The Day Scrubs Died

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An exploration into the history of Scrubs, the aspects that made it special, and the one episode that sparked the show's downfall to mediocrity.
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[@bigdeboatl23]

If you can, do the day Heroes died.

[@jackstecker5796]

Having worked in a hospital, Scrubs really captured the emotional swings that that environment entails. Boredom into sudden crisis. Laughing and joking with coworkers, and then rushing family members to see a terminal patient in the span of 90 seconds. Helping a nurse dress out for a possible Ebola case because you used to work in the nuclear industry, and the procedures are mostly the same. Being able to calm them and focus them, saying, "I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt."

[@cpt191021]

the day it died was the writers strike that lasted for 1 1/2 years

[@ElvisDman]

The day rick and morty died would be interesting

[@TheBloobster]

I mightve considered Filmora if the quality of this video wasn't so bad... aight that was mean, but why is everything so blurry? I actually rly love ur vids.

[@jonathanmitchell2040]

Scrubs only had 8 seasons. There was nothing beyond that. Only 8. JD left, we all cried, the end.

[@SpectrumTheOriginator]

You are correct

[@gehteuchnixan69]

just listening to the first few chords of "The Book of Love" still makes me choke up, even after all these years

[@Tydorstus]

We do not talk about season 9 like we do not talk about 4e in dnd

[@Tillyard86]

Ignorance is bliss five! 🤚

[@alonsoarana5307]

Just like there are only 5 seasons of Supernatural, yup only 5

[@GalaxyStudi0s]

Personally I loved every season throughout the entire Scrubs series. All 8 Seasons of them.

[@Tillyard86]

Denial five! 🤚

[@lens_hunter]

It sucks because I actually liked Lucy and Denise.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Last season didn’t have the janitor. That tells you everything you need to know.

[@EphPhaThaINC]

And I do believe that the main reason why they didn’t have the Janitor was that he was written out because Neil Flynn had been cast as the lead in that other ABC show “the Middle” happened, so they wrote out the janitor like they did.

[@Altmetalpunk]

It was supposed to be a spin-off but abc didn't want to do a spin-off. As a spin-off it works and I enjoy it but it isn't scrubs.

[@cow365]

Hes in one scene, and its the funnist part of season 9😂

[@DarthDungus]

Dr Jan Itor

[@flamecrew9atroblox958]

The last hardly had any of the original it was a shitty spin off.

[@bluehawk232]

Doing med school was also really a dumb decision. Original scrubs had the cast just after med school for a reason, that what they learned in the classrooms wasn't enough. The real education came from real life experience and now being a doctor and not just a student. That's what many of the Scrubs episodes conveyed how classroom knowledge wasn't sufficient.

[@TheMovieSequelDude49]

I think Scrubs "Season 9" is one of the rare cases where people universally agree a season of TV doesn't count. Because it doesn't. Season 8 was the true finale season. I don't even like calling it "Season 9" cause it really was a spin-off disguised as a final season.

[@tyrant-den884]

It was a failed spin-off they forgot to change them name of.

[@Dominik.S.]

When someone mentioned the last season of scrubs as an example of a bad final season I was like "What, the last season wasn't bad. That finale was amazing" and then I remembered that even though I had erased the existence of season 9 from my memory, it still does exist and I got sad

[@thekraken108]

It was supposed to be a spin-off but the network made it be season 9. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist.

[@jayanthony2414]

🤦🏽 Just stop

[@jayanthony2414]

@@thekraken108 As far as your concerned 🤦🏽 facts aren't determined by that

[@ElliotScottDating]

In terms of entertainment and interest, the show didn't "die" until season 9. Everyone loved seasons 7 and 8 and the finale was amazing.

[@NikVictory]

How did I end up on the same video as Elliot Scott 😅 I can't get away from you!

[@wstine79]

I love this show. I feel the day Scrubs died was the the last episode of season 8, where it should have ended.

[@trinaq]

I agree, that's where the show ends for me, at least in my mind.

[@knedy]

Season 9 doesn't even exist in my mind.

[@anubusx]

For me it was when Kelso retired.

