my soul on fire-related stories
Posted Apr 15th 2009 10:24PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E15) There's a reason why you don't see too many sitcoms do two-parters or one-hour episodes more than once every couple of years; the comedy momentum set in the first half-hour usually doesn't continue during the second. Although the second part of
Scrubs' Bahamas adventure was still pretty good, it definitely wasn't as funny as last week's first part.
But two interesting things came out of this episode, one character-based and the other actor-based. And, even though I had an inkling the latter was coming, it still surprised me when I saw it. More after the jump.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Soul on Fire (part two)
Posted Apr 8th 2009 11:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E14) As Homer Simpson might say, "The
Scrubs are going to the Bahamas!"
For eight years,
Scrubs hasn't ventured all that much away from Sacred Heart and it's surrounding environs. There was an RV-based road trip to Washington so J.D. can see Kim, and J.D. somehow ended up in Las Vegas during an extended fantasy/reality sequence. But other than that, the gang's lives have been confined to the claustrophobic world of the hospital.
But Bill Lawrence must have figured, what the heck, it's the last season, so he shipped everyone down to the Bahamas for a well-deserved location shoot in paradise. And, I've got to tell you, part one is the funniest episode of the season (I've seen part two, and it ain't bad either). I'll tell you why after the jump.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Soul on Fire (part one)
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