Scrubs, Season 8 (Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on ABC)

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So far, so good. It already feels like there's more energy than last season, especially with Braff. His beard is a bit weird, though. :whistle2:k

"I'm-I'm a lawyer."
"Of course you are."

:lol:
 
Why is Courtney Cox on the show? I missed the first 7 minutes, and I can't tell if she's a regular cast member or not.
 
I am not a huge TV guy, but I am partial to Scrubs. One of my favorites. It is already 15 minutes into the first episode and it is entertaining, but I haven't really laughed. Ill watch them, I just hope we get some of that goofy humor instead of it just being goofy.
 
Any Scrubs is good Scrubs, in my opinion. Happy to see them back on duty at Sacred Heart.

You guys should check out the webisodes on abc.com, too...there's only one posted so far but TV Guide said that they get really funny.
 
The "Quick! Do something equals do." scene got my first open laugh of the season.

So far, so good. Courtney Cox made a good debut, despite the fact that I find her annoying outside of Scrubs.

I wonder what will be the 'big dramatic event' this season. :whistle2:k

And with those two episodes over, I can say Scrubs is off to a terrific start. :applause: I missed the morality in Scrubs.
 
Turk: "I'll probably go before he does."
J.D.: "Hopefully."
Turk: "Dude!"
J.D.: "I'm gonna have you stuffed!"

:lol: Fantastic start to the season, indeed.
 
Great episodes, I was giving scrubs a last chance after last season and this was actually good so Im gonna keeep watching.
 
I thought both episodes were fantastic--it truly seemed like a return to form.

Now, with that out of the way,
IF THE JANITOR DOESN'T COME BACK I'M GOING TO CHOKE A BITCH!
 
Indeed, Short Round, indeed. I like how they teased the revelation of his name. I smirked when she said "The Janitor." :mrgreen:
 
[quote name='Short Round']
IF THE JANITOR DOESN'T COME BACK I'M GOING TO CHOKE A BITCH!
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fucking THIS.

Scrubs is one of those shows where losing a single character would ruin the entire show. Kelso is the only character that the show can lose and still continue, IMO. Although I'm still upset that he's gone.
 
Great 2nd episode....are they going to do this weekly? I hope so...the 1st episode was ehh....but the 2nd one killed it...mostly because it was mainly J.D./Turk which is when the show's the strongest...

Love Zach Braff as an actor but met that dude....total ass.
 
That reminds me of the episode of Punk'd where Zach Braff completely flew off the handle when he chased down the little kid that pretended to deface his car; it was a Lamborghini if I remember correctly.

I haven't been keeping up on Scrubs outside of the reruns, but I liked what I've seen of this final season.
Man, I really hope Janitor isn't gone for good. I'll be sad if he doesn't make a grand exit with the rest of the cast.
 
Courtney Cox is only on the show for a couple eps, so you can pretty much guarantee that if she doesnt rehire him, he will either cause her to get fired/quit or be rehired by the new chief.
 
Didn't know this was back on... can't wait to get home and watch it!

[quote name='ph33r m3']
Love Zach Braff as an actor but met that dude....total ass.[/quote]

A friend of mine met him, too, while he was living in CA and said he was really friendly and chill.
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']fucking THIS.

Scrubs is one of those shows where losing a single character would ruin the entire show. Kelso is the only character that the show can lose and still continue, IMO. Although I'm still upset that he's gone.[/quote]

Judy Reyes, Zach Braff, and Bill Lawrence have all said that they're not interested in doing another season. I suspect some kind of massive change is in the works on Scrubs between this season and the next one.
 
The first show was better than most of last season. The second show was easily the better of the two. I knew it'd be heart wrenching when they showed George.

The Janitor has to be brought back. Bill Lawrence has gone on record by saying that he's going to tell Janitor's name in the very last episode
 
For all we know they'll probably make it Neil Flynn (The actors name), though I think the show would have to go out this season if anything. Scrubs is nothing without JD, I hate to admit it but its true. I just hope it doesnt go out in the same way King of Queens did or Everybody Loves Raymond. Those were awful IMO. I think that this season will have a bunch of dramatic events, maybe even crazier then when Dr. Coxs best friend comes back, follows him around the entire episode, then when they go to Jacks party it turns out to be a...you know what, see it for yourself. But yeah, this will be almost definitely be the end of the show. I am hoping for some sort of resolution between Dr. Cox and JD at some point too...
 
I thought the first episode was pretty meh. Still better than last season, but not as great as it could have been. Until I saw the very last scene as the credits were rolling. Hilarious!

And the second episode was worthy of Season 1 or 2. Overall I am very happy to see my favorite show back in rare form!
 
I missed these. For some reason, I didn't think they would be as good as when it was on NBC. I'll try to catch next way.
 
