Scrubs Season 5, Ep. 17 "My Chopped Liver"

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When J.D. rearranges his schedule to allow himself more time to spend with Turk, Turk secretly resents hanging out with J.D. in that time because it interferes with his own "Turk Time."
  • Directed by: Will Mackenzie
  • Runtime: 22 minutes
  • Original air date: April 04, 2006
  • Network: ABC Studios
 
 
 
 

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1. My Intern's Eyes
  January 3, 2006
Now attending Sacred Heart, J.D. has to deal with his own interns; Turk has doubts having children, then tries to prevent Carla from getting pregnant; Elliot struggles to find her way at County Hospital and doesn't want to seem like the helpless person she was before.
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2. My Rite of Passage
  January 3, 2006
J.D. wants to show Cox and Kelso how to treat interns but instead finds out that they laugh at his bad jokes out of fear and respect.
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3. My Day At The Races
  January 10, 2006
While planning his birthday, J.D. finds a list of things he wanted to accomplish before he turned 30. He begins by entering a triathlon.
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4. My Jiggly Ball
  January 10, 2006
J.D. is asked to introduce Dr. Kelso at an awards dinner, so he tries to find out something good to say about him.
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5. My New God
  January 17, 2006
Dr. Cox's religious sister, Paige, comes to visit for her nephew's baptism. Turk is finding out just how unsexy baby making can be.
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6. My Missed Perception
  January 17, 2006
J.D. mistakes an elderly woman's happiness as her wish to stop treatment for a fatal illness. Turk and Elliot struggle to find the cause of a patient's body pain and Carla tries to organize the annual group photo.
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7. My Way Home
  January 24, 2006
In a "Wizard of Oz" homage, J.D. is trying to go home, Turk searches for a heart donor and Carla worries that she doesn't have the courage to become a parent.
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8. My Big Bird
  January 24, 2006
J.D., Turk, Elliot and Carla are interrogated about the mysterious death of a patient.
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9. My Half-Acre
  February 7, 2006
J.D. meets the klutzy Julie, and when he becomes smitten, Elliot attempts to help out with romance advice.
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10. Her Story II
  February 7, 2006
J.D. is annoyed that Julie doesn't laugh, so Elliot encourages J.D. to tell her his feelings and Turk tries to use psychology to fix the issue.
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11. My Buddy's Booty
  February 28, 2006
J.D. is still dealing with his recent break-up and trying not to kill intern Keith, who has become annoyingly perfect. To make matters worse a favorite patient is in a serious coma and each of the staff finds their own way to deal with it.
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12. My Cabbage
  February 28, 2006
Dr. Kelso is outraged when he discovers that a bird has been living in Sacred Heart. He orders the Janitor to dispose of it immediately. However, the Janitor likes the bird so much he secretly keeps it as a pet. J.D., annoyed with Keith, tries to get his intern fired but all doesn't turn out as intended.
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13. My Five Stages
  March 7, 2006
J.D. and Dr. Cox go through the five stages of grief with their favorite patient who is declining in health.
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14. My Own Personal Hell
  March 14, 2006
J.D. is sick of perfect intern Keith and he's not the only one. Elliot's relationship with Keith is revealed so the other interns think he is getting special attention.
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15. My Extra Mile
  March 21, 2006
J.D. urges Cox and his fellow doctors to do special, unconventional things for their patients, but J.D. himself is not sure he can shave his head for a woman undergoing chemo after meeting a woman who loves his hair.
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16. My Bright Idea
  March 28, 2006
Turk finds out that Carla is pregnant before she does, so J.D. convinces Turk to tell the entire hospital staff to surprise Carla with the news. But Carla wants to personally share her baby news with everybody so Turk and J.D. have to quickly contain the hospital gossip.
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17. My Chopped Liver
  April 4, 2006
When J.D. rearranges his schedule to allow himself more time to spend with Turk, Turk secretly resents hanging out with J.D. in that time because it interferes with his own "Turk Time."
 
