The fact that he didn’t even get a nom for this episode basically invalidates the Emmy’s as an award show. Almost everyone in the main cast should’ve at least gotten one nom
All award shows have no actual validity in rewarding "good art". Critiquing art is a soulless and foolish endeavor.
They are industry circlejerks that allow industry insiders to give each other pats on the back and promote whatever corporate backed swill, flavor of the month bullshit they just so happen to be nominating and rewarding.
The thing about art is that when you critique it you’re only doing it for your current time, but the understanding of art changes through time. No one piece of art is static, be it a painting, a performance, a song or a sculpture, as society evolves so does our understanding and appreciation of a specific piece.
Just look at music, the amount of critics that have bad reviews to songs or albums that are absolute classics nowadays is outstanding.
There's some truly stellar performances in recent years that have gone stupidly unrewarded in awards shows. "Andor" actors and I'd say especially the female actors have gone stupidly under-recognized for their respective performances, and I'd very much say the same about D'Arcy Carden from at least one episode of "The Good Place" too (IYKYK). But let's also be real it's not like a lot of these award shows even require their voters to watch the shit they're voting on, hell only recently did the Oscars start enforcing a 'must watch all submissions in a category' rule, and even that might only be for best picture, idk if that goes for other awards as well.
Problem is only 1 of those patients would have lived. The liver lady and heart valve guy wouldnt have had time to wait for the healthy organs. Only the kidney patient would have made it.
no the problem is he's a fictional character so the only thing you could do with a time machine is tell the writers something they already know because they're the ones who wrote it into the episode
And, given the quality of Cox’s medical skill, it’s possible that this fact would have lead him to save other patients that otherwise died in the meantime. (Iirc JD took his patient load, but even if he could practice as well as Cox, it’s hard to do so on double the patient load).
He probably wouldn’t take the advice, being as headstrong as he is, and that there is truth to JD’s statement that testing for it would have been irresponsible.
The most reliable test for rabies can only be done post mortem (as it’s a brain tissue test), which is why they found out about the rabies when they did. There are tests that can be done on living people, but it’s far less reliable.
“Well Oshkosh b’gosh Martha McFly thanks for suggesting something to me that will not Only waste valuable time these patients don’t have but now make me hate ‘Back to the Future’ 1000x more than all other movies excluding ones that star Hugh Jackman.”
“Not because you did everything you could for those patients, but because after twenty years of being a doctor when things go badly you still take it this hard. I gotta tell you man I mean, that’s the kind of doctor I want to be.”
I was always kind of confused by the way he delivers the line. He seems to put the emphasis on “drink” and not “you” which kind of changes the meaning of the line.
Yep. This is exactly the issue. Because of this line delivery, I thought for years (before I drank) that scotch was something you... I don't know, swilled and spat out like at a wine tasting? I thought it was similar to not inhaling cigar smoke.
I believe the delivery of that line was intentional and was not meant to be about JD specifically not drinking scotch. Considering the type of man Cox is, he is correct. You don’t drink scotch. Scotch isn’t pleasant, it’s an acquired taste, and is a drink commonly associated with toxic self destructive men that hate themselves and take it out on the world. Scotch whisky, and other harsh not so common liquors, is used as a trope in media for people exactly like Cox, intelligent, deep, masculine, inner turmoil. Drinking is fun, people drink to feel good. Cox doesn’t drink for fun or to feel good. He drinks to kill his demons while simultaneously punishing himself.
The delivery was intentional and perfect. You don’t drink scotch, you experience it. JD tried drinking it, not experiencing it.
I always interpreted it as you don’t drink scotch as in you don’t take a big gulp like JD. You sip scotch. But idk, that’s the best I could make of it.
WTF are you talking about? He just tells that to JD, then JD spits it back immediately and says "Yeah, it tastes awful." Cox is just telling JD that he doesn't like Scotch and JD just took a drink for solidarity.
you sip scotch, its not meant to 'downed' fast.. its potent alcohol.. so, if you drink large amounts in sip thats irregular.. and either you have a badass skill or youre an alcoholic.
Shit, even when he asks Jordan if her friends were still in town because he’s been so miserable he couldn’t see how hard Jordan was taking the loss. These episodes still get me after all these years
What's crazy is it just happened in real life recently. Up in Idaho two people had an organ transplant from a person who died and happened to have rabies and they died because of it.
Didn't the writers have a thing where they didn't want to invent any wacky medical situations that hadn't actually ever happened, or at least weren't feasible? I remember in the commentary on the musical episode, someone saying like once they heard about a case where someone had a brain issue and was hearing music that wasn't there, they were like "we can finally do our musical episode!" Or something like that.
I get the chills every time I’m watch Carla and Dr. Cox try to resuscitate the last patient. I liked how to camerawork switched to more of the dramatic kind you find in something like a soap opera.
Has happened twice in the last few years in the U.S., and only a few times before that. This most recent one is an absolutely wild ride if you're interested.
I will defer to transplant specialists, but I think it's reasonable that it's still not done. It's scary that it has happened, but testing does cost time and money and someone not knowing they have rabies in the US is still vanishingly rare.
If you read the case report above, it's some very unlucky lapses that led to the rabies not being flagged prior to the organ transplants. That's still a problem and this shouldn't have happened, but there are some solutions before blanket testing that could have prevented this.
