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Season Two

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The second season of Scrubs originally aired between September 2002 and April 2003 on NBC

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[edit] Story

No longer interns, J.D., Turk, and Elliot feel more confident in their abilities as doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital. Reluctantly helping them through their problems is Dr. Cox, as the Janitor and Dr. Kelso make things difficult for them, as usual. Relationships come and go for some characters, but the relationship between Turk and Carla grows stronger, while Dr. Cox and Jordan have their first child.

The Sacred Heart team must cope with Jordan's disclosure of secrets from the last day of their first year. (My Overkill) Soon after, still with some hurt feelings, J.D. Elliot, and Turk, now residents, are left in charge of the ICU for a night. (My Nightingale) All residents at the hospital compete to win a trip to Reno (My Case Study) and shortly afterward everyone learns there are more important things, such as keeping secrets. (My Big Mouth) The three interns try hard to find unique likable identities around the hospital, (My New Coat) but J.D. finds out that he likes his identity better than that of his annoying brother's. (My Big Brother) Dr. Cox is tempted by a new woman at Sacred Heart, (My First Step), but after sleeping with her, chooses a pregnant Jordan. (My Fruit Cups) Elliot finds herself cut off financially from her parents, as other people around the hospital receive their own reality checks. (My Lucky Day) After J.D. begins dating a cute girl, (My Monster) Elliot and him hook up becoming "sex buddies". (My Sex Buddy)

J.D. and Elliot roughly transition back to friends, (My New Old Friend) and Turk decides to propose to Carla. (My Philosophy) J.D.'s bad luck continues when he is responsible for getting a well loved doctor fired. (My Brother, My Keeper) Dr. Cox sees a therapist about his personal life, and unadmittedly takes advice from J.D. (His Story) Elliot and Carla begins having relationship problems, with Turk and a male nurse respectively, while Jordan goes into labor. (My Karma) J.D. is tempted to join the private practice realm of medicine by a good doctor, but ultimately doesn't/ (My Own Private Practice Guy) J.D. makes an awkward moral decision when he begins seeing a comatose patient's wife, (My T.C.W.) and takes another awkward step when he tries to fit in with the surgeons. (My Kingdom) When the comatose patient dies, J.D. begins sleeping with his wife, (My Interpretation) but ends the relationship when he realizes it was only fun because it was naughty. Turk and Carla almost get married at Sacred Heart's chapel, but Turk calls it off because a low budget does not mean the can't fulfill Carla's wedding dreams. (My Drama Queen) Shortly after, all doctors at the hospital begin questioning how much they really like their jobs, and Dr. Cox realizes his isn't worth having if he has to put up with Kelso's attitude, and punches him in the face. (My Dream Job)

[edit] Cast

Full list: Category:Season 2 Cast

Main Cast:

Supporting Cast

Guest Cast

[edit] Awards

Full list: List of Scrubs' awards and nominations

The second season was nominated for the following Emmys:

  • Best Writing, comedy series
  • Best Editing, comedy series
  • Best Casting, comedy series

