My Friend With Money
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| “My Friend With Money” | |
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| Scrubs episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 5 |
| Guest stars | Elizabeth Banks (Dr. Kim Briggs) |
| Written by | Gabriele Allan |
| Directed by | John Michel |
| Production no. | 605 |
| Original airdate | January 11, 2007 |
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My Friend With Money is the 122nd episode of the American situation comedy Scrubs. It aired as Episode 5 of Season 6 on 11 January 2007.
[edit] Episode overview
J.D. takes advantage of Elliot who, now that she is in private practice, makes much more money than he. Dr. Cox, angry at her for giving him her patient and leaving, tells her that she is selling out, refusing to "go the extra mile" like her former colleagues who still work for Sacred Heart. When Elliot asks whether J.D. agrees with this assessment, he says that he does, and she accuses him of being jealous. Meanwhile, the hospital starts catering to richer patients, opening a luxury hospital suite. When its inhabitant is transferred to another part of the hospital, Dr. Cox and the Janitor claim the room for themselves so that they can hide from their personal and professional lives. Conflict of character between the two results in competition for the room, ending ultimately in Dr. Kelso reclaiming it.
Turk, in the mean-time, cannot persuade Carla to see a doctor about her post-partum depression. He turns to Dr. Cox for help, who in turn invokes his ex-wife Jordan, who convinces Carla that there is no shame in admitting that she needs help. After Elliot provides J.D. and his girlfriend Kim (who is living, at the time, in Tacoma, Washington) with webcams so that they may keep in touch with one another, he admits that he is, indeed, jealous of her success, and accuses Dr. Cox of the same jealousy.
[edit] Trivia
- When counseling Carla about post-partum depression, Jordan refers to a "big Hollywood movie star and the dead science fiction writer he worships."[1] This is a reference to Tom Cruise's criticism of actress Brooke Shields' use of Paxil to deal with her post-partum depression in early 2005 [2] [3]; Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, a religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard, a "dead science fiction writer."
- Twice during this episode Jordan is compared to the T. Rex from Jurassic Park. During the goat eating scene and when she enters the hospital Turk and Dr. Cox watch ripples in a glass of water.
[edit] Featured music
- The Crane Wife 3 by The Decemberists
- The Girl from Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto
- Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder
