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COLE AND KELSO FIND SOLACE WITH ONE ANOTHER WHEN REAL FRIENDS ARE HARD TO COME BY, ON ABC’S “SCRUBS“
“Our Driving Issues” – When Cole and Kelso both get negative results back after a few routine tests, they learn the hard way to put their egos in check in order to rein in the support of their so-called friends, on “Scrubs,” WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
“Scrubs” stars Zach Braff as J.D., Donald Faison as Chris Turk, John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, Eliza Coupe as Denise, Kerry Bishe as Lucy, Michael Mosley as Drew and Dave Franco as Cole.
Guest starring are Ken Jenkins as Dr. Kelso, Nicky Whelan as Maya, Matthew Cardarople as Frank, Jane Le as Ming and Matthew Moy as Trang.
The episode was written by Alessia Costantini and Prentice Penny and directed by Eren Celeboglu.
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After last week’s seemingly out-of-order interlude with J.D. and Elliot, we’re back to the purity of following the med students around, and I have to say, this was the best of those episodes to date.
Given the proper elbow room, you can see even some of the more one-note characters, like Lucy and Drew Cole, grow and change. And, given the fact that even Bill Lawrence thinks it’s a 70/30 shot against renewal, it’s a bit of a shame; episodes like this make me want to get to know these characters a little more and follow them through their med school trials and tribulations.
Again, the pacing of the episode was slower, and we didn’t see as many flashbacks and fantasy sequences. Which is fine with me; I want to get to know these characters with regards to how they interact with each other, not how they fantasize.
So the cheating scenario, where Cox keeps everyone from that med student study group in the same room until one of them admits to cheating on the exam, was very helpful in that regard. Nothing like having all the main characters in the same room for an extended period to see how everyone bounces off each other. It’s why there always seems to be one bank robbing / hostage scenario episode on every show.
Here’s what we learned: Lucy is overwhelmed, and she chews her hair when she lies, among other things. Drew Cole is actually noble, willing to take the hit for Lucy, especially because everyone expected him to be the cheater, anyway. Hottie Maya really, really has the hots for brainiac Tran (“You’re smothering me” might be the funniest line in the episode).
Finally, all the students are going to pull for each other because med school is tough enough and they all feel overwhelmed — and Drew is the king of second chances. So they’ll take Cox’s wet re-exam that probably asks who won the 1952 World Series, mainly because they all know they could have been the ones cheating.
I’m really liking Drew and Denise as a couple. Interesting how it was Lucy, horse lover and Denise’s polar opposite, that finally convinced Denise to reciprocate Drew’s “I love you.” Though even Cox is afraid of Denise’s “murder eyes,” people are starting to see the normal, vulnerable person underneath. Yes, it’s a shocker that Denise is capable of love, but if she can match up with anyone, a guy like Drew, whose parents are convinced is dead, seems to be perfect.
Even the Cox-Turk story was fun, because it’s interesting to see the peer dynamic develop between the two, especially their deal involving lunchtime pages and hip-hop handshakes. Oh, and it was fun to see Nadine Velasquez in any role, even if it’s in a hospital bed. And, good to get some extended face time with The Todd. You knew that with lesbians in the area, it would have been criminal for him to have the day off.
I still don’t know what they’re doing with Ken Jenkins. Kelso is just randomly hanging around the hospital now, talking about the “good old days” when doctors used to talk to their patients? I seem to recall Chief of Medicine Kelso hated talking to patients. Maybe he was more of a conversationalist in those heady, sexual harassment filled days of the sixties and seventies.
Like I said, this one was fun to watch. Hopefully, the last three episodes will build on this.
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I knew the first Zach Braff-free episode of this new version of Scrubs was going to be a bit of a bumpy ride, but I didn’t think things would be this bad.
It’s not just that the episode was lacking in funny. The established characters were mostly written wrong, exhibiting characteristics we’ve never really seen before. And the med students — except for Drew — were so broadly written that they could have been played by anybody.
No wonder why this episode was buried on New Year’s Day.
First of all: Elliot. Was that the same person we left at Sacred Heart last year? Granted, she was a much more confident doctor and person at the end of season eight than she was at the beginning of the series. But I didn’t recognize this Elliot. She was almost cocky, a characteristic even season eight Elliot never had.
Could she have developed it after getting married to J.D. and getting pregnant? Maybe. But it felt like the writers had another doctor in the original draft and just decided to make the doctor into Elliot. Really, Lucy could have been marveling at any doctor who seemingly “had it all,” then called that doctor a “munch” when the doctor left her with her patient. The way it was written, we didn’t really see much of what made Elliot such a compelling character all these years. And, if all Bill Lawrence could afford was a couple of full episodes with Sarah Chakle, he and his crew pretty much wasted an opportunity.
On to Turk. Jeez, the guy’s got to sack up. He worked for an entire year without J.D. You’d think he’d be used to it. He never seemed to be the needy half of the couple, so having him essentially whine and pout throughout this entire episode was a little off-putting. We like Turk because he’s a cocky bastard, comfortable enough in his own skin to be able to dance to “Poison” and feel fine about it. Whiny Turk is not a fun Turk. Maybe palling around with Denise will give him back his mojo.
Oh, and Denise. Didn’t she kind of not like Turk? Or was she just disdainful of the whole weird thing he had with J.D.? Now all of a sudden she’s liking him? Seems convenient that Turk is turning to her to find people like the Korean Helen Hunt and steal birthday cake from too-chipper employees.
