Scrubs

Good old season two of Scrubs started off with Dr. Cox angry at J.D. for finding out his mentee slept with his ex-wife and ended with Cox discovering that Jordan's baby, Jack, was actually son. 

Along the way we had some incredible guest stars, including Tasty Coma Wife (Amy Smart), Turk's borther (D.L. Hughley), the reason Cox and Jordan got divorced (Jay Mohr) and Turk and J.D.'s old college buddy, Spence (Ryan Reynolds).

Overall, the second season will always be one of our favorites and had some of the most memorable Scrubs moments.  Now's your chance to relive the season with some of our favorite Scrubs quotes from the season. 

Here's just some of our favorite Scrubs season two quotes, you can follow the previous link for the rest!

Dr. Cox [to J.D.]: Do you know how I know this is your's, Farrah? Because when I paged you earlier someone found it next to a can of Fresca and a dog-eared copy of Teen People Magazine - anyway. Long story short, the whole incident gave me a bang up idea, because you see I've got tomorrow off. So I'm gonna be on my couch sipping on some scotch paging you every twenty seconds and if you don't answer every damn last one of them I'm gonna shove this thing so far down your throat it's gonna make you take a tinkle every time it goes off | permalink

J.D: This, this isn't like being a janitor, okay? It's not like something everybody can do.
Janitor: Ohh, so you can do my stuff but I can't do yours.
J.D.: Yes!
Janitor: Okay hotshot, what would you use to get a coffee stain up off a tile floor?
J.D.: I don't know-the rough side of a sponge?
Janitor: Damnit! | permalink

Dan: So, while I'm here, we should play some frisbee golf, we should... maybe give dad a call... Dad. Oh, we should definitely make sure I sleep with that Elliot chick.
J.D.: That's a little weird for me 'cause... I don't know if you'd know this or not, but... we used to be intimate.
Dan: Int-inimate? What'd you do, bathe her?
J.D.: Yeah, once... but she was wearing a swimsuit. | permalink

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While two more episodes of Scrubs have been recorded, ABC aired the last scheduled episode of the show's ninth season last night.  So what did we think of what was possibly the last aired episode?

It's kind of a shame, because Scrubs med school continues to get better each episode this season as the new characters take up more and more screen time.  On this week's episode, "Our Dear Leaders," it was hell week for the medical students.

Drew, who's clearly become a leader both in terms of the show and his on-screen study group, decided he wanted to step down from helping everyone, and Lucy was forced to step up.  Much like her inability to take the torch as narrator from J.D., she was unable to lead the study group.

We were glad to see a softer side of Cox as he mentored Drew into becoming the natural leader he is.  After eight seasons of Coxian Cox, it was nice to see him finally able to show a nicer side, even managing to do it in character.

Unfortunately, Turk and the Scrubs writers desire to drag him down to the level of the students, had him regressing back into a petty, jealous Turk of seasons ago.  It was weird to see a Chief of Surgery getting so jealous of a visiting doctor.  Owell, at least we got to see Turk attempt to dance again.

Overall, the episode had us smiling the whole time and plenty of laugh out loud gags.  James Franco does just fine in the background taking over for Ansari's Ed as Cole.  When he's not the center of storyline, his quick jokes are actually pretty tolerable and funny.

Plus, hey, we're in love with any episode that features Maya, even if she has almost no dialogue.  She does a gorgeous job of just standing there.  Lucy, meanwhile, who's normally one of the weakest characters had some of the best lines this episode.  While we didn't necessarily love her crazy, we did love her calling out Trey and asking "You feeling froggy?  Then leap son."  Amazing.

It's sad to know that just as the Scrubs cast started to grow on us, ABC isn't even going to get to air its remaining two episode.  We're hoping they move this show to the Wednesday comedy night on ABC and at least see how the last two episodes do in the ratings.

Hey, ABC owns the rights to Scrubs now and has money to be made off DVD sales, so anything's possible.  Until then, you can catch our Scrubs quotes from the episode and our rating after the jump.

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While Better Off Ted goes off the air next week, Scrubs continues to hang on.

However, the medical show is on life support.

It airs its final Tuesday night episode before moving to Wednesday evening and then, most likely, the TV graveyard. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

First, fans will enjoy "Our Dear Leaders," an installment based around Hell Week, with Lucy placed in charge of the young group. Click on each photo below for a sneak peek at a few scenes and, of course, many silly captions...

With the except of last week's Zach Braff-filled episode, Scrubs med school continues to find its legs with the new cast.  This week's episode, "Our True Lies," had two phenomenal story lines involving the new characters, and one mediocre one involving the originals.

