Scrubs: My Student

Episode score 9.1 Superb

My Student

  • 17.
  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 17
  • First Aired: 3/5/2002
  • Prod Code: S114

EPISODE RECAP

4 Reviews | 252 Votes

Turk, J.D. and Elliot have found their stride at the hospital. So today they all get their very own med student. J.D. wants someone to be friends with, Elliot wants to have a jerk so he or she can suffer as much as she did when she started out. It turns out he is a jerk called Philip. J.D. gets a guy similar to him, Josh. Turk's med student is Kristen and Dr. Cox takes an immediate liking to her. Philip doesn't want to shave a patient's groin but Elliot pushes him to.
At the cafeteria, Dr. Cox asks Turk to introduce him to Kristin. Turk is confused as Perry likes Carla. He says it is fine and he will continue to concentrate on Carla so Turk quickly introduces him to Kristin. Josh makes a lot of mistakes but Carla says it was just one mistake. J.D. snaps at Carla as all those mistakes add up to one big mess. Laverne informs J.D. that he needs to stay at the hospital and do what Josh was supposed to and he gets really mad.
Dr. Kelso introduces Mr. Chambers to Elliot, the CEO of the corporation that own this hospital. Elliot is confused why he would want to meet her. It turns out that he is the father of Philip so she is disappointed.
Josh wakes up J.D. at his home. He wants to apologize for not doing great the day before. J.D. is still mad that he only came home in the morning after cleaning up after Josh yesterday. J.D. says he doesn't think Josh has what it takes to be a doctor. Josh silently agrees.
Later at the hospital, Laverne informs J.D. that Josh quit. J.D. asks everybody if it was his mistake and they say it is. Turk tells Dr. Cox, who is having trouble asking out Kristin, to ask about her because women want to talk about themselves. Philip says he doesn't want to do the things Elliot tells him to. Josh is emptying his locker room. J.D. tries to persuades him to stay without any luck.
Dr. Cox asks about Kristin's life but he has to leave. Philip annoys Elliot and she shouts at him. Dr. Kelso comes by and takes her into the storage closet to ask why she is doing all his work. Dr. Kelso doesn't like Mr. Chambers and wants his son to have a hard time.
Elliot finds Philip goofing off so she asks if they can start over. He disagrees and wants to continue goofing off, and if she has a problem with that she should go see his father. She says she will do that and suddenly Philip gets up and agrees to start fresh, but now Elliot doesn't want to.
Turk says Dr. Cox shouldn't be around Kristin and forbids Kristin to be around him. He has a plan. Soon after, Kristin rings Dr. Cox's bell. Josh comes to see J.D. as he was paged. J.D. tells him to pull himself together because he can do this. He gets his confidence back.
Perry admits that he is holding back because of this unavailable nurse he has on his mind. He doesn't think it is fair to Kristin but she wants to decide that on her own, so they kiss.

Writers:
Debra FordhamMatthew BakenMark Stegemann
Director:
Matthew Diamond
Stars:
Donald Faison (Dr. Christopher "Chris" Duncan Turk)
John C. McGinley (Dr. Percival "Perry" Cox)
Judy Reyes (Nurse Carla Espinosa)
Ken Jenkins (Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso)
Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid)
Zach Braff (Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian)
Recurring Role:
Neil Flynn (Janitor)
Robert Maschio (Dr. Todd Quinlan)
Aloma Wright (Nurse Laverne Roberts)
Guest Star:
Bud Sabatino (Patient)
Rich Piana (Monster)
Lynne Maclean (Nurse)
Don Chastain (Mr. Chambers)
Kelli Williams (Kristen Murphy)
Adrian Wenner (Philip Chambers)
Show Score 9.2 superb
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