Scrubs 1/3 "My Intern's Eyes" and "My Right of Passage" [Text View]

mwhip

01-03-2006, 03:58 PM

and we love starting threads HOURS before shows start around here :p
:meh

I feel if those 'Lost' watchers can do it for a medicore drama then we should do it for one of the top 5 comedies in the history of TV.

jschuur

01-03-2006, 04:26 PM

This is what I get for browsing TC at work: A reminder that new Scrubs episodes are still _hours_ away.

Oh, the pain!

Gunnyman

01-03-2006, 04:28 PM

except that the mods here have frowned on doing it :D

5thcrewman

01-03-2006, 04:29 PM

except that the mods here have frowned on doing it :D
Tell 'em to loosen up their banana-hammock!

mwhip

01-03-2006, 04:33 PM

This is what I get for browsing TC at work: A reminder that new Scrubs episodes are still _hours_ away.

Oh, the pain!

Not for us Central and Eastern time zone folks!!!

cmontyburns

01-03-2006, 06:00 PM

I am super excited. I love this show. Also curious: Zach Braff said in a video post to his blog (http://gardenstate.typepad.com/zach_braffs_garden_state_/) that the episodes they were making so far this season were really pretty out there. And in his brief preview this morning in USA Today, Robert Bianco (http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/criticscorner/2006-01-02-critics-corner_x.htm) writes:

...Scrubs seems to have used its outcast status to stride off in its own direction, becoming broader, odder and more absurd.

Can't wait to see it!

Cathy/Vik

01-03-2006, 07:00 PM

Thanks for the reminder that it's back tonite!! Yaaaaay!!!

5thcrewman

01-03-2006, 08:41 PM

Hey! 'My Name is Earl' isn't recording tonight! What gives?!?

TomK

01-03-2006, 08:59 PM

Euphemism Five!

bentleyml

01-03-2006, 09:12 PM

Loved both episodes. So happy to see Scrubs back! :D

TomK

01-03-2006, 09:20 PM

It cured my fix....until next week.

mrpantstm

01-03-2006, 09:28 PM

omg, that was almost better than sex!!

almost.

oh how I missed you Scrubs. I didn't know how much I missed you till I saw you tonight but oh my God!!!!

<3 Scrubs

ToddAtl

01-03-2006, 09:36 PM

say it with me now- FRICK!!

First show all television season I have watched live, thank goodness Scrubs is back!

NoThru22

01-03-2006, 09:38 PM

Not really up there with the best of them but a bad Scrubs episode (or two) still has enough comedic gold to make up for it.

bentleyml

01-03-2006, 09:39 PM

say it with me now- FRICK!!

I really have to start using that in my daily life. Along with Frack from BSG and Frell from Farscape. :D

JPA2825

01-03-2006, 09:41 PM

What other show has the guy who got the pain meds been on? Can't place him.

busyba

01-03-2006, 09:41 PM

How about that extended upskirt shot of Elliot at the end of the second episode! :eek: :up:

busyba

01-03-2006, 09:42 PM

What other show has the guy who got the pain meds been on? Can't place him.
Spin City

http://imdb.com/name/nm0300040/

mwhip

01-03-2006, 09:46 PM

Jordan made the botox joke in the second episode but the actress who plays her does look like she has had some work along with botox. Method acting? :p

JPA2825

01-03-2006, 09:49 PM

Spin City

http://imdb.com/name/nm0300040/

Ding Ding Ding. Busyba is awesome!!!

cmontyburns

01-03-2006, 10:05 PM

Spin City

http://imdb.com/name/nm0300040/

Bill Lawrence, creator of Scrubs, was a co-creator of Spin City. Almost every Spin City alum has been on Scrubs at least once: Alexander Chaplin, Michael Boatman, Heather Locklear, Alan Ruck, Michael J. Fox. I sure wish Jennifer Esposito would make an appearance.

kbrunsting

01-03-2006, 10:08 PM

just in case anyone wanted to know, I looked up the song at the end of the second episode:

Sooner or Later by Michael Tolcher

cmontyburns

01-03-2006, 10:39 PM

just in case anyone wanted to know, I looked up the song at the end of the second episode:

Sooner or Later by Michael Tolcher

They typically find good stuff for Scrubs. That one's been in my library for a while now, actually -- it was the free download of the week on iTunes several months ago.

getbak

01-03-2006, 10:45 PM

I sure wish Jennifer Esposito would make an appearance.

