<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> <P> Later in Season 7, there are some subtle hints that Elliot and J.D. might be getting closer, and possibly romantically involved . For instance, the episode "My Waste of Time" ends with J.D. and Elliot sitting in a cafe, commenting on how everyone thought they were together, then playing with J.D.'s son, Sam, as if they were a family . Also, in "My Bad Too," Turk tells Carla (in unsubtitled Spanish), "Those two will be getting back together in five weeks ." In the Season 7 finale, "My Princess," Elliot and J.D. agree that the almost - kiss, a point of tension between them, has nothing to do with their feelings and had merely been a response to stress . In the Season 8 episode "My Happy Place," Elliot and J.D. reevaluate their relationship, admitting their lingering feelings for each other . However, it is only after Dr. Kelso tells them to do whatever makes them happy that they decide to give their relationship another chance . J.D. and Elliot are shown to officially be a couple again in "My Cookie Pants ." </P>

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