Christopher Turk

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Dr. Christopher Turk, M.D.
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GenderMale
TitleChief of Surgery
OccupationSurgeon
FamilyMr. Turk (father)
Margaret Turk (mother)
Kevin Turk (brother)
Bob "Jabbari" Turk (brother)
Unnamed sister
SpouseCarla Espinosa
ChildrenIsabella "Izzy" Turk (daughter)
Unnamed daughter (implied to have been born by season 9)
RelativesGeorge (cousin)
ReligionRoman Catholic

Christopher Duncan Turk,

My Lawyer's in Love". Faison is the only original cast member, besides John C. McGinley
, that returned for season 9 as a regular cast member.

Overview

Commonly known by his surname, "Turk" is the best friend and former roommate of the series'

College of William and Mary and at medical school, and the two have an extremely close relationship, which is best described as "guy love" in the season 6 episode "My Musical".[3]
J.D. claims that Turk's middle name, Duncan, was chosen due to his father's love of doughnuts.

Starting in

Sacred Heart Hospital, where the series takes place. In season 1, he begins dating Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes
), the Head Nurse; at the end of season 3, they get married. He and Carla have an infant daughter, Isabella ("Izzy"), as well as another daughter mentioned in season 8 and 9.

Personality

Turk is an extroverted, competitive "

hypochondriac patient (Richard Kind). Turk eventually tricks Cox into losing, eliciting Cox's grudging respect.[6]

Turk is portrayed as a devout Christian. His faith in God is shaken after being on call for Christmas Eve, during which he treats several people suffering horrific injuries. He feels lost, but his faith is restored after he finds a runaway patient giving birth and helps deliver the child.[7]

Turk is often referred to as "Turkleton" by Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), Sacred Heart's Chief of Medicine. It even gets to the point that at Carla and Turk's reception, Kelso drunkenly stated that he thinks Turk's name is Turk Turkleton.[8] Kelso also refers to Carla as "Nurse Turkleton".

Family life

Turk has two brothers: Kevin (

Roman Catholic as evidenced by his attendance of Mass and his wearing of a small crucifix around his neck. Turk is also one-eighth Japanese.[12]

Carla catches Turk's eye immediately, although she is reluctant to go out with him at first because of his arrogance, purely physical attraction to her, and his

season finale.[8]

During season 4, the two experience some marital trouble; they briefly separate when Carla finds out that Turk is maintaining a friendship with an ex-girlfriend without telling her that he is married.

My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby
".

In the fourth season, Turk is diagnosed with

type two diabetes; he initially jokes about this as a way of coping with his fear about the disease, but learns to take it seriously.[18] In the seventh season, Turk has a testicle removed after his daughter, Izzy, kicks him in the groin, causing testicular torsion.[19]

Relationship with J.D.

Turk and J.D. are best friends and surrogate brothers. They both attended the

Siamese doctor", and also pretending to be the "World's Most Giant Doctor." He and J.D. own a stuffed Yellow Labrador Retriever named Rowdy which they treat like a live dog. J.D. acts as best man at Turk's wedding,[8]
and is Izzy's godfather.

There have been several joking allusions to the fact that they are so close as to almost be a couple. However, they best explain their relationship in their duet "

Guy Love": "It's Guy Love/That's all it is/It's Guy Love/He's mine, I'm his/There's nothing gay about it in our eyes."[3] Carla is generally supportive of Turk and J.D.'s close relationship, although she occasionally gets jealous. While witnessing their ecstatic reunion after she and Turk return from their honeymoon, for example, she wistfully remarks, "Maybe one day he'll love me like that".[22] She also refers to J.D. as Turk's "boyfriend",[23] and introduces him to the newborn Izzy as "the man you'll be competing with for your father's love."[24]

When J.D. leaves Sacred Heart in the eighth-season finale, Turk makes a large banner outside the hospital that says "Goodbye J.D.". Though the two realize that their relationship will never be the same, they still remain best friends. In J.D.'s fantasy/flashforward, the Turk family spends a Christmas together with J.D. and Elliot (now married), as well as Dr. Cox's family. It is also revealed that Izzy eventually becomes engaged to J.D.'s son Sam.[25]

Work

Turk begins his career as a surgical intern at Sacred Heart hospital.[26] Along with the other interns, he becomes a resident and eventually, an attending physician. At the end of the eighth season, Dr. Cox, Sacred Heart's new Chief of Medicine, makes Turk the hospital's Chief of Surgery.[27] In the ninth season, Turk becomes a visiting professor of surgery at Winston University, a medical school built on the site of the old Sacred Heart facility, which was torn down.