Amen. I almost watched her show on the WB...almost.

efilippi

01-03-2006, 11:03 PM

getbak

01-03-2006, 11:30 PM

"What's it going to be like having a baby?"

"Dr. Cox says it's like having a dog that slowly learns how to talk."

"Awesome."

moondoggie

01-04-2006, 12:00 AM

Spin City

http://imdb.com/name/nm0300040/

Thanks, I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to place him to no avail. :)

iDriveX

01-04-2006, 02:14 AM

The second one was certainly funnier than the first one...

I think the blonde girl just farted...

fmowry

01-04-2006, 06:06 AM

Good think I replaced my Tivo that had this season pass and forgot to set up an SP for SCRUBS. Missed both of these! Of to bittorrent I go. I wonder how long it will take to get them up there.

Frank

Rob Helmerichs

01-04-2006, 06:30 AM

I've only watched the first of the two episodes so far. Funny, I guess, but not anything to rave about. The Eliot bits were just silly, not funny, just silly. And the guys...

Maybe I'm just no longer the right guy for this type humor.
I thought this was the first downright bad episode I've ever seen. It was painful watching them reach so hard for what used to come naturally, and fall so short. I'm now reluctant to watch the second one.

madscientist

01-04-2006, 07:14 AM

The second one was much better IMO. However, even that wasn't a top 10. It seems to take most shows an episode or two to get their groove back.

Jesda

01-04-2006, 07:35 AM

"Im sick of the Turks!"

"The Turks are sneaky"

Hahahahah! And I didnt think Sarah Chalke could get any hotter, but she did.

Uncle Briggs

01-04-2006, 07:47 AM

Not really up there with the best of them but a bad Scrubs episode (or two) still has enough comedic gold to make up for it.I thought the same thing. Both episodes were mediocre.

JoeTiVo

01-04-2006, 08:01 AM

I'm not so sure about this shows life expectancy. NBC doesn't even have enough confidence/pride to produce it in HD. That doesn't look like a good sign to me.

This has to be about the last 'big four' show that's not HD, right? What does that say?

DrStrange

01-04-2006, 08:42 AM

I thought this was the first downright bad episode I've ever seen. It was painful watching them reach so hard for what used to come naturally, and fall so short. I'm now reluctant to watch the second one.
I just watched the season 1 DVDs over the holidays and these didn't even feel like the same show. The characters exhibited not a trace of the depth they used to have. They were just vehicles for the gags, which were flat and forced and seem to have replaced any attempts at decent dialog, story, or character development.

A series premier this bad would have been deleted 10 minutes into the first episode. I'll probably give Scrubs more time than I should to get back on track, but right now it looks like it's good years are behind it. Shame.

Magister

01-04-2006, 09:00 AM

Wow, such hate, I actually enjoyed both episodes. I like the goofy stuff. I laughed out loud more than a few times.

DougF

01-04-2006, 09:16 AM

porges

01-04-2006, 10:11 AM

Featuring: The Return of the Tackling Alzheimer's Patient!

cmontyburns

01-04-2006, 02:27 PM

Some reasonably encouraging news on the ratings front. These eps were up more than 11% in the key 18-49 demo versus the season 4 bow. Hopefully more of these viewers side with the positive thoughts in this thread rather than the negative. (Source: The Futon Critic (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/ratings.cgi?id=tuesday).)

Still, as usual, one has to wonder what NBC is thinking, if anything. They bring Scrubs back against the Orange Bowl (easily last night's #1), with a bizarre lead-in of Fear Factor, and a lead-out of SVU.

JYoung

01-04-2006, 02:51 PM

I think the issue with the first episode was that J.D. was so unappealing (especially with that fake laugh) that it turned off a number of people.
(I realize that was the point but......)

jschuur

01-04-2006, 03:51 PM

I was surprised at how fast Elliot's new hospital job was written out. I guess it would have been hard to find scenarios that put her into the storyline's with the rest of the gang, not to mention the need for different looking hospital sets.

Also, I'm pretty sure Bill Lawrence broke his 'J.D. and Elliot hook up once a season' rule that was mentioned in prior seasons.

cmontyburns

01-04-2006, 04:31 PM

I was surprised at how fast Elliot's new hospital job was written out. I guess it would have been hard to find scenarios that put her into the storyline's with the rest of the gang, not to mention the need for different looking hospital sets.

