Our First Day of School

"Our First Day of School"
Bill Lawrence
Featured music	"Guy Love" by Zach Braff & Donald Faison "Out of Place" by WAZ
Production code	901
Original air date	December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)
Guest appearances
Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid Ken Jenkins as Dr. Bob Kelso Janitor Robert Maschio as Dr. Todd Quinlan Nicky Whelan as Maya Walter Addison as Ben Coleman Holly Kaplan as Patient David Kobzantsev as Michael John Billingsley as Alan
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"Our First Day of School" is the

.

Plot

The episode begins by introducing the changes made to the show; the former

, a 30-something med school dropout trying again after a decade away.

After getting off to a poor start with

, the new student adviser, and then being berated by Dr. Cox, Lucy grows discouraged. She sleeps with Cole, whom she met in class, to boost her self-esteem. However, Cole surreptitiously takes a nude photo of her when she gets out of bed, which he prints and accidentally drops on the university campus. J.D. sees the picture drop, but when he goes to pick it up the wind blows it along the ground, and J.D. gives chase - all the way to where Lucy happens to be sitting. After an awkward moment, the two talk briefly and Lucy asks J.D. for help with Dr. Cox. He tells her to stand up to Cox to show him she has courage. Lucy does just that - sort of - and begins to feel better about herself.

Meanwhile, Denise is adjusting to her new role as student adviser. She tries to convince Drew to take care of her responsibilities by telling him the other students "look up to him," but he rejects her suggestion and says he wants to "stay under the radar." Drew and Denise copulate soon after. The next day, Drew suggests to Dr. Cox that he shouldn't "pick on" the weakest students - meaning Lucy. Cox responds by saying he will instead focus all of his enmity at Drew, henceforth demanding high results from him and ordering him to wear a paper "#1" sign everywhere he goes.

Production

Revamp

The eighth season of Scrubs was written to be the show's last. As such, the eighth season's finale, "

substantially revamped the show. This led to the show's new medical school setting replacing the hospital setting used in the entire previous eight-season run of the show, to the show focusing on students rather than doctors, and to most of the returning main characters becoming professors.

Filming

This is the first episode of Scrubs to be filmed on a set, rather than on location. The previous seasons were filmed at the North Hollywood Medical Center, an abandoned hospital. For the ninth season, filming moved to a sound stage at Culver Studios.

Music

The song "Guy Love" is used for the final time in the show's history in this episode. It had been heard in various incarnations several times throughout the show's run. It was originally written for the sixth season's My Musical.

Reception

The first episode of this newly revamped Scrubs was met with mostly positive reviews.

Entertainment Weekly criticised Lucy's character, writing "the writers need to get a fix on that character fast, or she won't be someone to root for",^[5] but did not dismiss the show. USA Today, however, called the new season "a deadly, deal-driven mistake that takes a network that has made great sitcom strides forward one unfortunate step back."^[6]

References

External links

• "Our First Day of School" at
  IMDb