Episode
Scrubs: My Butterfly
Overview
An ever present butterfly prompts the question on what could have happened different as Turk looks for his lucky do-rag for surgery, and Elliot tries to find a lost stuffed animal for a child needing a bone marrow transplant.
Details
- Series
- Scrubs
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2004-03-16
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
My Butterfly is Episode 16 in Season 3 of Scrubs. It aired on 2004-03-16. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 15: My Tormented Mentor
Jordan's friends Allison and Maddie come to town to provide moral support for Jordan after her brother's death – however, their constant presence does not provide any relief to Dr. Cox.
Meanwhile, Turk tries to impress the new female surgeon, Dr. Miller, but his first encounter serves only to leave him baffled by the opposite sex yet again. Attempting to reinforce the policy on sexual harassment at Sacred Heart, Carla is forced to teach a course where Dr. Kelso is the number-one student.
Episode 17: My Moment of Un-Truth
J.D. must keep a secret when Carla's "what-if" guy asks her out on a date.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the argument, Carla hounds Turk for checking out other women.
Elliot is also on the spot as Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso both advise her not to give her patient drugs as they suspect he is an addict faking pain.
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Episode 14: My Screw Up
Jordan's brother and sister return, but Dr. Cox learns that his brother-in-law Ben hasn't visited a doctor about his cancer in the two years he has been gone traveling the world.
Episode 18: His Story II
Turk has to confront a young patient of his, when he accidentally cuts a nerve and the boy (who happens to be a concert pianist) loses use of one of his hands.
Meanwhile, one of Elliot's patients unintentionally teaches her a lesson about her relationship with J.D.
Episode 13: My Porcelain God
Elliot finds herself perplexed over a simple procedure that leaves her questioning her career path. She goes to seek Dr. Kevin Casey's advice but becomes frustrated when she learns that the epiphany toilet, which the Janitor secretly installed on the roof, is getting more attention than she is.
Meanwhile, Turk asks J.D. to be his best man at his wedding, which sends J.D. into sheer bliss momentarily until he hears a phone message that makes him question his friendship with Turk.
Episode 19: My Choosiest Choice of All
J.D. hooks up with Danni again, after Sean returns, but he can't forget about his passionate night with Elliot.
Meanwhile, Dr. Cox realizes, that he might actually have a crush on the one doctor he loathes.
Episode 12: My Catalyst
J.D. believes he may have finally found a mentor in Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it turns out that Dr. Cox has always been jealous of the guy.
Meanwhile, the Janitor and his new assistant help Kelso out with a garbage problem.
Episode 20: My Fault
Elliot asks Sean to move in with her, which only adds to J.D.'s problems.
Turk is unsure why Dr. Miller's attitude towards him has changed, until he finds out that Carla un-invited her from their wedding.
Dr. Kelso outrages Dr. Cox when he announces that Sacred Heart will begin doing full body scans, starting with an ever present hypochondriac patient, who wants any freebies he can get.
Episode 11: My Clean Break
J.D. tries to break-up with Danni, but she beats him to it when she realizes that she will always be second place to Elliot in his heart.
Dr. Cox suddenly becomes a nice guy and Elliot changes back to her old self after Dr. Kelso criticizes her new look.
Episode 21: My Self-Examination
J.D. is unsure what to do, when he realizes he made a mistake telling Elliot he loved her.
The Janitor squares off against Dr. Cox after he loses the election of the janitors to Randall.
Carla's brother Marc constantly puts Turk in a tough situation, when Turk forgets to write his wedding vows.
Episode 10: My Rule of Thumb
Carla and Elliot try to help a patient, Maggie, lose her virginity as she prepares to die.
Walking in on her sister and Dr. Cox prompts Danni to move in with J.D. Dr. Cox attempts to convince Turk to do a kidney transplant for a patient he has "moved up" the list. But a personal grudge seems to stand in the way and may decide whether the patient lives or dies.
Episode 22: My Best Friend's Wedding
The big day for Turk and Carla has finally arrived, but a patient holds up Turk.
With Elliot still angry at him, J.D. attempts to reconcile her with Sean as a way to make everything right again in their friendship.