"Scrubs"
My Brother, My Keeper (2003)

Director:

Michael Spiller

Writers:

Bill Lawrence (creator)
Eric Weinberg (written by)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

23 January 2003 (Season 2, Episode 14)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Janitor and his colleagues are assigned the task of "taking care of" J.D. but not for long. Jordan comes...

Plot Keywords:

Narration | Internal Monologue | Interracial Relationship | Surgeon | Fantasy Sequence

Cast

Zach Braff	...	Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian
Sarah Chalke	...	Dr. Elliot Reid
Donald Faison	...	Dr. Christopher Turk
Neil Flynn	...	The Janitor
Ken Jenkins	...	Dr. Bob Kelso
John C. McGinley	...	Dr. Perry Cox
Judy Reyes	...	Nurse Carla Espinosa
Dick Van Dyke	...	Dr. Townshend
D.L. Hughley	...	Kevin Turk
Charles Chun	...	Dr. Wen
Christa Miller	...	Jordan Sullivan (as Christa Miller Lawrence)
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Robert Maschio	...	Dr. Todd Quinlan
Robert Beckwith	...	Roy
Julie Hudson	...	Dr. Ginny Gerson

Runtime:

24 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

In the DVD extras, the Dick Van Dyke character is fonted "Dr. Townsend". But in the episode in which Van Dyke appears, and is removed from medical rotation, the name "Dr. Townshend" is wiped from the assignment board.

Quotes:

Jordan Sullivan: [Jordan is pregnant] It's kicking me.
Dr. Perry Cox: Who can blame it?

Soundtrack:

Gone

A reminder

The wrap up to this episode is a reminder of how very well written and how very serious this show can be. Dick Van Dyke plays an aged doctor so out of touch with modern medical methods that he almost costs a patient his life. JD has the sad duty of letting Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) know what is going on, and Kelso has a heart-to-heart with Van Dyke in the show's closing moments that is at once heart-breaking and ennobling. We get to see Kelso at his absolute professional best, just this one time. And Van Dyke's reaction to what Kelso tells him may surprise you. It wasn't what I expected, for sure. Van Dyke and Jenkins are at the top of their form.