I had the exact same reaction. For the same reason, I fully expect Elliot to be back at Sacred Heart in the matter of an episode or two (although it's obviously easier to incorporate her into storylines now that she doesn't have anyplace else to be). Makes you wonder why they even bothered with the development, aside from a little season-ending cliffhanging (and maybe that was the reason). But we'll see where they go with it.

Warren

01-04-2006, 08:02 PM

frack frack

spartanstew

01-04-2006, 08:51 PM

This may have been mentioned already, but I'm not going to read the thread since I've only watched one of the episodes.

In the future, perhaps we should have one thread per episode instead of lumping them together. People like myself, who have only watched one so far, can't participate in the discussion without getting spoiled on the other.

It'd kill you to wait until you've seen both?

I thought the episodes were OK, but not great. After waiting so long to see these, I was a bit disappointed.

lambertman

01-05-2006, 08:39 AM

I don't think two threads would work, because people would forget which episode they saw something in and talk about it in the wrong thread.

These two eps weren't S2 good, but I still enjoyed them.

dtle

01-05-2006, 08:41 AM

frack frack

Wrong show....that's BSG. Scrubs' pseudo-profanity is frick.

5thcrewman

01-05-2006, 08:44 AM

I'm holding out for a 'Frick on a stick!' I like that one the best!

Rob Helmerichs

01-05-2006, 09:21 AM

Wrong show....that's BSG. Scrubs' pseudo-profanity is frick.
But she often throws in fracks as well, as in "Frickin' frack frack!"...

Amnesia

01-05-2006, 10:07 AM

But she often throws in fracks as well, as in "Frickin' frack frack!"...Maybe she's a Cylon...

Steveknj

01-05-2006, 11:47 AM

I thought Cox's wife looked more like Kate from The Drew Carey Show (yeah, I know it's the same actress). She let her hair grow out and she looks younger and better. My son kept waiting for Drew to make a cameo :)

busyba

01-05-2006, 12:06 PM

I thought Cox's wife looked more like Kate from The Drew Carey Show (yeah, I know it's the same actress). She let her hair grow out and she looks younger and better.
It also helps that she's not pregnant anymore. ;)

NoThru22

01-05-2006, 12:37 PM

It may seem like I was down on this show but I am seriously considering changing my user title to Bankfarter. :D

pendragn

01-05-2006, 01:31 PM

It may seem like I was down on this show but I am seriously considering changing my user title to Bankfarter. :D
Bankfarter had be cracking up for hours. "It sounds German." :D

tk

busyba

01-05-2006, 01:37 PM

Bankfarter had be cracking up for hours. "It sounds German." :D
<"Don't make fun of my people, Carla!"> (in german). :D

Is it just me, or whenever Elliot speaks in german (here and at least once last season too), is it crazy hot? :drool:

Steveknj

01-05-2006, 02:30 PM

<"Don't make fun of my people, Carla!"> (in german). :D

Is it just me, or whenever Elliot speaks in german (here and at least once last season too), is it crazy hot? :drool:

It's you :D

TeeSee

01-05-2006, 03:28 PM

Just about any thing she says is hot.

Especially "Frick!". :)

5thcrewman

01-05-2006, 05:45 PM

It also helps that she's not pregnant anymore. ;)
And her face can't move!

jschuur

01-05-2006, 06:06 PM

Is it just me, or whenever Elliot speaks in german (here and at least once last season too), is it crazy hot? :drool:
It's not nearly as hot if you grew up in Germany.

I think you're just feeling the effects of residual hotness from the bit before when she didn't speak German.

busyba

01-05-2006, 10:00 PM

It's not nearly as hot if you grew up in Germany.

I think you're just feeling the effects of residual hotness from the bit before when she didn't speak German.
No, I'm telling you, chicks speaking German really do it for me. I had a good friend who grew up in Germany and anytime she wanted to make me pounce on her she would speak german.

Not all harsh and "Ilsa: She-Devil of the SS"-like as Elliot did, of course. :)

Lee L

01-06-2006, 08:18 AM

I thought this was the first downright bad episode I've ever seen. It was painful watching them reach so hard for what used to come naturally, and fall so short. I'm now reluctant to watch the second one.

My wife and I felt exactly the same way!

We like the show Scrubs, you know, the one where they all work togther and interact in somewhat natural scenarios and have established roles, you know, the show that aired the last few seasons. The first episode was totally not that.

WE have not watched the second one yet, but based on some comments here I am looking more forward to it now.