[@odiedodieuk]

Ditto. Season 9 was an abortion. Fitting for the setting.

[@Jesse__H]

That's exactly what this video concludes...

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

Scrubs first aired in October 2001? So Scrubs is about to turn 20 years old?! I need to lie down

[@JSteelWoodTV]

that made me lie down too ngl

[@SpectrumTheOriginator]

😂

[@EmersonFlemingEmRock13]

Scrubs is almost as old as Zach Braff’s girlfriend

[@paloalto5965]

@@EmersonFlemingEmRock13 Only being a kindergartner, when the show first aired

[@hannahneloms1143]

jeez, the show came out before I was born.

[@Tkieron]

I had no idea that the Hospital it was shot in was the entire show! The bar, JD/Turk's apartment, Dr Cox's apartment, all the hospital scenes all shot in 1 building? That's fantastic.

[@tss3393]

Damn. Even without the audio, that recap of the ending to "My Lunch" still makes me tear up.

[@hannahelizabeth1571]

I got chills. Just like every time I watch that scene

[@ChrisGarmon]

"...had I known how to save a life..."

[@trinaq]

Scrubs SHOULD have ended after JD left. The Book of Love montage was a beautiful place to end the show on, but they aimlessly continued it because of the money, obviously!

[@javiero9208]

I think season 9 was supposed to be more like a spin off

[@jacobhall3490]

Season 9 was initally intended as a spin off focusing on entirely new characters, featuring one or two of the established cast. Think like what Fraser was for Cheers. But the studio forced them into making it another season of Scrubs. Even the cast and crew consider the true ending of the show to be Season 8

[@javiero9208]

@@jacobhall3490 maybe if you look at it like that, like a separate show, it isn't that bad... Back in the day I remember being so confused about the new characters (only one of them was likeable) and the new set and specially with JD kinda being there but not always

[@glanni]

My classmates and I all watched the show, and we all very quickly dropped the "9th season" and even hated it. I believe if they hadn't marketed it as a 9th season but a spinoff it wouldn't have been as unpopular.

[@tyleronearth]

The thing is they made the show in a way that you could totally ignore season 9. I just retcon it out of existence in my head. The season 8 finale was a good series finale.

[@JacobyJ56]

"Unlikable characters" Shows Dave Francos character

[@JPH1138]

I thought Dave Franco was actually funny but I hated that he got in a relationship with whoever the female JD was (Lucy?). They were so mismatched it was real red flag material.

[@mitchellhorton9382]

@@JPH1138 Nah it worked because she was was crazy too

[@mitchellhorton9382]

lmao that scene of them just doing cole puns gets me every time

[@Dartanius100]

Aziz Ansari was insufferable, too.

[@nomnomnom5758]

one of tvs most annoying characters ever

[@MarkMoughamian]

The good thing is years later even Bill Lawrence has said that season 9 is not canon. So in a way, the show never died!

[@Bryan-T]

Cox is one of the all time great characters. This show was great.

[@nbkw48]

Yeah I really love cox

[@FatGouf]

Right you are, Debbie!

[@oz_jones]

The fact John McGinley never got an Emmy for Scrubs is a crime.

[@Tillyard86]

When I first started watching the show a friend asked me “have you worked out that Turk is the best character yet?” and I told him no I was pretty sure that was Dr Cox and I couldn’t see that changing…ever!

[@pooflinger7]

@@nbkw48 Greatest conversation ever.

[@supermonkey321]

"My Finale" is one of the greatest series finales of all time. As mentioned in the video, it's incredibly hard to stick the landing. So many great shows trip on the last hurdle. Scrubs didn't... except then they took that away by making it NOT the series finale. To me, THAT is the biggest mistake and most frustrating thing about the 9th season. It forever made "My Finale" not officially the finale of the show, so Scrubs is left out of the conversation about shows that had the greatest or most satisfying series finales ever.

[@spector3881]

Season 9 is not canon. So in a way, the show never died!

[@edenjung9816]

What season 9? I don't know about a season 9. All those people talking about new Star Wars movies and a season 9 of Scrubs, but i have never heard of their existence.

