Scrubs (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

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[J.D.] In medicine today,
technologies like artificial intelligence
have pretty much taken over.
Is fluconazole contraindicated
with olanzapine and sotalol?
[virtual assistant]
Fluconazole is contraindicated.
Mr. Miller, I realized fluconazole
will interact with your other meds.
I'll find an alternative.
I don't know how doctors keep
all that stuff in their head.
I know, it's crazy.
[virtual assistant] Would you like
to know more about fluconazole?
I already handled that, Nurse.
[J.D.] It seemed like AI had answers
for everything around here.
Except maybe those two.
- I really like your clogs.
- [stammers, chuckles] Oh, thanks.
[stammering] Uh, yeah,
they're prescription.
Um, I-I have unusually flat feet,
which makes, um, buying shoes difficult,
but it saved all the men in my family
from going off to war.
- Oh.
- [screams, groans]
Sorry, man. He got away from me. [grunts]
You're welcome.
She didn't want to
hear about your feet, man.
[chuckles]
[J.D.] Maybe AI would never
figure out human love.
Or maybe it could.
Estelle, I was thinking Italian tonight.
What movie pairs well with pasta?
[Estelle chuckles] Fun idea.
I know you love
Stanley Tucci's performance in Big Night.
[chuckling] I do love the Tuch.
You know me so well.
[Estelle] Yeah, I do.
- [Turk] Buddy.
- What?
Maybe it's time for you to start dating.
That's not normal.
But Estelle always agrees with me
and laughs at all my jokes.
- Estelle? You named it?
- Yeah.
I have a chatbot lover myself.
Katniss and I are going
to a wine bar she recommended.
You're right. That's not normal.
- I gotta get back out there.
- My man.
[J.D.] There's nothing like a pep talk
from a friend to get you back in the game.
I had a solid five-year run
of dating older men, but they kept dying,
and I had to spend six months in court
proving I'm not a black widow.
- Oh.
- So,
when are you getting back out there, girl?
[chuckles] I'm not. I mean, I tried
with Dr. Chapstick, but then it hit me.
Maybe sex is overrated. [scoffs]
Okay, so, um, you don't wanna meet
my boyfriend's grandson?
[sighs] I'm just not excited about
starting over at this point in my life.
It's too late.
Honestly [chuckles] I am just happier
cozied up under a blanket here with you.
Aw. Well, I'm flattered,
and I did experiment in college,
- but that's not what this room is for.
- [alarm sounds]
Oh, break's over. Get out
or I'll have to write you up.
I'm nervous. You know,
I haven't been with anyone since Elliot.
It's like I'm doing this
for the first time.
You are. You're a divorce virgin.
Yes, sir! We gonna be back in the club
just like in the old days!
["Levitating X Gypsy (Remix)" playing]
[laughs] Oh, my God.
Your dads are so cool.
[music stops]
You're my best friend, and I love you,
but maybe I don't need
to have sex anymore.
- ["Superman" playing]
- [grunts]
I can't do this all on my own ♪
No, I know I'm no Superman ♪
I'm no Superman ♪
[sniffs, grunts]
Are you wearing cologne?
You smell like a bottle of Drakkar Noir
that got stuffed into a sock drawer.
I'll have you know this is vintage Drakkar
from an ad insert I found in a 1997 Maxim.
[J.D.] Okay, he won that one.
Hmm.
Why are you always giving him a hard time?
- He got the job, you didn't. Get over it.
- No.
What happened to you, man?
I mean, before he got here,
you and I were friends.
We were in a bowling league
together, Kevin.
And when J.D. falls, we shall bowl again.
My boy ain't gonna fall.
Say hi to Carla for me.
Okay. Ow.
[J.D.] Okay, so my dating journey was off
to a pungent start.
[harp playing]
But hope was around the corner
because hospitals were incorporating lots
of creative ways to boost patient morale.
There were artists to teach painting,
therapy animals, and this angel.
Hi, you're beautiful. Playing is great.
Sounds good music.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
[J.D.] Yes, a second chance!
I-I'm sorry. I, uh
I-I was just saying that your playing
struck a chord with me.
- Oh. Thank you.
- [J.D.] And he's back.
I'm-I'm, uh, Dr. Dorian.
I'm the new chief of medicine.
I'm still getting
to know everyone around here.
Oh, I'm Lily. I'm no one important.
I mean, unless you read Harp Weekly.
- I do.