Call us suckers for Drew and Denise, but we love any plot line that involves these two horrible human beings together.  While Dr. Cox is slightly starting to feel stale after nine years, Drew and Denise are refreshing as the new Cox and Jordan of Scrubs med school.  The idea of the hardened criminal, Drew, being the softer of the two, completely parallels Cox and Jordan, but somehow still feels original.

Unfortunately, Dr. Cox and Turk's plotline which featured a prominent use of Kelso and the Todd, did not feel as fresh.  Why would these guys who have been doctors for so long still not know to talk to their patients or be able to handle lesbians?  Okay, well, we understood with the Todd. With our other two docs, the show feels likes it's undoing things we've learned about these characters for years.

Luckily, the main story line forced all the new cast members into one room and it turned out amazing.  Even the gorgeous Maya was given some lines.  So glad to see her stick around!

Unfortunately, Maya and the rest of the cast won't be sticking around too much long, as even Bill Lawrence seems to be admitting the show doesn't have much of a chance for a tenth season.  With only three episodes left, you better enjoy them while you have them!

Here are our Scrubs quotes from the half hour:

Cox: Here's what I'm gonna do if someone doesn't tell me who did. I'm gonna make you all retake the test. It's going to be you a new test, it's gonna be ten times as hard. It's not just gonna be on medicine, it's going to be on everything. Baseball, statistic, North Dakota high schools, the geography of a made of fantasy world I like to call Coxatopia. That's a magic land where where rivers run of scotch and hordes of pigs feed on the bones of cheating med students. | permalink

Todd: Sorry dog, already called shotgun on the lesbian.
Turk: You can't call shotgun on a person.
Todd: Alright then, dibs.
Turk: Dammit, dibs works. Todd, I'll let you run point on this, but you gotta act cool. | permalink

Kelso: Bar codes? What the hell is this, a supermarket? That's a human being, for god's sake!
Dr. Cox: Listen, old prospector. I know that any new machine scares you, but here's the well-held secret: you know that box that records your favorite television shows? There isn't a demon inside of it!
Kelso: Then how does it know what I like?! I miss the good old days, when doctors and patients actually got to know each other. You know, back when sexually harassing a nurse was just considered polite chit-chat.
Turk: Yes...the good old days. Back when a man of my color couldn't be a doctor...but could live out his life-long dream of one day driving a white woman to her hair appointments. Yes. Things were much better back then.
Dr. Kelso: See? Turkleton gets it. | permalink

Drew: Strawberry frosting, nice?
Denise: Hey you got fruit, dairy, enough sugar for a month. What else do you need?
Drew: A spoon?
Denise: Use your fingers, Queen Elizabeth. | permalink

It looks like there's a slight, small chance that ABC might gives the news Scrubs a second shot at life.  Originally, the network planned to air all remaining episodes in January by doubling them up each week.

Starting last night with "Our Stuff Gets Real," the network has decided to air one rerun alongside a new episode.  We're just holding out hope that ABC gives the show a serious shot by airing it on Wednesday nights alongside the rest of its comedies next season.

The new Scrubs continues to improve as it finds its groove, and last night, which was Zach Braff's sixth and final appearance, was still good, despite Braff's appearance.  The show clearly must have received word of their criticisms of having dual narrators, as J.D. was about to go into a fantasy, Elliot stepped in and threatened to punch him.

Stepping back from the narrator role, J.D. was perfect last night.  Between his attempts to sleep with a very pregnant Elliot to his usual antics with Turk, he never dominated the show. We're still ready to say goodbye to the character, but at least he didn't ruin the episode.

Lucy, as narrator, was given the main storyline as she tried to cut up the cadaver of a patient she knew with Turk's help.  Always nice to see Turk taking a bigger, more serious role in the show.

Meanwhile, Bill Lawrence apparently gave his wife permission to leave the Cougar Town set as Jordan made her first appearance on season nine.  She even made a reference to her sister, Danny (Tara Reid).  It was a fun throwback, without taking too much away from the rest of the cast.

Drew and Denise, our two favorite new characters, were unfortunately just supporting characters due to the fact Cox and J.D. were each give the other two storylines.  We're still looking forward to the day when the torch is completely handed over and we hope ABC will give Scrubs a chance to do so.