[@robbiemcneish4459]

I don't know anything about scrubs at all

[@patrickstar4132]

@@edenjung9816 literally watch the video

[@egb4638]

@@patrickstar4132 literally learn sarcasm.

[@dakariszulu]

I think you scrubbed it from your mind... Bah dum tish

[@yourfriendtuna]

Scrubs is a top 3 show all-time for me. Hilarious, with an often emotional punch. I have never seen a single episode of season nine. I caught it later and was warned not to watch it. The season eight finale was the perfect conclusion for me.

[@kgjung2310]

That scene where the Janitor quits and walks off screen once he was told that JD was never coming back pretty much summed up the fans' feelings about S9. Might as well be a meme.

[@filmpositive6601]

When it comes to sitcoms of the 2000's, Scrubs was my one and only from the era. I did watch those more popular shows from time to time, in fleeting fashion. But Scrubs was the only one that kept me coming back for the characters, and I think it is due to the show's embracement of life's darker moments. I gained more respect for hospital staff and learned more about the fragility of life when coming into my teen years. It had so much more to offer beyond jokes and relationships. Yet, it also accomplished those aspects in a continually satisfying matter. I love Scrubs!

[@jprsa]

This show, and House, helped me get through Med school and still helping me in my current work as a doctor.

[@aflomoviefilm]

I always felt the biggest missed opportunity with the “final season” was they didn’t continue to focus on the interns that were heavily featured in Season 8 - the two main interns Sonia & Denise did actually have a good dynamic on screen and to not continue exploring their friendship along with the other interns that were introduced caused me the most frustration as a fan cause I felt it was a good foundation to continue on but alas that didn’t happen. Scrubs is my favorite sitcom and I will always enjoy rewatching it for years to come.

[@Jennyfisch]

Yeah, but many of the others weren't that interesting. Season 9 actually had a few fun characters like Cole, they just focused on the wrong one.

[@tyrant-den884]

But this way they got to keep paying new cast members one-season paychecks instead of bigger second-season paychecks.

[@eevangel]

Also, it’s wasn’t a given that season 9 would happen. It took a little while for ABC to green light it. Which meant that actors moved on to other projects. That’s why Judy Reyes never showed up in the season. It’s probably also why some of the actors who played the interns never showed up.

[@JasminTheDreamer]

True! It felt like they bad been building up to a new generation of Scrubs. In the 8th season, the balance between the original cast and the new interns was perfect. So much that I actually did care for them and would have loved to see them continue the legacy of Scrubs. It would have been so fitting with JD leaving the hospital for someone else, someone younger to take over his place. I feel like they let go such a promising opportunity when they decided to write whatever the 9th season was supposed to be.

[@KalKratos]

The way I see Scrubs Season 9 is as an epilogue to the show as well as a new TV show that failed to get a second season. I always saw it as Scrubs: Med School.

[@passiveagressive4983]

I was confused, they announced the series ending and said there was a season 9. I never cared to watch it even if JD made a few appearances.

[@KalKratos]

@@passiveagressive4983 See, I first read about there being a spinoff to the show. It wasn't until I watched it on Hulu in its first airing that I saw it being listed as Season 9. At first, I thought somebody made a mistake, thinking this was a continuation of the show, instead of a spinoff.

[@Jennyfisch]

Me, too, that way it's just a slightly disappointing spin-off and not a ruined favourite.

[@JPH1138]

@@KalKratos Yeah, I distinctly recall that the first announcements were about a spin-off with cameos from Scrubs characters rather than season 9.

[@GuardianOwl]

If you officially called it a spin-off, then you can't sell it as a part of Scrubs package of episodes for broadcast syndication. That's likely the entire reason the studio wanted a 9th season is for more syndication money. If Med School was officially its own thing, then you have to stick with it for 5+ years before you can sell it into syndication. Saved by the Bell basically did the reverse. It had a failed series Good Morning Miss Bliss which focused equally on the teachers and students. Then they did a spin-off / soft reboot starring the students called Saved By the Bell, and then retroactively rebranded the failed series also as a part Saved By the Bell when the series became a hit.

[@tashaem1]

I still think that if they were going to have a spinoff it should have focused on that mean younger doctor Mahoney not female JD.

