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So the new version of Scrubs
doesn’t seem to be going well with critics and long-time fans of the show. But would it help if they brought back one major force from the old cast of the show? Yep, we’re talking about Neil Flynn.
The Janitor has always been a remarkable presence on the eight beloved seasons of Scrubs. His exit from the show’s ninth season was already perfect in itself, but it wouldn’t hurt if we saw him once again, would it?
On an interview with Movieline, the 49-year-old actor who gained fame on Scrubs and The Middle discussed why exactly he left the ABC comedy and the hopes of coming back. We really would enjoy hearing about possibilities for his return, even though the Janitor may be a bit out of place in Winston University.
Neil Flynn was usually comfortable with his role on Scrubs, especially since he had plenty of input when it came to his lines. Most of his script was improvised, and series creator Bill Lawrence didn’t limit the actor’s own comic style.
“Knowing that the scene was open-ended and being on the show as long as we had, they knew that we’d be able to come up with something on the set,” he told the publication. “Especially scenes I had with Zach Braff. Very early on, we were comfortable altering the dialogue a little bit. Bill Lawrence, the creator, was all for it. He joked that if it was funnier, he’d get the credit.”
As for his departure from the show, Neil Flynn had this to say: “Well, they would have had everyone back if everyone was available. We aired a series finale so the show was done. No one was under contract or anything and so a few of us headed out and tried to get our next jobs.”
Moving on from Scrubs to The Middle wasn’t too hard for the actor, but he still recalls all the good times he had on the Sacred Heart set. That made it easy for him to agree on coming back for more.
“It just so happened that I got a different job so they asked me to do the first episode of Scrubs [this season] to explain why my character would no longer be there,” Flynn explained. “But they tell me that they’re keeping a spot open for me should I ever feel like coming back and I’d love to.”
Could the Janitor actually make another appearance on
Scrubs [Med School] and make things tough for Lucy? She may be not the J.D. we’re used to, but we’re thinking she needs a bit more advice from Dr. Jan Itor.
Six episodes in and we’re still trying our best to get used to the new cast of ABC’s Scrubs. But to make that transition easier, the casting department has brought in Dave Franco, whose co-stars believe he’s better suited to a teen drama instead of this.
Still, he’s making his mark on the comedy series as Cole Aaronson, an entitled and cocky med student. He’s had his share of films in the past, but this is his biggest project yet. What’s interesting is that he believes his personality’s nowhere near his character’s, even though he’s able to portray him so convincingly.
According to the North Bay Nugget, Dave Franco explains how Cole has put up a façade to keep others from finding him vulnerable. “As the season progresses, you learn about his relationship with his parents, which a lot of his attitude stems from,” the Scrubs star said.
“At the same time, you see that he is a vulnerable kid. With all that said, he puts on an arrogant front, but at the same time, it’s obvious that he’s not really this guy. He is harmless, when it’s all said and done.”
But despite the character’s positive traits, Dave Franco asserts that he and Cole are no similar. “I like to believe that I’m nothing like this character. I don’t know why it comes easily to me. I like to believe I’m a pretty friendly, gracious person, and maybe it’s just my desire to be an a– that I never am.”
Who Dave Franco is, exactly, is more than actor James Franco’s kid brother. The two of them have worked together in the past, sharing experiences and lessons in the industry.
“He’s let me figure out things for myself, learn from my own mistakes. But at the same time, if there is anything I ever do need to know about acting, if I have any questions, he’s always there to answer them,” Dave Franco admitted.
“But I love that he doesn’t interfere with my path. I want to have my own career. I don’t want to be James Franco’s little brother for the rest of my life.”
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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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