My Occurrence

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	My Occurrence;
	Directed by Lawrence Trilling; Written by Bill Lawrence; Air Date - May 7, 2002 on ; Transcript - Images Watch this episode!; DVD • iTunes • Syndication
Season One Episodes :
	My First Day; ; My Mentor; ; My Best Friend's Mistake; ; My Old Lady; ; My Two Dads; ; My Bad; ; My Super Ego; ; My Fifteen Minutes; ; My Day Off; ; My Nickname; ; My Own Personal Jesus; ; My Blind Date ; ; My Balancing Act; ; My Drug Buddy; ; My Bed Banter & Beyond; ; My Heavy Meddle; ; My Student; ; My Tuscaloosa Heart; ; My Old Man; ; My Way or the Highway; ; My Sacrificial Clam; ; My Occurrence; ; My Hero; ; My Last Day ;
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“That's really very sweet of you to think that you're that important.”— Ben

[edit] Synopsis

Dr. Cox and a patient hug for a very long time. When the patient kisses him on the cheek, Dr. Cox stops the hug. J.D. walks in and it is revealed that the patient is Ben, a good friend of Dr. Cox's. Ben has a nail shot straight through the hand stuck to a board and J.D. faints from all the blood. It turns out that Ben is Jordan's brother, but when she divorced Perry, Ben chose to like him more. Ben likes to take candid pictures of people, and Jordan doesn't like it. Turk is prepping for surgery but just as he is about to remove a testicle they notice the patient should be Jewish but isn't circumcised. Todd comes into the O.R. asking if there is a mix-up as their appendicitis patient doesn't have an appendix.

Jill Tracy is back at the hospital. She has been traveling since her last breakdown and she's engaged. This makes it easier for Elliot to mention that her vomiting and nausea is because she is pregnant. Jill is confused because she and her fiance haven't had sex yet. Jordan isn't happy that Ben is doing contractor work as he keeps on hurting himself. Dr. Cox and Ben want to go for a beer and they ask J.D. to come along, but as it turns out only as a driver.

Dr. Kelso makes it clear to Turk that accidents that nearly happened are not good for the hospital and the patient should never find out. Turk agrees to keep his mouth shut. Elliot races to Jill's room but Jill is already on the phone with her fiance explaining that she slept with other people. Elliot tells her there was a mix-up and she isn't actually pregnant. Playing pool at the bar, Perry notices that Ben's hand is still bleeding. Ben also says he cut himself shaving last week and it wouldn't stop bleeding. The two doctors notice the symptoms and take him back to the hospital. J.D.'s job is to get the test results back. When they finally come back, it turns out Ben has leukemia. He needs to bring the results to Ben and Perry but he thinks about how many mix-ups have happened in the hospital lately so he says they haven't come back yet. See the fantasies section of this article to see how this episode ends.

[edit] Plot Points

Dr. Cox's best friend/Jordan's brother, Ben is causing trouble in the hospital for many people.
Ben annoys Jordan by constantly taking photos of people when they aren't expecting it.
J.D. comes to like Ben and wants to hang out with Ben and Dr. Cox and J.D. can't accept Ben has leukemia.

[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

Jordan gives Ben an Indian Burn, and his arm actually catches on fire.
When Doug enters Dr. Bobb's lab, blood is squirted on the window and a hand claws for help.
The whole of second half of the episode is a fantasy, which started from when J.D. walks into the room with Dr. Cox and Ben putting cards on their foreheads. The fantasy is about J.D. being unable to come to terms with Ben having leukemia. In the fantasy, Carla, Dr. Kelso, and Fred Bobb give him clues that he is imagining a better outcome. The game is up when Ben asks for a posed photo with the whole group.

[edit] Janitor story

The Janitor claims to only work an hour and a half a day and spends the rest of the day following and tracking J.D., who isn't sure if it's a lie or not. Janitor shows up in the background of all of Ben's pictures of J.D.

[edit] J.D.'s Girl Name

Gladys

“Gladys, if you could chalk it without pleasuring it that'd be terrific.”— Dr. Cox

Clara

“Alright, Clara, you can go ahead and order yourself a cosmopolitan--I'll just grab a cab home.”— Dr. Cox

Janice

“Oh, Janice, are those the test results we've been waiting for?”— Dr. Cox

[edit] Guest Stars

[edit] Music

"Daydreams and Lies" by Keren DeBerg
"Hold On Hope" by Guided by Voices

[edit] Quotes

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“Wait, why would you want a picture like that? I thought you said that posed pictures aren't real?”— J.D.

[edit] Trivia

This episode ended with "To Be Continued". When Brendan Fraser was asked to appear, he told creator Bill Lawrence that he wanted to really develop his character over two episodes.
Ben Sullivan's photo shoots showed through all this episode and the following one have been shot by Brendan Fraser himself on the set both on and behind the scenes.
Continuity Error: When everyone is in the cafeteria, J.D. is drinking apple juice, but moments later, J.D. is shown with a milk carton, and Elliot now has the apple juice.