Tuesday, December 11, 2001

My Own Personal Jesus - Season 1

Original Air Date: December 11, 2001
As Christmas nears, Turk's (Donald Faison) idealized notion of the wonderful holiday is challenged by the grim reality of the hospital while Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) asks J.D. (Zach Braff) to videotape the birth of his friends' baby -- with calamitous results. Elsewhere, Dr. Cox also has to contend with his abrasive ex-wife Jordan, (guest star Christa Miller, "The Drew Carey Show") and Elliot (Sarah Chalke) searches for a sickly teenaged woman (guest star Granger Green) who disappeared after Elliot told her she was pregnant. Judy Reyes and Ken Jenkins also star.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

My Nickname - Season 1

Original Air Date: November 27, 2001
J.D. (Zach Braff) gains a new nickname -- "Scooter" -- and his relationship with Nurse Carla (Judy Reyes) evolves as he begins to out-distance her medical knowledge while Turk (Donald Faison) trembles when he learns that his secret lunch spot was claimed years ago by the territorial Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins). Elsewhere, Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) gives Elliot (Sarah Chalke) the evil eye when she won't discharge a troublesome patient (guest star Nicole Sullivan, "Mad TV").

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

My Day Off - Season 1

Original Air Date: November 20, 2001
As Thanksgiving nears, J.D. (Zach Braff) is stricken with appendicitis and gains a new and horrifying perspective on what it means to be a patient, and to make matters worse, it's Turk (Donald Faison) -- his old fraternity drinking partner -- who will be doing the surgery. Elsewhere, Elliot (Sarah Chalke) resents the fact that J.D.'s patients prefer his care to her cold hands when she has to cover his cases for him, and Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) makes sure that his former medical mentor (guest star Paul Collins) gets proper care from the nasty Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins). Judy Reyes also stars.

Thursday, November 15, 2001

My Fifteen Minutes - Season 1

Original Air Date: November 15, 2001
J.D. (Zach Braff) and Turk (Donald Faison) become reluctant heroes when they sneak off to a strip bar for lunch and instead save the life of a protester in front of TV cameras -- and the crafty Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) wastes no time in exploiting their "salt-and-pepper" images in an ad campaign to tout the hospital's diversity. Elsewhere, J.D. risks Dr. Cox' (John C. McGinley) considerable wrath when he insists that his mentor complete his evaluation form while Elliot (Sarah Chalke) feels slighted by Carla (Judy Reyes).

Tuesday, November 6, 2001

My Super Ego - Season 1

Original Air Date: November 6, 2001
Just when J.D. (Zach Braff) hits his stride and deludes himself to think he's medicine's Golden Child, in strides Nick (guest star Sean Hayes, "Will & Grace"), a gifted rival intern who's even more capable and promises to challenge J.D. for the attention of the attending doctors. Elsewhere, cocky Turk (Donald Faison) suddenly loses his confidence in surgery and doesn't confide in Carla (Judy Reyes) while the cynical Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) reveals a rare personal side when he expresses a romantic interest in Carla. Sarah Chalke and Ken Jenkins also star.

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

My Bad - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 30, 2001
Dr. Cox's (John C. McGinley) suspension puts his future at the hospital in doubt. Elliot (Sarah Chalke) discovers her patient, Dr. Greenburg, is a therapist. J.D. (Zach Braff) is given a beautiful, but self-absorbed, board member to care for -- and he winds up having sex with her. Unfortunately, he finds out that she is Dr. Cox's ex-wife, Jordan (Christa Miller). J.D. tries to convince Jordan to help Dr. Cox.

Tuesday, October 23, 2001

My Two Dads - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 23, 2001
J.D. (Zach Braff) is torn when he discovers that Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) has falsely appropriated the medical insurance of a deceased patient in order to help another more needy patient but when he inadvertently informs Cox' rival -- the nasty Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) -- the two veteran doctors battle for J.D.'s soul during a good-vs.-evil game of golf. Meanwhile, Turk (Donald Faison) frets that his girlfriend Carla (Judy Reyes) might figure out where he got his new gift for her. Sarah Chalke also stars. Louie Anderson ("Family Feud") guest-stars as himself.

Tuesday, October 16, 2001

My Old Lady - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 16, 2001
J.D. (Zach Braff) remembers the medical fact that almost one of three patients dies in the hospital when he forms a bond with a sweet elderly patient (guest star Kathryn Joosten, "The West Wing") whose kidneys are failing but when she refuses to undergo dialysis, she must prepare herself -- and a disconsolate J.D. -- for the inevitable. At the same time, Elliot (Sarah Chalke) duels with a hissing Carla (Judy Reyes) as she tries to treat a Hispanic-speaking woman (as Mrs. Guerrero, guest star Esther "Tita" Mercado) and Turk (Donald Faison) is shocked when he performs surgery on a likable hernia patient (guest star Travis Webster).

Tuesday, October 9, 2001

My Best Friend's Mistake - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 9, 2001
When Turk (Donald Faison) always seems occupied with new girlfriend Carla (Judy Reyes) and with work, a resentful J.D. (Zach Braff) feels like an odd-man-out and abandoned by his buddy -- especially when he believes that Turk botched a patient's surgery that could also implicate him for not reporting the mistake. In addition, J.D. is even more distracted by his tempting flirtations with Elliot (Sarah Chalke) but he feels that unless he makes a more serious romantic maneuver within 48 hours, their budding relationship will be forever doomed and downgraded to merely "friends" status. Elsewhere, Elliot seeks advice from a resentful Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) who hardly relishes becoming the interns' designated mentor. Ken Jenkins also stars.

Thursday, October 4, 2001

My Mentor - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 4, 2001
J.D. (Zach Braff) shows genuine concern for a flaky patient (guest star John Ducey) after a cancer scare, but when the man continues to puff away daily on multiple packs of cigarettes, J.D. seeks advice from his gruff mentor Dr. Cox (John McGinley) on how to intervene -- and instead gets smacked as a professional courtesy. Elsewhere, Elliot's (Sarah Chalke) unsociable bedside manner and attitude makes her public enemy number-one among the nurses -- especially Carla (Judy Reyes). Meanwhile, Carla's got her hands full as she rebuffs an eager Turk (Donald Faison) who persists in asking her out on a date. Ken Jenkins also stars.

Tuesday, October 2, 2001

The Pilot - Season 1

Original Air Date: October 2, 2001
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, "The Broken Hearts Club") as he embarks on his career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients - where humor and tragedy can merge paths at any turn. Joining the rumpled J.D. on his first day are his college buddy, Chris Turk (Donald Faison, "Remember the Titans"), an intern with a more elite surgical group, and J.D.'s fellow medical intern, the beautiful and driven Elliott Reid (Sarah Chalke, "Roseanne"). Meanwhile, the sobering reality of patients' needs has J.D.'s head spinning and his confidence is challenged by the fatherly chief of medicine, Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins, "Courage Under Fire"). However, with the help of the abrasive, worldly Dr. Phil Cox (John C. McGinley, "Wall Street") and caring nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes, "Oz"), the neophyte doctor works through his mistakes and discovers that he is up to the job in this brave new world.