Scrubs – New network, new interns, new boss, classic blend
(Season 8, Episodes 1 & 2 – “My Jerks” & “My Last Words” – Season Premiere)
The first words of the shiny new season on ABC are “That’s new,” as JD points to the ABC logo in the bottom right corner. This segueways us into a discussion between him and the janitor about his new “Miami Vice” beard, which he feels makes him look like a new Kenny Loggins. Yep, Scrubs is back and hasn’t lost any of its charm for the switch from NBC to ABC.
Right off the bat we were introduced to three interns: Katie (who is the mother of all kiss-asses), Denise (who completely lacks in bedside manner), and Ed (who pretended to be a woman on a Lost fansite to mess with someone as revenge for their doing that to him). No, I’m not sure what that means about the character, but that’s what we were given. Much has been made of this being possibly the last season of Scrubs, and definitely the last with Zach Braff. So we’re told this new batch of interns could be the future of the franchise, a la ER and the cast of rotating doctors there. We’ll see.
Never fear, the Brain Trust is here! Just make sure you know where to find it (hint: ABC)
The Janitor (no other character name known) has a problem. Who does he turn to? Not a family member, or one of the many doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital. No, he calls on his very own Brain Trust, that collection of otherwise clueless minds on Scrubs, who work in tandem to solve his problems.
The Brain Trust has had two manifestations. One we’ll call pre-Ted, one with-Ted (you thought I was going to say post-Ted, didn’t you?) The pre-Ted incarnation of the BT was sad (as opposed to pathetic). The core of the group: Read the rest of this entry »
My look at Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season
ABC Studios
You know, it’s a little depressing looking at these DVD sets for the 2007-2008 television season. Because of the writer’s strike, most of our favorite shows had really short runs, truncating plans and creating pretty uneven presentations. This was especially difficult for Scrubs, because the seventh season was supposed to be their final season. And it was. On NBC.
So we only got 11 episodes, which creates for a pretty lean DVD experience. Clocking in at 236 minutes, it’s shorter than the 1993 film Gettysburg and Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet. So what do you do when your entire season is shorter than some theatrical films? Pack that bad boy full of extras, and that’s exactly what ABC Studios almost did.
SpoilerSport: October 1, 2008
SpoilerSport and AngryFan hook up once a week to chat it up about television. ‘Sport always seems to have the latest scoop, even if ‘Fan isn’t always thrilled by what is learned. This week they discussed a wide variety of shows including 24, Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, Brothers & Sisters, CSI: NY, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, House, The Office, Pushing Daisies, Scrubs and Smallville.
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