The fifth season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on January 3, 2006 and concluded on May 16, 2006 and consists of 24 episodes.

Guest stars in the fifth included Jason Bateman and Mandy Moore, as well the introduction of new recurring characters played by Elizabeth Banks and Travis Schuldt.

Dr. Cox is forced to attend a couples' dinner with Elliot and Keith, with the result that the other interns try to befriend him as well (much to J.D.

Carla and Elliot convince Todd to admit to being gay, but contrary to what they had hoped, this does not change his personality for the better.

Three patients, one of whom is a friend of Dr. Cox, receive transplant organs from Jill Tracy, which later turn out to be infected by rabies.

begins to fall for Dr. Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks), a urologist who has supposedly always been present but was invisible to J.D.

She shares a patient with J.D., but when Dr. Cox reveals that she is refusing to do a risky surgery to keep her statistics up, he begins to have mixed feelings.

Elliot considers breaking up with Keith after he refuses to stand up for himself, but Carla, amid her pregnancy hormones, tries to save the relationship.