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Posted May 8th 2008 11:42PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E11) Well, that was a little confusing, wasn't it? Kelso is still in charge of the hospital, Keith is still around, and J.D. and Elliot are talking about their almost-kiss from the 6th season finale, something we thought they had gotten past awhile ago.
It was pretty obvious that, once NBC told Bill Lawrence that he couldn't make any more new episodes after the strike was over, there was a mutual decision to make "My Princess" the season (and, as it turns out, the NBC) finale. Problem was, since it was episode 709 (look it up
at the NBCU Media Village site), some continuity problems would rear their heads.
Oh, well. Continuity was just a small problem with this episode. I will say this: any episode Zach Braff directs is going to be ambitious, and this was about as ambitious as
Scrubs has gotten. But for some reason, I was expecting more from this
Princess Bride homage than I got. It was funny in spots, but it could have been a whole lot funnier.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Princess (season finale)
Posted May 2nd 2008 11:23AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Scrubs, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E10) So next week, according to NBC, is the
"Scrubs finale," which means that only 11 episodes will have aired for what was going to be the show's last season.
Epguides.com lists a 12th episode, but I'm guessing it either never got made or it'll be saved for the eighth season on ABC.
Anyway, tonight was definitely an episode full of transitions. Kelso's on the golf course. Cox is the interim chief of medicine ("Chief Dr. Cox," as he orders everyone to call him). Carla wants another baby, especially now that Turk's a Uniball. Ted's got some confidence for once, and is challenging the authority of the Janitor. And J.D. and Elliot are starting to look more and more like a couple, especially when they're cooing over little Sam Dorian.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Waste of Time - VIDEO
Posted Apr 25th 2008 12:55AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E09) Last week, one of our commenters, perhaps inspired by Shakespeare, left the following comment on
my generally positive review of "My Manhood" (spelling and capitalization have not been touched):
what are you doing reviewing a show you obvioulsy disdain? you suck.
While I generally don't respond to witty comments like these, it gives me a good opportunity to remind folks that, yes, I do like
Scrubs. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite shows; I laugh my butt off at the reruns, even if I've seen them a hundred times. When I don't like an episode, it's usually because I'm disappointed. I know the show can do so much better, and with limited episodes left, it disheartens me when I come across a dud. It disheartens me even more when there's a string of a few duds in a row.
This episode, though, was not a dud. In fact, it was pretty funny, and it felt like one of the show's original writers penned it. I'll talk more about that later, but I first want to ask one important question...
Continue reading Scrubs: My Dumb Luck - VIDEO
Posted Nov 16th 2007 1:40AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews
(S07E04) This was kind of a quiet episode, wasn't it? It seemed to go at a relaxed pace that I haven't seen from the show in quite some time. As we've been finding out this season, Bill Lawrence and company have been trying to scale back the zany and make some episodes that were more reminiscent of the show's early years. But this one felt like an
early one, like one of the first few half-dozen where even J.D.'s internal monologue was subdued.
But I liked it. It really got in and explored some of the characters' insecurities while giving us a few of the classic laughs that
Scrubs is known for.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Identity Crisis
Posted Nov 9th 2007 1:31AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews
(S07E03) Based on the first two episodes, I was tentatively hopeful that the final season of
Scrubs was going to be a good one. Now, after this third episode, my confidence in Bill Lawrence and company is almost fully restored after last season's awkwardness and inconsistency.
What worked this week? Well, having Tom Cavanagh come back to play J.D.'s older brother Dan always helps. But, like last week, we had a refreshing lack of insanity, punctuated by some funny situations that came out of the characters' personalities instead of zippy lines.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Inconvenient Truth
Posted May 18th 2007 12:17AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews
(S06E21 / S06E22) Now that we know that
Scrubs is going to be back for a seventh season -- though from what we've all heard, the seventh season was all but assured, even if it was on ABC instead of NBC -- the way this season concluded made a whole hell of a lot more sense. Since I don't want to spoil anything for people who haven't seen the episode yet, I'll save my thoughts on that until after the jump.
You know what? I really shouldn't call this an "episode." Really, it was two episodes edited into one. You could just tell by the fact that the tried-and-true
Scrubs structure was run through twice here. Oh, that and the two different names and episode numbers. Those were also a good indication. Anyway, my point is that if the pacing of the episode felt weird to you, that's the reason why.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Rabbit / My Point of No Return (season finale)
Posted Apr 20th 2007 12:05AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews
(S06E17) Bill Lawrence and company really seem to be on the back pages of the playbook, aren't they?
For the second time this season, we're out of J.D.'s head, this time hearing about the everyday thoughts of Ted, The Todd, and Jordan. We were already privy to Kelso's thoughts in an earlier episode, which means the writers are breaking the pattern of jumping out of J.D.'s head for an entire episode only once per season.
But, you know what? Sometimes, the last pages of the playbook have all the best plays. This was a funny and refreshing episode.
Continue reading Scrubs: Their Story
Giveaway Monday: That '70s Show The Complete Series Stash box set
Giveaway Monday: Back to You season one DVD
Six shows that I am watching pretty regularly this season