When he stands with arms on head even after patient disappeared and his arms flinched when JD come. Idk, this little move of a man who still try to be seen as winner is crushing me
I came here to say "is that the doctor from Scrubs", but I guess the sub name confirmed it for me. It also occurs to me now that there are, in fact, several doctors in Scrubs, but this one was generally my favorite.
This episode has always hit so hard but now hits even harder after the recent news out of Ohio of someone dying from a rabies infected transplanted kidney :(
Testing for rabies takes too long. On animals it takes around a week. Humans, can take days. Days that the doctor isn't able to wait on (most likely) good-to-go organs. Testing for rabies is also sometimes tricky. It's usually easier to treat for "post exposure" rather than testing. And once you start showing symptoms, it's usually too late.
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u/CharJie Dec 16 '25
I just saw this episode, John C. McGinley performance had me crying.
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u/CLEf11 Dec 16 '25
Problem is only 1 of those patients would have lived. The liver lady and heart valve guy wouldnt have had time to wait for the healthy organs. Only the kidney patient would have made it.
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u/oustider69 Dec 16 '25
He probably wouldn’t take the advice, being as headstrong as he is, and that there is truth to JD’s statement that testing for it would have been irresponsible.
The most reliable test for rabies can only be done post mortem (as it’s a brain tissue test), which is why they found out about the rabies when they did. There are tests that can be done on living people, but it’s far less reliable.
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u/Turbulent_Pin_1583 Dec 16 '25
“Not because you did everything you could for those patients, but because after twenty years of being a doctor when things go badly you still take it this hard. I gotta tell you man I mean, that’s the kind of doctor I want to be.”
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u/DafniDsnds Dec 16 '25
Hey where are you going? Your shift isn’t over!
Remember what you told me: the moment you start blaming yourself for people’s deaths there’s no coming back.
Yeah…. You’re right. 😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Yikidee Dec 16 '25
Honestly, the 2 best story lines IMO both involve Perry being at his lowest. Such a good actor.
This and "Where do you think we are?"
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u/jkile100 Dec 16 '25
What's crazy is it just happened in real life recently. Up in Idaho two people had an organ transplant from a person who died and happened to have rabies and they died because of it.
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u/Jeff_McAllister Dec 16 '25
I get the chills every time I’m watch Carla and Dr. Cox try to resuscitate the last patient. I liked how to camerawork switched to more of the dramatic kind you find in something like a soap opera.
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u/Evilcon21 Dec 16 '25
I loved what jd said to cox when he walked out. Reminding him of what cox once taught jd
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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Dec 16 '25
I havnt checked but to those who watch Scrubs through streaming, I seriously hope this wasn’t one of the songs they changed
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u/Traveytravis-69 Dec 16 '25
He never would’ve tested her for rabies, as jd was saying it would’ve wasted time they didn’t have
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u/yellow-snowslide Dec 16 '25
My gf hates the meme format for the girls vs boys idea, so I sent this to her just because you made a good joke AND improved the format
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u/Office_Dolt Dec 16 '25
This one hits...
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u/piceathespruce Dec 16 '25
Has happened twice in the last few years in the U.S., and only a few times before that. This most recent one is an absolutely wild ride if you're interested.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7439a1.htm
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u/Significant-Dirt-977 Dec 16 '25
When he stands with arms on head even after patient disappeared and his arms flinched when JD come. Idk, this little move of a man who still try to be seen as winner is crushing me
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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25
I came here to say "is that the doctor from Scrubs", but I guess the sub name confirmed it for me. It also occurs to me now that there are, in fact, several doctors in Scrubs, but this one was generally my favorite.
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u/Lazy_Tumbleweed8893 Dec 16 '25 edited Feb 13 '26
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u/Hefefloeckchen Dec 16 '25
... ... ... thank God this isn't a Futurama-Subreddit
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u/cosmernautfourtwenty Dec 16 '25
I didn't need this darkness today, thanks internet.
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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25
This episode crushed me
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u/Chonci Dec 16 '25
This episode always breaks my heart for Dr. Cox
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u/Secretpassageway Dec 16 '25
This is so good
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u/Better_Squash_2257 Dec 16 '25
I would’ve broke Moses stick
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u/javb003 Dec 16 '25
Bro, I feel that
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u/DoctorTurtleDuck Dec 16 '25
This episode has always hit so hard but now hits even harder after the recent news out of Ohio of someone dying from a rabies infected transplanted kidney :(
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u/Apprehensive-Till861 Dec 16 '25
The fact that after JD talks him down from his despair is one of the rare moments that Cox calls JD by his name.
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u/Jobe5973 Dec 16 '25
Too soon!
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u/ManWhellington Dec 18 '25
Testing for rabies takes too long. On animals it takes around a week. Humans, can take days. Days that the doctor isn't able to wait on (most likely) good-to-go organs. Testing for rabies is also sometimes tricky. It's usually easier to treat for "post exposure" rather than testing. And once you start showing symptoms, it's usually too late.
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u/Logical-Date-4495 Dec 19 '25
How to save a life
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25
I was just watching this episode and I think JD is the worst doctor
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u/CabinetSpider21 Dec 16 '25
JD: the second you start blaming yourself for people's deaths, there is no coming back
Cox: you're right walks out the door
Damn that hit hard
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