1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Callaroga Shock Media. Scrub Season ten, episode eight, My Odds. 2 00:00:13,679 --> 00:00:17,199 Original air date April eighth, twenty twenty six. Hello, I'm 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,839 a Johnny Mack and boy this when did you have 4 00:00:21,879 --> 00:00:24,399 something in your eye there? Towards the end? This was 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,399 just a fantastic episode of Scrubs. Now for me, I 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,640 knew this was coming. Somebody had kind of spoiled this 7 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,640 in one of the articles as I put together the 8 00:00:33,679 --> 00:00:36,359 podcast every day, and especially when I do the Scrubs research, 9 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:39,479 so I knew doctor Cox was in episodes eight and nine, 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,280 and I kind of knew why. I mean, the spoiler 11 00:00:42,399 --> 00:00:45,439 said doctor Cox returns with a life threatening illness. Gee, 12 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:49,640 thanks spoiler. But sure enough, doctor Cox was back being 13 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:52,759 buddies with doctor Park because then I seen them together 14 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:55,479 and they were kind of doing the same thing again. 15 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,119 I don't know if they took lines that were originally 16 00:00:58,119 --> 00:01:00,719 designed for Cox and gave them the Park cross the season, 17 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,399 but I like the doctor Park character. I hate the 18 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,480 hr lady that says that is not working. Just get 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,159 rid of her. The two people at the nurses desk, 20 00:01:09,239 --> 00:01:12,200 they're fun. More of them. The new interns are fined, 21 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,719 but hr Lady just no, no, no, no, no, anyway, 22 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,319 doctor Cox. He's back at Sacred Heart Hospital. JD's pretty 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,120 excited that he's there. He wants to impress doctor Cox, 24 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,560 and then suddenly doctor Cox collapses. It turns out doctor 25 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,719 Cox has a condition known as microscopic polyanngitis aka MPa. 26 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,400 That is a serious autoimmune disease that causes the body 27 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:38,439 to attack its small blood vessels. In the case of 28 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,239 doctor Cox, it's already pushed doctor Cox into the start 29 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:44,959 of renal failure. The prognosis is not great. Both JD 30 00:01:45,079 --> 00:01:47,200 and doctor Cox know it. Now. You don't think they're 31 00:01:47,239 --> 00:01:50,000 gonna kill doctor Cox off next week, right, They're not? Like, 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,480 would they do that to us? And the show has 33 00:01:52,519 --> 00:01:55,400 still not been renewed as I record this, I mean, 34 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:58,079 would they just end? Could you imagine if that's what 35 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:00,239 the plan here? Is all along that just like they 36 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,719 do nine seasons and out and doctor Cox dies next 37 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:05,560 week and we're all just like devastated. Let's talk about 38 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:08,280 one of the other plots. Doctor Tosh made a mistake 39 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,919 that was avoidable, her patient nearly died. Doctor Reed kind 40 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,479 of lays into her, is kind of mean to her, 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,039 and then doctor Tosh goes running to the HR Lady. 42 00:02:17,599 --> 00:02:20,120 We get a nice scene with doctor Cox and doctor Reed, 43 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:22,479 and Cox says that he realizes he was a little 44 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,360 too harsh on Elliott. So a nice moment there between 45 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,840 those two characters. Plenty of nice stuff between doctor Cox 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,319 and JD. Doctor Cox asked JD if he'll pray together, 47 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,360 and then Cox praise for JD to get eaten alive 48 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,319 by the chair so that he doesn't have to listen 49 00:02:37,319 --> 00:02:40,439 to JD. But in the end doctor Cox becomes quite 50 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:45,599 human it admits that he's scared Joe. Creator Bill Lawrence 51 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,159 told people, we really wanted to show that dynamic of 52 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:50,039 having to be a caretaker for a person that was 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,000 your caretaker for so many years. We kind of accomplished 54 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,919 it way back when we wanted to do a different 55 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,439 flavor of it, when doctor Kelso evolved out of the 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,159 role and he became less of a teacher and more 57 00:02:59,159 --> 00:03:02,319 