- Oh, this is awkward.
I lied. I've never been in it.
Am I dead?
Is this heaven? Vivian, are you here?
I'm I'm kind of in the middle
of something here.
Let's go, Harvey. It's not your time yet.
- I see you have groupies.
- Oh, yeah,
let's hope he doesn't throw
his underwear at me.
Unfortunately, for us both,
he's not wearing any.
I should probably
go help him tie his gown.
Nice meeting you.
Keep on rocking in the free world.
Today's a big day because Pauline,
my favorite patient
with primary biliary cirrhosis
Do not write that down,
we're not supposed to have favorites.
is getting a new liver.
I'll believe it when I see it
with my own jaundiced yellow eyes.
If Pauline is skeptical,
it's because she's come very close
- to getting a new liver a few times.
- Ah.
Always a bridesmaid, never a person
who went home with a new liver.
- What?
- Stay positive, Pauline.
I checked with the transplant team,
and everything is good to go.
Not for the donor 'cause they're about to,
you know, take him off life support.
But then they'll put his liver on a plane
and bing, bang, boom, you're good to go.
Well, it is a 12-hour surgery
and a long recovery.
[grunts] Mm-mmm.
[stammers] Or as we say medically,
"Bing, bang, boom."
- Bing, bang, boom?
- Bing, bang, boom.
Nurse, can you make sure
the lab processes this, stat?
- [grunts]
- [all gasp, clamor]
The hell are you doing?
- What?
- Oof, that was dumb.
Pippa, check my sugars. Is that a ghost
or a white boy in my chair?
It's a white boy
who's about to be a ghost.
- It was a mistake. He didn't know.
- [staff gasp, clamor]
[both] She said it.
- [stammers]
- It was me. I said it.
Asher, they know. Save yourself.
You were safe on the sidelines.
- It's all right. It's okay.
- But you just stepped into the game.
- [Raymond mutters]
- [Kevin] Oh.
Looks like it's time for daddy to educate
two of his least favorite delinquents.
We don't park our asses
on the charge nurses' chairs.
Please. What are they gonna do?
More like,
"What are they not going to do?"
Oh, it's getting cold in here.
But don't worry,
you'll be able to keep yourself warm
with all of that hot, hot urine
you'll be walking to the lab yourself.
Enjoy.
- There has to be a way to fix this.
- Fine, let's try pizza.
Pizza usually solves everything.
Pizza's fine.
Pepperoni, bitches.
- [Turk] Hey, J.D.
- Yeah.
Tosh is gonna get you on the apps.
Okay, no, I did say it was a bad idea.
It is a lot of just half-naked women
trying to get a free dinner.
Yeah, and Carla said
I get to swipe for you.
The thing is,
I think I may have already met someone.
See, man,
I knew you were gonna mess this up for us.
She's an angel.
She's a beautiful lobby angel.
The harp player?
- [chuckling] Yeah.
- Buddy, she works here,
and Park's gunning for you.
If you dip your toe
or any other part of yourself
in the dating pool at this hospital,
he's gonna use it to bring you down.
Park sleeps with everyone.
He does laps in the hospital dating pool,
and he swims both ways,
if you know what I mean.
Right. But he only sleeps
with attendings or above.
So unless your harp player is chief
of harp playing, don't go there, bro.
Yeah, you're right.
Actually, that's good advice.
Thank you. Good looking out.
Okay, well, if we are back on the apps,
I think with a few filters, maybe
a ring light, maybe a puppy to pose with,
I think a few seniors would probably
swipe right on you.
Seniors? How old do you think I am?
- Si
- "Si"?
- I think I should probably go.
- Yeah, that's a good idea.
She said "si."
Yeah, "si" was crazy.
Oh, my God, it's happening.
The liver donor's off life support.
[exhales sharply]
I can't, in good conscience,
fist bump a man's death.
Look, we can stand here for 20 minutes,
and I can explain to you the poetic
darkness of working in a hospital,
or you can just blow me up.
[imitates explosion]
Girl, while we wait for those interns to
get our deep-dish, how about we dish deep?
- Mm-hmm.
- Now I just saw your ex-husband.
And, baby
- You know that harp player in the lobby?
- Mm-hmm.
He's trying to be the next thing
that she plucks.
When are you getting back out there?
It's too late for her.
She'd rather die alone.
Paraphrasing, but that's what she said,
word for word.
I didn't say that! I just said
that dating post-divorce sounds terrible,
and I would rather die alone!
