My Identity Crisis

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“My Identity Crisis”
Scrubs episode
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 4
Written by
Directed by	Gail Mancuso
Production no.	704
Original airdate	November 15, 2007
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"My Identity Crisis" is the 143rd episode of the American sitcom Scrubs. It aired as Episode 4 of Season 7 on November 15, 2007.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cultural references 3 Continuity 4 Music 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

Carla wakes up from a nightmare about J.D. and Turk killing her. She later explains to them that the dream was only scary to her because it was in English and not Spanish. Carla then becomes scared that her daughter won't accept her Latina heritage. After J.D. calls Nurse Shirley "Lavernegan" (Laverne-again), because he claims that she looks like Laverne, the Janitor discovers that J.D. only uses nicknames for people in the hospital whose names he doesn't actually know. He challenges J.D. to learn everyone's real name in the hospital, otherwise J.D. will have to take over as the Janitor for a day. If J.D. wins, the Janitor will do his own job for a day (the joke being that the Janitor never does his job). J.D evens asks him if he still remembers how to do his job, receiving a hesitant, "Yeah."^[1] Dr. Cox's family is away, and he realizes that he is lonely without them. To deal with his loneliness he comes in on his day off and helps J.D. learn everyone's name. J.D. finally learns everyone's name in the hospital, but loses the bet because he does not know the Janitor's name (and neither does anybody else in the hospital). The episode ends with J.D. mopping a floor and expressing the same cynical attitude the Janitor has.

[edit] Cultural references

• Aloma Wright's character's name is revealed in this episode to be Shirley. Combined with her former character's name Laverne, it references the television show Laverne and Shirley.
• Elliot says "We're like the Lonely Hearts table", referring to the Lonely Hearts Club Band.
• J.D.'s dancing fantasy is a parody of the movie Risky Business
• Turk has a conversation about whether or not he is related to George Washington Carver. Donald Faison voiced Carver's clone on Clone High, an animated show by Scrubs' creator Bill Lawrence.

[edit] Continuity

• Colonel Doctor's name is revealed to be Coleman Slawski.
• This episode reveals that Dr. Cox is a Scorpio, making his birthday somewhere between October 24 and November 22.

[edit] Music

• Who Are You by The Who (performed by The Blanks/Ted's Band)
• Opportunity by Pete Murray

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• "My Identity Crisis" at TV.com
• "My Identity Crisis" at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Scrubs Main characters J.D. (Zach Braff) · Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) · Christopher Turk (Donald Faison) · Janitor (Neil Flynn) · Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins) · Perry Cox (John C. McGinley) · Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes) Other characters Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller) · The Todd (Robert Maschio) · Ted Buckland (Sam Lloyd) · Doug Murphy (Johnny Kastl) · Keith Dudemeister (Travis Schuldt) · Laverne Roberts/Nurse Shirley (Aloma Wright) · Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks) · Minor characters Setting Sacred Heart Hospital Music "Superman" by Lazlo Bane · The Blanks · Colin Hay · Keren DeBerg · Joshua Radin Crew Bill Lawrence · Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan · Mike Schwartz · Michael Spiller · Adam Bernstein Notable episodes Episode list · "My First Day" · "My Old Lady" · "My Screw Up" · "My Way Home" · "My Lunch" · "My Musical"