Doing a rewatch and JD’s fantasy about actively and consistently dookying in a colleague’s mouth (especially while they’re asleep) is absolutely haunting to me. 💩

F-1, Vegas, and the DJ Booth

December 17, 2024 • 74 mins

Zach and Donald went to Vegas and shut the F1 circuit down. They partied with Snoop Dog and had an awkward encounter with Michael Fassbender. It's a road trip for the books, and they're breaking it all down for you. Plus, new Scrubs!

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• Scrubs Rewatch episode discussions

I'm sure it's probably been said and done in here before, but I've noticed recently a lot of people saying how annoying they find JD after a rewatch. I have always found the character funny but very flawed.

I believe it was made by design. The janitor is essentially JD's comeuppance for whatever petty behaviour he seems to show per episode. Even if his torments don't necessarily match up with his actions during the episode.

He is essentially is always checking his behaviour... which I'm for. JD is a great character but as I said, hugely flawed. Most of the characters are in all fairness. Which makes Dr Cox being my favourite character weird as he's technically the most flawed character.

Anyway, the janitor constantly hounding JD is a great balance that allows him to not get away with his daft behaviour. The best dynamic in the show between two characters, by far!

With all the talk about how the original licensed songs were changed for streaming, I’m getting a feeling that on the DVDs are not the same ones? I may be too much in my head!

So I've been thinking about this lately. It started mostly with Elliot because his relationship with her was one I could never fully define. I wondered why he seemed to dislike her so much compared to JD, who was arguably just as neurotic.

But I started to think about every relationship he has. Arguably he's the closest to Carla and opens up to her the most. The trait he seems to despise most in his mother was her passive behaviour towards his and Paige's abuse. So women like Carla, Jordan and even Laverne who can all be gentle with him are also able to stand up for themselves and be assertive, which gains him their respect.

I think Perry has trouble connecting with Elliot because she can be extremely passive and struggle to stand up for herself. I actually think it's a trait Cox hates because it's what he fears he could have become with his upbringing. This is more evident in his relationships with men.

Every relationship Cox has with other men is clearly about ego and image, most likely due to his very abusive father. Especially seen with Turk who reflects the traits Cox likes best about himself: confident, athletic and very skilled at his job. Kelso also reflects this because he's much older and in a position of power over Cox which is close to a fatherly role in his life he wants to reject.

Then there's JD. An interesting paradox in that he embodies a femininity that makes it easier for Cox to open up to him more than any other man on the show whilst simultaneously driving him further away. Because JD isn't like the other men in Cox's life, he's more than capable of standing up to Perry and has done on numerous occasions but he never postures with him the way Turk, Janitor or Kelso do. Perry's attempts to feminise JD and associate him with his mother and her passiveness is contradicted by his willingness to advocate for himself and others, defying the association with his father that all masculinity is rooted in ego or violence.

Overall, I think Dr Cox is very closed off from others and the associations he makes with other people is very much imbedded from his childhood.

I was just rewatching the season 1 christmas episode and Turk is still very religious. I know this episode is about him struggling with his faith but it seems like it's kind of a dropped part of his charecter, apart from offhand comments about God. In the later seasons he doesn't even wear a cross. What's your opinion on this? Was it relevant enough to earn more screen time?

A PA-C here, not a doctor, never went through residency, or fellowship. Long time fan of scrubs, and I still think pound for pound it is the best medical show. The humor and attitude of all the cast is by far the most relatable to my own experience in medicine. I have been watching the new show St. Denis and there’s just not enough actual medicine in the show if you ask me. It’s almost too light hearted, but I’m curious to see anyone else’s opinion. I realize it’s a new show FYI

Jack Conger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conger?useskin=vector

And Jack Sock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sock?useskin=vector

What makes you do a full season rewatch or certain episodes?

Every few months I find myself rewatching scrubs from the start, a little context I’ve been her since the very start when it first aired on channel 4 in the uk. I use to think I liked the comfort of the show, the music, the characters, but I’ve realised lately that it gives me a lot of confidence to deal with real problems in my life.

It’s made realise that it’s ok to admit when ive made mistakes and as scary as it is, owning them and apologising for them is never as scary as repeatable playing them over and over in your head.

I was close to jds age when the show was first released and now I’m dr cox’s age.

Which episode does Elliott explain her storage/ food containers and has a quick ran over spider eggs in her cereal?!

i grew up watching scrubs when it was on tv and i rewatched it countless times back then and since have put it on in the background etc.

i’ve been desperate for another rewatch but refused to watch it without the original soundtrack so my boyfriend bought me the dvd box set for my birthday so i can finally watch it the way it was intended!!!

For me it's Hey Julie by Fountains of Wayne, my mind plays out the entire montage with JD and Julie. EDIT: Wow, this post blew up! I was expecting a couple dozen answers, but Scrubs' soundtrack was really just so good that everybody has a different selection!

What scene or episode has been relatable for you?

From the board not knowing how old Kelso is, how old is Mrs. wilk, elderly STD patients "how old do you think I am?". Bob's age comes up once or twice before. Clinical trial patient Mr. Tillman, THIRTY-FIVE! The woman whose name I can't remember but was 53, not 63 and therefore a perfect candidate. The OBGYN not knowing how old any of his patients are and just accepting that they're all 29.

I'm sure I'm missing some others. But it seems like clerical age related issues happen way more often than they should

For me it’s Pieces by Sum 41

I wish I had a bromantic guy like them❤️

Best of all, it has some of the original music so far and when I say original, I mean music not even available on the DVDs such as Dracula from Houston (S01E04) and Electric Relaxation (S01E07).

I work in the hospital and occasionally, there are moments of absolute weirdness that I like to call my Scrubs Moments. My moment the other day was this:

I saw the sun rising out the window and walked over to it. It was gorgeous colors, the kind the camera cannot do justice (this pic was as close as i could get). At the same time, another colleague wander over to do the same. We stood there and talked bout how pretty it was, but also how we both new a better place to see it. We walked to gether to a different window. Instantly I felt transported to a little pocket of time where it was just us sharing this view and nothing else going on. We stood there several actual minutes watching the sun vome up. It wasn't just me. I heard her later say we had this surreal experience of disassociating.

It felt very Turk on the bench outside the hospital, when JD sits down and the hospital turns into a beautiful beach scene. Anyone else's have these Scrubs Moments IRL?

I'm talking about the "half turk-half elliot" scene and obviously it's better without blackface because blackface is horrible but I also think it's way funnier to just have no fantasy shown and have JD coming out of it fondling air boobs 😭

So I’m on my first rewatch in forever (over 10yrs) but I still feel like I remember almost everything.

I’m into season 3 though and for the first time got confused. I feel like I know the answer, but gotta ask: S3 E8, My Friend the Doctor. JDs trying to get over Elliot, or at least convince Turk he’s over her, and here’s how the scene plays out:

Turk says to picture her, it shows a fantasy scene of JD and Elliot kissing. Then says now picture her with Sean. Same fantasy scene with JD and Elliot kissing. That’s where the scene ends.

However, I swear there’s a 3rd scenario where Turk asks “now picture her with me.” And again, it’s a fantasy of JD and Elliot kissing, except JD is black. Then Turk says something like “Kissing her all 3 times except the last time you’re black?”

That happened right? I’m like 98% sure that existed, and probably got deleted bc of cancel culture bc it was sooooooo offensive, but wanted to see if I’m somehow getting that mixed up with another ep?