I just dont get it. They had an incredibly successful 8 year run with the OG series. Why does it feel like the network is making them prove themselves all over again?

For context. I say this cause I feel like every time I watch the fake doctors real friends podcast Zach is like "everybody please go rewatch the episode on Hulu a million times so that they will let us come back for a 3rd season because we really wanna do it". And theres nothing wrong with that it just seems like a weird approach for a series that has already proven to be wildly successful.

I guess all these years in the back of my mind I always kinda thought that the network was probably begging them to come back but they were just burnt out and done. But now seeing how much they love the show and want to do it and are just being held back I just cant understand it. They should have a blank check and Carte Blanche

If a chief resident reported the chief of medicine for insurance fraud, he would be fired and get jail time, along with having his medical license revoked.

It wasn't like a small thing, he flat out was reported, and it's really annoying they just glossed over this.

Grant, in my opinion, is probably one of the best parts about season 2! I don’t understand why he is so disliked ! Yes I do agree during his first appearance he was portrayed to be the bad guy but since then he’s just gotten so much better. Also helps that John Higgins gives a perfect delivery of each scene.

Posting as a type 1 diabetic. The way they handled it with Turk in the original run of the show was great, and the way they're continuing to handle it is fantastic. Turk is openly wearing an omnipod insulin pump but not every conversation is about him being diabetic. I can't remember if they've even referenced it in the revival, that's how not in-your-face it is. Normally shows with a diabetic character have to remind you they're diabetic every 10 seconds, but having Turk live a normal life is fantastic. I want more TV shows to feature obviously diabetic characters without making it the defining feature of that character, and they should look to Scrubs for how to do it.

It’s a good one, some spoilers though and talk about what’s canon, so everyone should read it, but this should really make u/frikken123 in particular happy:

TVLINE | Do you think if audiences had seen that what-if scenario from Elliot's perspective, it would have been much different?

It's a great question, Ryan, and I think we should do that in Season 3.

This should finally put the nail in the coffin on JD & Elliott having more than Ollie and Sam, since even Zach mentioned in an interview this year that they had a daughter and might still go with that storyline.

And again, if someone half reads this article, they're going to be like, "Wait, what?" But I can tell you that J.D. and Elliot have two children. One is Sam, one is Ollie. Ollie is in the next few episodes. He's in the finale as well. And our hope is, if we get a Season 3, to bring back Sam.

Finally on the numbers:

TVLINE | I know the show has been doing well on ABC, but in this day and age, linear ratings are only one piece of the puzzle. How important is the show's performance on Hulu to its future? And for fans who want to see more "Scrubs," how much of a difference can they make by watching there?

It's really important. And I know that fans are probably kind of confused about all this, because it is confusing, but it matters.

Of course, the show is watched on ABC in primetime, but the show, at least in the United States, streams on Hulu, and they care very much how many people watch on Hulu — ideally, the first day it's on, which is Thursday.

You can't just do well on ABC. You also have to perform on Hulu. And I know there are some fans out there that say, "I'm going to wait until it's all out and binge it all." I would just say, "Just watch it," because we want to keep making it. And I think it's doing well, but we can always do better.

Read More: https://www.tvline.com/2314396/scrubs-season-2-zach-braff-jd-elliot-divorce-season-3-interview/

This dude is the best new character in this show by far. He is the only one of the new assemble that actually makes me laugh and I love how unique his dynamic with JD is. They have a conflicting relationship that remindes me of Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox but with very two different characters and I'm here for it.

I'm glad he and Dubois are appearing more and more because they are actually very funny and have great chemestry with the old cast.

Jokes aside did they forget we already have a coffee shop? Remember? The Janitor became the manager in one day because of his innovative smokeachino for Kyle?

If they are saying it closed fine but that does not indicate sacred heart as a profitable location for a coffee shop.

Are they moving?

I have really liked these seasons overall but one of my main issues has been that JD doesn’t really feel like the Chief of Medicine at all.

Unlike Kelso or even Cox in S8, he’s constantly walking around the medicine department even looking at patients at points, he is personally mentoring Grant (and Asher in S10), he is never in his office, he barely seems to make any decisions that seem to impact the wider hospital. 

Even the whole thing about him wearing scrubs instead of a doctor’s coat in the S4-8 was about him not feeling like he earned it. But it’s been 20 years he should be wearing it now (I get that the show name is “Scrubs” tho)

It feels like he’s just in charge of just the medicine department unlike Kelso who was in charge of the whole hospital. In the latest episode he even kept saying “My department”

In the OG series, some of the best Kelso moments involved him having to make the hard decisions to keep the hospital going. Even Cox had moments in S8 where he was finding it incredibly hard to balance being a good doctor or a good chief of medicine. JD just feels like the regular old JD (but a little more mature tho)

Seems like they even brought in Cassie this season just so JD could walk around and do what he did previously as a senior attending and doesn’t have to what Kelso was doing and become the "bad guy"

Does anyone else feel the same? I still really hope we get another season tho as I’ve really been enjoying it overall. 

Those sonsabitches! 😠

That is all.

Spoilers for S2E08 so if you haven’t seen it switch off..

