The second season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on September 26, 2002, and concluded on April 17, 2003, and consists of 22 episodes. For the second season Neil Flynn was made a series regular. Colin Hay 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
Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian
Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid
Donald Faison as Dr. Chris Turk
Neil Flynn as The Janitor
Ken Jenkins as Dr. Bob Kelso
John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox
Judy Reyes as Nurse Carla Espinosa
Recurring roles
Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne Roberts
Robert Maschio as Dr. Todd Quinlan
Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland
Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan
Johnny Kastl as Dr. Doug Murphy
Charles Chun as Dr. Phillip Wen
Guest stars
Rick Schroder as Paul Flowers
Amy Smart as Jamie Moyer
Heather Locklear as Julie Keaton
Masi Oka as Franklyn (MT) Tom Cavanagh as Dan Dorian D. L. Hughley as Kevin Turk Richard Kind as Harvey Corman Michael McDonald as Mike Davis Jay Mohr as Dr. Peter Fisher John Ritter as Sam Dorian Ryan Reynolds as Spence Alan Ruck as Mr. Bragin Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Doug Townshend The Blanks 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
Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer
Eric Weinberg – co-executive producer
Matt Tarses – co-executive producer
Tim Hobert – consulting producer (episodes 1–13) / co-executive producer (episodes 14–22) Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan – producers Gabrielle Allan – producer Mike Schwartz – executive story editor Debra Fordham – story editor Mark Stegemann – story editor Janae Bakken – story editor Angela Nissel – staff writer
Production staff
Bill Lawrence – executive producer/showrunner
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 Michael Spiller (4 episodes) Marc Buckland (3 episodes) Adam Bernstein (2 episodes) Lawrence Trilling (2 episodes) Chris Koch (2 episodes) Ken Whittingham (2 episodes) Will Mackenzie (2 episodes) Bill Lawrence (1 episode)
Episodes
Notes
† denotes a "supersized" episode, running an extended length of 25–28 minutes.