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The snowglobe thing was a "cronicles of narnia" reference not a snowglobe as you put it. Did you notice the lamp post in the scene?

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That was a pretty obvious Narnia spoof, not having seen the movie myself. But I had seen Narnia commercials.

Anyway, this was a fantastic episode. Funny with a classic Scrubs ending. I don't like Dashboard Confessional's new album, but the song worked really well here.

And about JD and Elliott, I doubt she'd dump Keith for JD. I would think she'd learned her lesson by now. But it's not unlike JD to be acting like this. Just another case of him wanting what he can't have. The last shot felt made it feel like this episode was directed by Zach Braff. Was it?

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I thought it was an ok episode...there were quite a few laughs as always, but the whole "JD/Elliott" storyline is annoying....I thought they were just done for good, but apparently not.

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THANK YOU!!!! When Elliot said "pigeon holed" i throughly expected to see the kids in a play pen made out of pigeons (a pigeon hold) but no... how do they miss that joke......

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This ep. was probably the closest to "classic Scrubs" so far this season. Most seasons, the eps. are 90/10 good to bad. This year it's more 50/50. This was definitely a good 50.

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Nah. Not good. JD is like watching a feminine George Costanza. He is totally irrelevant to any real guy. No one could be that stupid. And, if there is one out there, he wouldn't be a doctor. The silly unpolitically correct things he does would get him sued and unforgiven. Comedy central, by coincidence, ran the first two episodes this same day. Wow. What a difference in quality of work (better then) even if the characters were just evolving.

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It's not even funny anymore that they are making fun of themselves with the Ross/Rachel Storyline. As far as I can remember, a lot of authors on Scrubs worked on "Friends" so I was kind of happy when they managed to incoporate a lovestory that didn't feel off - untill JD told Elliot he didn't love her during Carla's and Turk's wedding.

Sorry, but this "It should've been me" from the off just felt riduculous. He already told us he didn't love her, what do the authors expect us to think now? Do they expect us to have forgotten that? If JD had uttered that out loud everyone around him who told him how sorry they were for him for Elliot now getting married to somebody else would have slapped him back to last tuesday. Him NOW feeling ANYTHING except *sigh* and "too bad I don't love her" is just totally idiotic. Hadn't this episode been that funny that would've made me really angry.

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Carla and Elliott making out was hot, sure, but Carla has never looked better than she did in that maid getup. I don't know if it was the costume or her hair done differently, but she looked great.

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I was a pretty disappointed when JD started to get all sentimental about Elliot. It's not like they didn't give it a shot. They've been together numerous times, and the way he so bluntly broke up with her after broke up with the Sea World guy should be enough proof to the audience that these two WERE NOT MEANT TO BE TOGETHER. Why try and force feed us this relationship now?

I hope his longing for Elliot is going to be used to show off his lonliness and desperation more than some sort of "true love" bullshit.

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This was the episode I was waiting for all season long. This felt like the good old days, thank you! :) And since I am a J.D./Elliott worshipper and WANT these kind of storylines this is all worked out pretty well for me :)
I'm also glad that the crazy stuff only happened in fantasy-land and not reality (Scrubs-reality that is). And I also liked Keri Russell. But my favorite J.D.-counterpart is not Heather Graham but Amy Smart (aka "Tasty Coma Wife"), she rocked and I found her to be perfect for J.D. (except Elliott of course).

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I have always enjoyed the JD/Elliot angle because I think they are good together, but I understand where a lot of people are coming from by being annoyed by a possible renewal of this storyline. I do not necessarily want to see them back together, but I think one way to explain this sudden twist in the plot is that when someone is getting married whom you had feelings for or been with in the past, you are going to feel a bit off by it and wonder about what might have been. So that's why I do not have a problem for now going along with JD's feelings last night, though if they did draw out the story into where JD undergoes a full-fledged longing for Elliott transformation, it will seem a bit forced and unnatural, but like I said, I am going with it for now...and since I know nobody cares exactly what I think, I will stop posting now.