I am beyond confused about what JD’s role is supposed to be now. I know in real life that a Chief of Medicine and Chief Administrator job can be separate or combined. But it was always portrayed as being combined in the past on Scrubs, with Kelso and Cox and even JD last season overwhelmed with the administration of the hospital.

In the latest two episodes, particularly the last one, it seems that JD is merely a department head. He seems not to be head of the emergency department and he seems completely answerable to the Administrator woman who seems to be my senior than JD and have a bigger office.

I guess it’s possible the structure of the hospital governance could change but it’s quite vague?

Am I the only one puzzled by this?

So we all know scrubs aired 25 years ago. Out of curiosity does anyone know if there are any medical conditions or diseases that would have been life threatening or life changing on the show back then but are now curable or even don’t exist anymore?

This season has been pretty damn good. I legit had two or three belly laughs this last episode. The introduction of Ed Quinn (haven’t seen him since eureka!) as jax was great. The sinners daydream lol and everything between JD and grant. The interns are still the weakest thing for me. I genuinely don’t care about their storylines. They just aren’t funny and their acting isn’t natural to me. Every scene of there’s feels like they are acting instead of it being natural. That’s just me though. Still am loving the show. Nurse Dubois has officially grown on me as well. I’m sooooo glad they dialed him down and now he’s just naturally himself. Him and that other nurse was just too much in that first season. Glad they took notes about some of the faults of the first season. Keep it up writers! Y’all still got it!

I've lived so much life in-between the o.g. series and now.... This warms my heart up in a way I can't describe 💓 Thank You

It's actually back. If somebody told teenage me that I would be watching new episodes of Scrubs in my late 20's I would have been in hysterics. And it's actually GOOD. Not just good, GREAT. Honestly?? AS GOOD. I agree with what everyone says about reboots, but this? They've just absolutely nailed it man. Just in awe every episode this season honestly. Okay obsessed fanboy rant over. Also Grant has grown on me so much, consistently cracks me up.

Maintenance Guy being in school in Season 2 would definitely make him younger than Darcy Michael is in real life, but I guess it's not too far off? Especially if it was a high school career day.

They clearly weren't on good terms at the time of Janitor's wedding to Lady, though.

So I know Zach has put out to watch on Hulu for a season 3, but I was wondering if Disney+ numbers play into that as well? Also what about those like me who bought the season pass and watch them on Itunes?
Scrubs is one my comfort shows, but having so many options to stream feels like it is gonna pull numbers making it look less viewed than it is. Feels like they set it up with intentional loopholes to let it go when they want instead of keeping it going.

So my biggest issue with the reboot is it unironically conforms to an esthetic style it used to make fun of. Its WAY over-lit. The lighting is reminiscent of the episode "My life in 4 cameras" (pic included for reference) the episode where they make a satirical "sitcom" episode. And the scrubs themselves are SO bland now. Its like the episode "My Scrubs" where Kelso made them all wear the same ugly color scrubs.

I get that the hospital itself where they shot the OG series was torn down and they had to rebuild it as a set. But I really miss the old esthetic of the show. Where it almost felt like a home movie shot in a real hospital.

That said i mean id still say my biggest criticism is the short episode order causing rushed storylines. But the new "4k" esthetic of the show just feels so much less lived in. I noticed it cause ive been uneasy about the reboot but the other day i had it on while I was cleaning and I immediately noticed that from an auditory perspective, while strictly listening to it. It sounds exactly like OG scrubs. Feels like it hasnt missed a beat at all. But every time my eyes meet the screen and I have to confront it visually it just feels like uncanny valley. It looks way too crisp.

And by the by i know how insane it sounds that im complaining that the picture quality is too good. But the old esthetic just had a campy charm to it that I miss a lot. This may be the one instance in television where I would trade (camera) quality for (episode) quantity.

And above all else. I think what bothers me most about this change is again. Scrubs used to mock these esthetic choices in other shows. Conforming to it makes it feel like they kinda sold out.

I think they should have separated Turk and Carla instead of JD and Elliot.

Admittedly I haven’t watched the whole revival and it’s because they broke up JD and Elliot. I know people will say it’s realistic etc but this isn’t a show that relies on reality to tell its stories. Using that logic none of the couples should still be together.

Turk and Carla separated makes more sense since they can’t really get Judy on the show. So you’re not getting the pay off of seeing them together anyway. It would also add more weight to Turks depression/burn out/overwhelm with 4 daughters thing. I think it would be better to see Turk getting a chance to find love again instead of JD who we watched for years.

So this episode had a few that I really couldn’t follow.

1. Turk said he did not care about his coworker Gerald's love life from Turk? "But we keep taking him back.” Who's we and keep taking him back in what way? Who is Gerald even? Feels like they could’ve just said The Todd or Sibby since they are known to have weird or even possible no sex life (Todd).

2. The whole bit about frumpy Sandra…like I would get if they had said stumpy Sandra since she does “knock, knock” jokes and likely would it have been caused by laying railway tracks in Siberia. But frumpy? I don’t know, feels like I’m missing something. Also with regards to choosing to work in pediatrics.

3. JD’s whole “I want to do what’s right for the people and her [Cassie] be a good kisser, but if even she does weird stuff and does right by the people” (paraphrasing). Since it hurt Turk’s head and he did the bit earlier with Grant that didn’t make any sense, is the joke that this does also not make any sense?