My Own American Girl

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"My Own American Girl"
Scrubs episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 1
Directed by Bill Lawrence
Written by Bill Lawrence
Featured music "These Photographs" by Joshua Radin
"Faith" by George Michael
"Beautiful Day" by U2
"American Girl" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Production code 301
Original air date October 2, 2003
Guest actors
  • Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan
  • Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland
  • Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne Roberts
  • Scott Foley as Sean Kelly
  • Sean Whalen as Laddy
  • Umoja Butler as Big Guy
  • Nicholas Di Nardo as Delivery Ki
  • Jerry Farmer as Convict
  • Brad Koepenick as Mitchell
  • Bonnie Perlman as Mrs. Farr
  • Mark Meismer as Stephen
  • Jennifer Lothrop as Girl
  • Lee Arenberg as Dr. Moyer

"My Own American Girl" is the season three premiere and 47th episode overall of the American sitcom Scrubs. It originally aired on October 2, 2003 on NBC.

Plot

After being punched in the nose by Dr. Cox in the previous episode, Dr. Kelso is now detectable from a distance as he makes a whistling sound when he breathes, and so everyone, particularly Ted, takes advantage by slacking off when he's not around. However, as no one will admit to seeing the incident, Dr. Kelso can't fire Dr. Cox and therefore takes his anger out on him by making him spend his weekend giving prisoners their yearly physicals, forcing him to spend his free time away from his new son, Jack.

Resentful that helping Elliot out has cost him time with his son, Dr. Cox refuses to help J.D. with a particularly troublesome patient. Unfortunately for J.D., the only ones willing to help him are Turk, Carla, and Elliot although she is so deep in a personal rut that she would be more a hindrance than a help.

After much soul searching, Elliot decides she has to turn herself around and, after getting a completely new look, marches into the hospital and forces the petulant head of Radiology to test J.D.'s patient. Finally, with some gentle coaxing from Dr. Cox, J.D. figures out the woman's illness.

Dr. Cox fixes Kelso's nose and Elliot meets back up with her old boyfriend, Sean. During the end narration, J.D. strongly implies that after Elliot's makeover, he has fallen in love with her again.

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