[@gcooper642]

Absolutely. She was awesome. I'm sorry I haven't seen the actress in more roles.

[@VictorBalestrin]

@@gcooper642 She got to star in three seasons of "Happy Endings", but that show, too, had a short life span - which is sad, because it was really good.

[@mdroproductions]

@@VictorBalestrin I loved that show

[@mikaeljvabom67]

I believe her character and world view is a great and captivating experience between choices to move forward Then female jd's fumbling through life

[@gallohalt]

I liked Mahoney in season 9 up until all the relationship crap with Drew. they wrote the dumbest drama for them ever and then I couldnt stand either of them

[@canonogic]

*8 season run 👀

[@trinaq]

I agree, they only made 8 seasons, I've never heard of a ninth, no siree!

[@wstine79]

"Clearly, you're ignoring season 9 which turns the show into a teaching...." :::muffled by chloroform soaked handkerchief:::

[@richardcheese4680]

For anyone wondering: The last season was supposed to be a spin-off under a different name but then they decided to attach it to the previous seasons. A small difference which could’ve made a huge impact. Edit: nevermind

[@elimwambi5142]

Finished the video huh?😅

[@richardcheese4680]

@@elimwambi5142 that is correct.

[@bavmotors2]

How you know Scrubs is one the greatest TV shows is that died after it ended! Season 9 was something different. Scrubs finale can still make me weep - and nothing else can.

[@wwerules000]

Well it was meant to be a spin-off, that's what the person who wrote it wanted, they tried to get it over by using old cast members, it was not going to work well, you could of done the idea but you needed to make it, it's own thing not just like he says a rehash of what you did already

[@Joe_-tf8is]

Well said. It never died cause it ended amazingly at the 8th season 👍

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Scrubs: Okay, it's was rough towards the end but we stuck the landing. We are done! ABC: So we renewed the show, you're getting another season! Scrubs team: ...what about a spinoff? ABC: Nope! Scrubs team: Oh God, please help us

[@m3n3lli]

If you listen to Zach's and Donald's podcast series about Scrubs (Fake doctors, real friends) they even admit there were 8 seasons and the 9th was kimd of a mistake. They have such great chemistry these two!

[@Geno2ar]

thanks so much for this. i remember how my sister and i would watch this show in channel 50 while our parents would be at work. in a way we grew up with these characters and watching this video filled me with immense nostalgia. you are truly an artist!

[@EntertainTheElk]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mallurypollard7815]

Respect to Bill Lawrence for all the shows he has created, including Scrubs. He’s a smart show runner and admits a lot (listen to Fake Doctors Real Friends podcast) that Scrubs got routine and he started to change its tone to keep it fresh. Season 9 was nothing more than them taking a chance at extending the show and it didn’t work. No big deal. Considering how much they fought NBC and then got switched to ABC, 9 seasons is an awesome feat for a show with a niche, cult following. Nothing but love for Scrubs.

[@whattake6218]

9 Season run? Not sure where you do your fact checking but there were only 8 seasons. Great vid though :)

[@gitsurfer27]

I just googled it, there's 9.

[@stonefree7973]

@@gitsurfer27 That's the joke

[@MrVinjex]

@@gitsurfer27 I believe you're mistaken there are just 8 seasons

[@alexsm3882]

@@gitsurfer27 The 9th season is scrubs just in name, it wasn't even supposed to be called scrubs until the network decided it was a safer bet to use an already established name.

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

John McGinley said in an interview with 'made men' *"all the scrubs actors were offered what they got paid for on season 8, and Bill Lawrence said, if anyone tries to negotiate for more, they wouldnt come back. Two didnt" Those two were Carla and I think the Janitor.

[@Auron710]

I started to dislike it when they had the new interns, i especially hated aziz ansaris character but i found them all either dull or annoying, and felt it took too much focus off the characters we grew to care about. it was downhill from there for me, but what an amazing show it was until ABC got their claws into it

[@DieAusnahme]

Well as far as i know there is no season nine of scrubs, there just isn't.

[@passiveagressive4983]

I agree. Wipe it from the canon

[@facemite]

Dude I legit didn't even know there was one before this video only saw till 8 and I'm gonna go back to forgetting it.

