My Own Worst Enemy (Scrubs)
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"My Own Worst Enemy" is the first episode of the seventh season of the American sitcom Scrubs. It originally aired on October 25, 2007, and was watched by 6.95 million viewers.[1]
Plot
After Elliot almost kisses J.D. in the on-call room she begins to question her engagment with Keith.
The episode then focuses upon epiphanies by the main characters - Elliot realises she carried on a meaningless relationship due to her desire to be married; consequently, she calls off the wedding twice. J.D. realizes his tendency to sabotage himself and yearns to avoid it, but fails due to his disbelief to the Janitor having a girlfriend oddly enough named Lady. Meanwhile, Turk is challenged with choosing his semi-annual candy bar due to his diabetes. He too has an epiphany and decides to make a random selection.
Throughout the episode, Dr. Cox, Turk, and Dr. Kelso all pull together to diagnose a very charming patient, Joe Hutnik. Cox, upon telling Dr. Beardface that if he wanted to lose the nickname, all he had to do was shave his beard, realizes his initial diagnosis of lyme disease was correct, citing Occam's Razor: in this case, the patient's tick bite was not discovered because it was under his hair.
J.D consults Turk about Kim, as he feels he is only with Kim because she is pregnant. He realises Turk was right and J.D. was only with Kim because she was pregnant and he felt because of the trauma of his parents divorcing he would stay with Kim even though he was not in love with her.
Continuity
- Carla tells Elliot and J.D. not to freak out over their own hypocrisies because it's human nature to want what's best for others even if you're going against your own advice. She also says that she didn't want to repeat that advice "two weeks from now." Two weeks later, in "My Inconvenient Truth", Carla repeats the same rant to Elliot and the Janitor.
- Turk mentions that the only girl that was good for J.D was 'mole butt'. He is referring to Elliot as Turk calls her Mole Butt in a previous episode when he's listing J.D's previous girlfriends.
- At the beginning of the episode the words "Veer felt at" and "Peace Sam" are sighted on the locker behind J.D. "Peace Sam" can also be seen in the episode "My Screw Up"[1].
Trivia
- When JD wins the 'Whocareseys' award, he remarks 'suck on thet Tony Shalhoub', this a reference to the 2005 Primetime Emmys, when Zach Braff lost out to Tony Shalhoub (for his role as Adrian Monk on Monk) , in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmys.
Reception
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Television Without Pity gave this episode a B rating, and questioned on the show's summary page whether the show was becoming a daytime soap due to the plot of the sixth season finale and this episode.[2] Travis Fickett of IGN complemented Scrubs' consistent quality and resolution of the previous episode's cliffhanger, and gave it a 8.4/10 ("Impressive") rating.[3]
Featured music
- Alive With the Glory of Love by Say Anything
- Where We Gonna Go From Here by Mat Kearney
External links
References
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings" (Press release). ABC Medianet. October 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
{{cite press release}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Scrubs". Television Without Pity. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ ""My Own Worst Enemy" Review". Scrubs. IGN TV. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
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