It’s hard to believe that it’s the penultimate episode of Scrubs, but it is. The show is starting to feel like it’s winding down, with a lot of characters experiencing life altering changes.
I hate when sitcoms feel like they need to change the status quo at the end of a series. I just don’t think it’s necessary, yet it seems like whenever a big sitcom says goodbye all the characters leave or split up or have some ridiculous changes happen in their lives (see, Friends, Cheers, Seinfeld, etc). I’ll give Scrubs a pass because there is still a chance that it could come back next year, so they had to work JD off the show somehow. Seriously, can’t our favorite characters just keep doing what we’ve enjoyed them doing for so long? I guess not.
This episode continued the season of changes. The Janitor is married, Ted has a girlfriend (and they’re moving in together), Dr. Cox and Turk have gotten big promotions, and JD and Elliot have gotten back together (again!). In this episode, JD decided to move closer to his son and take a job at Kim’s hospital. Whatever.
This episode does gets props from me, however, for getting the biggest laugh of the season. It may not be sophisticated, but I’m a sucker for people falling down, so when Dr. Cox attempted his back flip of excitement and did a complete face plant, I guffawed. I will definitely miss the way that Scrubs was able to mix slapstick comedy with poignant drama. This episode was light on the latter, but as a whole, the series mixed it up well.
As for Scrubs continuing without JD, I think it could work. Some of the interns that the show has been trying to push on us are actually entertaining, and I think I would watch the show if it focused on them. Let’s face facts, JD is kind of annoying and has really become a caricature of himself, which happens so often in long-running sitcoms. We should know soon enough about the fate of the show, but it seems like it might actually get renewed.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on May 05, 2009 @ 21:02 EST5EDT
I’d love for Scrubs to return – I don’t think Braff has been the integral part of the show for at least three seasons now. I kinda had enough of him to be honest, and I feel the same about a couple of the other characters like the Janitor if they get too much Screentime. If they manage to keep Braff on for a couple of episodes next season, they could slowly move the new interns to front and center – which worked on “ER” for years.
I just hope they won’t give Sarah Chalke a new love interest and keep the things the way they are right now.
What I didn’t get during last night’s episode is why Turk couldn’t take Izzy with him and just have a sleepover at J.D.’s place. I mean the guy brought him lotion to his honeymoon. Seemed a bit forced so I totally agree on the whole post here Bob, I don’t see the reason behind some of these changes. A 75 minute round-trip isn’t that long compared to a one week insta-vacation for lotion :-)