Sadly, it turns out that Scrubs is the most realistic show on TV.
Unfortunately I'm not the "Turk" in my show; that's my Buddy. She's got the love life, sporty balance and career pathway all mapped out. She makes it look easy.
I'm JD. I spend my days trying desperately to win the approval of an emotionally shut-down megalomaniac, skiving off with my friends/co-interns and failing to have a personal life. Overly invested in getting people to like me, good at the family/empathy/heart to heart stuff, not so good at the medicine.
Adge is the cool talented one. I'm definitely nerd.
I told K, the cool pharmacist, about my halloween look (for the record, Sexy Grapes was a sweet outfit) and she laughed. "Oh Sam, that's such a Doctor's costume." Not a compliment.
Anyways, see if you can match the action to the episode:
- hiding in the changing rooms/storage closets/doctor's office
- being condescended to for being female, then mocked for not wearing makeup
- stealing patient's food off the trolley, getting caught by the boss
- wondering if I've lost my earring IN someone
- getting hit on in clinic by patient's nephew (there to translate, uncle was not impressed)
- singing out loud on the wards (seriously, I'm that tired)
That said, I'm ok with being JD. I know who I am (Nerdcore!) and I'm making it work for me. Plus, wouldn't you rather live in a comedy? House is waaay to intense. I need the comic relief.
PS: It's all the more surreal cos my co-intern sounds a lot like Uter from the Simpsons. Recently arrived from Germany, she laughs like she's wearing lederhosen. And she's always eating chocolate.
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