[@wwerules000]

I think I watched one of that season but I had already stopped watching it

[@aaronsorensen9499]

I actually really enjoyed the 9th season. I agree, if it were advertised as a new show it probably would have done much better. Also, Dave Franco was one the BEST parts of the show, not the worst.

[@moxxy3565]

Anybody else ever think it's weird that the whole hospital shows up for Ben's funeral? We never even see him meet most of them. Imagine everytime at your work somebody lost a family member you had to go to the funeral

[@samtuttle95]

Wholeheartedly agree. Scrubs had some missteps through the years but it always felt like the same soul of the show until season 9. Season 8 has one of the best series finales of a serialized TV show.

[@moistsqueegee9567]

Scrubs is the absolute favorite show among those in the medical profession, and it’s not even close. Young premeds watch it to dream about their future, medical students watch it to affirm their choice, residents watch it because it takes on a new meaning for them, and attendings watch it to reminisce. Sometimes it can be hard for younger doctors-in-training to connect with older physicians, but Scrubs is the most high-yield pop-culture knowledge you can spend your time learning. References from that show will always be understood, because most doctors in America have seen this show and love it for its realistic depiction of our calling

[@mockingmicah5045]

I’ll never forget being a kid and watching this on a random channel on a random network it was so funny that from that day on it had a fan for life I’ve probably watch the series maybe 10 times over and it never gets tiring it’s genius💯

[@natasha8966]

I used to watch it on a random channel as well could of been abc 1 free view in the uk, something like that it had also 8 simple rules always at 4pm. I was like 10/11 when first watched it after school.

[@LoveStallion]

Here's a major upside to S9, though. It gave us Kerry Bishe, which let casting directors take note of her, which got her on "Halt and Catch Fire," where she was outstanding in every way, along with the rest of the cast.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I liked the ending of Scrubs. And then came the last season. Though, for some reason I feel that Brooklyn Nine-Nine is something of a spiritual successor.

[@williamoluwole6336]

I love BROOKLYN NINE NINE

[@cmxpiipl]

My top three of comedy shows in no order is scrubs, b99 and the community.

[@donnahanna10565]

It never died with me...I will live the rest of my life being grateful for every single episode..💗

[@brendanmalley2772]

Where do you think we are right now?

[@anubusx]

That part was really powerful and sad.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

😢

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

The moment scrubs died for me was when in the season finale (3 or 4) Cox punches Kelso (his boss) in the face. Its played like a massively significant moment that will drastically change the shows dynamics. Yet in the next episode he faces no consequences and its just forgotten because no one "saw" it happen... That's too dumb for me to accept

[@wandruszka]

That was the season finale of season 2 already. Kelso getting punched is forgotten because Elliot gets a new haircut on the season 3 premier.

[@jordanneal576]

Before I watch this, I want to comment that this is a tough one. The show had gone down a lot by season 7, but then had a revival for season 8 making it the best season of the series, with a pitch perfect finale. Then they did a season 9 which we pretend never happened. So did it die at 7, only to be resurrected and then die again? I'm excited to see what you think.

[@nolimit7959]

My opinion is very similar to yours, Season 7 was horrible- more like Scrubs the Broadway Musical season, thank goodness for Season 8 the Last Good season!!!

[@Jack95tp]

I was shocked when I learned how underrated Scrubs is in the US. I live in Italy, and here it's a real cult classic for so many people, literally everyone between 35 and 20 have at least watched an episode, and most of them absolutely love it and quote it in everyday situations. I think it's also because of the local dubbing, I've watched the show both in Italian and the original English and I have to say, sometimes I found it to be even funnier with the dubbing. Either way, it's a great show and it's sad it wasn't as appreciated in its origin country as it was here in Italy.

[@paulodorea]

I know they ain't really your style, but I'd love to watch a video about The Day Dexter Died or Supernatural. Supernatural finale on season 5 was a great ending to the show and they continued it for years.

