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My Dirty Secret

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"My Dirty Secret" is the 55th episode of the American sitcom Scrubs. It originally aired as Episode 9 of Season 3 on December 11, 2003.

Summary

Elliot feels uncomfortable using clinical terms for her patients' private parts – a result of a repressed childhood - so Carla tries to teach her how to say "vagina" and "penis" without blushing. The Janitor runs out of ways to annoy J.D., so he instead chooses to annoy Turk. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox crashes at J.D. and Turk's after taking bad advice from J.D. Carla suggests no more sex until the wedding and Turk only comes to terms with it after learning the real meaning of romance from a patient with prostate cancer. Ultimately, Carla backs down on her own idea when she has a stressful day at work finally letting people make fun of her.

Continuity errors

This episode is notable for its many continuity errors, including the presence of Sean (Scott Foley), and the absence of Danni (Tara Reid). This was the result of NBC's decision to not show the episode the week after it was pulled last minute, along with the rest of the shows on the night of October 16th, 2003, due to the 2003 ALCS between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox going to a 7th Game on FOX. Subsequently, the episode played at a later air date, which put it out of order chronologically. A few small edits were made to the narration in attempt to make the episode fit. The episode did air in a few places outside the USA in its original format at its originally scheduled time. Another similar occurrence were the Season 5 Episodes My Extra Mile and My Chopped Liver, which had several continuity errors, as they were not played chronologically. The order of the episodes on DVD seems to be based on the original airdate, with the error remaining unchanged, but the version seen in syndication is the original version not aired on NBC. Another small continuity error not related to the episode's position in the season is that despite Elliot's problem in the episode, she has used the words "Penis" (My Best Friend's Mistake) and "Vagina" (My Bed Banter & Beyond) in season one without much hesitation.

Spin City

In this episode, Dr. Cox asks Mr. Randolph (Barry Bostwick) if he's a WASP, to which Mr. Randolph responds that he's an Episcopalian. This is a reference to Spin City, where the same joke was used with Mayor Randall Winston, Bostwick's character on that show.

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