<P> Chalke, speaking about her character, has noted how much Elliot changed through the run of Scrubs . At the start of the series, Elliot was a competitive and independent person until she realized that she needed the help and support of her co-workers . Chalke said that Elliot's transformation in the episode "My Own American Girl" did not really help her life, and that Elliot was still "on a never - ending journey to find respect (in Season 4), and now she's a lot more confident and together ." </P> <P> J.D. and Elliot have a complex relationship; they are close friends and often grapple with their romantic feelings for each other . In an interview, Sarah Chalke said that Bill Lawrence, the creator of Scrubs, wanted to avoid a "will they or won't they get together" plot for the series, instead opting for a running gag where they hook up once a year and have "everything blow up in (their) faces and not work out ." </P> <P> In the Season 1 episode "My Drug Buddy," they start a relationship, but break up in the following episode upon realizing that they don't work as a couple . They repair their friendship, but it is later revealed that they still have feelings for each other, and they begin sleeping together again in "My Monster ." They decide to be "sex buddies" without romantic involvement, but this ends after only a few days, with J.D. realizing that he has deep feelings for her . In Season 3, J.D. again realizes his feelings for her as she rekindles her relationship with an old boyfriend, Sean . Later in the season, J.D. and Elliot sleep together again . Although Elliot initially decides to stay with Sean, she later leaves him to be with J.D. However, J.D. soon breaks up with Elliot after realizing that he doesn't love her after all . In Season 4, following Elliot's brief fling with J.D.'s brother, Dan (Tom Cavanagh), they once again repair their friendship and then move in together in Season 5, after J.D has nowhere to live . </P> <P> J.D. and Elliot also 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 the episode "My Cold Shower," J.D. realizes that he might still be in love with Elliot after she gets engaged; in the Season 6 finale, "My Point of No Return," they lean in for a kiss after a night of discussing their doubts about their respective relationships . However, in "My Own Worst Enemy," the Season 7 opener, Elliot realizes she is making a mistake and pulls away, asserting that the almost - kiss had nothing to do with her feelings for J.D. </P>

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