The second season of the American
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
television series ''
Scrubs'' premiered on
NBC
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on September 26, 2002, and concluded on April 17, 2003, and consists of 22 episodes. For the second season
Neil Flynn
Neil Richard Flynn (born November 13, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes in the Chicago area during the 1980s, he made his film debut in ''Major League (film), Major League'' (1989). During the ...
was made a series regular.
Colin Hay
Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay is a member of the band Ringo Starr & His ...
guest starred for the first time. It is also the first time an episode gives the narration to another regular, in "His Story".
The show used a longer opening credits sequence for episodes 1 and 2, moving through the ward rather than just two beds, including a shot of Flynn as
The Janitor, showing the names of the series regulars and ending with the chest X-ray showing the heart on the left side of the chest. However, the credits reverted to the original version in episode 3.
The second season focuses on Dr. John Dorian's second year practicing medicine at Sacred Heart, where he is now a resident. In the season opener, everyone is still in shock from the secrets Jordan just revealed ("My Last Day"). As the season develops, J.D.'s older brother Dan (
Tom Cavanagh) comes to visit, money issues affect J.D., Elliot, and Turk, Turk proposes to Carla, and Elliot finds a new boyfriend, a nurse named Paul Flowers (
Rick Schroder). Dr. Cox resumes a sexual relationship with his ex-wife Jordan, with quite unexpected results.
Cast and characters
Main cast
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Zach Braff
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed J.D. (Scrubs), John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (2001–2010), for ...
as
Dr. John "J.D." Dorian
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Sarah Chalke
Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring roles as the second Becky Conner in the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'' (1993–1997), Elliot Reid in the NBC/ABC medical comedy series '' Sc ...
as
Dr. Elliot Reid
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Donald Faison as
Dr. Chris Turk
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Neil Flynn
Neil Richard Flynn (born November 13, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes in the Chicago area during the 1980s, he made his film debut in ''Major League (film), Major League'' (1989). During the ...
as
The Janitor
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Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins (born August 28, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the chief of medicine on the American comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009). He has also had notable appearances in many popular TV shows.
Ea ...
as
Dr. Bob Kelso
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John C. McGinley as
Dr. Perry Cox
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Judy Reyes as
Nurse Carla Espinosa
Recurring roles
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Aloma Wright as
Nurse Laverne Roberts
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Robert Maschio as
Dr. Todd Quinlan
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Sam Lloyd as
Ted Buckland
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Christa Miller as
Jordan Sullivan
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Johnny Kastl
Johnny Kastl is an American lawyer and former actor, perhaps best known for his role as List of characters on Scrubs#Doug Murphy, Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. He made cameo appearances in several Hollywoo ...
as
Dr. Doug Murphy
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Charles Chun as
Dr. Phillip Wen
Guest stars
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Rick Schroder as Paul Flowers
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Amy Smart as Jamie Moyer
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Heather Locklear
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961) is an American actress known for her role as Amanda Woodward on '' Melrose Place'' (1993–1999), for which she received four consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Se ...
as Julie Keaton
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Masi Oka as
Franklyn (MT)
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Tom Cavanagh as
Dan Dorian
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D. L. Hughley as Kevin Turk
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Richard Kind
Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include '' Carol & Company'' (1990–1991), Dr. Mark Devanow in '' Mad About You'' (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in '' Spin City'' (1996–20 ...
as
Harvey Corman
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Michael McDonald as Mike Davis
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Jay Mohr as Dr. Peter Fisher
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John Ritter
Johnathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason Ritter, Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is best known for ...
as
Sam Dorian
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Ryan Reynolds
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as Spence
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Alan Ruck
Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Frye in John Hughes' film '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek on the ABC sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996â ...
as Mr. Bragin
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Dick Van Dyke
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as Dr. Doug Townshend
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The Blanks
The Blanks are an American a cappella group. They were recurring guests on the TV series '' Scrubs'' under various names such as Ted's Band and The Worthless Peons. They have released two albums: '' Riding the Wave'' and ''Worth The Weight.''
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as the Worthless Peons
Production
Tim Hobert was added as a consulting producer.
Angela Nissel was hired as a staff writer for this season. April Pesa, the script coordinator, was given the chance to write an episode. Bonnie Sikotwiz (credited as Bonnine Schneider) & Hadley Davis, who Lawrence knew through ''
Spin City'', came into write an episode this season.
Writing staff
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Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer
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Eric Weinberg – co-executive producer
*Matt Tarses – co-executive producer
*Tim Hobert – consulting producer (episodes 1–13) / co-executive producer (episodes 14–22)
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Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan – producers
*Gabrielle Allan – producer
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Mike Schwartz – executive story editor
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Debra Fordham – story editor
*Mark Stegemann – story editor
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Janae Bakken – story editor
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Angela Nissel – staff writer
Production staff
*Bill Lawrence – executive producer/showrunner
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Randall Winston – producer
*Liz Newman – co-producer
*Danny Rose – associate producer
Directors
''Includes directors who directed 2 or more episodes, or directors who are part of the cast and crew''
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Michael Spiller (4 episodes)
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Marc Buckland (3 episodes)
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Adam Bernstein (2 episodes)
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Lawrence Trilling (2 episodes)
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Chris Koch (2 episodes)
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Ken Whittingham (2 episodes)
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Will Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie (born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor.
Life
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1965 in the original p ...
(2 episodes)
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Bill Lawrence (1 episode)
Episodes
Notes
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†denotes a "supersized" episode, running an extended length of 25–28 minutes.
References
;General references
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External links
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{{Scrubs
2002 American television seasons
2003 American television seasons
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