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"My ABC's"
Scrubs episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 5
Directed by Bill Lawrence
Written by Bill Lawrence
Production code713
Original air dateJanuary 27, 2009 (2009-01-27)
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"My ABC's" is the 155th episode of the television series Scrubs , and the fifth episode of the series' eighth season. It was broadcast on January 27, 2009 on ABC.

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Plot

The episode starts with J.D., Turk, and Izzy watching Sesame Street . J.D., Elliot and Dr. Cox each choose an intern to work with. J.D. picks Denise, who lacks compassion towards patients. Also, throughout the whole show, J.D. calls Denise "Jo" because she reminds him of a character from The Facts of Life . Their patient has lung cancer that has been in remission, and they haven't told his eight-year-old son of the cancer. They hope the illness is a minor infection, but after J.D. runs tests he finds that the cancer has returned. J.D. sends Denise to tell the man's distraught wife. J.D. tells her that she shouldn't let the wife put her husband on machines, which would only cause more pain. In response, Denise bluntly tells her that if she does put her husband on machines, it might lead to an infection and then to antibiotics, causing him more pain because she was "too selfish to let him go".

Elliot's intern Katie tries to use her to land a case study with Turk, who eventually gives the case study to Katie after some prodding from Elliot and Carla. In the end, however, Elliot learns that Katie has not changed at all upon overhearing her say that she'll be fine in the hospital because she "has Dr. Reid wrapped around her finger."

Dr. Cox chooses Ed, who is lazy and arrogant, but talented. He tries to figure out why he hates him so much, finally figuring it out after witnessing Ed refusing the case study.

The episode ends with J.D., Elliot, and Dr. Cox looking on solemnly as their respective interns collectively leave the hospital for the day. Elliot sighs and notes that "it's going to be a long year."

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Reception

This episode was watched by 5.12 million American viewers. The episode following this one was viewed by 5.05 million, averaging 5.09 million viewers for the hour.

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References

  1. Alan Sepinwall (28 January 2009). "Scrubs, "My ABC's" & "My Cookie Pants": Flash back to flash forward".