Episode 4 starts with JD moving to a place closer to the hospital. Turk later visits JD and tells him he’s sick of the women in his life. Turk mentions getting a poker table, and JD agrees, since it will be like the old days.
Surgical and medical have their first fight, which causes JD and Turk to step in to teach them how to work with a patient together. After the lesson, Sam and Elliot have a talk after dealing with a patient who got dietary advice from TikTok. This leads to Elliot and Sam having a minor disagreement, with Elliot being unsure if she can trust Sam to be a doctor because of her social media.
Turk tells Dashana to give some bad news, and the bad news in question is to JD. She tells him that Turk isn’t going to make it because he’s going to get freaky with his wife. After an annoying poker night, Turk is back at the hospital, ecstatic from the other night, handing scratch tickets to everyone.
JD explains to Turk that it wasn’t like their poker nights, and that he was frustrated he had an intern to tell him he wasn’t coming. This turns out to be a daydream. He just lied and said it was fine. JD and Turk then bring the interns back to the patient they previously saw, where JD and Turk have a squabble in front of everyone.
Elliot and JD have a conversation about Sam, with JD telling her to just give her a chance. Later on, Sam shows Elliot the patient’s social media page, which could reveal a potential eating disorder. JD and Turk make up after having to deliver bad news to their previous patient, and JD hangs out with the interns.
Eh, this was ok. It was a little better than the previous episodes. While the daydream was still stupid, it wasn’t as cringe feeling as the other ones. The flashback scene was ok as well. The one other problem with this show is it feels like it has some pacing issues. For example, in this episode, JD and Turk had to tell a patient he had lung cancer, which brings them back together after they were squabbling. It’s supposed to be this little emotional part, but they don’t let it breathe or sink in for a minute. It just does a drum fill then goes to another scene with a completely different tone. Maybe this will be improved upon in future episodes, allowing scenes that are supposed to be emotional to sit for a minute before going to another scene, because it is extremely jarring.
Rating: 6.5/10