Anyways, enough of our rambling.  Now it's time for some Scrubs quotes from the episode:

Jordan: You know that bag of bones my sister Danny married? He died, she got nothing.
Cox: Bert died?
Jodran: You're not listening. Danny got nothing. You need to do your will so I can get all your stuff. | permalink

J.D.: All the baby books say we'll be back to our normal sex life in about six weeks.
Turk: Those baby books are filled with lies. You don't know, it's crazy. You're gonna be changing diapers covered in spit up. You're not gonna have sex for a long, long, long time.
J.D.: No hide the penny?
Turk: No.
no me girl, you boy
Turk: No.
J.D.: No dirty Zulu warrior?
Turk: No, and that one's racist.
J.D.: There'll still be cuddling, right? Please tell me there'll be cuddling. I'm a man, I have needs.
Turk: She'll have a baby to cuddle with.
Turk: That bastard. | permalink

Cox: I mean around here, you just can't let your work and personal life overlap.
Denise: Yeah, that was always Ally McBeal's problem too. It's so hard being a working woman in the 90s. | permalink

J.D.: Denise brought some non-alcholic beer.
Denise: Yeah, I got it for this dude I'm railing, he used to be an alky.
Drew: Not an appropriate time to bring all that up, but there it is.
Cole: And I brought some sensual body chocolate. What's the situation with the big old D's? Got any milk yet? | permalink

Eight episodes into Scrubs season nine and we finally see what the show will be without any original cast members guest starring (and no, we're not counting the Todd).  So what did we think of "Our Couples?"

Well, the plot line between Turk and Dr. Cox felt a bit rehashed from earlier seasons where we've already seen Turk earn Cox's respect as a surgeon.  However, for some reason we still liked seeing Turk and Cox as equals and Cox being forced to call Turk "cute" at the end.

Meanwhile, Lucy came to terms that she actually had feelings for Cole for whatever bizarre reason.  While nothing stood out too much from the storyline, we did like seeing a vunerable side to Cole and the hopes he may one day become a decent character slash human being.

Meanwhile, our favorite members of the new cast, Drew and Denise had their own amazing side storyline where they teamed up doing "couple stuff."  Where couple stuff for this disturbing couple is tormenting others.

As much as we dislike the new security guards, seeing Denise convince one of them his golf cart ran away because it was being mistreated was actually quite enjoyable.  Overall the episode was decent and deserves a B-.  We'll continue to watch the new Scrubs for as long as ABC will give it to us.

Now for our favorite Scrubs quotes mostly led by the quote-friendly d-bag, Cole and the rough-around-the-edges Denise:

Denise: Drew, if I wanted to be with a girl, I could. Save all the emotional crap for your diary. | permalink

Lucy: Denise, that was girl talk. You have broken a sacred bond between sisters.
Denise: Oh no, now I'm not gonna be able to wear the traveling pants this week. Look, I know that you have daddy slash food slash body slash horse issues. But Cole? Really? | permalink

Cole: You can't just jump in front of golf carts, that's how gardeners die. | permalink

Cole: Oh like you're so great? you're wishy washy, you're obsessed with horses and there's that weird role play where you make me pretend I'm black.
Lucy: Is this coming from Cole or Deshaun?
Cole: Both. | permalink

The new Scrubs is finally starting to find its niche with J.D. finally out of the cast.  While it may not have been as good as early seasons of Scrubs, "Our White Coats" was easily as good as any of the later J.D. led seasons of the show.

In a way, the episode still cheated by having Sarah Chalke guest starring and being involved in all three storylines, but Drew and Denise both continue to stand out as true show leaders, while Dr. Cox and Turk never feel out of place amongst the new cast.

We definitely love seeing the much more confident Elliot mentoring Lucy, but we're going to keep sound like a broken record and hope to see how the new cast handles the show once even she is gone as a crutch.

Unfortunately, we're sure it's for nothing since ABC is rushing to get rid of its Scrubs episodes in January and there will likely be no season ten with its ratings, but we're going to give this episode a B+.

Now for our favorite Scrubs quotes from the half hour:

Perry: To recap, what is the number one attribute all medical school students share with this skeleton?
Lucy: The hollow area of nothing in the skull?
Perry: Exactly. | permalink

Kelso: Can I do the interview with that little number in the second row? She said I reminded her of her grandfather and I think I can use that to at least get her top off.
Cox: You're a hell of an educator, Bob.
Kelso: I do it for them. | permalink

Lucy: You've never been to Maine and you were college roommates with Michael Bolton.
Cox: Yes and the latter fuels most of my anger. | permalink

Cole: I hope the school has insurance, because my keynote speech is gonna blow the roof off this mother. | permalink

So we finally got our first J.D.-less episode of the new Scrubs we've been asking for each week.  So how did the "Our New Girl-Bro," the episode where they finally pulled the bandaid go?

Well, we loved having a nice Elliot episode.  It was nice to see her mature, confident self from season 8 even more confident due to her pregnancy.  It felt much more natural for her to mentor Lucy than J.D., anyways.

However, the rest of the staff doesn't seem to have a natural mesh together.  For example, why was Drew sitting with Elliot when he popped in with his witty one liner?  It felt like they were just looking for a character to stick in there.  In previous season of Scrubs, there could have been a more rational choice.

We understand it's going to take time to develop relationships between new characters and the old, but this show still feels too discombobulated between the old and the new.  We feel this was a decent first attempt at a J.D.-less episode, but relied too much on Elliot and Turk in his abscence.