[@jdzspace33]

Scrubs ended in season 8. The creator has verified this many many many MANY times. The series finale was "My finale". There was a spin-off called Scrubs: Med School that was packaged and marketed as a spin-off that lasted 13 episodes. That spin-off was then rebranded "season 9" when the DVDs came out in an attempt to sell more of them by attaching them closer to Scrubs. The fact is that it was never season 9. Not when it was created, not when it was airing, not when it was canceled. It was a business decision to sell DVDs, so no that isn't "the Day Scrubs Died" because it didn't "die" it ran for 8 years, had one of the best series finales of all time, and ended.

[@blarneystone38]

Season 5 was the last great season of Scrubs. Seasons 6 and 7 were pretty mediocre and season 8 was very uneven, but because they stuck the landing with the finale it's a lot easier to accept them as what they are. Season 9 was not a season at all, it was a spinoff that was labeled a season for marketing reasons. It would be like if Joey was marketed as Friends season 11. I think we can all agree to ignore it. I will say, though, "Scrubs Med School" never should have happened, but if you're going to write the Janitor off the show they found the perfect way to do it.

[@chronicbrightside8757]

so strange that scrubs died after it was supposed to end. its like it had a long life, died a perfectly pleasant death of natural causes, then the doctors zapped it back to life just to stab it to death.

[@rvrmdude]

My all time favorite show. I could hear the dialogues on all the scenes shown here.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Scrubs had cultural significance at the time. I think people forgot about it faster than the others.

[@chrisxx5583]

Scrubs seasons 1-4 is amazing!!! It lost me after that as JD seemed to lose his boyish charm and innocence and become more detached and obnoxious.

[@adoe2305]

Fair enough!

[@benjiwon]

I think scrubs died when they did the pregnancy plot arc in season 6, with that woman who's always paying a pregnant woman, Elizabeth Banks

[@DanisThoughts]

i love scrubs, only seen the first episode of the ninth season and that was enough for me... but i did love everything that came before and don't think it felt as tired as you said, still, loved the video

[@michealroche9564]

Scrubs died peacefully of natural causes as an old sitcom the second the credits ended after the finale of season 8..It was then dug up and reanimated by a greedy Dr Frankenstein of a network

[@wladyslawaaron1443]

This is my favorite show, I've seen it multiple times, know songs and lines as well as my name. But in my head nine season never happened. 'my finalie' is the best finale I could dream of and I wouldn't touch that thing. Never.

[@zacmrkle4472]

Really great video man! Scrubs is one of those shows that I always liked but it was kinda just on as background noise back when I used to pay for cable. Going. Back through the episodes now I realize what a truly great project it was. "Where do you think we are" may be the hardest hitting line I have ever heard form a show in this genre. Well played on the vid. I don't have much in the way of $ to send for all your hard work but I did like and subscribe. Looking forward to checking out your library. Thanks for all your hard work young money.

[@JSUTrumpet]

This is supposed to be a 30 second video. “When season 9 started”

[@knedy]

Season 9 doesn't exist. Cougar Town is the true spin-off to Scrubs. Sure it has none of the characters, except Ted Buckland in a couple great episodes, and it doesn't get as heavy as Scrubs but it keeps the heart so any Scrubs fan should watch it. There's a couple weird episode in the first season before they figure stuff out though, so don't stop watching just because of that.

[@AngDawPac]

Does that make Community tangential spin off??

[@knedy]

@@AngDawPac no Cougar Town was a show on Community. But Zach Braff exists in Cougar Town, and since Ted Buckland exists too his character JD should exist as well even though he doesn't appear as JD. He does make a cameo as a pizza delivery guy, and the voice of an app that suggests appetizers. The App-App.

[@christianbeck7901]

It was a great show, but after a while, watching 30-year-olds with the emotional maturity of teens gets grating after a while. The Janitor was the best though

[@oz_jones]

Lets make cancer feel foolish!

[@jlwiseguy]

If the spin off had been treated like a spin off I think it would have made it two or three seasons.

[@tomcraig4091]

I just finished re-watching Scrubs this past week. It's funny how much I really enjoyed the show, and I completely agree with you! The last few seasons really had a hard time sticking the landing, but they kept delivering great moments. When JD and Turk sat down with the older gent who was dying, and talked about how it's going to go for him, it was just a wonderfully beautiful episode! I even started the first episode of the last season, but couldn't be bothered, and for exactly the reasons you mentioned. I love Scrubs, though. It was just a great show!

