My First Day
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| “My First Day” | |
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| Scrubs episode | |
| Image:My First Day (aka Pilot).jpg Elliot (left) and J.D. (right) |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Guest stars | Jake Fritz (Billy) Mary Gillis (Mrs. Pratt) Lynne Maclean (Nurse Kearney) Shannon Welles (Old Woman) Matt Winston (Dr. Jeffrey Steadman) |
| Written by | Bill Lawrence |
| Directed by | Adam Bernstein |
| Production no. | 535G |
| Original airdate | October 2, 2001 |
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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 throughout 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, 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 runs 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.
- In the first scene, as J.D. rises out of bed he is wearing a Clone High t-shirt.
- My First Day is the only episode in which Elliot wears glasses.
- The patient in the MRI machine in the scene where Turk decides to move in with JD was cast as Lonnie in season 3.
- Footage from this episode was later re-used in My Urologist, with Dr. Kim Briggs digitally worked into it to verify she was there on J.D.'s first day.
- This was the only episode of Scrubs not shot at the former North Hollywood Medical Center. Instead, it was filmed at another hospital in Glendale, California. This hospital has since been torn down.[1]
- When J.D.'s sitcom fantasy ends, if you freeze the play at around 6:50 seconds the T.V. reveals something interesting. When Dr. Cox says "What the hell are you doing?" J.D. takes a glance at the T.V., where there is actually a picture of Dr. Cox pushing the lady he is currently pushing, a double image if you will.
[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