We're going to go ahead and give the episode a B- rating and look forward to seeing how the show continues to grow as they run out of Sarah Chalke and Zach Braff episodes.  Now for our favorite Scrubs quotes from the episode:

Elliot: I've learned two things since I've been pregnant: ketchup on cereal is delicious and sometimes you need to be selfish. | permalink

Kate: Don't you think think you should disinfect the area first?
Elliot: Good catch, Kate. What do you think, should we wipe away all the deadly bacteria or should we do this Civil War era style? | permalink

Cole: Hey Dr. Cox, I just finished cleaning that guys foot ulcer.
Dr. Cox: How'd that go for you?
Cole: I'm not gonna lie, I yacked on his face. Other than that.. crushed it! | permalink

Lucy: Morning sunshine. You look rested. Wow, and making time for the paper, that must be nice. Later you munch.
Elliot: Did she call me a butt munch?
Drew: She didn't use the word munch, but I can't think of any other prominent type of munch, so yeah I think she called you a butt munch. | permalink

Oh J.D. said it best this week on Scrubs during his last day of teaching:

Turk: It's your last day of teaching, what do you want to do?
J.D.: I don't know, old friend. I've left so many times, I've come back so many times. Even I'm confused. I think we're going to have to sit this one out. | permalink

Really, how many goodbyes can one guy try to extract from us already.  Just leave!  All that aside, J.D. and Turk's plot this episode, "Our Mysteries" was actually fairly entertaining.  The dream sequence of them as the interracial Hardy Boys and Turk's use of the magnifying glass provided some laugh out loud moments.

However, as we keep saying each week, J.D. needs to stop dragging this out and leave.  We know he's down to only one episode left in his six episode order and we're not sure how they're going to send him off.

Meanwhile, the episode also focused on Denise and Drew making their relationship official and struggling.  We're not sure if it's just our crush on Eliza Coupe, but we love every scene Denise in.  We almost wish this girl could have taken over as narrator, but we'll see how Lucy does once the reins are fully in her hands.

We're still holding out hope for the new Scrubs to take off once J.D. leaves for good and are still reserving our judgment.  Either way, we were still entertained and captured our favorite Scrubs quotes from the episode:

J.D.: Part of me will always be with you, here [touches head] and here [touches stomach].
Lucy: My stomach?
J.D.: I would have touched your heart, but I did that to another female student once and it resulted in me watching a four hour video called "boundaries." | permalink

Turk: Okay, let me hack into the medical school files.
J.D.: You can hack?
Turk: No I have a password. It sounded cooler. | permalink

Dr. Cox: There's my big box of failure. Oh Santa, you got my letters you fat bastard. | permalink

Cole: Hey, you got any of those weiner pills?
Kelso: Who do you think you're talking to son? I'll give you one for $10.
Cole: You got change for a $20?
Kelso: Nope. [takes money] We'll drop a couple of these bad boys and go trolling for ladies at the airport bar.
Cole: Will you be my grandpa? | permalink

Maybe we're unwilling to let go of one of our favorite sitcoms, but we still love Scrubs.  However, after this week, the show has confirmed that it really needs to figure out where it's going.

Episodes continue to be split between J.D.'s narrative and Lucy, which again, we're okay with, especially this week when J.D. and Turk's Broapalooza took them to the med student party, which blended nicely with the medical students plotline.

Quick Side Note: They gave the hot Australian student, Maya, a line of dialogue!  We're holding out hope they'll make her a regular once some of the stars leave and free up some room.  She is much too gorgeous to let go of.

Back to our review.  Our main issue with this week's episode was the Ted and Gooch storyline.  Season 8 was the chance for the old cast members to have their sendoffs. 

Sure Ted never had a proper one and we were glad to see him stand up to Kelso and even call him Bob in his goodbye, but Ted got plenty of storyline in season eight, and even matched up with the Gooch.  Did he need a second goodbye and just another excuse to make us loyal viewers sad?

We'll keep saying it until it happens, but rip the band-aid off.  Send off the regulars already and stop toying with us.  Now that the med students are being fleshed out more, even Cole isn't that irritating.  In fact, he had a few great lines this episdoe and even did an awesome little "Final Countdown" bit.

We're ready for Scrubs Med School to have a life of its own and we think it's going to be great.  The actual main storyline featuring the medical students may have been a rehash of last season's "My Last Words," but that was even openly acknowledged in the episode.  The point of this story was more focused on the medical students being fleshed out, and less about the patient, so we thought it actually worked out well.

Even with all of our complaints, "Our Histories" was still a great episode and our favorite so far this season.  We'll continue to be the only source of Scrubs season nine quotes and you can check out our favorites from this episode after the jump.

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