Archive for Med Students
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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THE MED STUDENTS TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY THEY WANT TO BE DOCTORS, ON ABC’S “SCRUBS“
“Our White Coats” Before receiving their white coats, the med students of Winston University must figure out why they want to be doctors, and Denise gets a little relationship help from Elliot, on “Scrubs,” FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 (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 Sarah Chalke as Elliot, Ken Jenkins as Dr. Kelso, Tony Tambi as Joseph and Windell D. Middlebrooks as Captain Duncook. Other guest cast TBD.
The episode was written by Andy Schwartz and directed by John Putch.
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Check out a first look of the season 9 premiere of SCRUBS which airs Tuesday, December 1, 9:00-9:30 and 9:30-10:00 p.m on the ABC Television Network
SCRUBS Season 9 Premiere “Our First Day of School” – J.D., Turk, Drs. Cox and Kelso and Intern Denise return to Sacred Heart to teach med school, while new med students Lucy, Drew, Cole and Maya are put through the ringer on their first day of school, on the Season Premiere of “Scrubs,” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 (9:00-9:30 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 Sarah Chalke as Elliot, Ken Jenkins as Dr. Kelso, Neil Flynn as the janitor, Robert Maschio as Todd, Nicky Whelan as Maya, Windell D. Middlebrooks as Captain Duncook, Steven Cragg as Lt. Underhill, Walter Addison as Ben and Holly Kaplan as the patient. Other guest cast TBA.
The story was written by Bill Lawrence and directed by Michael Spiller.
