Scrubs season 3

The third season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on October 2, 2003, and concluded on May 4, 2004, and consists of 22 episodes. This season features many fantasies, as well as features many well-known actors in guest roles such as Scott Foley, Michael J. Fox, Bellamy Young, Brendan Fraser, and Tara Reid.

It is J.D., Elliot, and Turk's third year at Sacred Heart and second year as residents. As the season opens, Elliot decides to change her image, with some help from the Janitor. J.D.'s undeniable crush on Elliot emerges again, but J.D. instead begins a relationship with Jordan's sister Danni (Tara Reid), who is also dealing with feelings for her ex. Turk and Carla are engaged and planning their wedding. Turk, along with the Todd and the other surgical residents, deal with the new attending surgeon, Dr. Grace Miller (Bellamy Young), who dislikes Turk and considers him sexist. Dr. Cox and Jordan are doing well with their relationship and their son Jack, although Dr. Cox develops a schoolboy crush on Dr. Miller. He also struggles with the death of his best friend. Elliot gets into a serious relationship with Sean Kelly (Scott Foley) and tries to work out their long-distance relationship while he is in New Zealand for six months.

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
 * Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan
 * Tara Reid as Danni Sullivan
 * Scott Foley as Sean Kelly
 * Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland
 * Johnny Kastl as Dr. Doug Murphy
 * Bellamy Young as Dr. Grace Miller
 * Martin Klebba as Randall Winston

Guest stars

 * Freddy Rodriguez as Marco Espinosa
 * Michael J. Fox as Dr. Kevin Casey
 * Barry Bostwick as Mr. Randolph
 * Néstor Carbonell as Dr. Ron Ramirez
 * Tom Cavanagh as Dan Dorian
 * Mike Starr as Barry Iverson
 * Alexander Chaplin as Sam Thompson
 * Embeth Davidtz as Maddie
 * Brendan Fraser as Ben Sullivan
 * Richard Kind as Harvey Corman
 * Christopher Meloni as Dr. Dave Norris
 * Nicole Sullivan as Jill Tracy
 * George Takei as Priest
 * The Polyphonic Spree as themselves
 * The Blanks as the Worthless Peons

Production
Rich Eustis was hired as a consultant for this season. In addition, Justin Spitzer wrote a spec script that was made into an episode.

Writing staff

 * Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer
 * Eric Weinberg – co-executive producer
 * Matt Tarses – co-executive producer
 * Tim Hobert – co-executive producer
 * Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan – supervising producers
 * Gabrielle Allan – supervising producer
 * Mike Schwartz – co-producer
 * Debra Fordham – executive story editor
 * Mark Stegemann – executive story editor
 * Janae Bakken – executive story editor
 * Angela Nissel – story editor
 * Rich Eustis – consultant

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 (3 episodes)
 * Chris Koch (3 episodes)
 * Bill Lawrence (2 episodes)
 * Ken Whittingham (2 episodes)
 * Adam Bernstein (2 episodes)
 * Gail Mancuso (2 episodes)
 * Craig Zisk (2 episodes)
 * Randall Winston (producer) (1 episode)
 * Richard Alexander Wells (assistant director) (1 episode)
 * John Inwood (director of photography) (1 episode)

Episodes
"My Dirty Secret" was originally scheduled to be broadcast on October 16, 2003. However, the entire NBC lineup was pulled due to the Major League Baseball 2003 American League Championship Series on Fox going to a 7th game. The other NBC shows from that night (Friends, ER, and Will & Grace) all shifted their scheduled episodes to the following week. For reasons unknown, this episode was not shifted to the following week, and was broadcast out of order (with some small edits in an attempt to hide the inconsistencies, such as Sean being present, and J.D. being single). This episode was broadcast in its original form and original order in some international markets. Syndication also uses the original version.