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18. My New Suit
  April 11, 2006
J.D.'s brother Dan returns for a surprise visit and Elliot learns that J.D. has been telling Dan that she still likes him.
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19. His Story III
  April 18, 2006
Turk and Carla turn J.D.'s old bedroom into a nursery for the baby. The Janitor seizes an opportunity to shove J.D. out of the picture for a day.
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20. My Lunch
  April 25, 2006
J.D. asks Dr. Cox for lunch but runs into annoying former patient Jill Tracy, who unexpectedly teaches him something about responsibility.
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21. My Fallen Idol
  May 2, 2006
Dr. Cox starts drinking after his decisions result in the death of three of his patients. The staff tries to cover for him at the hospital while everyone tries to convince him how inspiring he is for them.
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22. My Deja Vu, My Deja Vu
  May 9, 2006
J.D. feels that the same things happen over and over again at the hospital. Dr. Cox returns to work, but Elliot believes that he has lost his usual confidence.
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23. My Urologist
  May 16, 2006
J.D. challenges a urologist's assessment on a consultation for a patient in need of a risky surgical procedure. He also starts to fall for her.
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24. My Transition
  May 16, 2006
J.D. plans a date with Dr. Kim Briggs on their night off, but Elliot gets in their way.
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Episode 17, "My Chopped Liver"
Synopsis: When J.D. rearranges his schedule to allow himself more time to spend with Turk, Turk secretly resents hanging out with J.D. in that time because it interferes with his own "Turk Time."
Original air date: April 4, 2006
Runtime: 22 minutes
ASIN: B003YDUO06
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,861 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Scrubs Season 5
Synopsis: This half-hour comedy from the co-creator/executive producer of "Spin City" focuses on the bizarre experiences of fresh-faced medical intern John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff) as he embarks on his career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients.
Season year: 2006
Network: ABC Studios
ASIN: B003YDULHM
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Definitely Scrubs is one of the funniest TV shows I've ever seen. Eda Adore  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
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41 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything changes except the quality March 15, 2007
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With their internships and residencies behind them, this is the first year that Turk, J.D, and Elliot are all full-fledged attending physicians. Since the series had originally been based on how interns and residents cope during these transitional years, it would be a challenge for the show to continue to be funny and fresh, but it did not disappoint. At this point I must warn you there are spoilers ahead, particularly in the last paragraph.

J.D is now an attending, and much of his story has to do with him realizing that with the perks of this position comes certain unexpected drawbacks, such as the group of interns with which he is entrusted laughing at his very unfunny jokes in order to score points. "My Jiggly Ball" was also along these lines, with J.D. given the task of introducing Dr. Kelso at a dinner. If J.D. doesn't compliment Kelso, he knows he'll be fired. However, if he doesn't tell the truth he knows he'll lose the support of his colleagues. There's also a little more insight into Kelso in this episode, and we find out that his gruff exterior may just be a way of him coping with decisions he makes each day that save some lives at the expense of others. Finally, there is the ever-present issue of J.D. and his romance problems. In "My Half Acre", I thought J.D. had met his match in the dangerously uncoordinated Julie, but like so many other times it was not to be. Although, I have to say this time, the reason for J.D.'s collapsed romance didn't make very good sense to me.

As for Turk and Carla, of course their long-running story is their attempt to conceive a child. Turk goes from secretly medicating Carla with birth control pills to understanding that, to Carla, making a baby is the most romantic thing in the world. They both have doubts and difficulties but eventually, and not surprisingly, they are successful. What is surprising is that because of the cheap pregnancy test Turk has bought, it takes an extra bit of time for the stick to turn blue, and thus Turk knows the truth before Carla. In fact, thanks to Turk and J.D. the entire hospital knows before Carla. When they find out Carla has been looking forward to telling everyone herself, J.D. and Turk have to make sure that nobody tells Carla what they already know.