[edit] Episodes

Full list: Category:Season 2 Episodes
My Overkill
Original Air Date: September 26, 2002 - Directed by: Adam Bernstein - Written by: Bill Lawrence 
  • J.D. tries to get everyone back as friends after what happened at the end of the last episode.
My Nightingale
Original Air Date: October 3, 2002 - Directed by: Craig Zisk - Written by: Eric Weinberg 
  • The main trio try to get through a night shift they are in charge of with no one else above them to help.
  • Dr. Cox realizes after what Carla said, that he actually cares about Jordan.
  • Carla switches shifts with another nurse to help the other three when they're in charge.
My Case Study
Original Air Date: October 10, 2002 - Directed by: Michael Spiller - Written by: Gabrielle Allan 
  • All the residents want to win the trip to Reno by giving Dr. Kelso the most interesting case study.
  • J.D. has to choose between the trip to Reno or Dr. Cox's respect.
  • It's Dr. Kelso's anniversary and it's the one day of the year he approves equipment that costs. Everyone takes advantage of this.
My Big Mouth
Original Air Date: October 17, 2002 - Directed by: Paul Quinn - Written by: Mark Stegemann 
  • J.D. betrays Carla by telling Turk her feelings.
  • Turk realizes that he wasn't selected over Bonnie by Dr. Kelso because she was a girl, not because he is better.
  • Elliot delivers bad news for Dr. Cox to get respected more by him.
My New Coat
Original Air Date: October 24, 2002 - Directed by: Marc Buckland - Written by: Matt Tarses 
  • J.D. struggles to find his identity at Sacred Heart.
  • Elliot gains a new reputation around the hospital.
  • Turk betrays his friendship with Elliot in order to fit in.
My Big Brother
Original Air Date: October 31, 2002 - Directed by: Michael Spiller - Written by: Bill Lawrence 
  • J.D. discovers he is ashamed of his big brother, Dan Dorian, who comes to visit.
  • Dan finds he is attracted to Elliot which annoys J.D.
  • Turk feels guilty for betting on a patient's life.
My First Step
Original Air Date: November 7, 2002 - Directed by: Lawrence Trilling - Written by: Mike Schwartz 
My Fruit Cups
Original Air Date: November 14, 2002 - Directed by: Ken Whittingham - Written by: Janae Bakken 
  • J.D. and Turk's friendship is damaged when Turk keeps $100 of the $300 J.D. is working for.
  • Elliot's father attempts to change her career to OB-GYN, and Elliot wants to make a stand.
  • Dr. Cox is forced to choose between Julie and Jordan when a pregnant Jordan comes to visit.
My Lucky Day
Original Air Date: December 5, 2002 - Directed by: Lawrence Trilling - Written by: Debra Fordham 
  • J.D. is riding high after correcting a misdiagnosis by Dr. Cox, but is jerked back to reality when he is unable to explain the death of his next patient.
  • Elliot is struggling personally and professionally as she is forced to relinquish all of the luxuries that her father had been financing.
  • Carla learns that sometimes it is better to keep her opinions to herself.
My Monster
Original Air Date: December 12, 2002 - Directed by: Gail Mancuso - Written by: Angela Nissel 
  • J.D. asks out gift shop girl for a date.
  • Jordan is back living with Dr. Cox, but she is constantly calling him to collect massives of food.
  • Carla feels her relationship with Turk is lacking romance.
My Sex Buddy
Original Air Date: January 2, 2003 - Directed by: Will Mackenzie - Written by: Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman 
  • J.D. and Elliot become sex buddies to relieve the stress of work.
  • Carla loves how her patients love her and tries to give them definite answers to their questions, as opposed to what Dr. Kelso says.
  • A lot of Elliot's patients switch off to other doctors.
My New Old Friend
Original Air Date: January 9, 2003 - Directed by: Chris Koch - Written by: Gabrielle Allan 
  • J.D. and Elliot have problems making the transition from sex buddies, back to friends.
  • Dr. Cox and Carla think that Mr. Corman is faking his illness, but it ends up that he has cancer.
  • Turk lies to Dr. Kelso, telling him he revoked Mrs. Kay's license, but then she crashes into Dr. Kelso's car.
My Philosophy
Original Air Date: January 16, 2003 - Directed by: Chris Koch - Written by: Matt Tarses & Tim Hobert 
  • J.D. finds out that one of his favorite patients is in need of a heart transplant.
  • Turk looses his wedding ring for Carla.
  • Elliot objects to the co-ed locker room.
My Brother, My Keeper
Original Air Date: January 23, 2003 - Directed by: Michael Spiller - Written by: Eric Weinberg 
  • Turk's brother Kevin visits him at the hospital.
  • J.D. is partnered with a well loved doctor, Dr. Townshend.
  • Elliot gains leverage over Dr. Cox.
His Story Narrated by Dr. Cox
Original Air Date: January 30, 2003 - Directed by: Ken Whittingham - Written by: Bonnie Schneider & Hadley Davis 
  • J.D. and Turk try and convince Carla to marry Turk.
  • Elliot gets attracted to a man called Paul, but it later turns out that he is a male nurse.
  • Dr. Cox realizes that what his psychiatrist told him is true, and realizes he partially likes J.D.
My Karma
Original Air Date: February 20, 2003 - Directed by: Marc Buckland - Written by: Janae Bakken & Debra Fordham 
  • J.D. and Turk cause an accident with J.D. believe is going to get karma on them.
  • It's Jordan's labor day, and J.D. is too scared to keep an eye on Jordan like he has been told too.
  • Elliot and Carla start going insane over their respective partners.
My Own Private Practice Guy
Original Air Date: March 13, 2003 - Directed by: Marc Buckland - Written by: Angela Nissel & Mark Stegemann 
My T.C.W.
Original Air Date: March 20, 2003 - Directed by: Adam Bernstein - Written by: Bill Lawrence 
My Kingdom
Original Air Date: March 27, 2003 - Directed by: Michael Spiller - Written by: April Pesa 
  • Dr. Cox convinces the hospital staff that Kelso died.
  • J.D. begins a surgical rotation and tries to fit in with the other surgeons.
  • Elliot and Paul Flowers have relationship problems.
My Interpretation
Original Air Date: April 3, 2003 - Directed by: Will Mackenzie - Written by: Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan 
  • Jamie's husband dies and J.D. still has sex with her, including at the funeral.
  • J.D. has problems communicating with a German patient.
  • Dr. Cox has to look after the baby after Jordan forces him to.
My Drama Queen
Original Air Date: April 10, 2003 - Directed by: Michael Spiller - Written by: Will Berson 
  • Carla tries to rush their wedding and have a more budgeted wedding after her mother dies, but Turk isn't sure it's what she really wants.
  • J.D. realizes his relationship with Jamie is loosing it's spark because there is less drama in it.
  • Dr. Kelso forces Dr. Cox to take a seminar on how to prevent lawsuits.
My Dream Job
Original Air Date: April 17, 2003 - Directed by: Bill Lawrence - Written by: Bill Lawrence 

[edit] Music

See List of music featured in Season Two for a complete list.

Scrubs is known for incorporating both classic and new songs, and has even featured songs that later turned out to be smash hits. The first season includes songs from Colin Hay, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, David Bowie, Simple Minds, and many more. Scrubs (Soundtrack) was also released shortly after the premier of Season Two, and features "Overkill" from My Overkill.

[edit] The DVD

Full list: Scrubs CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, & downloads

The complete second season was released onto DVD in region one on November 15, 2005. The three disk set includes all 22 episodes, plus the following special features:

  • Johnny C. Keeps Talking - a one on one interview with John C. McGinley
  • Secrets and Lies - a featurette about gossip, jokes and stories on the set
  • The Musical Stylings - music featurette
  • Practice, Practice, Malpractice - outtakes
  • Scrubbed Out - deleted scenes
  • J.D.'s Imagination Gone Wild - interviews of the cast about the dream sequences
  • Commentaries with the cast and creators

[edit] Trivia

  • After the conclusion of season two, NBC ordered a Funniest Moments Special to highlight moments from the first two seasons. It is not found on the DVDs.
  • Although he appeared in every episode of Season One, Neil Flynn was not added as a main cast member until Season Two.

[edit] See Also

      
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