STARRING: Zach Braff (Garden State), Sarah Chalke (Roseanne), Donald Faison (Clueless), John C McGinley (Identity, Office Space)CREATOR: Bill Lawrence (Spin City, Nobody’s Watching)
PLOT: Through the eyes of John 'JD' Dorian, we get an unconventional look of how Sacred Heart Hospital deals with medicine, friendship and life.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 NBC kept hiding Scrubs for seven years and did a piss-poor job with its “out-of-order” dream sequence ‘series finale’ last May. It’s great to see this very funny comedy getting the respect it deserves on its new network, ABC. There’s some new energy this year and I’m confident they will do a great job ending the series on their own terms.
4 The show added some interns this year and they are fitting in nicely. Aziz Ansari (Human Giant, upcoming Amy Pohler show) is wonderfully weird as Ed and Eliza Coupe is a great contrast to JD as the un-emotional Denise.
4 Speaking of emotions, Scrubs manages to wear its emotions on its sleeve. Mixed with the off-beat craziness, Scrubs still provides meaningful storylines. The second episode this season dealt with death in a very real and profound way. Nice work.
4 JD’s imagination has been a little off this season. The first three or four seasons were amazing, but now, some of the wacky images seem a little forced. The recent Sesame Street edition was kind of funny, but didn’t seem to fit all that well.
4 Scrubs always has someone on the cast with bad hair. Usually its John C McGinely. He’s had some bad perms in the past. This year, the ‘winner’ is Zach Braff. Not liking the facial hair. Are they trying to make him seem older and more responsible? Is it for a movie he’s doing on the side? It’s not working for me.
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