic?”
- “So, Doug, this is the morgue!... Hm. Cute, the little toe-tag. Like a present.”— Elliot
- “I know what a restraining order is! You act like I've never dated.”— Mr. Corman
[edit] Trivia
- Turk's cell phone number was actually purchased by the show's producers. When filming, cast and crew members would answer the phone when fans called. When they are not, it is just a phone recording announcing either a new season, or DVD release.
[edit] Images
Neena flirts with J.D. in the cafeteria. |
Doug is hung on Janitor's wall like a stuffed animal |
Turk plays a prank on Janitor for J.D. |
Doug finds his talent as a pathologist |
 Neena walking down the corridor hitting everyone in the balls |
Doug enters a quarantined area |
Ted shouting "we're going to die"...in a hospital |
 Neena and Harvey suspiciously shaking hands |
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