Okay, fine, I'm saying it now.
Free yourself. Get out there
and throw that ass in a circle.
- Yeah, divorce like a man. Be messy.
- [Raymond] Mm-hmm.
- Give us something to talk about.
- It's never gonna happen. I'm fine.
Oh, you could spread that around.
Now, why would I do that?
Don't nobody care when somebody is fine.
Do two extra-large pizzas say,
"We're sorry," or, "You guys eat a lot,"
and then we're just
insulting them all over again?
You know, I could've done this alone.
I'd have the same amount of pizza,
but with twice as much quiet.
Sorry.
I tend to talk a lot when the person
I'm with is brooding and mysterious.
Were your parents killed by the Joker?
Because you're really
giving off Bruce Wayne vibes.
There's a guy following us, all right?
He's gonna rob us, but he's not gonna
hurt us. Stay calm.
[both grunt]
[Amara] Stop! That's my purse!
Ooh, that's a concussion.
I'm gonna go get my bag while he's out.
So, Pauline, what's the first thing
you'll do when you get out of here?
I'll tell you when
they put the liver in me, kid.
[sighs] If it were me, I'd get on a plane
to England and take my mum to tea.
[elongated] Boring.
[normal] Mine's much better.
Oh, see? She does have a plan.
Okay, I don't know about the liver,
but my body is rejecting this positivity.
- [both chuckle]
- [phone dings]
Pauline, could you excuse us for a second?
I'm sorry, there's nothing boring
about a boy loving his mother.
The organ was ischemic
and can't be implanted.
I can't go in there for a third time
and tell her it's not happening.
I gotta fix this.
This kid needs to be admitted.
Possible concussion.
Okay, what I'm seeing is you came back
with more work for us and no pizza.
He mugged us.
The pizzas were also victims.
Oh, my God, are you okay?
- We're gonna--
- Excuse you.
- I'm talking to my pizza-less colleague.
- [breathing heavily, groans]
It's okay, girl.
Girl, breathe. Girl, breathe.
[J.D.] The funny thing about love,
when you're trying to avoid it,
that's exactly when it hits you,
just like a--
- [Lily] Runaway harp!
- Whoa. Whoa.
- Oh, no.
- I got it.
[chuckling]
Oh, my gosh.
- Thank you so much.
- No worries.
I mean, little known fact,
harps are the second deadliest instrument.
- Second only to the tuba?
- Yeah, how'd you know?
- I got stuffed into one in middle school.
- [chuckles]
- My shoulders hadn't quite come in yet.
- [both chuckle]
Hey, can I ask you out
for a drink, maybe? Just to say thank you?
- I don't think that would be appropriate.
- Oh.
[J.D.] The hell with Turk. She wants me.
Because I should be the one
asking you out.
[J.D.] I am on fire today.
[Katniss] It doesn't look like
we're going to make our reservation.
Would you like me
to notify the restaurant?
Why are you always nagging me
about being late?
I work hard so we can lead the good life.
[breathes heavily]
Women. Am I right?
He's dating a chatbot.
[chuckles] So weird.
Can I help you get this
in your car or truck or
bus?
[J.D.] Okay, it's your first date in
20 years. Just hold it together, Dorian.
Hey.
Thank you. [sighs] So, how was your day?
Better now. How are your boobs?
[J.D] Nope, not that.
- It was great. I met a beautiful harpist.
- Aw. [chuckles]
Look, you're a guy.
I know exactly what you're thinking.
You're probably wondering
how tonight's gonna end up, right?
It's honestly the furthest thing
from my mind.
I just want to make something super clear.
We're having one drink.
- Okay.
- And then we're having sex.
What now?
Turk, I really need to talk to you.
[Turk] Elliot, my hands are inside of
someone right now, and not in the fun way.
It's urgent. I need a liver.
This one? I can't do that.
They'll throw me in jail.
[Dashana] Blonde women,
they never think the rules apply to them.
- Just come find me when you're done, okay?
- [Turk] Okay.
You're chief of surgery.
I need you to help get my patient
prioritized on the donor list.
You know that's a complicated process.
Yeah, her MELD score is 35.
She can't leave the hospital,
or she could die. Please.
Okay, I do have a couple of connections.
Just let me call J.D.
to see if he can help too.
Call J.D.
Hey, you in your office?
Don't be mad. I'm out with the harpist.
Dating is different, Turk.
