I liked this ep a lot too. Schmidt continues to be the show's MVP, but everyone else is getting better at being funny, and interesting. Even perpetually sour Nick, which is possibly a good arc to take.

So Kathryn Joosten is 2 for 2 on best reasons for serie's main protagonist to deliver their best dramatic performances. At this point, producers should just hire her when they need to bait the emmys.

Scrubs was, and continues to this day, to be one of my favourite shows of all time. I've heard the criticisms and am more than willing to deploy them myself, since post season 5 I've come to detest J.D. and even Elliot can get on my nerves. But Turk, Cox, even Kelso (especially later season Kelso…) were some of my…