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My Cabbage

‘My Cabbage’

Season 5, Episode 12 -  Aired February 28, 2006

When J.D. decides to get tough on his interns, his antipathy towards Keith blinds him from seeing Cabbage's incompetence. Dr. Kelso is worried about the risk of infection when the Janitor keeps a crow in the hospital. Meanwhile, Elliot and Turk agree to pass on a dying father's message to his twin sons.

Quote from Dr. Kelso

Dr. Cox: [to J.D.] Why the grim face there, Trish? You watching Kelso's afternoon staring contest with the last brownie?
Dr. Kelso: You bested me again, you little chocolate bitch.

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Quote from Dr. Cox

J.D.: Nah, I'm just kind of sad about my intern.
Dr. Cox: Why? You got exactly what you wanted. You drove Keith out of here.
J.D.: No, I drove Cabbage out. That's Keith.
Dr. Cox: That's Keith? That kid's the best intern we've got. Hell, I'd like to bronze him, turn my office into a Keith-edral and convert to Keith-stianity. And FYI, I still want my pen back.
J.D.: Oh, I don't have it.
Dr. Cox: You damn sure better find it, nubile one. And when you do, I want it buffed, shined and de-nerdified.

Quote from J.D.

Keith: This is totally unfair. If I had messed up, I'd be gone.
J.D.: Let me explain something to you. I treat each and every one of you like unique individuals, OK? Take Gloria, for example. The woman's 400 years old. She needs to sleep a lot. I work around that schedule. Wolfman's got to be home by daybreak, so he does all his work come nightfall. Crazy Barry, not allowed near children. We work around that.
Keith: How come I don't get a nickname?
J.D.: Not everyone's last name lends itself to a nickname, Keith.
Keith: My last name is Dudemeister.
J.D.: And what am I supposed to do with that, OK? I'm not a magician.

Quote from Elliot

J.D.: [v.o.] OK, this sucks. But at least I didn't forge a note from a dead father.
Turk: You guys ready? All right, Elliot, begin.
Elliot: "My dearest Eric. It is my wish for you that you finally find a good woman"
Eric: I'm gay.
Elliot: "so that she might find you a man"
Eric: Dad didn't know I was gay.
Elliot: "so that he might find you a woman."
Janitor: I found your note in Sanchez's wreath. Also found a bunch of little furniture. Don't know where he got that. Sure the hell didn't make it. He didn't have the time.
Devin: "Make sure you clean out the gutters at the lake house so the front porch doesn't flood"?
Turk: Ours is better than that.

Quote from J.D.

J.D.: [v.o.] The worst thing about Elliot having picked my annoying intern, Keith, as her permanent booty call is that if he's had a few beers, he sometimes forgets which bedroom is hers.
Keith: Mmm. I'm here, lover.
J.D.: Tender.
[later, at the hospital:]
J.D.: In my defense, Keith's a decent kisser, and anyone waking up that way would let out a pleasure moan.
Turk: The same thing happened to me in college.
J.D.: Really? What guy drunkenly kissed you while you were sleeping?
J.D.: [v.o.] And it was at that moment that Turk and I remembered the incident we'd managed to block out for 12 years.
Turk: You OK with us not hanging out for a couple of weeks?
J.D.: Totally.
Turk: Okay.

Quote from J.D.

J.D.: [v.o.] I was gonna miss Turk, but luckily my favorite intern was around to cheer me up: Jason Cabbaggio. Or, as I had brilliantly nicknamed him-
J.D.: Cabbage!
Jason & Mark: Yes, sir.
J.D.: Oh, no, Mark. I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Cabbage.
Mark: Well, my last name is Cabbage.
J.D.: I know that, but I've nicknamed you "Wolfman" because of your keen sense of smell.
J.D.: [v.o.] And your ridiculously hairy torso.

Quote from J.D.

J.D.: Now, what can I do you for?
Jason: Dr. D, is the IV supposed to leak like this?
J.D.: Well, yes and no. Mostly no. Really, really, all no. Don't worry. I got your back. First thing is, take a little nipper yourself. Uh, got some on you! Look out! That's some of the fun that you can have. But no seriously, just watch and learn, watch and learn.
Jason: It's an honor to watch you work.
J.D.: Take it all in, Cabbage. Take it all in.

Quote from Elliot

Turk: All right, listen. If Mr. Burton wants the surgery, just call me on my cellie.
Elliot: Cool. What's your number?
Turk: You have my number.
Elliot: I don't. I changed phones.
Turk: Oh, you didn't switch out the old numbers into the new phone?
Elliot: Yeah, but I decided to just put a couple emergency numbers on here.
Turk: The Butterball Turkey Helpline? This one just says, "That Guy In The Restaurant."
Elliot: Hey, I really clicked with "That Guy In The Restaurant," OK? We spent all night talking about... something, OK? Look, Turk, if I need you, I can just call Carla. It's not like we hang out just the two of us any more. I bet you don't have my number in your cell.
[Turk shows his phone which has contacts for "Elliot Home", "Elliot Work", "Elliot Cell", "Elliot's Parents (in case Elliot isn't reachable)"]

Quote from Carla

J.D.: [v.o.] Not even Keith could bum me out, because everybody's favorite patient, Mrs. Wilk, is going home today.
Mrs. Wilk: I'm sure not gonna miss this food.
Carla: Well, the nurses and I got you this.
Mrs. Wilk: Oh! Aw.
Carla: Huh? You should see the size of the stationery store.

Quote from Dr. Kelso

J.D.: [v.o.] That morning seemed like any other. Dr. Mickhead was back, having beaten the rap on murdering his spouse...
Dr. Mickhead: Anybody want a cool prison jumpsuit?
J.D.: [v.o.] Dr. Kelso was having his daily staring contest with the last double-chocolate-chocolate-chip muffin.
Dr. Kelso: Let's end this charade. You win again. You always do. Mmm.

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