Dating is really different.
Don't you have sex with that woman.
Don't you do it. Park will have your ass.
He's not the only one who wants it.
I don't even have the Drakkar Noir on.
It must be my pheromones.
[line disconnects]
He didn't pick up.
I know that you two
must be quite traumatized.
Here at Sacred Heart's
Wellness Department,
we have a team of one
to help through times like these.
I'm good.
No, you're not. You're not good.
You're traumatized, and you probably
don't even know where you are right now.
Okay, who is ready to talk to the po-po?
As in the police?
Yeah, I like to use a little bit of slang.
But yeah, they want you to press charges.
I'm not pressing charges
for 40 bucks' worth of pizza.
God, he's so brooding
and mysterious. He's like
- Batman.
- Tom Selleck.
Who?
Well, well, well.
I've been looking everywhere for you.
Okay. So, it's obvious
you know about J.D. and that harp lady.
But before you come for him,
I want you to remember this.
My wife is a nurse, and I know you freak
nastied your way throughout this hospital
and even in some areas
on top and around it.
I-I am shocked. Honestly, I was simply
gonna ask you for a surgical consult.
Why'd you say,
"Well, well, well," like that?
Dramatic flare. I mean,
what did you want me to do?
"Hey, man, can you help me out?" Mm-mmm.
I would love to bust your boy on this,
but unfortunately
that harp lady is a volunteer,
and there are no rules
against sleeping with volunteers.
A board member told me that
while we were boning in the shower.
I need to make a phone call.
Oh, by the way, Carla says hi back.
Look, Lily, I really like you.
- [slurps]
- You're amazing.
Uh, it's just
that I'm the chief of medicine.
Yeah, you are.
And when we get back to my place
[whispering] I'm the chief of medicine.
Wow. And as much as I would really love
to see how that plays out [stammers]
- [phone ringing]
- Excuse me, it's a work colleague.
- Yes.
- She's a volunteer.
She's a volunteer.
You can do whatever you want. Up high.
Come on!
Well, a promise is a promise.
Let's go to your place.
How did you know
that guy was gonna mug us?
I grew up around guys like that.
You did? Because your hair product
tells a very different story.
I'm not pressing charges.
You know, one stupid decision shouldn't
set your whole life back. Trust me.
[smacks lips] Do you wanna talk about it?
That was me talking about it.
[gasps] Oh, okay.
You know, once people discover this room,
they're just gonna have sex in here.
Sibby's gonna be so traumatized.
[gasps] Oh, then she can come here.
Hey. Elliot. Found a way
to help your patient.
Yes. I knew you would.
I got her considered
for an expanded criteria transplant.
[groans] Okay, not ideal. [sighs]
So, what are we looking at?
It's the liver from a 60-year-old donor
who had a treated case of hepatitis C.
The liver regenerates.
It'll still work, right?
Well, yeah, but who wants that?
I mean, it's like
if you promised me new shoes,
and instead you gave me
your old, mangy-ass clogs.
I've had these shoes for months.
Heard nothing but compliments.
They're awful. Anyway, Turk,
you're saying she can have this liver now?
Absolutely. She's a match.
The pilot's on standby.
Well, Asher's mangy-ass clogs are still
better than dying from liver disease,
so thank you.
I got you.
[clogs squeaking]
Have they always squeaked?
- Yep.
- Yeah.
[clogs squeaking]
[J.D.]
I don't know what I was worried about.
I hadn't been with someone new,
but it was just like riding a bike.
- Wait, wait.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Am I moving too fast for you?
- Yeah, 'cause I'm just a sweet,
little angel baby,
little harp girl, right?
- Sure.
- Wrong.
- [J.D.] Ruh-roh.
- [laughs]
That's just a persona
I made up for my job.
Society's not ready
for a sex-forward harpist.
You know, I used to be so repressed
by that good-girl persona.
I took a Zoom class on self pleasure,
and when I emerged from that,
I was Minerva.
Divine sex witch. Crypto whore.
Crypto. I've been meaning
to get into that.
Yeah, I'll send you a link for my webinar.
Okay. Whoa, okay, lick me like a puppy.
[laughing]
Maybe we could just regroup.
A lot is happening.
- Ooh.
- [both laugh]
[J.D.] What's happening?
Are we dancing? Just go with it.
- Dip me. [laughing]
- Okay, okay. [screams]
My back's not the greatest. [chuckles]
- First
- Yes.
