I was - initially - a fan of scrubs. Primarily this was because it was different but - as I predicted - you can't sell a TV show on "different" forever.
The show is supposed to be the journey of a young doctor "J.D / John Dorien" (played by Zach Braff) from his arrival at Sacred Heart hospital to some point further along his career and all (and I mean ALL) of his personal issues in between.
He is "accompanied" by 2 other inmates Elliot Reed (played by Sarah Chalke) as his on-off love interest and Chris Turk (Donald Faison) his "roomie" and best friend. Other notable cast members are J.D's immediate boss Perry Cox (played by John C McGinley), the chief of medicine Bob Kelso (played by Ken Jenkins), the janitor (played by Neil Flynn), the hospital lawyer (played by Sam Lloyd) and Chris Turks girlfriend / wife Nurse Carla Espinosa.
JD (Zach Braff) as the so-called "lead" is extremely annoying and just about the most whiny little oik you could ever come across. Lets put it this way, if by some dint of a miracle you found yourself working with someone like him (most people would have the sense to fire him within the first week), you would almost certainly find yourself using him as a punch bag; he is that annoying. He is a shallow, self-obsessed, neurotic, incompetent and mean individual who actually does little more than shift the focus quite fairly and quite rightly onto the people who carry the show: John C McGinley, Ken Jenkins, Sam Lloyd and Neil Flynn.
Dr Elliot Reed (Sarah Chalke) is every bit as self-obsessed and shallow but has the added annoyance of a high-pitched voice.
Dr Chris Turk (Donald Faison) who is an "African American" spends most of the so-far 6 series regurgitating the "my people have suffered because of...." rhetoric and it is not only boring but serves to actually make anyone who is at all interested in equality think "shut up and go away". Yes, we get it he feels put upon. Wake up and smell the coffee, the universe is a rough place.
Frankly, there isn't much positive to say about this show.
It fails as a serious hospital show because despite the number of doctors they have as consultants, what they have actually done is create a series that depicts a hospital as these doctors would LIKE it to be, not as it is. It is the least realistic of any medical series past or present because of this fact. It is NOT an accurate representation of life in a hospital at all. Perhaps a classic case of "too many cooks spoil the broth"? It fails as a comedy because there are only 2 truly funny people out of the cast of many. They are John C McGinley and Sam Lloyd. Their sequences are what kept me watching but even they get tedious after a while.
It fails as entertainment because the writers (of which there are many) seem to have the dreadful habit of wanting to "be our moral compass" and "teach us lessons" in a shallow, half serious and deeply flawed way. I mean, why pick a neurotic little wimp as a vehicle for moral guidance? The episodes covering abortion I found particularly distasteful and - for the record - if you're going to go into work one day, scrub the word entertainment from the agenda and substitute it with "issues" you lose your initiative, some of your audience and almost certainly any opportunity for humour.
It fails as a comedy because well it just isn't funny. It's childish, silly, goofy and certainly alternative in the same way that mud could be considered an alternative or coffee), but it isn't funny. It lacks any sort of sophistication or appeal to grown ups and this is strange because I believe it's the adult audience it's designed for. Perhaps the general intelligence level has dropped or perhaps the show is aimed at adult special needs individuals.
Not a bad start, but tapered off to become boring, annoying and not in the least bit entertaining. Shame really, could have been good if they sacked some of the doctors / consultants (would you trust the words of doctors who spend their careers trying to break into Hollywood instead of saving lives?) and actually concentrated on what was making it passable as a TV show.
According to the scrubs homepage, the writers and director have a "no *sshole in the studio" policy. THAT made me laugh. A phrase sprang to mind: "locking the stable door AFTER the horse has bolted...."
wont be buying the DVD's, not sorry to see that it's not on T.V anymore.
The show is supposed to be the journey of a young doctor "J.D / John Dorien" (played by Zach Braff) from his arrival at Sacred Heart hospital to some point further along his career and all (and I mean ALL) of his personal issues in between.
He is "accompanied" by 2 other inmates Elliot Reed (played by Sarah Chalke) as his on-off love interest and Chris Turk (Donald Faison) his "roomie" and best friend. Other notable cast members are J.D's immediate boss Perry Cox (played by John C McGinley), the chief of medicine Bob Kelso (played by Ken Jenkins), the janitor (played by Neil Flynn), the hospital lawyer (played by Sam Lloyd) and Chris Turks girlfriend / wife Nurse Carla Espinosa.
JD (Zach Braff) as the so-called "lead" is extremely annoying and just about the most whiny little oik you could ever come across. Lets put it this way, if by some dint of a miracle you found yourself working with someone like him (most people would have the sense to fire him within the first week), you would almost certainly find yourself using him as a punch bag; he is that annoying. He is a shallow, self-obsessed, neurotic, incompetent and mean individual who actually does little more than shift the focus quite fairly and quite rightly onto the people who carry the show: John C McGinley, Ken Jenkins, Sam Lloyd and Neil Flynn.
Dr Elliot Reed (Sarah Chalke) is every bit as self-obsessed and shallow but has the added annoyance of a high-pitched voice.
Dr Chris Turk (Donald Faison) who is an "African American" spends most of the so-far 6 series regurgitating the "my people have suffered because of...." rhetoric and it is not only boring but serves to actually make anyone who is at all interested in equality think "shut up and go away". Yes, we get it he feels put upon. Wake up and smell the coffee, the universe is a rough place.
Frankly, there isn't much positive to say about this show.
It fails as a serious hospital show because despite the number of doctors they have as consultants, what they have actually done is create a series that depicts a hospital as these doctors would LIKE it to be, not as it is. It is the least realistic of any medical series past or present because of this fact. It is NOT an accurate representation of life in a hospital at all. Perhaps a classic case of "too many cooks spoil the broth"? It fails as a comedy because there are only 2 truly funny people out of the cast of many. They are John C McGinley and Sam Lloyd. Their sequences are what kept me watching but even they get tedious after a while.
It fails as entertainment because the writers (of which there are many) seem to have the dreadful habit of wanting to "be our moral compass" and "teach us lessons" in a shallow, half serious and deeply flawed way. I mean, why pick a neurotic little wimp as a vehicle for moral guidance? The episodes covering abortion I found particularly distasteful and - for the record - if you're going to go into work one day, scrub the word entertainment from the agenda and substitute it with "issues" you lose your initiative, some of your audience and almost certainly any opportunity for humour.
It fails as a comedy because well it just isn't funny. It's childish, silly, goofy and certainly alternative in the same way that mud could be considered an alternative or coffee), but it isn't funny. It lacks any sort of sophistication or appeal to grown ups and this is strange because I believe it's the adult audience it's designed for. Perhaps the general intelligence level has dropped or perhaps the show is aimed at adult special needs individuals.
Not a bad start, but tapered off to become boring, annoying and not in the least bit entertaining. Shame really, could have been good if they sacked some of the doctors / consultants (would you trust the words of doctors who spend their careers trying to break into Hollywood instead of saving lives?) and actually concentrated on what was making it passable as a TV show.
According to the scrubs homepage, the writers and director have a "no *sshole in the studio" policy. THAT made me laugh. A phrase sprang to mind: "locking the stable door AFTER the horse has bolted...."
wont be buying the DVD's, not sorry to see that it's not on T.V anymore.