During J.D.'s rare day off, he visits the Bar. While he and Turk have drinks, J.D. tries to hit on a girl named Jennifer. He passes out and is admitted to Sacred Heart. There, J.D. recieves an uncomfortable physical from Elliot. During rounds, his symptoms lead Elliot to believe he has appendicitis. When he learns that Turk will be performing the surgery, J.D. asks Dr. Wenfor another surgeon. On Thanksgiving evening, his fever rises and he is immediately admitted into surgery. Turk performs the surgery, and J.D. later apologizes to Turk for not trusting him. When there is still twenty minutes left in Thanksgiving, J.D., Carla, Turk, Elliot, and Dr. Cox meet at the bar for drinks.

Meanwhile, after hearing from J.D. that the physical she gave him was rough, Elliot attempts to be more touchy-feely with her patients, which backfires. Her hands are very cold, due to poor circulation, which eventually turn out to be a great icepack for Mike Davis's head.

Carla introduces Dr. Cox to a new patient, whom Dr. Cox calls "dad". He then smothers the patient with a pillow and Carla freaks out. It turns out to be a joke, and the patient is the old Chief of Medicine at Sacred Heart - Dr. Benson. The two get along well, but when Dr. Cox tries to show off J.D. to him, Dr. Kelso is talking to Dr. Benson. This ultimately upsets Cox, who tries to make Dr. Benson like him more than Dr. Kelso. After making a fool out of Dr. Kelso in front of Dr. Benson, Dr. Benson tells Cox that he is upset with him for not understanding that he doesn't need to make people realize Kelso is an ass - that he does it on his own.

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