My Mirror Image
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Written by Tim Hobert Air Date November 30, 2006 on  DVD • iTunes • Syndication | |
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- “As I thought about how Mrs. Zeebee and I had gotten such a raw deal, I realized how easy it was for doctors to see themselves in their patients.”— J.D.
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[edit] Synopsis
After J.D. finds out that Kim is pregnant, he tries to call Turk for moral support. Turk, and the rest of Sacred Heart, are too busy dancing to his new ringtone to answer, so J.D. ends up getting drunk on his porch while some elderly gay men party. As he drunkenly states that his life would be easier if he married one of them, they take him to Las Vegas to get married. He wakes up and escapes and sneaks in a door to hide. The door leads him to the stage of the Blue Man Group who splatter him with paint and glitter. Turk gets a call from the LVPD and picks up J.D. in Vegas.
Back at the hospital, J.D. continues to try to find people to relate to his situation. In the cafeteria, Elliot gets upset that she is the only person who isn't having a baby and storms out. She spends the rest of her day treating the new interns as if they were her children. J.D. later explains to Elliot, Carla, and Turk that he impregnated Kim without actually having sex with her which makes it more difficult for him to accept the pregnancy. Turk later tries to convince J.D. that he understands what he is going through, but J.D. gets upset and explains that Turk's life is planned and his is all happening by accident. J.D. also tries to explain his problems to his patient, Mrs. Zeebee, but realizes that she is a much stronger person for being fearless about her cancer while he is worried about a baby. He gets over himself and visits Kim's apartment so they can talk about it.
Meanwhile, Dr. Cox is forced to deal with his anger problems when Jordan chastises him for throwing spaghetti on Jack and forcing the interns to run laps around the hospital. Carla shows him a patient, Mr. Slydell who has a stress induced ulcer. He explains to Perry that his anger cost him his job, family, and health. Perry tries to be anger-free, but when Elliot coddles the interns too much he snaps and returns to his angry self. He does, however, manage to keep his cool at home with his ornery son.
[edit] Plot Points
- J.D. addresses the news that he's going to be a father.
- Dr. Cox worries that his anger might affect his children.
- Janitor wonders if he has wasted his life.
[edit] Recurring Themes
[edit] Fantasies
[edit] Janitor Story
Janitor wonders if he is wasting his life after seeing an elderly patient explains that he spent so many years getting a degree that he has a long list of regrets. He ponders about what he could of done with his life, but in the end continues to prank J.D.. He puts up a flag pole without a flag and forces J.D. to salute it, despite there being no flag at the top, so he refuses. As revenge, Janitor paints J.D. like an American Flag and ties him to the pole.
[edit] Episode Running Gags
- Turk brought back Pop Rocks as a trend, and Ted and Keith love them.
* When J.D. talks to Kim on the phone in the vicinity of Ted, Kim mistakes the fizzing sound of Ted's Pop Rocks for static
* After being unable to find Pop Rocks, Keith buys "Fizzy Pebbles" from a generic store and he and Ted try to solve the urban legend that mixing Pop Rocks and Cola would cause an explosion; the resulting explosion makes a mess that Janitor cleans with blue Gatorade. - Dr. Cox threw spaghetti on Jack, and then later Jordan tells him that Jack had a "Vietnam flashback" after his school cafeteria served spaghetti
[edit] Guest Stars
- Blue Man Group as Themselves
- Chris Dougherty as Jerry (Intern)
- Tate Hanyok as Debbie
- Carl J. Johnson as Harvey (My Mirror Image)
- Shara Lerman & Zach Braff as Mrs. Zeebee
- Andrew Miller as Jack Cox
- Jerry Shea as Intern (My Mirror Image)
- Neil Flynn as Mr. O'Neil
- John C. McGinley as Mr. Slydell
- TBA as Patient (My Mirror Image)
[edit] Music
| Music from Season: |
- "Bye Bye Bye" by 'N Sync
- "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
- "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go
- "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Lōc
- "Be Yourself" by Audioslave
[edit] Quotes
- “Are you gonna let me down anytime soon?”— J.D.
- “Not until you spend a little time acting like a flag.”— Janitor
- “Not until you spend a little time acting like a flag.”— Janitor
- “As I acted like a flag, I sensed that the Janitor learned nothing from this experience.”— J.D.'s Narration
[Janitor sprays cleaning liquid in his mouth]
- “I filled it with blue Gatorade. I just do that to freak people out.”— Janitor
- “Scintillating.”— Dr. Kelso
- “Scintillating.”— Dr. Kelso
- “Your sarcasm is wasted on me, you giant pregnant beast. This is an anger-free zone. There's no anger here.”— Dr. Cox
- “Okay, what if... I get a sex-change operation, and I trick him into marrying me?”— Janitor
- “But if it doesn't work, you'll just be an older, fairly ugly, janitor woman.”— Mr. O'Neil
- “But if it doesn't work, you'll just be an older, fairly ugly, janitor woman.”— Mr. O'Neil
- “That's it. Every single one of you is gonna run laps around the hallways until I say stop... Think I'm kidding? Shyah! Shyah! Shyah shyah shyah! Shyah!”— Dr. Cox
- “We're at war, my friend. All American flags are on back-order. What do you want me to do in the meantime? Run a pirate flag up there? Maybe turn the whole building into a pirate ship? I could put a captain's wheel up on the roof... catch a parrot somehow, slap on an eye-patch, go to work with a caulk-gun, seal her up, make her water-tight... I could take her out to sea.”— Janitor
- “Are you insane?”— J.D.
- “Are you insane?”— J.D.
- “No. I'm a pirate.”
- “This is a bit awkward, but I feel obligated to ask you about your relationship with Dr. Briggs. Was she naughty?”— Dr. Kelso
- “Get help, sir.”— J.D.
- “Get help, sir.”— J.D.
[edit] Trivia
- Title Explanation: My Mirror Image signifies the image of J.D. and the others of how they might look in the future if they keep living the lives that they do.
- J.D. is pushed onto the stage with performing group "The Blue Man Group".
- J.D.'s patient, Mrs Zeebee, is a reference to Zach Braff's initials.
- Dr. Cox's patient, Mr Slydell, is a reference to the Office Space character Bob Slydell, played by John C. McGinley.
- The name of the patient that the Janitor talks to, O'Neil, is a reference to Neil Flynn, who plays the Janitor.
[edit] Images
 Janitor hoists J.D. onto a flag pole |