[quote name='BoSoxFan900']"One's for if I get sad, and one's for if I get really sad." :rofl:

Both episodes were great.[/quote]


Bahaha... oh Ted. He is such a good character. We were even treated to a three-part harmony in the first two episodes. Wee! :mrgreen:
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']pretty sure they are reshowing the two eps tonight at 8 for those who missed it[/quote]

I sure hope so - I didn't have the DVR set!!!!
 
I caught them both - I thought it was way better than Season 7. I have high hopes for Season 8 of Scrubs.

Though... The bumps for other network shows reinforced WHY I don't watch network TV as a general rule.

It looks like ABC has 3 shows about staging tragic events/socially unacceptable events, and taping the 'assholes' who react to the fictional situations believing that the events are real? Who watches that crap?
 
Finally saw the episodes, there were a ton of great one liners and scenarios which made me at least grin, if not laugh.

"Gravy, guys''
Turk: Gravy
JD: Cream Spinach yo!!
Turk: (shakes head and walks away)

Also, Hell naw to Janitor leaving, though I did chuckle at the scene where Maddox looks at Janitors name tag. IMO, The 4 characters who NEED to be on the show or else it doesnt work are Turk, JD, Dr. Cox, and Janitor. Turk reassured me that he had to be on based on the whole thing with George.
 
I've watched Scrubs, just never faithfully. What happened to make Kelso leave? I saw these two episodes, where was Cox?
 
[quote name='JolietJake']I've watched Scrubs, just never faithfully. What happened to make Kelso leave? I saw these two episodes, where was Cox?[/quote]



he was getting forced out for being 65, then they said he could stay, and then he retired on his own terms
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Ah, where was Cox in these two episodes?[/quote]

In the two new episodes he was complaining with ZB about the interns....

I got to meet Braff because a good friend of mine is close to Lawrence...apparently the ending has been written since the show started...from what my friend got out of Lawrence...J.D. leaves to start his own practice and be more with his kid...
 
I'm dead serious. Don't read this if you'd prefer to be somewhat surprised by this season of Scrubs.

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Exclusive: 'Scrubs' boss (sorta) spoils series finale!

Jan 4, 2009, 11:47 PM | by Michael Ausiello
Categories: Scrubs
From: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/01/exclusive-scrub.html

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Scrubs kicks off its eighth and (likely) final season on NBC ABC this Tuesday, and you know what that means: It's time for another one of my uncensored Q&As with the show's refreshingly candid creator, Bill Lawrence!

AUSIELLO: The first two episodes were a lot more serious than what we've come to expect from Scrubs. It felt more in line with earlier seasons. Why the tonal shift?

BILL LAWRENCE: I thought we got a little silly. In order for the finale to actually mean anything, the show has to be borderline real for people to give a s--t. We were dangerously venturing into an area where everyone was so fake no one would have given a s--t when it ended.

Will all of the characters get their own little send-off?

Without a doubt. Everybody has their own big summing-up [episode], where they assess where they are and where they're going in the future -- even some of the secondary characters that I never felt I did right by, like Ted Buckland, who plays the lawyer. He's such a good actor, so I gave him a girlfriend and a life this year. My plan has always been to give every character resolve, and not make it too treacly. I think everyone will be happy. We just finished cutting the finale and we showed it over at ABC and they all dug it.

Is it an hour-long episode?

It was a half hour, but I ended up shooting a whole bunch of extra scenes so the network just changed it to an hour.

What's the episode about?

It's about J.D.'s exit from the hospital and whether you can hold on to the relationships of your youth, or whether some of them fall by the wayside. J.D. takes a job at a hospital 37 minutes away because it's in a town where Kim (Elizabeth Banks) lives with his kid; he wants to be in the same town as his kid. He does it thinking it will make absolutely no difference in his life, but, of course, it does. It's a little bittersweet, but I don't think it will bum anybody out.

Where did you land on the whole J.D./Elliot thing? You've made no secret of the fact that you didn't want them to end up together.

I don't want to ruin it for the audience, so let's just say I ended up compromising.

You've also said we'd learn the Janitor's real name. You don't have to tell me what it is, but are you happy with your choice?

Yeah, but I don't think anyone will be super excited about it. Neil Flynn and I are happy about it. We felt we had burdened ourselves by never saying it, because then you're obligated to come up with something big. So we decided, to hell with it, and we didn't come up with anything big. J.D. finally asks him [in the finale] and the Janitor just says it; there's no big hoopla.

What are the odds of the show continuing for another season without you and Zach?

