24 Facts About Elliot Reid

Elliot Reid appeared in every episode during the first eight seasons, except for two Season 8 episodes, "My Last Words" and "My Lawyer's in Love".

The character of Elliot Reid is close to other series characters, including Carla Espinosa and Christopher Turk.

The character of Elliot Reid is described as the daughter of Simon and Lily Reid.

Elliot Reid's mother is portrayed as a cold, self-absorbed alcoholic.

Elliot Reid has several brothers, who are doctors, but they are never portrayed on the show.

Elliot Reid is described as the valedictorian of her high school and an aluma of Brown University.

Elliot Reid begins the show as an intern at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital and later becomes a resident.

Elliot Reid serves as a co-chief resident with JD during Season 4.

When first introduced, Elliot Reid was portrayed as socially awkward and hyper-competitive, but her personality was modified slightly by the second episode.

Elliot Reid is frequently shown telling "inspirational stories" to fellow staff and patients that invariably ended with someone committing suicide.

Chalke, speaking about her character, has noted how much Elliot Reid changed through the run of Scrubs.

At the start of the series, Elliot Reid was a competitive and independent person until she realized that she needed the help and support of her co-workers.

JD and Elliot Reid have a complex relationship; they are close friends and often grapple with their romantic feelings for each other.

JD and Elliot Reid have a very close friendship built on their shared experiences as residents at the hospital, similarities in their personalities, and their knowledge of each other's quirks and issues.

In "My Cookie Pants," JD and Elliot Reid are shown to be a couple again.

In Season 1, Elliot Reid is alternately terrified of and eager to please Dr Perry Cox, Sacred Heart's acerbic chief attending physician.

Elliot Reid finally realizes his feelings for her in "My Best Laid Plans," when he confesses them outright and goes on to say that she is the only doctor who treats him like a person.

In Season 6, Elliot Reid gets engaged to fellow Sacred Heart doctor Keith Dudemeister, but breaks it off when she realizes that she does not truly love him.

However, Elliot Reid soon realizes that she does not truly love him, and she cancels the wedding.

Elliot Reid despises her for the rest of the season, but they finally bury the hatchet in the Season 8 episode "My Jerks," when she apologizes for hurting him.

Elliot Reid meets Sean in the Season 1 episode "My Way or the Highway," when he is a patient of hers.

Elliot Reid meets Sean again at the beginning of Season 3 when he is with another girl.

Elliot Reid nevertheless convinces him that they can make it work.

However, in "His Story II," Elliot Reid comes to believe during Sean's absence that JD loves her more and sleeps with him, only to realize the depth of Sean's commitment when he returns from New Zealand.