Me personally I liked their relationship very much (more than him and Elliot together in fact) UNTIL she decided to drop that bomb on him and remove him from being a part of his son's life. IMO that was one of the worst examples of character assassination ever to show up on Scrubs.

Once she came back into his life though IMO there was just no chance of them working as a couple (even though they tried to make it work). Not just because of the lie but because of JD getting back together with her for completely the wrong reasons (entirely because of their son). But the lie itself was just too much to come back from. It's very difficult to just learn how to trust someone implicitly again after something like that.

For me my top 5 are as follows:

• Say champ. What has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap? Bob Kelso. How you doing? (this one is just a given)
• Kelso: Hiya sport. Jack: Your skin is wrinkly. Kelso: Yeah, well that shirt you're wearing is gay. (walks away with an evil smile on his face)
• Forget which episode this is from but when he enters a patient room by kicking down the door and Turk responds with, "Sir, the door was open." And Kelso says, "I know. I just love doing that."
• Hell, are my new boxers made of wool? Cause my weasel's getting heatstroke.
• While talking to the Janitor. Kelso, "Hey. Thanks to your little telling me the wrong time prank I was 45 minutes late for my oriental massage. Which means that instead of Pang-Wa, I had to settle for Ching-Dau." Janitor, "So?" Kelso, "Ching-Dau is a DUDE."

A lot of his other serious relationships get messed up for very legitimate reasons eg Alex's drug usage, Julie not being ready to settle down, Kim lying about having a miscarriage. But Kylie feels like the biggest screw up from JD (discounting anything with Elliot since ultimately JD and Elliot ended up together). She was lovely, intelligent, beautiful, had JD's goofy humour - she just needed him to be patient after she'd been cheated on by her very recent ex. A completely reasonable request. Thoughts? Gift shop girl is another one he screws up because the hospital is in his head but that was just one date, not a relationship and he didn't actually do anything wrong there, just got freaked out by seeing gross stuff at the hospital all day. Danni I'm not counting as a screw up as I don't think she is the kind of girl that JD would be into if she had been honest about what she was really like (I love her though, she's hilarious).

What are people's thoughts on this?

In My Life in Four Cameras where they do the talent show, has anyone else wondered or even figured out what Jordan’s talent is that’s banned in 27 states (after Arkansas buckled lol). I’ve always been curious about what it could be but just can’t figure it out.

I just noticed this and I wanna see if I’m right.

In the scene where Carla and Laverne are going to steal Steven from Turk’s car, Laverne yells out “LAVERNE ROBERTS!” and punches out the window.

Was that a Leeroy Jenkins reference?

Really enjoyed S1 and S2 (despite the early 2000s cringe inducing obsession with “no-homo”) and S3 started off well too but imploded right at the end. In the last few episodes, characters suddenly started behaving in unmotivated ways, especially JD winning over Eliot and then arbitrarily deciding he doesn’t want her because the writers clearly didn’t want to sew up that plot line yet. Yeah I know they abruptly start harping on JD only wanting things he can’t have, but I don’t buy it in the context of everything that came before. Additionally the show suddenly dialed up the wacky hijinks in a way that just isn’t as well put together.

Is this a slump in the show? Does it get better again or should I quit while I’m ahead?

Edit: Solved!

Hi friends,

There's a meme / clip of Elliot saying, "hahahaha .... no" and for the life of me I can't figure out what episode it's from. Is there a Scrubs expert out there that knows?

I will forever be in your debt, please and thank you. 🙏

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fyar4wJ3-Y

Almost every newcomer will view Scrubs as a medical comedy, which it is for the most part, but then you have the moments that really hit your emotions like very few shows can in my opinion.

The moments like:

My Old Lady, losing all 3 patients

My Screw Up, Cox not wanting to accept the death of someone he actually loves until JD puts him back in to reality

My Lunch, losing 3 patients to which Cox takes tremendous guilt over

and My Last Words, where the man who’s afraid of dying is consoled by JD and Turk in his final hours

and much more

• These moments don’t hit as hard without the comedy aspect of the show. Almost like how we live life in the most enjoyable way we can, that we don’t think about the tragedy that may come until it actually happens.

• The show did such a good job with even distracting the viewer in regards to this. You have one episode with a tragedy and a bunch of enjoyable ones in between that you go through, laughing along and getting really invested, forgetting about the inevitable tragedy that comes next.

Such a beautifully written show. Seasons 1-8 that is.

I’m on the end of season 2 and am confused about why it was necessary to lie to him that the baby was someone else’s. Why?

Outside, JD says something like “good day, sir.”, to the Janitor. To which the janitor replies something like “is it? Is it a good day?” And JD gets all flustered.

Been trying to find the clip for ages and google wasn’t bringing me any joy.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Thank you, Gmixy9, it is My Self-Examination. The actual quotes are;

JD. “Good morning.”

Janitor. “Is it? Is it really?”

JD. “No. I was just kidding.”

Thanks!