ABC is promoting the s--t out of Scrubs. It's very weird. It's the first time I've seen commercials for the show in seven years. There's a billboard near Warner Bros. that's the size of my house. The reality is, Scrubs is incredibly reasonably priced. And without Zach's salary and my salary, it's probably cheaper to make then some new shows. And it's sold into syndication, so every episode that gets produced, ABC makes $1 million or so on the back end. I don't think it'll be a creative decision. I think if this show comes on and by February it's doing a 3 rating [in the 18-49 demo], it'll be on for another year. And if it's not, it won't. And if it's in the middle somewhere, they will wait and decide along with all their new pilots. It's really out of my hands because it's a financial and business decision and not a creative one.

Wouldn't you prefer that it end with you and Zach?

My original preference was that when I left it would end. But one of the things we've really been talking about around here is, A, that's all about my ego and who gives a s--t, and, B, apparently there's something going on with the economy right now. There are 122 people who work here and there are essentially only six live-action comedies on TV. One of the main reasons that I'm going to embrace this decision either way is that there's no work out there. If we can keep this show going another year then all those people get to have jobs. It's a bleak time. The only way I'd object is if someone came up with a real crappy, half-assed idea to keep the show going. Like, "We'll call it Scrubs, but instead of Zach Braff, it'll be Hillary Duff, because everybody likes her!" I would say, "Don't f---ing do that man; it's bad." But there are six writers that all worked here over seven years, each with their own take on how to go forward. And all of the angles I've heard are more like Frasier was to Cheers than AfterMASH was to M*A*S*H.

Is there a part of you that's hoping the show performs well on ABC just so it makes NBC look bad?

(Laughs) The truth is, I would not care about ratings at all were it not for the fact that I want NBC to feel stupid. This is the first time in five years that [bad] ratings will really bum me out. If this show can pull in better ratings than, like, Kath & Kim, it would really make me happy. One of the problems with network TV is that they don't reward loyalty. I've gotten to the point now that if I find a new show I like, I'll check its ratings before committing. If it's not a gangbuster hit, I'm very careful about getting invested. I enjoy Life. I think Damien Lewis is an interesting actor. But I knew it wasn't doing well, so [I stopped watching], because I know that even if a show is perceived as having merit, it's going to disappear. And it's so dumb. They create a self-fulfilling prophecy. My feeling is, once a show makes a network over $20 million, they should let you end it properly. It's not just Scrubs. They didn't end Las Vegas either. Just end the show. Lay people think television is dying, and it's not. Network television is dying. More people are watching TV than ever, there's just good s--t on other outlets -- and those guys reward their viewers. Television isn't dead, s-----y television is dead.
 
The first two eps have been pretty good, especially the 2nd one. I think Bill Lawrence said that this season will be more "serious" than the previous couple of seasons have been. The 2nd episode shows that this could definitely be the case. I'm just glad that Scrubs is back.
 
I loved them! I'm so happy that the show seems to be going back to it's beginnings, since the first seasons (1-4) were without a doubt the best seasons of the show. Courtney is a good actress and I'm really enjoying her as the new chief, and I'm looking forward to what happens with the janitor. The second episode was a real tear jerker and reminded me of the episode where JD has to face the death of the old lady. Sitting there just waiting for it to happen.


Overall I'm loving the direction it's going in and am really looking forward to new episodes!
 
I agree wholeheartedly with everyone else that the series appears to be heading back to it's good form. I almost gave up after the last few seasons got so silly.

They spent a great deal of time making fun of the silly sitcom conventions in the first 4-5 seasons, and then fell prey to them in the last two.
 
Series finale was tonight..

That may have been the best series finale I've ever seen. They finished up JD/Cox, gave JD/Elliot and Turk/Carla a future, Cox finally complimented JD and even called him a friend, there was a cameo by almost every character from every episode in all 8 seasons (even the old woman from the first season that told JD to just relax and lay in a field some day, one of my favorite episodes), and they even told the janitor's name. In JD's final fantasy, he and Elliot get married, Cox hugs JD, and Sam and Izzy get married. The season started off rocky, improved in the middle, and knocked it out of the park with the finale.
 
[quote name='Scorch']Series finale was tonight..

That may have been the best series finale I've ever seen. They finished up JD/Cox, gave JD/Elliot and Turk/Carla a future, Cox finally complimented JD and even called him a friend, there was a cameo by almost every character from every episode in all 8 seasons (even the old woman from the first season that told JD to just relax and lay in a field some day, one of my favorite episodes), and they even told the janitor's name. In JD's final fantasy, he and Elliot get married, Cox hugs JD, and Sam and Izzy get married. The season started off rocky, improved in the middle, and knocked it out of the park with the finale.
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It was absolutely amazing. Basically, everything a fan could want was in that show.

The joke where Dr. Cox expresses what he thinks of JD was the best of the entire series.
 
I enjoyed the ending especially the montage at the end. Yeah, I knew most of what was coming but I still got a few surprises here and there.
 
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