Elliot starts out the season on a bright note, since she has gotten a fellowship in a neighboring hospital. She is determined to make a fresh start there, and that includes claiming she knows things she doesn't, such as the location of the medical supplies. Thus she is constantly driving back and forth between her new job and where she knows she can find the supplies - Sacred Heart. This job doesn't last long, though, when the most irritating guy at her new hospital unexpectedly cures the disease she was hired to work on. She thus finds herself back at Sacred Heart with her own batch of interns. Unfortunately, she gets involved with one of them. He happens to be the most talented, but her handing off the choicest jobs and the highest praise to him appears as favoritism to all of the other interns until J.D. comes to her defense.

Cox is still around handing out advice seasoned with sarcasm, but this season he is a senior peer to J.D. rather than a taskmaster, and the transition is handled well. Particularly good is "My Lunch" and "My Fallen Idol". Here the roles of J.D. and Cox wind up being somewhat reversed. Three patients are in need of organ transplants when an annoying former patient, Jill, is admitted and then dies of what appears to be a cocaine overdose. Under Dr. Cox's directions, her organs are transplanted into the three patients and all is going well. However, the patients start feeling ill, and the final lab report comes back revealing the real cause of Jill's death.

On the lighter side, the janitor is still around making life miserable for J.D. Will he ever get over that penny in the sliding door? During the course of the season he manages to find a way to get J.D. in trouble without ever coming near him through the magic of modern digital photography, invents a new game whose sole purpose is to torment J.D., and tricks J.D. into commiting burglary by making J.D. believe he is helping the janitor move. Last but not least, Ted, the much abused hospital lawyer, finally has the upper hand when Kelso hits him with his car and Kelso fears a lawsuit.

The only problem with this season is the final episode. We've all been expecting Carla's pregnancy and the birth of Turk and Carla's firstborn to be a big part of the storyline, and it was well integrated into the show. Also, enough time has passed since Cox and Jordan had their child that the storyline didn't seem rehashed. However, the final episode sets up a trio of pregnancies, including Carla's, that just seems like a trainwreck waiting to happen in season six. We shall see.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars the fun continues May 9, 2007
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I was genuinely surprised when the 5. season of "Scrubs" came. I had thought that they would only make the four seasons because of the premise of the series was the main characters being interns and all that. When the fifth season then came out, after my initial surprise I became a bit suspicious. Would this be of the same stuff as earlier seasons?

Yes, it would indeed. Scrubs has grown as a comedy series. It is still somewhere in between sitcom, teen drama and Marx Brothers. It is still the funniest thing in American television since Frasier. Yet, it has changed with the growth and development of the characters. There's a history to the characters and their relationships now, and this fact is made full use of, I think, in this season. They are not interns anymore, but the people are the same. In this season we follow their lives outside the hospital more than previous and there are more personal/family stuff going on, but it is as funny as ever.

Season five continues where season four left off and is just as hillarious as its predecessor. In a word, highly recommendable.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Quick as a porcupine's hickup! May 26, 2007
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Five seasons later and Scrubs is still holding strong.

Sure some of the plots are pretty out there this time around but the sharp wit and perfect performances all around keeps things going swiftly. Everything we all loved about the first three seasons, the comedy, the reality of working in a hospital, and season four's brilliant comedy, are ever present and they even correct season four's lack of touching moments. The episode My Lunch is enough to evoke emotion I haven't felt since first seeing season one's unbeatable My Old Lady.

Up until now almost every main character was filled out. We know everything about JD, Turk, Carla, and Elliot. One main character that was kind of, but never fully, fleshed out was Dr. Cox. Season five serves as HIS season in many rights (i.e., My Lunch and My Fallen Idol). The Janitor (His Story II) and The Todd (My Lunch) also get a bit more background little by little. Guest stars are, as always, great. Mandy Moore, Nicole Sullivan, Dave Foley, and Gary Busey have hilarious parts and serve as the most notable.

Overall, Scrubs' fifth season is a winner. The bonus features are even great (last season's were a bit lacking). But where is the gag reel? Every previous season has it and it's been continually hilarious, why leave it out now? Running jokes are abound but the best undoubtedly goes to JD's screenplay, Dr. Acula. Lets just hope we don't have to wait so long for season six to arrive.
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