My First Day
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| Scrubs episode | |
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| “My First Day” | |
 Elliot (left) and J.D. (right) |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Guest star(s) | Jake Fritz (Billy) Mary Gillis (Mrs. Pratt) Lynne Maclean (Nurse Kearney) Shannon Welles (Old Woman) Matt Winston (Dr. Jeffrey Steadman) |
| Writer(s) | Bill Lawrence |
| Director | Adam Bernstein |
| Production no. | 535G |
| Original airdate | October 2, 2001 |
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| ← Previous | Next → |
| "none" | "My Mentor" |
My First Day is the pilot of the American sitcom Scrubs. It originally aired as Episode 1 of Season 1 on October 2, 2001.
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[edit] Plot
Dr. John "J.D." Dorian starts his first day at Sacred Heart Hospital. His story begins with a 1st person narrative, setting the tone and style of the series whilst introducing the main character. J.D's life slowly unfolds to the audience, showing flashbacks to illustrate J.D's strong friendship with Chris Turk. They soon meet Elliot Reid, a recurring love interest of J.D's through-out the series.
As J.D's day continues, he is thrust into the fray, but, due to his nerves, freezes up and relies on Nurse Carla Espinosa to carry out a routine IV placement, in this scene we are also shown the ever-dominating, bitterly sarcastic presence of Doctor Percival "Perry" Cox, J.D's later mentor.
J.D's first movement towards Elliot occurs during rounds with the Chief of Medicine, Dr. Bob Kelso, in which J.D gives Elliot an answer when she appears to be struggling. When asked what she could do for J.D he replies "Let me take you out to dinner".
As the day moves on we see the crumbling of J.D's and Elliot's date preparations, whilst Turk seems to be having success with Carla when she asks him to strip and then, quite comically comments and leaves the room looking smug.
The dark side of Dr. Kelso that Dr. Cox detests is shown in his selfish cruelty of only caring for patients who have the required insurance, crushing J.D's previous thoughts of Dr. Kelso being his "safety net". J.D eventually overcomes his fears and with Dr. Cox's encouragement and inserts a chest tube, reaching the climax of the episode. Happy to have gone through his first three days "without looking like a complete idiot", he leaves – and walks into a glass door, collapsing to the floor.
[edit] References
- J.D.'s sitcom fantasy takes place on the set of My Wife and Kids.
[edit] Trivia
- All major characters of Season 1 except for Dr. Cox's ex-wife, Jordan Sullivan, are introduced in this episode.
- Michael Hobert, who play Lonnie in later episodes appeares as an extra as a patient getting an MRI scan near the end of the episode
[edit] Featured music
This episode features the following songs:
- "Away" by Leroy
- "I Want You To Want Me" by Cheap Trick
- "Over Me" by Tricky
- "Please Forgive Me" by David Gray
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Scrubs |
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| List of Scrubs episodes | List of relationships on Scrubs | Sacred Heart Hospital |
| Characters |
| J.D. | Elliot | Turk | Carla | Dr. Cox | Bob Kelso | Janitor | List of minor characters of Scrubs |