[@Crank299]

The Office has only 7 seasons Community has only 5 seasons and Scrubs has only 8 seasons I think we can all agree to that, right?

[@hermanjensen]

Love that this is in 720p 4:3! Scrubs will always have a special place for me as it's the only sitcom that I know of that will hit you right in the feels.

[@EntertainTheElk]

Glad you appreciate the details!

[@michaelbell6894]

I feel "Scrubs" died long before season 9. I remember watching the season opening for either 5 or 6, and Janitor literally had JD hang like an American flag, and it wasn't a dream sequence, and I remember thinking the show had jumped the shark.

[@tyrant-den884]

For me at a certain out it stopped being a show set in a hospital that used comedy as a coping mechanism to make some very serious stories more palatable, and reality more realistic; and became just a goofy sit-com that happened to take place at a hospital.

[@blarneystone38]

That was season 6. To be honest, seasons 6 and 7 weren't very good, but it's a bit easier to forgive/overlook them because season 8 was better and the finale wrapped things up really well. I would say the show semi-jumped the shark at the end of season 5, after the excellent "My Lunch" arc they introduced Kim in a super lame way (really, JD can't see women who wear wedding rings?) and then the next two seasons were pretty bad. But season 8 did repair some of the damage.

[@johnmp3828]

I think the story effectively ended w the birth of turk and carlas first child

[@aggeman2]

I don’t understand. Scrubs only have eight seasons.

[@Tillyard86]

Just keep telling yourself that, five. 🤚

[@brndnwilks]

My wife and I are binging through scrubs as we speak. There will be no viewing of the zombie season of which you speak.

[@mmem4264]

The day scrubs died for me was when it was revealed a certain character lied about having a miscarriage. I just never really enjoyed the show as much after that. It probably didn't help that I too felt like JD's end game romance was forced at times.

[@chrisxx5583]

I agree. To this day I can’t watch anything with Elizabeth Banks without thinking back to what she did to JD

[@lanceturley7745]

Yes, THANK YOU. The show still had some good moments afterwards, but everything about the Kim character always pissed me off. I hated how they retconned her into important moments from prior episodes, I hated her relationship with JD, and I especially hated the whole miscarriage plotline. That character made me hate Elizabeth Banks for a while, until I saw her in other things and realized that she's not bad when she's not stuck with a character like Kim.

[@SquareViking]

Season 9 was not Scrubs. Even the show director said that. It was a spin-off, but the studio forced them to include it in the season cycle. It even has a different title.

[@ryangoebel]

I was just thinking that he should make a “The Day Scrubs Died” and I looked on your page! This is the best, you’ve made my day! You read my mind!

[@EntertainTheElk]

I do what I can! :)

[@scottyb003]

I love this show. I've watched it from beginning to end about six times. That's season 1 to season 8.

[@nosoul9805]

They made Ted loud and annoying. I was disappointed with how they made him 10 times more neurotic then he was.

[@wstine79]

I like how this hospital location was reused for the Adult Swim show Children's Hospital.

[@mafeuk]

Finally the first time I can say Vee Infuso did a series died first.

[@EntertainTheElk]

But we all know who started the Day ___ Died series, don't we? Not gonna let copycats dictate Elk content.

[@VI_V2]

@@EntertainTheElk lol Incredible how our videos are nothing a like and we don't share the same opinions or format, and yet, somehow I'm a copycat. I've spoke to you privately about this before, so this isn't the first time. I took my series name from "The Day The Music Died" ... as I'm sure you have as well. One quick youtube search will tell you that many other people have used the title themselves as well. It's a common expression. You make 10 minute videos, I make 40 minute videos. Outside of a very commonly shared title there is no similarities... whatsoever.

