Don't worry about it, Brandon. I don't care if you're a prince or not. My parents are the King and Queen of Solaria. It hasn't done them much good, has it?
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TELL ME ABOUT THE OH NO NO REACTION
Okay. Someone hold my hand bc I'm about to get emotional.
This scene happens in 1x24, which is JD's last day as an intern. This episode is already finger-licking good (first JDox hug, anyone?), but this scene is extra important. I'm gonna just start with the dialogue:
JD: So I thought if you looked at Mr. Bober's chart and you agreed with us, you might be able to -- you know -- pull some strings...
Perry: Yeah, I'll be more than glad to help you, there, Charlotte.
JD (surprised): W-well, thank -- thank you!
Perry: Don't ever be afraid to come to me with stuff like that. The simple fact that you actually seem to give a crap is the reason I took an interest in you to begin with. It's why I trust you as a doctor. Hell, it's... it's why I trust you as a person.
JD: Are you dying?
Perry: I've got a new shrink.
JD: You know, Dr. Cox, I want to thank you for this whole year --
Perry: Oh, no, no, no...
Show me literally any other situation where JD says or does something that Perry wants no part of or is annoyed by and I can pretty much guarantee he does one of a few things: he cuts JD off with a whistle, he cuts JD off with another rant, he cuts JD off by calling him a girls' name, and/or he cuts JD off by walking away. I can't think of another situation similar to this one -- where JD is speaking from the heart and Perry doesn't cut him off in one of those other ways -- until My Fallen Idol when JD's at Perry's apartment.
Like. Perry himself just spoke from the heart, gave JD an honest rundown of how he feels. That alone is HUGE and, to me, marks a turning point in their working relationship (until Jordan drops her bomb). But JD can't resist doing the same (and because it's Scrubs, we did have that little "I have a new shrink" funny haha in between). Perry's reaction here is so much different than we've ever seen before and will ever see again for several seasons (oh, except for My Cake, but to be fair, Perry does sort of punch JD in the face first).
In my humble opinion, Perry's reaction to JD genuinely thanking him for all he's done over the past year is that of panic. Because now things are getting Too Real. If Perry lets JD say this, it'll mean Perry admitting not just to himself that he's worked his ass off for the last year watching over this intern who drives him absolutely insane for a multitude of reasons (and they're not all bad), but he'll be admitting this to JD, too. And that? That just can't happen, it cannot! Because if JD knows, then everyone will know, and how the hell is Perry supposed to stay miserable if he actually gets what he wants for once? It's so much easier to hate his life when he's continuing to hate-fuck his ex-wife because she's familiar (and yeah, maybe he does still have feelings for her) and he hates change than it is to admit his feelings and maybe have a shot in the dark at something with JD, whatever that might be. Plus, we all know how well Perry does at being honest and upfront with his feelings 🙃
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED Talk about one (1) scene in an episode of a TV show that aired 21 years ago.
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1x24:
*Ahem* 1x08 (just an example, one of many):
Steven, for a greatest Seal...
Daniel, for a greatest detective...
Both, for the greatest Cop Instinct Guys...
Whoah, Stevie... what did you say? Clueless WHO?!
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All Eyes Lead to the Truth | The Erlenmeyer Flask (1x24)
He sits alone in his car in the dark, the scent of wet pavement wafting through the open window. There are sounds of traffic, a bus braking, a couple pedestrians in the distance. A broken traffi light flashes down the road ahead; a T junction heading east and west. But there are no choices, not anymore. Not for him. The light blinks red over and over, like a metronome, like clockwork. Like a heartbeat.
Like the end of his life fast approaching.
Ronald closes his eyes and sighs, his hands gripping the steering wheel. Helping Agent Mulder would come at a price; he’d known this from the start, always. But he’d barely made a dent in the long list of things he could have told him. That was his own fault, his own guilt.
His own cowardice.
You’ve never been closer, he’d told Agent Mulder no more than twenty-four hours ago. And yet he could have supplied the truth himself. All of it. Now he has only one chance left, one final hail mary to pass the torch to the only man who has any hope of uncovering it.
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