Carla persuades all her coworkers to rally around a despondent Dr. Cox, after three of his patients die because of his mistake. Everyone participates except J.D., who thinks his selfish reaction crossed the line.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Everyone rallies around Cox. Even Kelso.
- Black Is Bigger in Bed: Continuing a joke from the previous episode, Intern Gloria is hooking up with the black security guard with a hook for a hand.Gloria: And I'm never going back.
- Family of Choice: JD acknowledges the Sacred Heart team as this in his final narration.
- Flipping the Table: Cox casually flips the table when he and Jordan are out to dinner at a restaurant.
- Heroic BSoD: Cox is so messed up due to losing so many patients following one mistake that he shows up to work drunk and then spends the day in his apartment drinking and not speaking to anyone.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Cox shows up to the hospital drunk.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: JD finally snaps Cox out of his BSOD.JD: I tried to convince myself that the reason I didn't come earlier was because of you coming in to work drunk, but that's not it. I was scared. I guess, after all this time, I still think of you as, like, this superhero that'll help me out of any situation I'm in. I needed that, but that's my problem, y'know, and I'll deal with that. I guess I came over here to tell you how proud of you I am, not because you did the best you could for those patients, but because after twenty years of being a doctor, when things go badly, you still take it this hard. I gotta tell you, man, that's the kind of doctor I want to be.
