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(More customer reviews)It's too bad that this show had to be called Scrubs, because it would have made a relatively good first season of a different show. And, as another reviewer has pointed out, the Scrubs holdovers were often the worst part of this last season.
Why was this show finally canceled? Let us count the ways:
1. In a move that apparently only the staff writers found funny, Zach Braff's J.D. became increasingly vane, stupid, and effeminate to the point of being totally ridiculous. This change began in season 5 when JD's silliness leaked out of his fantasies and into his normal behavior, when J.D. began truly acting selfishly with regard to his relationships with Elliot (especially) and Turk (occasionally). This annoyance persisted throughout seasons 6 and 7 as the fantasies got longer and dumber and the stories lost their humanity and realism. Though the writers sagely brought back the sweet and introspective J.D. for almost all of season 8, we find him back in his worst insecure, jealous, appletini drinking form here in season 9. He seems to exist only to appease those who tuned in to see Braff's mug.
2. After slowly softening Dr. Cox and Kelso up for the last 8 years, the writers had no antagonist against whom they could pit these new med students. In the first seasons, audiences rooted for JD, Elliot, and Turk to hold their own against Kelso, Cox, and Bonnie. In later seasons, the stories became more about unfolding those once menacing characters and watching JD, Elliot, and Turk grow up. With all of that out of the way, these new cast members are left without much of a challenge, as no one really finds Cox or Kelso all that scary. Even the patients, often demanding, uncooperative, or just hillarious in earlier seasons of Scrubs, are mostly just warm bodies this time around.
3. The choice to focus on Lucy as the new protagonist was an obvious but poor one. Lucy was written to appeal to audiences in the same way that J.D. had: she is unimpeachably nice, well-intended, and in over her head. Unfortunately, the scripts magnify Lucy's insecurity and weirdness to such a degree that she never feels like much of a real person. Her decisions (sleeping with Cole, for example) never seem to make much sense, nor is she terribly sympathetic. In short, it's hard to root for her because she seems hopeless, stupid, and hollow. Practically anyone, though especially Drew or Denise, would have made a better lead.
4. The writers clearly ran out of ideas by this season. Longtime fans of the show would watch familiar storylines play out in familiar ways. Echoing Elliot's interactions with Phillip, Denise would be forced to deal with Cole, the rich kid whose well-connected parents make his life easy. Echoing Elliot's naive belief in the power of a heroin addict to quit, Lucy invests her faith in a hopeless drunk. Echoing Elliot's stuggle with showing compassion to a young mother, Denise learns to show compassion to a young child. Over and over again, the same stories repeat with only slight deviation. Cole's entire character, for the first half of the season, appears to be little more than a less funny version of The Todd.
With all of this said, there are a few high points.
1. Cole's character does eventually show some humanity and, in doing so, becomes far funnier. His frequent run-ins with Drew and his inadequate attempts at being a boyfriend to Lucy are some of the few truly laughable one-liners in the season.
2. Drew, Dr. Cox's new protege, is absolutely the standout member of the cast. Not only is he incredibly believable as the kind of kid Cox would actually like, but his past as a med school burnout is truly novel.
3. Turk and Kelso remain true to form and are both hilarious.
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See how the story ends for J.D., Elliot, Turk and the rest of your favorite characters in ABC\'s Scrubs: The Complete Ninth And Final Season. The heroes of Sacred Heart may have finished their rounds, but the laughs never stop as they mentor a brand new class of med students!J.D. returns to teach at Sacred Heart\'s medical school with the old gang and is surprised to find an impressionable young student has picked up where he left off. Meet Lucy and her classmates, Drew and Cole, as they try to fit in while they do their best to stand out.Relive every clever and quirky moment of Scrubs\' outrageous final season, complete with never-before-seen bloopers, deleted scenes and interviews with the show\'s cast. Complete your Scrubs collection with the Ninth And Final Season on DVD. It\'s the best house call you\'ll ever get!
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