Series synopsis
Scrubs is an American comedy television series that premiered on ABC on February 25, 2026. It was created by Bill Lawrence. It stars Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke and John C. McGinley.
J.D. & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time–medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.
Premise
J.D. & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time–medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.
Premise: Scrub back in.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Zach Braff as John 'J.D.' Dorian
- Donald Faison as Christopher Turk
- Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid
- John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox
- Judy Reyes as Carla Espinosa
- Joel Kim Booster as Dr. Kevin Park
- Ava Bunn as Dr. Sam Tosh
- Jacob Dudman as Dr. Asher Green
Supporting cast
- David Gridley as Dr. Blake Lewis
- Layla Mohammadi as Dr. Amara Hadi
- Amanda Morrow as Dr. Dashana Trainor
- Anna Maria Horsford as Mrs. Melanie Brooks
- Robert Maschio as The Todd
- Phill Lewis as Hooch
- Sierra Sidwell as Izzie
- Vanessa Bayer as Sibby Wilson
- Monroe McWilliams as Sofia
- Ava Frica as Ellie
- Ava Poyer as Nora
- Robert Moloney as George
Guest cast
- John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox
- Judy Reyes as Carla Espinosa
- Joel Kim Booster as Dr. Kevin Park
- Ava Bunn as Dr. Sam Tosh
- Jacob Dudman as Dr. Asher Green
- David Gridley as Dr. Blake Lewis
- Layla Mohammadi as Dr. Amara Hadi
- Amanda Morrow as Dr. Dashana Trainor
- Anna Maria Horsford as Mrs. Melanie Brooks
- Robert Maschio as The Todd
- Phill Lewis as Hooch
- Sierra Sidwell as Izzie
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 221 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 77 | April 24, 2003 | April 24, 2003 |
| Season 1 | 9 | February 25, 2026 | April 15, 2026 |
| Season 2 | 0 | April 17, 2003 | |
| Season 3 | 22 | October 2, 2003 | May 4, 2004 |
| Season 4 | 25 | August 31, 2004 | May 10, 2005 |
| Season 5 | 24 | January 3, 2006 | May 16, 2006 |
| Season 6 | 22 | November 30, 2006 | May 17, 2007 |
| Season 7 | 11 | October 25, 2007 | May 8, 2008 |
| Season 8 | 18 | January 6, 2009 | May 6, 2009 |
| Season 9 | 13 | December 1, 2009 | March 17, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scrubs Funniest Moments A collection of clips and bloopers from the first two seasons of the hit NBC comedy. |
April 24, 2003 |
| 2 |
Newbies Examines the actors before they were cast (Season 1 featurette) |
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| 3 |
"Superman" Music Video Performed by Lazlo Bane (Season 1 featurette) |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Return John "J.D." Dorian unexpectedly finds himself back at Sacred Heart, reuniting him with new and old faces. |
February 25, 2026 |
| 2 |
My 2nd First Day J.D. navigates a new normal; Elliot and Turk clash over the budget. |
February 25, 2026 |
| 3 |
My Rom-Com Elliot faces a dilemma with a stubborn patient, while J.D. discovers online doctor reviews. Meanwhile, Turk teaches his interns about new surgical technology and unexpected life lessons. |
March 4, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Overkill Relationships between the staff of Sacred Heart Hospital have been shaken since Jordan's revelations. Turk is sleeping on J.D.'s bed, after Carla kicked him out of his own. Elliot is having a hard time facing J.D. every day at work. J.D. desperately tries to get Dr. Cox's attention back, unsuccessfully. |
September 26, 2002 |
| 2 |
My Nightingale J.D., Elliot and Turk find themselves alone in the hospital night shift and face responsibilities without supervision for the first time. Luckily, they have Carla there to support and guide them through the night. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox doesn't know what to do, when he realizes that he has feelings for his ex-wife Jordan and is asked (forced actually) to introduce Dr. Kelso at a social event, where he will be receiving an award from the medical board. |
October 3, 2002 |
| 3 |
My Case Study When Dr. Kelso challenges the residents by offering a trip to a medical conference in Reno as a reward to the individual, who presents the most interesting case study, J.D. refuses to play along, earning him the respect of Dr. Cox. In the meantime, Turk misses his opportunity to ask for a new laser on the one day of the year, that Dr. Kelso grants favors, so he is forced to find another way to come up with the goods. |
October 10, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Own American Girl A run-in with her old flame Sean and an accident in her new car lead Elliot to the realization that nothing good has happened to her in the three years that she has been at Sacred Heart. This realization drives her to take drastic measures, including a complete makeover, both inside and out, in an attempt to change her luck. Meanwhile, J.D. gets stuck with a patient, whose diagnosis he can't quite pin down, and when Dr. Cox denies him any assistance, he looks to Carla and Turk to help him out. While Dr. Cox is busy not helping J.D., he takes the time to make amends with Dr. Kelso. |
October 2, 2003 |
| 2 |
My Journey J.D. is feeling left out of his friendship with Turk and gets hurt when Turk is scared of opening up to him. Meanwhile, Carla is driven crazy over an unidentified urine sample, and Elliot tries to balance Sean and her career, so that one doesn't end up getting in the way of the other. |
October 9, 2003 |
| 3 |
My White Whale Finding difficulties training his interns, J.D. asks to Elliot for some help. She tells J.D. about Sean, who gave Elliot great tips based on his dolphin training that fit perfectly for her interns. Dr. Cox finds the ideal pediatrician for his son: Dr. Norris, who acts and looks just like him. However, Dr. Cox is quick to find a problem with him once Jack develops a cough that scares both him and Jordan. |
