True but better than the 9th season. And I loved the finale of him looking at his past present and future

Highly gifted people oftentimes feel the need to give it their all to excel in their field of work/study. Ed did not. So he didn't throw his career away out of laziness. He put in just the amount of work required for him to succeed the way he saw fit for his true self. He may not get the most sought-after, highest paying, most prestigious positions in the future - but he'll be able to make a good living as a doctor without giving up on his life outside of work like so many other gifted medical professionals do. I'm glad that Ed was talented enough to do better than most of his peers whilst also being able to uphold a reasonable work-life balance. Good on him for not carving into toxic peer pressure.

@@epaminon6196 sorry I have only just seen your comment. I am not sure if you’re being sarcastic. As a few episodes later he is fired as he fall behind. Due to being lazy and not applying himself.

@@cnote2458 Thanks for the reply. I didn't watch the follow-up. Now that I did, I can see why he got fired. Obsessing over a flipper automat and going out of his way to rub it into his supervisor's nose was just plain moronic of him. But he got flanderized by the writers of the show to highlight how important giving it your best really is. They threw him under the bus by making him a pradody of a lazy student. But that's not how someone like him would behave. He would have faked interest and participation to stay out of his infamously strict instructors way. That's how he would have gotten to 'above average' in the past. In my eyes, that's just sloppy writing.

@@epaminon6196 I do agree with you they used a very basic formula for his character. And he could have been written a bit better. But I think they wanted to highlight the importance of hard work in a hospital. And just because you have a higher intelligence than a lot of people. Doesn’t mean you don’t have to work equally as hard as everyone else.

@@cnote2458 I partially agree with you. In the showy Dr. Cox was at first bewildered (almost infuriated even) by the idea of a lowly intern having enough spare time to frequent the hospital's break room. That alone is toxic AF. But that's something most interns cannot afford to do. Average or below average interns need to fulfill their standard duties and use their spare time to cram for theoretic exams. If they don't cram hard, they fail the exams. Gifted interns with high aspirations spend their potential time to go the extra mile both in the field as well as in the exams to earn the best work reviews and the best grades to get the best positions and promotions the fastest. Gifted interns with modest aspirations can do their due diligence in the field, learn for a fair amount of time to pass the exams with relative ease and still have time to spare to enjoy their free time. Your thoughts?

Ed failed, Katy got better. I agree though JD was the best teacher. The interns that got screwed were Sunny and Howie. They deserved a mentor.

I think she was a foil to JD to show that what makes him successful is his emotional commitment as much as his knowledge

I would have wished for somwthing like that. Or just a quiet but determined "Go".

I just watched this episode and thought so too. It would‘ve had even more impact.

Family Guy just made a vaccine campaign, so Corona reached Quahog!

and best of all after it ended it only had one season of zombie show syndrome, so its legacy remains intact.

@@rustyshackelford312season 9 has its moments, no Carla was oddly a plus for me and I always found her unlikable (although that was kinda her role), love Judy Reyes though

@@dowkinners4106 Season 9 was never Scrubs. Even Bill Lawrence the creator says though. It was just marketed as Scrubs because ABC wanted to cash in on the popularity.

There’s a scene early on where JD says he admires Dr Cox after Dr Cox was still taking a patients death hard after all these years being a doctor. And here we see JD 8 years into being a doctor still crying over patients

I think that's why this show never leaves my mind.

Well, better than his beard growth