After the seemingly pointless vacation/wedding episode, I’m happy to report that my prediction last was wrong. I fully expected to see less of the core cast. To my surprise, all the core players where in action and on display.

Turk is up for the newly vacated chief surgeon position, but Perry is being stubborn and reuses to hire him. Finally, an outpouring of support from the staff and a sage-like meeting with a half naked Kelso persuade Cox. Turk is indeed the new Chief Surgeon.

Speaking of Kelso, he checks himself into the hospital with alcohol poisoning masking it as the flu. While essentially treating himself, he wistfully remembers his day in the hospital. It gives Scrubs a chance to pay a minor tribute to the mule-headed dragon of season’s past.

The big news this week is that Kim, JD’s baby momma and Elliott’s Sea ex-boyfriend Sean, are now dating. JD becomes jealous that Sean is spending so time with his son. Elliot is jealous of Kim as well and the whole thing leads to confrontation. In classic Scrubs fashion though, things seem to work out and the former lovers reconcile.  In the final moment, JD realizes that even though he’s doing his best, he simply can’t be the father he wants to be living away from his son. He decides to move. Thus we have the opportunity for Zach Braff to exit the show to pursue his dream of a failed movie career.

This was not a bad episode at all. As always there were some good chuckles with the Janitor and Kelso. It felt like an episode from season five or six, which was nice. The interns where regulated to bit parts as they should be. All around, pretty good TV and I legitimately want to see how this thing with JD wraps up. There are only two more episodes left.