My Rite of Passage

Season 5, Episode 2, Aired
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J.D. wants to show Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso how to treat interns, but instead he finds out that they laugh at his bad jokes out of fear and respect.''Everyone at the hospital is avoiding Jordan to get rid of her except for Turk. An aborted attempt to bond with her results in Jordan being conned by Sam, the drug addict.''Elliot's fellowship goes sour and she finds herself confiding in loose-lipped Carla.moreless
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  • Elliot gets fired.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By Canogaparkcindy, Jun 14, 2010 Report Abuse
    A small step up from the premiere, and season 5's future is looking bright. All the plots in this episode were absolutely fantastic and it brought a lot of character development, and eventful occurrences in the plot.Jordan continues to work at Sacred Heart full time, and Cox continues to have a problem with it. Jordan meets Sam, who was returned from season three or four, I don't remember, but he conned Elliot before. Now he is conning Jordan just as she wants to make new friends. Turk wants to tell her, but Cox wont let him so he can teach her a lesson on how it really is to work at Sacred Heart. Meanwhile Elliot is embarrassed to bring Carla to her work because she is a gossip, when Carla makes a surprise visit, Elliot ends up getting fired. Carla witnesses the whole thing. To prove that she isn't a gossip, Carla doesn't tell Turk or JD that Elliot lost her job. Which renewed Elliot & Carla's friendship,, and it was the perfect friendship plot that was heartwarming, and now we have to see how Elliot's going to make it since she lost her job. JD feels as though his interns kiss up to him, when they laugh at jokes that aren't funny. He wants them to stop, but then wants them to continue again by the end. It's awesome to see JD as an authority figure. Jordan ends up getting conned but she gets accepted by the hospital and makes friends with JD, Turk, Carla and Laverne all because of Cox which made their relationship better as well. So we have development in all places, we even see Keith on screen! All plots were amazing and eventful. Great episode.moreless

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  • Probably the worst Scrubs episode I've ever seen. Disappointing.

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    By Elliot341, Jun 14, 2010 Report Abuse
    The season opener (My Intern's Eyes) wasn't great and this episode was even worse. Don't get me wrong, it had it's funny moments. But it also contained one of the many unrealistic, cringeworthy 'stoner humour' moments of season 5, when JD cut one of his interns with a buzz-saw in a flashback scene. Contrasted with a season 2 fantasy (i.e. something unrealistic that didn't actually happen) when JD was cut with a buzz-saw, you can see how the realism that the producers pride themselves on has slipped out of Scrubs.

    The plots in this episode were weak and disinteresting. One was about Jordan settling into the hospital, which Cox has once again gotten mad about for no reason after he reconciled his opinion of it in My Changing Ways. Another was about JD dealing with his interns and the fact that they were sucking up to him. And another was about Elliot losing her job at her new hospital, which was a good point of this episode because it allowed her to return to Sacred Heart a few eps later.

    Overall, a don't exactly love this episode. But it's worth mentioning that even when Scrubs is at it's worst, it is still far better than most other TV shows, so I wouldn't snub this episode.moreless

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  • JD gets his new interns and learns that he's not that funny.

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    By Ngbballgyrl15, Jul 27, 2007 Report Abuse
    I liked this episode because i thought that it had a lot of great JD/Turk moments. I loved it when they did siamese doctor or when they were in the bar and JD says "you know what put our right hand in front of your face. Now talk to it!" Aww man classic. This isn't really summing andything up, I just wanted people to know how much I liked this episode..selfish i know. Oh wait and the Janitor was hilarious too. His costumes were priceless. Oh yeah and the whole Jordan Cox thing was good too. Jordan getting conned by Sam the drug addict was good and I liked how Dr. Cox spun the whole situation around saying that he did it so that Jordan can feel accepted into Sacred Heart. Yeah def a good episode!moreless

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  • My Rite of Passage...

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    By scrubsduber, May 13, 2007 Report Abuse
    Better than last weeks episode, much better infact. Now it felt like Scrubs was back. Great humour here. Great storylines as well.

    The Janitor tells JD that his interns only laugh at his jokes because they work below him.

    Turk trys to help out Jordan from making a fool out of herself because she working with a junky, the same one who conned Elliot in 'My Mment of Un-Truth'. However Dr. Cox tells him not to so she can learn what it's like working at the hospital.

    And Elliot is furious when Carla tells Elliots co-workers about an embarrasing time.

    All in all, quite a funny episode. Hopefully things like this will stick in the upcoming episodes. Hell hopefully even better.moreless

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  • Jordan comes into Sacred Heart!

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    By NoOneIsAlone, Nov 09, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode was cool. JD seems to think of himself as a cool guy and a funny boss for his interns, but eventually, thanks to Janitor, he finds out that his interns are just sucking out to him because he is their superior. Kelso warns him that power always makes people to do bad things, JD does not want to believe it, but he begins to be bad to his interns because of what happened before. Eventually, JD decides to forgive them... and with the sucking back. Meanwhile, Jordan starts in Sacred Heart and meets with Sam, who previously played the drug addict, and convinces Jordan to give him money. Everyone is enjoying it, except for Turk, who wants to tell her but Cox prevents it so that Jordan sees how life in the hospital is. Jrodan discovers Sam's lies and gets mad at Cox, but only for a short time, and thanks to Carla, Elliot quits her job and tells Carla not to tell Turk, which is something awful for Carla since she likes to brag about everything. She tells Turk a different secret, and Elliot admits that Carla is a good friend. This episode was cool! I love it!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • when J.D takes his interns outside the hospital to talk as evens, the camera is on J.D and Gloria is not in the background, but after Rex asks him "shouldn't we wait for Gloria", she appears behind him. Edit
    • In the beginning of the cafeteria scene, the clock is on 12.05, but several minutes later, the clock's pointer still hasn't moved at all. Edit
    • When J.D. is going to give Rex ketchup, he takes the lid off, but when Elliot calls for it and J.D. throws it to her, the ketchuplid is on again. Edit

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    • Elliot's German: Elliot says "och, verdammt nochmal, nimm meine Leute nich' auf den Arm, Carla." The translation in the subtitle is correct except they should have added "oh dammit" at the beginning. Edit
    • Alexander Gaberman, one of the stars of Bill Lawrence's previous show Spin City makes his second guest appearance on Scrubs as Sam Thompson. Edit

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    • Jason: Did we do something wrong, Dr. Dorian? J.D.: No, you guys are fine. You're doing a good job. J.D.'s Narration: Still, good guy or not, there's no reason why you shouldn't enjoy the perks. J.D.: You know what, I want the laughter back! Edit
    • Dr. Cox: It's a rite of passage that you have to go through around here to be accepted. Jordan: Oh my God! You actually did something nice for me! Dr. Cox: No, no. No no no no no no no. It was a selfish act. If other people talk to you, you won't have to talk to me! Edit
    • Carla: So, Jordan, I heard Sam got you. Don't worry, he totally suckered me once. Laverne: When I first started, I lent my car to a patient to go pick up her kids? Last time I ever saw that hotrod. Edit

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