My Jerks

"My Jerks"
Scrubs episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 1
Directed by	Michael Spiller
Written by	Angela Nissel
Production code	801
Original air date	January 6, 2009
Guest appearance(s)
Courteney Cox as Dr. Taylor Maddox Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland Travis Schuldt as Keith Dudemeister Eliza Coupe as Dr. Denise Mahoney Betsy Beutler as Katie Collins Aziz Ansari as Ed Dhandapani James Ritz as Mr. Hicks Eric Artell as Rodney Taran Killam as Jimmy Aseem Batra as Josephine Michael Spiller as Balloon Guy Jack Grinnage as Marvell
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"My Jerks" is the 151st episode and television season premiere of the eighth season of the ABC Studios television series Scrubs. The episode first aired on January 6, 2009 on the American Broadcasting Company, following the show's departure from NBC. It was immediately followed by the second episode of the season. The episode was written by Angela Nissel and directed by Michael Spiller who also has a small cameo appearance. This was the first Scrubs episode of the show to show moving footage over the credits, instead of its usual screenshots of scenes throughout the episode.

J.D. notices the Janitor cleaning gum off a wall and comments, "that's new"; the Janitor, assuming J.D. had noticed his new watch, thinks he wants a compliment back and comments on J.D.'s newly grown "pubescent Miami Vice beard". J.D. then conducts rounds with his new interns and doesn't like any of them. He thinks Katie is a teacher's pet, Denise has a terrible bedside manner, and Ed is lazy. He welcomes the new Chief of Medicine for Sacred Heart, Dr. Taylor Maddox, and is surprised at how attractive and nice she is.

Later, during another session of rounds, J.D. leaves the interns alone in the ward to watch the patients and gives them specific instructions. When he returns, he finds that they allowed a patient to crash. He vows he is done teaching them and hands them over to Josephine. In the cafeteria, Dr. Cox tells J.D. that he was not too dissimilar from these new interns, and that it is his job to teach. He ends up giving the interns a second chance.

Meanwhile, Dr. Cox is upset that he is once again going to have to be "that guy" who always stands up to the Chief of Medicine. Nevertheless, when he notices that Maddox is keeping a patient in the hospital only because he has incredible insurance, he begins arguing with her.

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