For me these are the top 3:

1. HALLELUJAH A BROTHA'S BOUT TO HAVE SOME SEX, HUH HUH, HALLELUJAH A BROTHA'S BOUT TO HAVE SOME SEEEEEEEEEEEX!!!! Smack the moneymaker.
2. Carla: Turk is very sensitive about his manliness. Remember when I told him his backpack looked like a purse? <Flashback> Carla: Turk, I didn't mean it. Turk (crying on the bathroom floor while wearing an unusually small backpack): I'M A MAN. A MAN DOES NOT CARRY A PURSE.
3. When competing with JD and Kylie for cutest couple and Turk decides to beat Carla at arm wrestling. "AHHHHH. DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET CARLA? DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH THE WARRIOR?"

Honorable mention goes to his suggestion that the Janitor and Ted name their air band Mercyflush.

On one of the EARLY episodes of "Fake Doctors, Real Friends," Bill was the guest and in between yelling "FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT!!" to kick off the theme song and annoy the hell out of Zach, somehow Zach started talking about how he and his dad would go see the New Jersey Nets play at the Meadowlands Arena and Donald and Bill were all, "Come on dude, like I bet you can't even name any of the players on the team," and Zach reeled off some names of actual NBA players including Darryl Dawkins, which led to a digression about Dawkins shattering backboards with his dunks and his love of giving himself a bunch of nicknames, like Chocolate Thunder as well as naming his various dunks.

This led to Bill saying that the writers room had an idea for Darryl Dawkins to somehow end up as a patient at Sacred Fart and it was an issue because in universe he and Laverne had been a couple.

Unfortunately, for 'reasons', they were never able to make the pieces fit so now it only exists in our minds and fan fiction.

Rewatching scrubs again, I thought a fun thing to do would to be add any songs that pop up that I really love to a Spotify playlist. On Spotify, you can add a photo to be the “album cover”.

There are so many iconic stills from the series and was wondering if anyone had some good suggestions I could use?

Bonus points if the screen cap is relevant to music/listening to music!

Edit: Personal, not persona :(

Although Scrubs is a comedy(-drama), I think it’s heavily implied that JD is an exceptionally gifted internal medicine physician. His diagnostic skill is clear from the first season and is a recurring theme.

Obviously, guy is very smart and went to school for medicine, so it makes sense he would be very good.

But here’s my headcanon:

JD’s daydreams are an integral part of what makes him such a good doctor.

When he’s giving Eliot “tips” about diagnosing, he actually explicates this part of his diagnostic process a little bit. He says something to the effect of, “you have to pretend you’re there and visualize every angle” as he evaluates a pile of sugar packets on the ground.

When you think about it, the vividness of JD’s hallucinations is abnormal. It’s a joke and a cornerstone of the show’s unique brand of comedy.

BUT, if you take the show at face value, then we have to acknowledge that it’s abnormal how JD can visualize faces perfectly and construct complex visualizations and stories in his head within just a few seconds of “daydreaming.”

This is also noted as a quality he’s possessed from a very young age. Both his dad and brother acknowledge that he has done that since childhood.

Anyway, that’s my little theory. JD has an exceptional gift for visualization, which he leverages to understand the human body and come up with creative diagnoses that allow him to elevate his career throughout the series.

Hey everyone, I have enjoyed Bill Lawrence comedies since Spin City. Scrubs was my fave for ages, now it's up there with Shrinking and Ted Lasso. After watching the latter two I was wondering what would Scrubs be like with swearing? It sounds like it would crack me up even more.

My Lunch, My Screw Up, and My Last Words

What are yours?

Hi Scrubs fans.

Hope you’re all doing well.

My favorite sitcom of all time. Divided about the revival, but will watch and hope it’s awesome. I know it’s expected to be on ABC.

i generally prefer keeping to the purity of anything, so suddenly introducing curse words and other things that are more than mild and making it feel like Ted Lasso or Bad Monkey, I just wouldn’t be a fan of it.

What about you?

Anyone info on where to find scrubs steamed in Europe in 2025? Thanks.

I just watched this show for the first time. All 8 seasons (Yes I also watched season 9 but it never happened, shut up lol. It didn’t ruin it at all for me tbh)

I’ve heard about the show a lot but I just never got around to it. It’s probably my favorite show of all time (so far).

I’ve never seen a show that could balance comedy, drama, and tragedy in the way they did it and it worked so well. It’s the first show where I really felt connected with each character.

The ending really hurt man. Cox allowing JD to hug him multiple times without verbally getting upset, My Screw Up and My Lunch, the episode where JD and Turk sat and talked with the man who was afraid of dying are just a few examples that got to me pretty hard.

The music on that show was excellent as well. Every song was chosen perfectly for each moment.

Now it’s been 4 days since I watched My Finale and I’m still just as sad that it’s over lol.

If they can figure out a way for a reboot that can make sense for the storyline, even if it’s just a movie or a mini series to lessen the workload since all the cast is older now, I hope it happens. (RIP Sam Lloyd)

I heard Bill Lawrence said it will probably happen? PLEASE!

I’d ship Winger and Elliot Reid