My Déjà vu, My Déjà vu
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 Dr. Cox sporting his "Welcome Back Coxer" t-shirt |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 22 |
| Written by | Mike Schwartz |
| Directed by | Linda Mendoza |
| Production no. | 522 |
| Original airdate | May 9, 2006 |
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My Déjà vu, My Déjà vu is the 22nd episode of the fifth season of Scrubs. It first aired May 9, 2006 and is the 115th episode of the series.
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Similar to the idea of doing a clip show, this episode of Scrubs features numerous jokes, running gags, one liners and entire subplots from previous episodes. J.D. explains that after five years in a hospital, it's hard not to feel as if you're repeating the same moments week after week. Similarly, with the show in its fifth season, the writers were beginning to repeat themselves. The resulting episode not only addresses this problem, but it is filled with references of other episodes in the series. The following is a list of jokes and moments in the episode along with the corresponding episode they were lifted from:
- Before the opening title sequence, J.D.'s scooter Sasha is destroyed, followed by J.D.'s anguish-filled scream "Sasha!" J.D. yells for Sasha after his scooter is repeatedly shot as an innocent by-stander in "My Big Bird" (season 5, episode 8).
- J.D.'s hairmet (a helmet that prevents his hair from being messed up) was originally from "My Lucky Night" (season 3, episode 4). The prescription Dr. Cox writes J.D. for two testicles, the coin riddle that J.D. gives to the Janitor and Troy, and the events that ensue (the Janitor and Troy going to the bank, Troy's mispronunciations of "library" and "strawberry", the duo smashing J.D.'s bike at the end of the episode, etc.) are also all from this episode. However, in the orignal episode the Janitor is he went to Harvard but in this episode, he said he went to Yale.
- A nurse tells The Todd that she's tired of his sexual innuendo, to which The Todd replies, "in-your-endo." This line from The Todd was first featured in "My Drama Queen" (season 2, episode 21).
- Dr. Kelso ignores an employee's plea for help with the line, "What has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap? Bob Kelso." This bit appropriately originated in the episode "My Rule of Thumb" (season 3, episode 10). The line was referenced for a second time in "My Porcelain God" (season 3, episode 13).
- Dr. Kelso's spiel about the name "Johnny" being tattooed on his butt is from "My First Step" (season 2, episode 7).
- Turk dispelling confusion about the pronunciation about analgesic (and that the pills are to be swallowed) is a moment originally found in "My Fruit Cups" (season 2, episode 8).
- The Todd crusading to stop a breast reduction happened previously in "His Story" (season 2, episode 15).
- Dr. Kelso tells Lonnie that he is nothing but a large pair of scrubs to him. Kelso tells J.D. this in the pilot episode for the series, "My First Day" (season 1, episode 1).
- Dr Cox and Elliot's conversation about whether to push Thrombolytics in the patient is reminiscent of the scene in "My Old Lady" (season 1, episode 4) except Elliot is now on the other side. Dr Cox even says "I'll be right back," the same phrase Elliot uses in My Old Lady.
- The "Floating Head Doctor" makes a return, after it first appeared in "My Big Bird" (season 5, episode 8).
- Cox saying that it is important to him that he is seen as "bulletproof", which is how he described himself in "My Bad"(season 1, episode 6).
