's roommate at the College of William and Mary and at medical school, and the two have an extremely close relationship, which is best described as "guy love" in the season 6 episode "My Musical".

[4] It also accounts for his antagonistic relationship with Chief Attending Physician Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley); in season 1, they compete for Carla's affections, and consistently insult and annoy each other throughout the series.

His faith in God is shaken after being on call for Christmas Eve, during which he treats several people suffering horrific injuries.

He feels lost, but his faith is restored after he finds a runaway patient giving birth and helps deliver the child.

[7] Turk is often referred to as "Turkleton" by Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), Sacred Heart's Chief of Medicine.

[12] Carla catches Turk's eye immediately, although she is reluctant to go out with him at first because of his arrogance, purely physical attraction to her, and his god complex.

[11] He impresses her by telling her that she should give Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), with whom she does not get along, a break; she agrees to a date with him, and they soon become a serious item.

[8] During season 4, the two experience some marital trouble; they briefly separate when Carla finds out that Turk is maintaining a friendship with an ex-girlfriend without telling her that he is married.

In the fourth season, Turk is diagnosed with type two diabetes; he initially jokes about this as a way of coping with his fear about the disease, but learns to take it seriously.

[18] In the seventh season, Turk has a testicle removed after his daughter, Izzy, kicks him in the groin, causing testicular torsion.

They both attended the College of William and Mary (Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence's alma mater), where they roomed together.

While witnessing their ecstatic reunion after she and Turk return from their honeymoon, for example, she wistfully remarks, "Maybe one day he'll love me like that".

leaves Sacred Heart in the eighth-season finale, Turk makes a large banner outside the hospital that says "Goodbye J.D.".

[27] In the ninth season, Turk becomes a visiting professor of surgery at Winston University, a medical school built on the site of the old Sacred Heart facility, which was torn down.