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My Own Worst Enemy

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My Own Worst Enemy

Directed by Bill Lawrence
Written by Neil Goldman
Written by Garrett Donovan
Air Date - October 25, 2007 on NBC
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Season Seven Episodes :
  1. My Own Worst Enemy
  2. My Hard Labor
  3. My Inconvenient Truth
  4. My Identity Crisis
  5. My Growing Pains
  6. My Number One Doctor
  7. My Bad Too
  8. My Manhood
  9. My Dumb Luck
  10. My Waste of Time
  11. My Princess
   Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 w • 9


“In my case it was never about sabotaging myself. It was the simple answer just like Turk said; I had knocked up a girl on our first date and I don't have strong feelings for her and probably never will. And the only reason we're still together is because there is a kid involved, which means I'm gonna stay with her until the very end. Whether I love her or not.”— J.D.'s narration

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[edit] Synopsis

Finding themselves in a compromising position, J.D. and Elliot prepare to kiss. Elliot changes her mind at the last second, and they agree that it almost happened because they are both nervous about their current relationships. J.D. later realizes that he almost kissed Elliot because he always is self destructing his relationships. He then realizes he self destructs many other things in his life. He vows to attempt to be less self destructing. However, no one seems to care that he is successful in his efforts.

Elliot breaks it off with Keith
Meanwhile, Elliot calls off the marriage to Keith. As the entire hospital watches, she gives him back the ring. At the same time, Snoop Dogg Attending tells Fun-Size Intern how he feels about her. After the break-up, Keith is very sour towards Elliot. When she confronts him in her house, he gets upset and they start yelling at each other. The yelling leads to kissing, which leads to sex. Back at the hospital, Elliot confides in Carla, who tells her she needs to call it off... again. She does and upsets Keith... again, who is sour with her... again.

Dr. Cox gets a new patient, Joe who is very agreeable. He instantly gets on Dr. Cox's good side. When Dr. Cox finds out that the patient has lyme disease, he has Fun-Size Intern search him for tick bites. When she can't find any, he enlists Turk to search for any surgical issues. When Turk can't find anything wrong, Dr. Kelso demands they discharge the patient. They transfer him to dermatology, but Dr. Kelso finds out. Upon Turk's and Dr. Cox's request, Dr. Kelso asks the patient to leave himself, but likes him too much to kick him out. After Dr. Beardface gives them an unintended clue, they realize Fun-Size missed the tick bite - under the patient's hair.

Carla must try to comfort Elliot, and give her good advice, but also must help Turk decide which candy bar he should choose, for his semi-annual candy bar.

[edit] Plot Points

  • J.D. vows to attempt to be less self destructing.
  • Elliot calls off the marriage to Keith.
  • A new patient, Joe, gets on Dr. Cox's good side.
  • Janitor starts dating Lady

[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

Nominees for the "Who Carzies Awards"

[edit] Janitor story

Janitor is cornered by J.D. while he is holding flowers. He says they are for his girlfriend. He yells at a woman at the other end of the hall, and says her name is Lady. J.D. does not believe him, but in the end her name really is Lady, and she is dating Janitor.

[edit] J.D.'s Girl Name

  • Dame Judy Dorian (twice)

During J.D.'s fantasy:

“Dame Judy Dorian for "I'm done self-sabatoging".”— Dr. Cox
“And the winner is...Dame Judy Dorian”— Dr. Cox

[edit] Episode Running Gags

  • Whenever Joe says "Call me Joe" and smiles, people immediately like him.
  • Elliot, J.D., and Turk each have a "weird crystallizing moment."
  • Keith angrily calls Elliot a "pig whore."  If it is preceded by adjectives, Elliot will note on them.

[edit] Guest Stars

Kevin Rahm as Joe Hutnik

[edit] Music

  • "Alive With the Glory of Love" by Say Anything
  • "Where We Gonna Go From Here" by Mat Kearney

[edit] Quotes

“Who wants to end up like Snoop Dogg Intern?”— J.D.
“Hey!”— Snoop Dogg Resident
“Sorry, Snoop Dogg Resident.”
“Hey!”— Snoop Dogg Attending
“Snoop Dogg Attending?!”
“That's right, baby”
“Alright! The point is, he hasn't told Josephine thats she gives him wowzers in his trousers.”
“Hey, be cool, be cool. I'm working on it.”
“I'm witchu Dawg, just keep it real.”


“Come on, Bob. There's an empty table right over there.”— Dr. Cox
“I'll leave for $10.”— Dr. Kelso
[Cox gives him $10.]
“Pleasure doing business.”
[Kelso leaves, before J.D., Turk, Carla and Elliot all sit at Cox's table simultaneously.]
“Hey friend.”— J.D.
“What, are you bored up there?”— Cox to God


“That's it. It's over.”— Carla watching Elliot dump Keith
“Ahhhhhhhhh.”— The rest of Sacred Heart watching Elliot dump Keith
“Awwwwwww.”— J.D.
“J.D....”— Carla
“No, Snoop Dogg Attending finally told Josephine how he feels.”
“Awwwwwww.”— The rest of Sacred Heart watching Snoop and Josephine
“Hey Everybody, look. A rainbow.”— Turk
“Ooooooooooo.”— The rest of Sacred Heart


“Now we can save that dad dying thing to go see the new baby panda at the zoo.”— J.D.
“Oh, its too late for that, she died.”— Turk
“Not Ming Ming!”
“Yeah, her mama sat on her, and then ate her.”
“Stupid nature.”


“I don't even know if Rumple Fugly was a girl.”— Turk
“Stop it, Fugs was awesome.”— J.D.


“OK, you know what. This why it was so easy to walk out on you.”— Elliot to Keith


“So what did you get?”— Joe Hutnik
“Bit-O-Honey.”— Turk
“Oh, I'm so so sorry.”
“Don't be. I ate that bad boy an hour and a half a go, and I'm still pulling bits-O-it outta ma teeth.”

[edit] Trivia

  • This episode marks the first appearance of Josephine and Lady.
  • The same television season which this episode aired (Fall 2007), NBC also began airing a new series staring Christian Slater entitled "My Own Worst Enemy".

[edit] Images

Elliot dumps Keith...

...as the staff watches

Keith moves out of Elliot's place

Turk and Dr. Cox turf Joe Hutnik to dermatology

The first "Who Carezies Awards"

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