[@realturtle1355]

@@VI_V2 chill I think he was joking

[@sctvfan1313]

Scrubs is hands down one of my favorite shows of all time! Rarely is there a 30 minute show that I laugh and cry in the same episode (minus the ninth season lol)

[@stefanharris659]

I loved this show so much growing up... all 8 seasons were great and the finale was perfect

[@wrestlingbuff87]

It still pains me how they did that with Season 9 and how it felt like My Finale ultimately meant nothing.

[@Neverfate]

One issue with the show I realize now years later, outside of some dated humor and jokes that don't land over a decade later, is the writers seemed to constantly reset JD each season. He always seems to have some major regression as a character because they ran out of places to go each season - so he'd be a complete jerk about something in order for him to learn the same or similar lessons. I barely remember season 9 to be honest. It's not by any means awful at that point, but forgettable.

[@tmcyt3037]

i have not seen any of the series you talk about in this format, maybe i only know them by name, but i still love these videos

[@EntertainTheElk]

Great! Glad you like the series.

[@shmookins]

It's sad. I loved the show and followed it for years. Then they added all these new characters and it wasn't the same. I just stopped watching- which is something I rarely do with long running shows that I've been following. What it became at the end wasn't the show that I was watching for years.

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

Cole was annoying AF in season 9, they should have used him sparingly, like The Todd (missed opportunity 5 *high 5 sound effect*)

[@dancepartyinmyhead]

Scrubs is the greatest show that's ever been on television.

[@InfernosReaper]

The biggest problem with the new season wasn't just in general marketing. It was that JD was still around. *He* needed to go, especially since The Janitor was gone.

[@VictoryReviews]

One of the best finales of any show only to be ruined by the following season

[@ChristaCrow]

Can’t pinpoint when it died exactly but something about season 4 onwards didn’t feel the same. The first three seasons were so rewatchable but after that it wasn’t really the same vibe.

[@lanceturley7745]

Season 4 was about the point where the Flanderization of the characters really became noticeable. Up until that point the characters were quirky, but still relatable as people. But from season four onwards it's like everyone was dialed up to 11. JD in particular became almost insufferable for a few seasons there.

[@ArnoVdVelde]

Weird, scrubs is better than all the ones listed at the beginning!

[@frostynuts5166]

I am so happy you made this ! I remember saying to you this is the show I would love to see ! Thank you for taking the time and the effort of making this for us. Your loyal fans ! Amazing as ever also your Dexter one is fantastic !

[@humzter452]

Scrubs was huge here in Germany, so I always assumed, it was in America as well.

[@lloydgrant1438]

@Entertain The Elk very nice Video, scrubs was one and is one of my favorite sitcoms. Keep up the great work!! Oh and a little side note : what’s the music starting at 2:15?

[@EntertainTheElk]

Thank you so much!

[@tomhur1]

I still haven't seen season 9 yet. I'm waiting for just the right amount of time before I watch it so I can separate it from the previous 8 seasons.

[@hellfish2309]

Scrubs didn’t die - it was murdered, dismembered in the misordered release of season 7

[@invisiblegrif42]

That season 8 finale is still one of the most emotional and successful endings to a sitcom. I contend better than a lot of bigger hitters like Friends, HIMYM, and Fresh Prince

[@icecreamhero2375]

Being a nurse is so hard. No wonder those doctors on the Scrubs have no time to be funny *-Francine Smith*

[@purewrestlingfansite]

The biggest reason for the change in Season 9’s shooting location was that the hospital they shot in was condemned and tore down

[@duke_of_haze]

Season 8 was already wearing thin with me. I did enjoy the finale, but it was already way passed its prime. 9 was a dumpster fire

[@DautFromX]

always found the over the top fantasy sequences to be a nuisance, a needless interruption of an otherwise cleverly written show and i probably would have been a fan without them. one episode, however, will forever be engraved in my memory and that's 'my screw up', with dr cox's brother in law, ben. outside of the stellar portrayal of ben by brendan fraser, the episode really tugged at my heartstrings, a nice change of pace from the regular goofy tone and slapstick humor

[@officialniktheking6891]

Honestly season 9 is not bad at all. The girl that plays Lucy ruins it all. Shes such a wrong person for that role and she was horrible at acting. James Franco's brother carried the season on his back

[@elementblue780]

"Scrubs was perfect in every way. The end."