Three interns - two medical and one surgical - kick off their first day at Sacred Heart teaching hospital.

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Sardonic Dr. Cox gets to J.D., who's in desperate need of acceptance. Tactless Elliot irks Carla, who's being wooed by slick Turk.

J.D, convinced that one of his patients is sick as a result of misconduct on Turk's behalf, questions not only his abilities as a surgeon but their friendship also. Elliot feels disrespected by Dr. Kelso after he refers to her as 'sweetheart' during rounds.

The whole crew learn their share about death when JD takes care of an old woman ready to die, Elliot and Carla watch over a woman who can't speak English, and Turk becomes too close with a patient.

JD is ethically caught between the straight-laced Dr Kelso and the irreverent Dr Cox, and Elliot attempts to improve patients' conditions in an unorthodox manner.

A hospital board member becomes a demanding patient for JD, and Elliot looks to her patient for psychiatric advice.

A rival competes with JD for the title of top intern at the hospital, Turk loses his temper in the operating room, and Carla sees a break in Dr Cox's rough exterior.

Turk's sudden brush with fame is exploited by Dr Kelso, intern evaluations are due, but Dr Cox leaves JD to evaluate himself, and Elliot looks for a place to fit in.

JD is nervous about Turk performing his appendectomy, Elliot attempts to improve her bedside manner, and Dr Cox's mentor becomes a patient at the hospital.

The interns begin to stick up for each other against Dr Cox and Dr Kelso. Meanwhile, Elliot gets a workaholic patient that stands up to Dr Cox.

While toiling in the hospital during the Christmas holiday, the interns experience a loss of faith, but the birth of a child ultimately restores hope to all.

JD asks the hospital social worker out on a blind date. Meanwhile, Carla and Turk take their relationship to the next level.

After Alex breaks up with him, JD rethinks his priorities. Meanwhile, Turk and Carla experience sexual and relationship dysfunction.

JD's relationship with a beautiful social worker makes Elliot both jealous and suspicious. Turk discovers that Dr Cox has a thing for Carla.

Failing to keep their new romance a secret, JD and Elliot become the hospital's hot new couple. Meanwhile, Dr Cox and Carla look back to what motivated them to enter the field of medicine.

When Dr Cox turns up on JD's doorstep, JD sees an opportunity to improve their relationship. Carla does all she can to grant the last wishes of a dying patient.

J.D. hazes a goofy new medical student. Dr. Cox eyes a comely lass. Elliot is paired with the hospital CEO's son.

JD must learn to handle a verbally abusive patient while Dr Cox's love-life spirals out of control. Meanwhile, Elliott and Turk discover Dr Kelso's mysterious musical past.

When the interns are visited by their parents, they begin to see themselves in a new light. JD realises that his dad's rude manner hides his loneliness, whilst Elliot feels distant from her cold-mannered parents. Meanwhile, Turk is unnerved by the bonding of his girlfriend, Carla, and his brassy mother.

Elliot is attracted to one of her patients, but he doesn't seem to notice. In a last ditch attempt, she chases after him when he gets discharged from the hospital and orders him to ask her out. Elsewhere, Turk and JD disagree over the treatment of one of JD's patients: Mr Hoffner has ulcerative colitis and JD wants him to continue a medical course of treatment with drugs while Turk wants to treat him with surgery.

JD is accidentally exposed to a needle used for testing a patient for hepatitis B While waiting for his test results, JD considers the worst consequences of contracting the disease. Meanwhile, Elliot wonders whether she can handle a new relationship and her heavy workload, and Turk starts on a fitness regime.

JD sees the human side of his mentor when he has to deliver disturbing test results to Dr Cox's good friend and former brother-in-law Ben Sullivan. Meanwhile, Turk almost removes a testicle from the wrong patient and Elliot mistakenly tells her patient Jill that she's pregnant.

Ben's reaction to the news that he has leukaemia is better than expected, but JD finds that his friendship with Ben complicates his professional view of the situation, and Dr Cox reacts fearfully to the news. Meanwhile, Turk's ego takes a knock when he isn't chosen to assist on a difficult surgery, and Elliot is given the opportunity to criticise Dr Kelso's work.

The interns approach the end of their first year as interns, becoming full-fledged doctors. By helping an elderly man without health insurance, JD and Elliot draw the ire of Dr Kelso.