TL;DR – This felt like both a very old-school Scrubs episode and also something fresh.
Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ service that aired this episode.
Scrubs Review Introduction
We are starting to get to the pointy end of the season, and it is interesting to see all the different moving parts start to take shape. All the seeds planted throughout the season have started to bear fruit, some interesting, and some ‘oh, this is going to blow up in your face’.
So, to set the scene, things at Sacred Heart are starting to reach boiling point as cost-cutting and cost-raising are colliding in disastrous repercussions. JD (Zach Braff) wants to support the new hospital administrator Cassie (Stephanie Koenig), but the rest of the hospital hates her … for some good reasons. But JD kind of needs this because he has caught feelings for Elliot (Sarah Chalke) again, and that never ends well. Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.
Love
One of the undercurrents for this week is just what you will do for love. Tosh (Ava Bunn) is trying to give easy cases to Asher (Jacob Dudman) because she feels he needs time to find himself, and she is giving him that space. What I have liked about this storyline this season is that you can understand where all of the parties are coming from. Tosh should be seeking advice from those who know better, such as Elliot and Dubois (Michael James Scott), but she loves him. The most powerful moment in the episode is when Elliot gives Asher his sink-or-swim moment, and he swims. Underneath all the shenanigans of the episode, this rang true as something that felt real, and an episode with an extended Sinners riff, you needed that grounding. It helped keep the episode feeling fresh.
Then we have JD trying to deflect from his feelings for Elliot by backing the hospital administrator all the way. This is a very old-school kind of Scrubs episode, and I liked that they understood that and used it as a way to sneak a little The Pitt reference into the episode, while introducing what might be the most ripped guest star in the show’s history with Dr Jax (Ed Quinn). It allowed JD and Turk (Donald Faison) to get on the same page quickly, and it also let JD and Dr Summers (John Higgins) have their first meaningful conversation this season. I mean, that did also take one of the most uncomfortable pizza scenes I have ever seen to get there, but it was worth it. Sometimes we do weird things for love, and I did like that this episode captured that.
Recommendation
In the end, do we recommend Scrubs? Well, interestingly, this is the first episode this season where we have gotten all of the interns in the same episode, which is odd given how late in the season. However, that aside, I did have a fun time this week, as all the different story threads felt as is they are building to something as we come towards the end of the season. Have you seen Scrubs yet? Let us know what you thought in the comments below.
By Brian MacNamara: You can follow Brian on Bluesky at @Tldrmovrev, when he’s not chatting about Movies and TV, he’ll be talking about International Relations, or the Solar System.
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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Scrubs
Directed by – Adam Bernstein
Written by – Christopher Eddins & Brianna Porter
Created by – Bill Lawrence
Developed by – Aseem Batra & Tim Hobert
Based On – Scrubs by Bill Lawrence
Production/Distribution Companies – Doozer, Seemu! Inc., 20th Television, Hulu & Disney+
Starring – Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, & Ava Burn
With – Jacob Dudman, David Gridley, Layla Mohammadi, Amanda Morrow, John Higgins, Michael James Scott, Stephanie Koenig, Ed Quinn, Molly Hagan, Jim Hanna, & Vanessa Bayer
And – Harmela, Charles Andre, & Deborah Finkel
