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My Self-Examination

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My Self-Examination

Directed by Randall Keenan Winston
Written by Janae Bakken
Air Date - April 27, 2004 on NBC
Transcript - Images
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Season Three Episodes :
  1. My Own American Girl
  2. My Journey
  3. My White Whale
  4. My Lucky Night
  5. My Brother, Where Art Thou?
  6. My Advice to You
  7. My Fifteen Seconds
  8. My Friend the Doctor
  9. My Dirty Secret
  10. My Rule of Thumb
  11. My Clean Break
  12. My Catalyst
  13. My Porcelain God
  14. My Screw Up
  15. My Tormented Mentor
  16. My Butterfly
  17. My Moment of Un-Truth
  18. His Story II
  19. My Choosiest Choice of All
  20. My Fault
  21. My Self-Examination
  22. My Best Friend's Wedding
   Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 w • 9


“Catch me, stud!... You know, most guys woulda caught me. I love that you didn't!”— Elliot

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[edit] Synopsis

J.D. wakes up with Elliot in his arms the morning after stealing her away from Sean, and he realizes that being with Elliot wasn't what he wanted after all. After asking Danni and her new partner for advice, however, J.D. resigns himself to the fact he might as well stay in a relationship with Elliot even if he doesn't love her.

Jordan believes that fighting with Dr. Cox is affecting their son negatively, and decides to stop. This frustrates Dr. Cox, who starts looking for someone else to fight with, and ends up evoking the wrath of the Janitor.

Turk and Carla's wedding is fast approaching, and they are supposed to be writing their own vows, but Turk hasn't started, and his life is also made difficult by the fact that Carla's brother, Marco, is in town. When the Catholic priest who will be performing the wedding says that they can't read their own vows, Turk nearly escapes having to write them, but Marco then suggests that they read them at the rehearsal dinner. It looks as though Turk is still in trouble, until Marco volunteers to write the vows out of love for Carla.

At the rehearsal dinner, Turk learns the hard way that Marco stole his vows from When Harry Met Sally, and Carla is angry with him. As Turk and J.D. discuss their relationship problems, Turk explains to J.D. what love really is, using himself and Carla as an example; this works in Turk's favour, as his speech on the subject gets him back into Carla's good graces, but it also proves to J.D. once and for all that he should tell Elliot the truth, and he breaks up with her.

Dr. Cox and Jordan also get their love back on track when he explains to her how important fighting is to their relationship; they agree not to fight in front of Jack, but to continue in private.

[edit] Plot Points

  • J.D. publically humiliates Elliot and himself.
  • Turk has problems writing his wedding vows.
  • Jordan refuses to fight with Dr. Cox, therefore Dr. Cox points his anger toward Janitor.

[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

[edit] Janitor story

Janitor is in a bad mood after losing the election for Union President to Randall.

[edit] Guest Stars

[edit] Music

  • "Follow Through" by Gavin DeGraw

[edit] Quotes

  • [Marco arrives in a the back of a truck with a sheep]
“Marco! The invite says no dates, man! No dae...dang!”— Turk
“Oh, he is so the Soup Nazi! Trick him!”— J.D.'s Narration
“What is it again? You're like out of luck in the soup department...?”— J.D.
“No soup for you!”— Larry
“Ha. Rad!”
“Well, you have to do something.”— Carla
“No I don't, you jackass!”— Dr. Cox
“Turk, I need your help, man. It's about Elliot.”— J.D.
“Why, did you sleep with her again?”— Marco
“How does everybody know about this?”
“Catch me, stud!... You know, most guys woulda caught me. I love that you didn't!”— Elliot
“Why would I idealize women?”— J.D.
“What's your mom like?”— Danni

[Flashback]

“I love you, honey. You're the smartest, handsomest, sweetest boy in the whole world. And no matter how hard you look, you will never find a woman who'll love you as much as I do.”— Barbara Dorian
“Have you been working on your vows?”— Carla
“Define "work."”— Turk
“It's the difference between special birthday sex and no sex on our wedding night.”
“Yeah, I do like the special birthday sex.”
  • [While standing over Dr. Cox who is tied up in one of the morgue's temporary coffins]
“I can only assume you're saying "Let me out or I'm gonna kill ya"...not gonna happen. Listen, I'm in a rare position of power here, okay? So I'm only gonna let you out if you admit that you're my mentor. I know! I know that makes you angry, but-- Uh-oh! Okay! Okay! You know, I'm fine the other way! However you wanna do--”— J.D.

[edit] Trivia

  • Randall Winston says in the commentary that Billy Crystal donated the clip from When Harry Met Sally... because he was a huge Scrubs fan.
  • Jordan is 5 years younger than Dr. Cox.

[edit] Images

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