And why would Cox conspire with a med student, even if the med student was his designated #1, to get another med student to do all the scut work? Is that really something Cox would even bother with? Cole is barely worth his time, much less the effort to tell him about some fake ranking system.
Finally, Lucy. Dull as usual. Nothing about her character makes me want to follow her as she moves on in her medical career. And screw-ups like mixing the bachelorette photos for the class slides didn’t give me any more reason to sympathize with her.
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It’s J.D.’s last day of teaching and the students all submitted their teacher evaluations. Even though J.D. is the top-rated teacher, he gets one bad evaluation. He’s determined to find out who it is and teams up with Turk as the interractial Hardy boys and they discover a path of clues that lead them to Dr. Kelso’s shag pad. Damn, a dead end. Dr. Cox eventually reveals it’s him that wrote the evaluation, he has one last thing to teach J.D. He does not need other people’s approval and doesn’t need to keep babying the students. It’s medical school, not kindergarten.
Meanwhile, Lucy is unable to draw blood from anyone except J.D. He agrees to let her use him during her exam when she proves unable to draw from Cole. To let Lucy grow and after Cox’s speech, J.D. doesn’t show up to her test and she draws blood successful from Cox.
Oh and Sunny is back and wants to double date with Denise and Drew. Drew says no and Denise quickly pretends like she didn’t want to either. Cox convinces her she’s losing the power in the relationship so she makes him go and ditches him during the date. She explains to him they’re in a relationship because she said so.
DR. COX MAKES THE FATAL ERROR OF ASSIGNING LUCY AS HIS “HELL WEEK” LEADER, ON ABC’S “SCRUBS“
“Our Dear Leaders” — Lucy takes her new assignment as hell week “team leader” a bit too seriously, and Dr. Turk feels threatened when an internationally renowned surgeon pays a visit, on “Scrubs,” TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 (9:00-9:30p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
“Scrubs” stars Zach Braff as J.D., Donald Faison as Chris Turk, John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, Eliza Coupe as Denise, Kerry Bishe as Lucy, Michael Mosley as Drew and Dave Franco as Cole.
Guest starring is Reno Wilson as Russell.
The episode was written by Corey Nickerson and Kevin Etten and directed by Peter Lauer.
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It was good to see an episode that had a bit more of a balance between the old and the new. Yes, we concentrated a lot on the J.D./Turk “Bro-a-Palooza” and Ted’s departure from Sacred Heart. But we also got a fair amount of the students working together.
Do Lucy and Cole still need a little bit more of a personality infusion? Sure. But it’s hard to keep up comedically with characters who have been developed over the last eight years. This episode gives me hope that eventually they’re going to be able to stand on their own.
As others have mentioned, we need to see more of Turk away from J.D. We know he can stand on his own as a character, but if he’s going to be one of the significant cast members after Zach Braff leaves in two episodes, we’re going to need to see how he reacts to Cox, the students, Denise, etc. We’ve barely seen him interact with any of them without J.D. around.
Because of the Bro-a-Palooza, there wasn’t one scene where Donald Faison was separate from Braff. And despite how funny the story was — Turk the black cowboy and J.D. the Indian in chaps doing Brazillian fight dancing was priceless — it did Donald Faison’s character a disservice.
I will say one thing, though: Cox making the two of them realize that they’re getting old was a nice breath of fresh air. “Stop wearing ironic t-shirts and just let it happen.” Yes, Bill Lawrence seems to be mining similar territory in Cougar Town, but that’s probably because he’s feeling his forties hit him upside the head. I’m only 38, and I can relate to all of it. But it’s a good reminder to Turk and especially J.D. that their characters need to move forward, not stay in the past.
Ted and Gooch are so friggin’ adorable together, aren’t they? It was nice to see Ted stand up to Kelso and demand more from him than a drunken, clammy good-bye, even if the clammy one was Ted. And it was good to see Kelso finally give him one. After all the abuse Kelso gave and Ted took, it was heartening to know that Bobbo appreciated the guy.
Sam Lloyd doesn’t get enough credit for creating a well-defined character like Ted in his short bursts of screen time, and it was good to see him get a proper send-off. Which of the state songs did you like the best? My choice is Wyoming.
Ok, med students: Nicky Whelan looks like she’s become the fourth new regular, as she’s actually getting major plot time, and a name – Maya. It’ll be fun to see the writers play off her Aussie accent and her way too hot to be a med student physique. Good to see that Cole got some more personality quirks (can’t touch bread) and a teeny tiny bit of heart (he came back to talk to the dying patient played by Paul Dooley). Lucy has a weird habit of pulling on the front of her scrub top; is that Kerry Bishé’s quirk or one she gave the high-strung Lucy? And we didn’t see a lot of Drew, but we saw enough to know he used to eat from dumpsters and is still sleeping with Denise.
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THE STUDENT BECOMES THE TEACHER, ON ABC’S “SCRUBS“
“Our Role Models” — J.D. and Drew learn a tough lesson in mentoring when Dr. Cox and Lucy show them that sometimes the student is the teacher, on “Scrubs,” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 (9:00-9:30p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
“Scrubs” stars Zach Braff as J.D., Donald Faison as Chris Turk, John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, Eliza Coupe as Denise, Kerry Bishe as Lucy, Michael Mosley as Drew and Dave Franco as Cole.
Guest starring are Windell D. Middlebrooks as Captain Duncook, Steven Cragg as Lt. Underhill and Nicky Whelan as Maya. Other guest cast TBD.
The episode was written by Steven Cragg & Brian Bradley and directed by Gail Mancuso.
