My Lunch

Season 5, Episode 20, Aired
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J.D. asks Dr. Cox out for lunch but runs into annoying former patient Jill Tracy, who unexpectedly teaches him something about responsibility.''Elliot and Carla discover that Todd has been lying about all his hospital "conquests" and suspect that he's been less than truthful about other issues. Turk warns them not to meddle in his affairs.moreless
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  • Three patients lie in Sacred Heart's ICU in-need of transplants. A liver, heart valve and kidney. An unexpected source is found for all three patients when a familiar face sadly passes. The unforseen cause of the death leads to problems for the patients.moreless

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    By swfcfan, May 28, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode is a throwback to an emotional medical storyline that Scrubs has not since season 3. An interesting and surprising story has all three transplant patients die. A result of being implanted with rabies infected organs. All the organs were donated by reoccuring character Jill Tracy, who obviously also dies in this episode. Responsible for the blunder that killed the patients, Dr. Cox takes this hard. He was also a personal friend of the kidney patient, making this error much harder to deal with. The episode has a minor The Todd stroy as the comic relief. A zany storyline where The Todd comes out of the closet, gets back in again and ends up somewhere inbetween.

    Most people seem to think this is one of the best, perhaps the best, Scrubs episode. I completely disagree. It is just okay. I say this because this episode has a very poor comic storyline centering on The Todd's sexuality. A storyline that makes The Todd even less realistic. A storyline that would have never appeared in before season 4 where the humour of the show took a very disappointing turn for the worse. I also do not think the dramatical Cox storyline is nothing better than average. It's my opinion that everyone seems to love this episode for 2 reasons.

    1. It is an emotional meidcal storyline, the likes of which Scrubs has not had since season 3.
    2. Dr. Cox cries.

    Reason 2 is the main one.moreless

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  • Best episode of Scrubs to this date.

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    By Canogaparkcindy, May 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    A groundbreaking episode, and I am positive that this episode is the greatest episode of Scrubs to this date. They managed to do one of the best scenes on television. John C. McGinley should have gotten some sort of award for his outstanding performance. This show proved itself to be more than just a hospital comedy, but managed to pull off a very intense scene. This show has proved itself many times before, but that fact that it's nearing the end of it's 5th season and it's still going strong is amazing. As for the humorous plots, Todd possibly being gay was definitely interesting, but then it came to the point when we didn't even know what he was, he was just making offensive remarks like he always does. Bringing back Jill so late in the game was great continuity. I love how they kept her character around throughout the years. Best episode of Scrubs. No contest.moreless

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  • What a fantastic episode

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    By swf013, May 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    What a fantastic episode. I was blown away by it, John C. McGinley did an outstanding job, he made me believe that he really was in that situation. You could see the sadness and anger. He deserves an award, i beieve for his performance. And Zach Braff was the perfect opposite. Great choice in music as well, it made that scene more powerful. I was glad to see jill again as well, ive liked her over the seasons. This episode is the best yet and my personal favourite. I hope they can keep it up. The b story was good too. Great episode all roundmoreless

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  • Excellent, probably one of the best

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    By seriesguy3998, May 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    J.D aks Dr. Cox for lunch and they run into an annoying former patient, who dies a couple of days after in the hospital, J.D feels guilty about it. Carla and Elliot think Todd is gay and he says he is thinking girls would like him that way. At the end, it wasnt J.D's fault of the death of the patient, she had rabies, and 3 other patients die of it, making Dr. Cox nervous.

    This episode was undoubtfully one fo the best of season 5, and the whole show. This one was so full of comedy, at the beginning, and the second half was so so full of drama! The episode was excellent! So stunning and so great! Dr Cox gives up on himself and the other patients when 3 of them die... The drama and tension on this episode was unbelivable awesome!moreless

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  • Probably the best Scrubs episode ever.

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    By fredde400d, May 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    This gotta be my favorite episode of Scrubs.
    The mixture of comedy and drama is just amazing, as usual. It's good to see that Dr. Cox still has emotions, and we feel sorry for him, even if he did nothing wrong. This is what I love about Scrubs. The characters are dynamic, and a lot more complex than characters on other shows. The sub-plot is hilarious, and we can see that The Todd isn't that dumb.The music is great, and the scene when dr. cox's favorite guy dies is the best I've seen in television history. Overall it's a fantastic episode, and it will be one of the most memorable one, atleast in my opinion.moreless

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    • Featured Music: "How To Save A Life" by The Fray Edit
    • This is the second time that it shows 3 patients dying simultaneously. The first time was in season 1 in the episode, My Old Lady. Edit
    • A person needing an organ transplant needs to find somebody else who is a perfect or very close match. Because these matches are so difficult to make many people in need of organs die before receiving them. It would be quite a trick a if a person died and was a good match for even just one other patient in that same hospital. The fact that Jill's organs were a good match for three patients, who just happened to be in the same hospital and in desperate need, is next to impossible. Edit

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    • David Warshofsky (Dave) worked with Zach Braff (J.D.) in the 2000 movie Endsville. He also worked with John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox) in the 1989 movies Born On The 4th Of July and Suffering Bastards. Edit
    • The incident where the donated organs were found to have been infected with rabies is based on a true story, where three transplant patients died in June, 2004, though the patients weren't all at the same hospital. Edit

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    • J.D.'s narration: We did all we could over the next few days to keep the transplant patients going but odds were against us. First we lost Mrs. Sykes. And then Mr. Jenson. And I knew Dr. Cox needed me the exact same way that I needed him earlier. Edit
    • J.D.: Hey, hungry? Dr. Cox: No. J.D.: I guess that lunch was kinda a one time thing, huh?...There's no way you could've seen that coming. I mean, rabies? Come on, there's like three reported cases a year. In fact testing for it, would have been irresponsible...you would have wasted time that people didn't have. Dr. Cox: I was obsessed with getting those organs. J.D.: You had to be, the fact is that those people were gonna die in a number of hours and you had to make a call...I would've made the same call. Dr. Cox: Yeah? J.D.: Yes. Anyway, I got us lunch and I think we should eat it. J.D.'s narration: Right then, I knew I was gonna pull him outta this. But unfortunately, sometimes the hospital picks a day where it's just gonna pile it on. (Their pagers beep) Dr. Cox: Oh god...come on. Edit
    • Dr. Cox: God. Could this be anymore of a nightmare? Jill: Guys! J.D.'s narration: Yes. It could be more of a nightmare. Jill Tracy was a former patient that had once tried to kill herself. Sad, yes. But this did not change the fact that she was unbelievable annoying. Jill: Oh, my god. What are you doing here? I was supposed to meet a guy for a date. I know what you are thinking: a Tuesday lunch in a supermarket, he is so not into her. Well, he is not! (J.D. and Dr. Cox fake laugh) I waited like an hour, just thinking: How many more guys can totally reject me without saying 'enough'? You know. So, would you like to get some lunch. J.D.: Oh, we have to get back to the hospital Dr. Cox: You know what, Newbie? Stay, have lunch. (Runs quickly out of the store) Edit

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    • The fantasy where J.D. wakes up in a bath tub full of ice is an allusion to a popular urban legend. The legend tells a story about a young college student who has won a lot of money and goes to Las Vegas. He gets drunk, hooks up with a prostitute and the next day he wakes up at a hotel being left a message that says "Call 911 or you will die." This story was spread through e-mail chain letters during the mid-late nineties. Edit
    • Anaconda: Carla makes a reference to Anaconda, the 1997 movie about the world's polemically largest snakes, the anaconda. Edit

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