October 23, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Old Friend's New Friend Turk and Carla start to have issues when Carla tries to change everything about her new husband. Molly Clock (Heather Graham), the hospital's new psychiatrist, becomes friends with Elliot because she believes Turk, J.D. and Carla are shutting her out. Also, when Turk and J.D.'s car blows up, Carla lets him pick out the new ride only to find that instead of a car, he buys three scooters for them, further proving Carla's point that she needs to always be in control. The episode guest stars the Sugarhill Gang. |
August 31, 2004 |
| 2 |
My Office Dr. Clock tries to reconcile J.D. and Eliot, while waiting to see which one Dr. Cox will give the Chief Resident position to. Molly and Carla are experiencing some subtle conflict and Elliot and J.D. begin to come together after long bouts of conflict of their own. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox, Turk and the Janitor are forced to work together to help a patient. |
September 7, 2004 |
| 3 |
My New Game Dr. Cox is having issues with Jordan, since Ted revealed that they are still technically married due to some filing problems. J.D. has problems of his own as he can't shake off the tag of Co-Chief Resident the Janitor assigned to him, while Elliot keeps the Chief Resident tag. Elsewhere, Turk begins to doubt his abilities after letting a patient die and isn't helped, when he finds out J.D. has no confidence in him either. Dr. Cox and Molly spar about her involvement in his patients. |
September 14, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Intern's Eyes Attending at Sacred Heart, J.D. now has to deal with his own interns. Turk has doubts having children, then tries to prevent Carla from getting pregnant. Meanwhile Elliot struggles to find her way at County Hospital and doesn't want to seem like the helpless person she was before. |
January 3, 2006 |
| 2 |
My Rite of Passage J.D. wants to show Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso how to treat interns, but instead he finds out that they laugh at his bad jokes out of fear and respect. Everyone at the hospital is avoiding Jordan to get rid of her except for Turk. An aborted attempt to bond with her results in Jordan being conned by Sam, the drug addict. Elsewhere, Elliot's fellowship goes sour and she finds herself confiding in loose-lipped Carla. |
January 3, 2006 |
| 3 |
My Day at the Races While planning his birthday, J.D. finds a list of things he wanted to accomplish, before he turned 30. He enters a triathlon to begin. Meanwhile, Elliot discovers a side of her boyfriend Jake, that freaks her out. And Turk is working hard to impress his bosses and takes on a patient, who wants to be hypnotized during surgery in effort to be promoted. |
January 10, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Mirror Image J.D. addresses the news that he is going to be a father and Dr. Cox is worried about how his anger is going to impact his offspring. Meanwhile, Carla and Turk prepare for the impending arrival of their new baby. Elliot feels left out because she is childless, while the Janitor wonders if he has wasted his life. |
November 30, 2006 |
| 2 |
My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby J.D. and Kim start contemplating about their future and their baby's future. Meanwhile, Turk rushes Carla to the hospital after she goes into labor. And Jordan accuses Dr. Cox of not being a more defensive father towards Jack. |
December 7, 2006 |
| 3 |
My Coffee J.D. and Kim are surprised of how much they have in common. Recently giving birth, Carla doesn't want to return to work. Meanwhile, Elliot tries to persuade Dr. Turner, a surgeon with thirty years of experience, that medicine is the better option to work with and that surgery could kill him. |
December 14, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Own Worst Enemy In the aftermath of their near-indiscretion, Elliot realizes she doesn't want to be with Keith, and J.D. resolves to stop sabotaging himself. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox and Turk find a patient they both like who is in danger of being discharged. |
October 25, 2007 |
| 2 |
My Hard Labor Kim goes into labor, and J.D. struggles to decide if he should tell her what he really thinks of their relationship. Turk, desperate to do something not baby-related, races to beat a video game before Carla discovers him. And Dr. Cox searches for someone he trusts enough to give his daughter a shot. |
November 1, 2007 |
| 3 |
My Inconvenient Truth J.D's brother Dan returns and delivers a few home truths to his little brother. In the meantime, Elliot and Dr. Cox debate over the morals of their practice and the staff of Sacred Heart find the Janitor's behavior rather odd after he watches "An Inconvenient Truth". |
November 8, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Jerks Dr. Kelso's beautiful but unethical replacement, Dr. Maddox, shakes things up at Sacred Heart, while J.D. struggles to manage a new crop of incompetent interns and Carla helps Elliott put her ego in check. |
January 6, 2009 |
| 2 |
My Last Words J.D. and Turk make a huge sacrifice concerning a decade-long steak night tradition for a dying patient. Meanwhile, Dr. Maddox, the new Chief of Medicine, begins to show her true colors. |
January 6, 2009 |
| 3 |
My Saving Grace Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox have to work together again to get rid of Dr. Maddox, while Carla faces an incompetent intern. |
January 13, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Our First Day of School J.D., Turk, Cox, Kelso and intern Denise return to Sacred Heart to teach med school, while new med students Lucy, Drew, Cole and Maya are put through the ringer on their first day of school. |
December 1, 2009 |
| 2 |
Our Drunk Friend Lucy learns a hard earned lesson about what it takes to be a doctor. Meanwhile J.D. and Turk spot a potential love connection between Denise and the new med student, Drew, as they play matchmakers with a little bit of help from Dr. Kelso. |
December 1, 2009 |
| 3 |
Our Role Models J.D. and Drew learn a tough lesson in mentoring when Dr. Cox and Lucy show them that sometimes the student is the teacher. |
December 8, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 25, 2026 |
| Last aired | April 15, 2026 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 20:00:00 |