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Dr. Kelso dons scrubs to prove a point to Dr. Cox, only to watch it backfire, when an obnoxious patient refuses to listen to him.
J.D. and Turk party, while Carla struggles to find solace in Elliot. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Mark Stegemann

Director:: John Inwood

Stars:: Neil Flynn (The Janitor); John C. McGinley (Dr. Percival "Perry" Cox); Ken Jenkins (Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso); Donald Faison (Dr. Christopher "Chris" Duncan Turk); Zach Braff (Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian); Judy Reyes (Nurse Carla Espinosa); Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid)

Recurring Role:: Aloma Wright (Nurse Laverne Roberts); Phill Lewis (Hooch); Cody Estes (Young J.D.)

Guest Star:: Meredith Roberts (Kathy); Lindsay Hollister (Nell Goldman); Ed Brigadier (Barber); Trev Broudy (Doctor); Tim Halderman (Mr. Warner); Robert E Beckwith (Dr. Johnson)

Kelso's scrubs change color twice in this episode: When Laverne first sees him and calls him "junior" he is wearing bright blue. When he is in the room with his patient he is wearing pale blue ones. When he gets locked out of the room, he is back to the bright blue. edit »
In the scene where Kelso breaks down the door to his patient's room you can see the Janitor on the floor in the hallway presumably 'passed out'. Up to this point, he had been making his way around the hospital in a drunken haze. edit »
Featured Music:
"Collide" by Howie Day edit »
When J.D. and Turk are in the locker room and J.D. wants to take Turk to a carnival, a bag is on the locker behind J.D. and one strap is jammed in the locker. But when J.D. writes the word "carnival" into the air the bag is gone. edit »
When Eliott is in the hole in the graveyard, Carla offers to stay, and Eliott says that it's not necessary, you see Carla take off, but in the next frame, in the lower right-hand corner, there is someone in blue still standing by the open grave, even though Eliott should be all alone after Carla left. edit »

In this episode Dr. Cox asks Dr. Kelso when he last took a patient, Kelso has a flashback of himself as a much younger man ditching a patient the second he was named Chief of Medicine. However, when Kelso suffered facial burns from hot coffee in "My Karma" two years previously, he handed a stack of clipboards over to J.D. because the burns were scaring his patients. edit »

Barber: That'll be eighteen dollars.
Dr. Kelso: Oh, I'm not paying. I'm a doctor!
Barber: Yeah... we don't do that anymore. You're paying.
Dr. Kelso gets up and runs out the door
J.D.'s Narration: You still have to try, though. Because as a recently incarcerated doctor once said, "Nothing worth having comes easy." edit »
Carla: I just know I really could've used you around this week! I miss you.
Turk: Can you tell her I miss her too? You know what, never mind. Because she wouldn't believe you. edit »
Miss Goldman: What now, Grampa?!
Dr. Kelso: You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change, because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out with the surgery because you're scared. You're scared because if you try and fail, there's only you to blame. Well, Missy, let me break this down for you, Bobbo-style. Life is scary. Get used to it. edit »
Dr. Kelso busts the door down again
Turk: Sir, the door was open!
Dr. Kelso: I know. I just love doing that. edit »
Carla: I'll just wait here with you!
Elliot: Oh, Carla, go! I'm fine down here in this giant, fresh... empty grave.
Carla: Okay bye! edit »

Song: The Joker
During the conversation between Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso about Cox's verbal abuse of the patients, Kelso mentions Perry calling patient tokers, smokers, and jokers, a reference to a line in the song "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band ("I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker"). edit »
Cocktail
J.D. and Turk's bar tending (passing bottles back and forth, spinning bottles, etc.) is reminiscent of the bar tending from the 1988 movie Cocktail, including shots of appreciative women at the bar. edit »
Young Frankenstein:
At the end of the episode, when Elliot is trapped inside of the grave, she says "Things could be worse" and then it starts to rain. This is an allusion to the film "Young Frankenstein" by Mel Brooks in which Dr. Frankenstein and Igor are digging up a grave and Igor states "Things could be worse" before it starts to pour. edit »
Turner & Hooch (1989):
The movie Turk and J.D. watched on their first "annual interracial buddy movie night". edit »
Million Dollar Baby:
The movie the hallucinating intern wants to see in the cafeteria.
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hsimpson44
member since: Mar 20, 2006
My Boss' Free Haircut
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
Kelso tries to be a doctor again. Also, Carla and Turk are having marraige problems. ...Continue »
07/15/07 06:07pm | report abuse
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FranVanster
member since: Jul 11, 2006
My Boss' Free Haircut
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
Just great! ...Continue »
08/21/06 02:44pm | report abuse
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jimbo_001
member since: Jul 12, 2005
My Boss' Free Haircut
The Bottom Line: "Cleverly plotted"
The 2-year anniversary of Carla's mother's death ...Continue »
04/28/06 05:28am | report abuse
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fab_simpson
member since: Apr 20, 2006
My Boss' Free Haircut
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
Turk started talking to his ex-girlfriend.Carla found out she left and stayed with Elliot.Dr.cox challenges Kelso to treat a patient.Carla goes to her mothers grave and Turk finds her there and cheers her up,but she is still not ready to move back in! ...Continue »
04/20/06 07:00am | report abuse
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PopeyJ
member since: Jan 26, 2004
My Boss' Free Haircut
The Bottom Line: "Silly"
Nobody But Turk Can Save This Relationship, Not Even HOOCH! ...Continue »
06/21/05 01:59am | report abuse