I'm gonna lay you down on the bed,
and I'm gonna grab
your little butt cheeks
Wow. Okay, we should probably
develop a safe word right off the bat.
I'm gonna go with raisin.
Okay, at least dancing's over.
[grunts]
- [screams]
- [both laugh]
- Choke me. Choke me.
- No, no, no, no. Raisins.
- Choke me.
- Raisins.
Oh, no, you caught me being a little slob.
[laughs, moans]
Mmm. Oh. Good.
See, now, you even look sexy
holding that slice.
- I do, don't I?
- You do.
- Mmm.
- Oh.
[J.D.] I was lying here
beneath this beautiful woman,
and I actually felt nothing.
Ow!
I felt that.
- Okay, listen.
- [panting]
This has been a lovely night,
and you've given me a whole lot
of things to google,
but I think I need a ride home.
Are you serious? I paid for your drink.
You're not even gonna doink me?
I can Venmo you. I
- It was $19.
- I-I-I'm good for it. I'm a doctor.
[scoffs] You're such a frigid little hoe.
[J.D.] I'm really sorry about this.
It's just the last time
I was with someone,
it really meant something,
and I know after a divorce,
guys are supposed to go out
and hook up like crazy,
but I think I just need a little time
to figure out what I actually want.
Are you mad?
No.
Okay, so, I lost the good liver and now
my only choice is from an old hep-C guy?
I know it's not the news you wanted,
and yes, it's a harder road,
but it's the only one in front of you.
- [sighs] Maybe it's just too late for me.
- [sighs]
I'm really tired.
I get it. We'll give you some time.
[sorrowful music plays, stops]
Okay, time's up.
You're taking the damn liver, Pauline.
This is your second chance at life,
and maybe it's not perfect.
And maybe you're older and you're tired
and you're self-conscious about your neck,
and maybe you don't want to hear
about how golf changed some guy's life.
Why are you taking notes?
[breathes deeply]
What I'm trying to say is, it's not
too late for you to have a great life.
- [sighs]
- Please, don't deny yourself this chance.
Yes, embrace life. Take the liver.
Eat dessert first! Ask out a colleague!
Asher, I'm glad you're inspired,
but I'm gonna need Pauline's answer.
[sighs]
["For The Rush" playing]
Look, man, you should give
this guy a call, all right?
He runs a program.
That program is the only reason
why I'm standing here now, as a doctor.
Keep your head on straight, you know?
[sighs] It's been a long night,
but nothing that requires me to sit.
Um [clears throat]
[smacks lips] Dr. Park, why is sitting
in that chair some big unspoken rule?
Yeah, I don't really talk
to interns after 7:00 p.m.
But if you must know,
every single nurse
in this building does way more
than they're ever gonna tell you or me.
That is the real unspoken part.
Estelle, what pairs well
with a baked ziti for one?
[Estelle chuckles] Sounds delicious.
I think you'd enjoy a Chianti
and Under the Tuscan Sun.
[laughs] You so get me.
[J.D.] In the hospital,
we have all the technology in the world,
but it's impossible to see
what's really in people's hearts.
Yeah, man. It's gonna be all right.
[J.D.] Whether it's a part of them
they'd rather keep hidden
or feelings they're too afraid to share.
Hey. Just tell her.
She'd be crazy to say no.
I've got to get back to work.
Adopt a dog.
- Sorry?
- That's the first thing I'd do
when I get out of here. You asked.
Yeah. [breathing shakily]
I'm comin' back ♪
Thank you.
I know I'm comin' back ♪
[J.D.] Only the heart knows
when it's ready to let someone in again.
Thanks for getting it here safely.
No problem. Is there any place
to grab a coffee around here?
[Elliot] Yeah. I can show you.
[J.D.] But sometimes the heart just needs
a little more time to heal.
We were livin' for the rush ♪
[song ends]
[J.D.] See, I don't need
to be out there dating.
All I need is two cozy weighted blankets,
a good movie, and my best friend.
I have to buy a white dress.
- [sighs]
- J.D., this movie's really good.
Don't tell Carla. She's been begging me
to watch this for years.
Look at Diane Lane.
- She fine.
- Absolutely glowing.
I wonder what her skin-care routine is,
'cause I've been so dry in my T-zone.
This is when you say,
"Oh, come on, J.D., your T-zone is fire."
Yeah, we're both a bit tuckered out.
- No.
- Yeah, that felt like too much.