15 Best Scrubs Episodes
10. My Butterfly (Season 3, Episode 16)
"With so much of life left up to chance, you can't help but look back and wonder - what if things had been different?"
The butterfly effect has always been an interesting concept within pop culture, and with season three's My Butterfly, JD uses it to come to terms with the fate of his most recent patient, who effects the lives of Turk, Carla and Elliot during the episode's run. Split into two scenarios, the episode imagines how things would have turned out for the patient if things had gone slightly differently.
The ending is crushing, hammering home the idea that no matter what you do, some things just can't be changed. It's an interesting theme for the show to tackle, focussing on things such as good luck rituals, fate, and grief. As ever, the humour is there is spades, but underneath the jokes My Butterfly is one of the show's most thoughtful and intriguing entries.