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Wow, I went the other way on this episode. Really didn't like it. I thought the fantasy sequences were generally weak: That whole Naria set-up just for a "my baaaad" Joke? Really? The only really funny fantasy sequence was Janitor and Elliott married. On the episode commentary, it is mentioned that at one point they had one of the girls dressed in a janitor outfit and wondered "if we should be worried about Jan." THAT is old Scrubs humor. Obvious joke, followed by the "real" line, ensuing laughter. There just haven't been enough "real" jokes recently.

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I don't think J.D.'s comment at the end was so much about him pining after Elliot again.

I felt it was more about him seeing life pass him by, through his friend's relationships. Everyone he knows is married or engaged, and he is still in the same position he was when the series started.

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Seriously? actual pigeons for "pigeon holed"?

That is a terrible joke.
They didn't "miss" it, they realized it wasn't funny.
It's a stupid inside joke that apparently 3 people would have gotten.

Little kids dressed up as janitors and "Elliots" was much funnier.

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Yeah, I guess I'm one of the very few who actually likes the J.D./Elliot combination. I still swear that they do belong together. Nothing seems more right to me than having those two together on the couch.

I thought this was possibly the best episode of the season. I didn't find the "Damn train" that funny, but most of the other gags were excellent (I, too, thought the Narnia fantasy was weak).

"A devil's threesome" is one of the best lines they've had all season. And Carla definitely looked her best in that maid's outfit, but the Carla-Elliot marriage fantasy will be replayed on my iTunes for weeks to come.

Overall, I thought this was the best episode from a disappointing season. Still, I hope it's back next year.

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I'm so surprised by everyone's reaction to this ep. I think it was really really good - a real throwback to the "good ol' days" (as some say). I was actually laughing out loud at the dream sequences - especially with Turk's accent in his dream marriage to Elliot.
I agree with some that Heather Graham was probably the best (and most dysfunctional) counterpart for JD. Keri Russell is just meh.

About the JD/Elliot angle - hasn't anyone thought that JD may have matured in the last 2 years, and this engagement is the "jolt" he got to realize what a big mistake he's made. Also, you must account for that he's been through in the last season or so (Kim, baby, apparent loss of baby, his pooping/fainting disease, no apartment to live in, not getting any), he's prob getting emotionally exhausted, and wishing for the same things as Keith/Elliot.

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Here's some spoilers for you.







In a week (the 10th) the episode will have J.D. meet up with Dr. Kim Briggs at a convention who will reveal to him that he does in fact have a kid so they will pursue that in the next two episodes. Also the title of the last episode is call "My point of no return" so this may mean that the show won't return for another season. As for what the cliff hanger is I shall not speak of it as it will spoil it for you.

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I really liked the episode. And I have to disagree, I thought Keri Russell fit in very well with the other actors...plus, she's Felicity, so she's awesome.

Although I'm not hardcore Elliot/JD4Ever or anything, I have to say, the only time I've really felt like the show just flat-out copped out was when JD dropped his two years long love affair with Elliot at the very end of Season 3 (that season was still great because of Turk and Carla's wedding and other stuff, but the whole, "I don't love her thing" was just SUCH a cop out). Honestly, it's a credit to the show that I didn't really just throw up my hands and say, "screw this" after JD dumped Elliot immediately after longing for her for the better part of two seasons. The show definitely survived and I think Season 5 was just as strong as seasons 1 - 3, and this season has had more good episodes than bad, but it always irks me to think back at how poorly the JD/Elliot thing was handled 3 years ago.

I mean, does it feel overly convenient that JD is just now re-realizing feelings for Elliot? Perhaps...but as someone who has been in a similar situation (having an on/off relationship with someone who was both my best friend and my co-worker), it's not entirely untrue either. It would have been weird if JD hadn't felt a twinge of something after seeing Elliot move on, in a sense, before him. I'm not saying they should definitely be together - but it seemed perfectly realistic that he would question why it wasn't him instead.

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I thought the janitor/elliot joke was played well. The last line when he said "they aren't our kids". Classic janitor.

As I do with Dave Chappelle, I loved when Turk did his 'white man voice' in his fantasy with Elliot.

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