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Scrubs season 4

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ3006744 ↗
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The fourth season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on August 31, 2004, and concluded on May 10, 2005, and consists of 25 episodes. Heather Graham guest starred for an extended run for the first 8 episodes and then another appearance later in the season. Colin Farrell, Matthew Perry (who also directed an episode), Molly Shannon, Clay Aiken, and Tara Reid guest starred. This season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

As the season opens, Turk (Donald Faison) arrives from his honeymoon with Carla (Judy Reyes) but they soon have issues when Carla tries to change many things about her new husband. Their marriage and Turk's friendship with J.D. (Zach Braff) are also endangered when J.D. and Carla share a drunken kiss. Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) and Jordan (Christa Miller) learn that their divorce was not final, but this seemingly good news causes friction. Elliot (Sarah Chalke) is still angry with J.D. for breaking her heart, and the situation becomes more uncomfortable still when she dates J.D.'s brother Dan (Tom Cavanagh). J.D. has a new love interest of his own when a new and very attractive psychiatrist, Dr.

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