Turk is the "singer" in an air-band, Cool Cats, with

Ted Buckland (Sam Lloyd), and Lloyd the Delivery Man (Mike Schwartz).[28]

Production details

  • The episode "
    Doug Murphy (Johnny Kastl), one of the show's supporting characters, promoting the Scrubs blog and podcast. As of July 2008, the message was of the Janitor saying "...this is J.D., I can't get to the phone right now, but leave a message and I'll call you back immediately. If I don't, feel free to come after me and personally harm me." He then advertises the episode "My Princess". As of April 2009, the message is Dr. Cox advertising the new season on ABC. As of May 2009, when the number is dialed the automatic message "I'm sorry, the number you have called is not in service. Please check the number and dial again," suggesting that the number had been deactivated. As of February 2010, the number reached a message saying that the mailbox was full, suggesting the number had been reconnected. As of 2013 the number belongs to a cell phone that belongs to a private citizen in the Sacramento, California
    area.
  • Turk's name is based on that of real-life physician Dr. Jon Turk, a medical consultant for Scrubs.[29]

References

  1. My Fault". Scrubs
    . Season 3. Episode 20. April 22, 2004. NBC.
  2. My Female Trouble". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 10. November 16, 2004. NBC.
  3. ^ a b "My Musical". Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 6. January 18, 2007. NBC.
  4. My Number One Doctor". Scrubs
    . Season 7. Episode 6. December 6, 2007. NBC.
  5. ^ Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley (April 28, 2020). "107: My Super Ego With John C. McGinley". Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald (podcast). Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  6. My Turf War". Scrubs
    . Season 6. Episode 18. April 26, 2007. NBC.
  7. My Own Personal Jesus". Scrubs
    . Season 1. Episode 11. December 11, 2001. NBC.
  8. ^ a b c "My Best Friend's Wedding". Scrubs. Season 3. Episode 22. May 4, 2004. NBC.
  9. My Brother, My Keeper". Scrubs
    . Season 2. Episode 14. January 23, 2003. NBC.
  10. ^
    My Brother, Where Art Thou?". Scrubs
    . Season 3. Episode 05. November 6, 2003. NBC.
  11. ^
    My Mentor". Scrubs
    . Season 1. Episode 2. October 4, 2001. NBC.
  12. My Intern's Eyes". Scrubs
    . Season 5. Episode 1. January 3, 2006. NBC.
  13. His Story". Scrubs
    . Season 2. Episode 15. January 30, 2003. NBC.
  14. My Best Laid Plans". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 19. March 1, 2005. NBC.
  15. My Lips Are Sealed". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 21. April 5, 2005. NBC.
  16. My Changing Ways". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 25. May 10, 2005. NBC.
  17. My Bright Idea". Scrubs
    . Season 5. Episode 16. March 28, 2006. NBC.
  18. My Cake". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 6. October 12, 2004. NBC.
  19. My Manhood". Scrubs
    . Season 7. Episode 8. April 17, 2008. NBC.
  20. My Perspective". Scrubs
    . Season 6. Episode 09. February 15, 2005. NBC.
  21. My Hypocritical Oath". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 15. February 1, 2005. NBC.
  22. My Old Friend's New Friend". Scrubs
    . Season 4. Episode 1. August 31, 2004. NBC.
  23. Her Story II". Scrubs
    . Season 5. Episode 10. February 7, 2006. NBC.
  24. My Coffee". Scrubs
    . Season 6. Episode 3. December 14, 2006. NBC.
  25. ^ "My Finale". Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 19. May 6, 2009. ABC.
  26. ^ "My First Day". Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 1. October 2, 2001. NBC.
  27. My Chief Concern". Scrubs
    . Season 8. Episode 17. May 5, 2009. ABC.
  28. My Half-Acre". Scrubs
    . Season 5. Episode 9. February 7, 2006. NBC.
  29. ^ Jon Turk, M.D. "Real-Life Medicine". Autobiography from private practice website. Accessed September 10, 2011.
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