My Bright Idea

"My Bright Idea"
Scrubs episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 16
Directed by	Michael Spiller
Written by	Janae Bakken
Production code	517
Original air date	March 28, 2006
Guest stars
Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne Roberts Christina Miles as Gloria Travis Schuldt as Keith Dudemeister Robert Maschio as Todd Quinlan Sabin Rich as Stanley Hans Raith as German Guy Weston I. Nathanson as Old Man #1 Rebecca Metz as Volunteer Woman Charles Butler as Father Rosenberg Arthur R. Botham as Old Man #2
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"My Bright Idea" is the 109th episode of the American situation comedy Scrubs. It originally aired as Episode 16 of Season 5 on March 28, 2006.

Plot

Carla performs yet another home pregnancy test and to her dismay, it comes up negative. After she leaves, Turk realizes the result time for the test is longer than they expected and the test turns out to be positive. J.D. convinces Turk to take advantage of this unique situation and round up all of Carla's friends and have them surprise her with the news, becoming the first husband to ever tell his wife she is pregnant. When Carla reveals to Turk her greatest joy will be when she can tell her friends and family one by one that she is pregnant, Turk hastily scraps the plan.

With the help of their close friends, J.D. and Turk are able to keep the failed surprise under wraps and hint at Carla to take another test. Everything is going according to plan until J.D. accidentally lets it slip that Turk already told him. However, Carla explains she doesn't really care about being the one to spread the news - she's happy just to be pregnant with Turk.

Meanwhile, J.D. accuses Janitor of telling another lie. With Janitor seeming more vindictive than ever before, J.D. and Turk trick him into eating a penny, which is actually a GPS beacon, thus enabling them to evade him using a GPS receiver. Janitor is finally able to tackle J.D by hurdling 100 meters in less than 10 seconds while J.D is changing the batteries in the GPS receiver. While Janitor claims he easily outran world class speed (12.21 seconds), there is no guarantee the obstacles he hurdled match the official track.

Cultural references

• Despite fan belief, it has been confirmed that Dr. Cox's conversation with a red stapler is not a reference to the movie Office Space, in which John C. McGinley had a supporting role.^[1]

• The slow motion sequence with Janitor tackling J.D. is a reference to the German action film Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer. The scene even features the film's original score.

Featured music

• "All the Words" by Kutless
• "Running One" by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil
• "Sink to the Bottom" by Fountains of Wayne

References

1. ^ http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/16/john-c-mcginley-the-tv-squad-interview/

External links

• "My Bright Idea" at the Internet Movie Database
• "My Bright Idea" at TV.com