My Unicorn

"My Unicorn"
Scrubs episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 11
Directed by	Matthew Perry
Written by	Gabrielle Allan Tad Quill
Production code	411
Original air date	November 23, 2004
Guest stars
Matthew Perry as Murray Marks Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan John Bennett Perry as Gregory Marks Masi Oka as Franklyn
Episode chronology
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List of Scrubs episodes

My Unicorn is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of U.S comedy-drama Scrubs. It was guest directed by Friends star Matthew Perry, and first aired on November 23, 2004.

Plot

J.D.'s patient Gregory Marks is in need of a kidney, but nobody is a match. After finding out that Gregory has a son named Murray who may be a match, he takes him back to the hospital. Murray tells his father that he will give him a kidney—for $70,000. Murray reveals that he has never been close to his dad due to him stealing the spotlight when he was growing up, but eventually J.D. persuades him to donate his kidney.

Meanwhile, Carla and Jordan want to help Elliot use her sexuality to advance at the hospital, even though Turk doesn't like the idea. Elliot tries her new persuasion technique to keep Murray at the hospital; it works, and Elliot is convinced she will finally get the attention she desires. Later, Elliot cuts into the queue at the gift shop and gets a free orange soda. The gentleman she cut in front of is scheduled to interview Elliot for a fellowship, and says he disapproves of female doctors flirting to get what they want.

Dr. Cox reveals to J.D. that Murray's and Gregory's kidneys are a match but Gregory is not Murray's biological father. Murray leaves as soon as he finds out, but J.D. goes to see Murray to persuade him to give his kidney. Carla makes Turk take Elliot to a honey festival to avoid the interviewer, but Elliot returns after her interviewer called her cell phone, so Carla tells her the truth what had happened at the gift shop. Elliot goes to see the man anyway, but he leaves. On his way out, the Janitor talks to him at a distance and gives the interviewer a can of soda, which he takes before smiling and giving Elliot the thumbs up. The Janitor actually threatened him, but tells Elliot they "talked about her future".

Dr. Cox tells Murray that Gregory always knew he wasn't his son but was there for him anyway, finally motivating Murray to go through with the operation. After witnessing the father-son reunion, J.D. is suddenly inspired to thank Dr. Cox for his brand of tough love.

Allusions

• The scene in which JD is running away from Murray's remote control plane is a spoof of the famous cropduster scene in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.^[1] The Song playing in the background was Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters
• The scene where Turk is covered in bees and the following "I was covered in bees!" lines are references to a sketch from stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard's Glorious.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0696637/movieconnections

External links

• This episode on IMDb
• My Unicorn on tv.com