J.D. and Elliot struggle to keep their newfound sizzling romantic relationship under wraps while at the hospital, but when the inevitable happens, they boldly display their mutual affection in public — which only results in turbulence when she thinks he doesn’t respect her enough. Meanwhile, Dr. Kelso orders the entire staff to participate in a [...]

J.D. strikes up a romantic relationship with an attractive social worker, but he soon learns that Elliot is not only jealous but thinks his new squeeze is bad news. Meanwhile, Turk discovers that Dr. Cox also has romantic designs on Carla while Carla encounters hard stares from her fellow nurses when she strikes up a [...]

J.D. is frustrated when his budding romance with an ex-patient wilts as their dates are constantly interrupted by emergency calls while the beastly Dr. Kelso becomes less fearsome to the wide-eyed interns when Dr. Cox informs them how to avoid the blowhard’s bite. In addition, a perplexed Carla and Turk deal with their first sexual [...]

A hyped Dr. Cox challenges the hospital staff not to lose a single patient before his shift ends at midnight while J.D. is enchanted by an unseen female patient who is trapped inside an MRI machine — and even considers asking her out. Elsewhere, Turk and Carla grapple with a pained patient as they try [...]

As Christmas nears, Turk’s idealized notion of the wonderful holiday is challenged by the grim reality of the hospital while Dr. Cox asks J.D. to videotape the birth of his friends’ baby — with calamitous results. Elsewhere, Dr. Cox also has to contend with his abrasive ex-wife Jordan, and Elliot searches for a sickly teenaged [...]

J.D. gains a new nickname — “Scooter” — and his relationship with Nurse Carla evolves as he begins to out-distance her medical knowledge while Turk trembles when he learns that his secret lunch spot was claimed years ago by the territorial Dr. Kelso. Elsewhere, Dr. Cox gives Elliot the evil eye when she won’t discharge [...]

As Thanksgiving nears, J.D. is stricken with appendicitis and gains a new and horrifying perspective on what it means to be a patient, and to make matters worse, it’s Turk who will be doing the surgery. Elsewhere, Elliot resents the fact that J.D.’s patients prefer his care to her cold hands when she has to [...]

J.D. and Turk become reluctant heroes when they sneak off to a strip bar for lunch and instead save the life of a protester in front of TV cameras — and the crafty Dr. Kelso wastes no time in exploiting their “salt-and-pepper” images in an ad campaign to tout the hospital’s diversity. Elsewhere, J.D. risks [...]

Just when J.D. hits his stride and deludes himself to think he’s medicine’s Golden Child, in strides Nick, a gifted rival intern who’s even more capable and promises to challenge J.D. for the attention of the attending doctors. Elsewhere, cocky Turk suddenly loses his confidence in surgery and doesn’t confide in Carla while the cynical [...]

An overwhelmed J.D. is assigned to treat a demanding and demeaning patient, who is an important hospital board member while he is distracted by the bad news that his gruff mentor, Dr. Cox, could be summarily fired by the nasty Dr. Kelso. Elsewhere, a frustrated Turk tries to negotiate his romance with Carla around the [...]