As Turk and Carla return from their honeymoon, J.D. prepares for his first day as a qualified doctor. Elliot is still infuriated with him over their break-up. The hospital has a new psychiatrist, the somewhat dippy Dr Molly Clock. Dr Cox warns J.D. he still has much to learn.

Dr. Clock tries to reconcile J.D. and Elliott, while waiting to see which one Dr. Cox will give the Chief Resident position.

Dr. Cox and Jordan find out they are still technically married, due to a legal mishap; respect eludes J.D. in his new residency role that has him battling with Elliot.

A risky procedure daunts J.D., intimidated by Cox's dire warning to residents that "sometimes you will screw up [and] kill a patient."

Elliot, who thinks of Molly as her mentor, finds out that she isn't perfect. Carla gets tired of Turk waking her up when he enters the bedroom and enforces a bedtime on him. J.D. loses what little respect of his residents he had.

J.D.'s brother Dan comes back to tell J.D. their father died.

J.D. catches his brother with Elliot. Apparently it has been going on for two weeks. Kelso and Cox form an unholy alliance to try to break Molly down. Carla turns a promotion down.

J.D. makes-out with Molly at her going-away party. He then gets approval from Elliot to sleep with Molly before she moves away. Dr. Cox has to complete community service in an ambulance with a Paramedic who talks endlessly.

J.D. is approached by a malpractice attorney, asking him to do a risky procedure on her father. Meanwhile, Elliot guides Doug to a new career path and Turk struggles to avoid a hypochondriac patient.

JD is still involved with the lawyer who is suing Turk. Turk tells him to end things but she won't let him. Elliot gets to treat a VIP but the guy is a chauvinist and thinks she's a nurse.

J.D. takes matters into his own hands, when searching for a relative for his favorite patient. Meanwhile, Elliot is fed-up with co-workers not taking her seriously, and discovers she can get her way by flaunting her femininity with some help from Carla and Jordan.

When J.D. must address a bunch of pre-med students about what it's like to be a doctor, he strays off the beaten path and chooses to discuss his best moments as a doctor instead.

J.D. tries to pawn off Elliott as his 'sidekick' but is shocked to find that she figures out something before he does. Turk has a realization and tries to come to terms with his diabetes. Meanwhile, The Janitor tries to impress Elliott by gathering up the 'Brain Trust' to upstage Ted's band.

A man injured in a bar fight teaches Turk and J.D. a lesson about living life to the fullest.

While at a nightclub J.D. hits it off with the bartender who says she needs a doctor. She arrives at the hospital with her boyfriend who turns out to have gonorrhea. J.D. is bound by doctor patient confidentiality so can't tell his girlfriend.

JD's date with Kylie doesn't go as planned, and when JD makes a mention of SARS, a quarantine begins. Carla and others tell about their horrible first dates, and Turk finds out that Carla once dated Dr. Cox. Ted and Doug also fight over Danni.

The discovery that his latest patient is a comedy writer tips J.D. into a sitcom fantasy, complete with the dreaded laugh track. Turk and Carla worry that the romance has left their marriage. Cox volunteers to trim $26,000 from the hospital budget to avoid Kelso firing a cafeteria worker.

Carla and Turk decide to ask J.D. to move out of the apartment, leaving J.D. temporarily homeless, but it isn't long before they start to miss having him around...thus resulting in them realizing something they hadn't expected. Dr. Cox's competitive high school friend Ron comes to visit, Dr. Cox discovers that his (Ron's) son is autistic.

J.D, frustrated with how slow things are moving with Kylie, ditches their plans when Molly comes back into town. The Janitor enlists the help of Elliot to win a bet against Dr. Cox.

Kelso dons SCR to prove a point to Cox, only to watch it backfire when an obnoxious patient refuses to listen to him; J.D. and Turk party while Carla struggles to find solace in Elliott.

J.D. intervenes when Carla and Turk have relationship problems, suggesting they go for a few drinks...yet J.D.'s friendly gesture only makes things worse when he and Carla share a drunken kiss. The Janitor blackmails Dr. Cox when Jordan is unaware of how he is treating their son.

J.D. and Carla's secret is out and Turk isn't reacting as they thought he would. Jordan's brush with botox gives Cox ammunition and the Janitor is not a big fan of his new uniform

Rats! Sacred Heart is overrun! Meanwhile Carla and Turk are trying couple's therapy and Elliot finds herself attracted to a patient's neighbor.

Turk claims that he does not desire attention like Cox. To prove him wrong, Cox takes the credit when Turk saves a man's life. Meanwhile, Elliot tries *not* to ruin her relationship, and it's a battle of wits between Kelso and the Janitor.

J.D. is moving out. Kelso hiring Jordan makes Cox go nuts. Elliot realizes there is something wrong with her relationship. She also applies to another hospital, which upsets Carla, because she doesn't want her to leave.