of a confidant. Today, doctor Cox, Bill Laurence says, JD 58 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:04,520 taking over as chief and the pilot set up the 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,759 new dynamic. What was really interesting is the only way 60 00:03:06,759 --> 00:03:08,599 we thought we could suck JD back into that world 61 00:03:08,719 --> 00:03:11,039 was for his mentor to essentially say, these young people 62 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,000 deserve exactly what you got, and I can't give it 63 00:03:13,039 --> 00:03:15,280 to them anymore. The danger of that is going well, 64 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,039 we don't want to see that awesome relationship and that 65 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,599 awesome character a lot. So the end of the season 66 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,199 is doctor Cox's return as a patient. Bill Laurence says, 67 00:03:23,199 --> 00:03:27,159 we will protect and explore that relationship moving forward. Wonder 68 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:29,120 what that means. At the end of the scene, doctor 69 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:31,400 Cox asked JD to promise that you'll keep me alive 70 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:33,560 for a very long time, because I don't want my 71 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:35,439 death to be the thing that makes you cynical. I 72 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,520 try to protect you from this with everything I had, 73 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,360 but I'm so scared. That's kind of when you might 74 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,080 have had some dust in your eye during that speech. 75 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,639 That was really good. JD and Sissy as a plan 76 00:03:44,719 --> 00:03:47,599 that he guarantees is the best plan forward. But then 77 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:49,639 we hear the voiceover. Turke Itt asked me when I 78 00:03:49,639 --> 00:03:52,840 stopped needing doctor Cox's approval, it was now because now 79 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,879 he needed me. John McGinley said, I thought it was 80 00:03:55,919 --> 00:03:58,520 really brave of Bill Lawrence to explore exhaustion and fatigue 81 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,759 and burn out in a real way for a guy 82 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,199 who traded on alpha and being a lion seeing that 83 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,639 alpha line freaking exhausted and shost and the writers can 84 00:04:04,719 --> 00:04:07,400 write that those kind of damage characters, writers can write richly. 85 00:04:07,719 --> 00:04:09,960 That's a thrill for all actors to get on that page. 86 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:12,159 Zach Braff says, if you look back, it's what the 87 00:04:12,199 --> 00:04:14,400 whole show is leading up to, the teacher handing over 88 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:17,360 the torch to the next generation. We'll take the break 89 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:19,079 here and we'll come back. We'll talk about what the 90 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,680 Scrubs gang said at pailey Fest. Over the weekend, Pailey 91 00:04:22,759 --> 00:04:27,000 Fest had a Scrubs panel. On the panel Bill Lawrence, 92 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:32,120 current showrunner, Assim Batra, Zach Braff, Donald Faizon, Sarah Chalk, 93 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,800 Judy Reyis, John c McGinley, Christa Miller, and Neil Flynn 94 00:04:36,079 --> 00:04:40,079 the janitor Huh. They got together with moderator Vanessa Bear, 95 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,680 who plays the horrible Sacred Heart HR manager Sibby Wilson, 96 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,240 the character that needs to go. They screened episode nine, 97 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,040 which airs tomorrow on ABC. I have a volleyball game 98 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,959 at seven thirty, so I should be home by eight 99 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,920 forty five, nine o'clock. I'll see if I can get 100 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,120 my wife to watch it tomorrow night. There are some spoilers. 101 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,680 I just got spoilered myself as I scre down here. 102 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,920 I won't nuke you, ow Kate, but vague we're told. 103 00:05:03,959 --> 00:05:06,240 The episode drew an emotional response from the audience. At 104 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,839 the screening, Donald Faison talked about John mcginley's performance, saying 105 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:13,199 that his wife and kids got emotional watching one scene 106 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,720 in episode eight. All right, we've already talked about that. 107 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,759 That's not a spoiler, and he called it a testament 108 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,360 to mcginley's gifts as an actor. McGinley credited Bill Lawrence 109 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,759 for always writing Doctor Cox with layers, a character who 110 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,279 teaches with equal parts challenge and care. Judy Reyis said 111 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,680 stepping back into Carlo's world once she was on set 112 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,240 felt immediate and natural. Christa Miller minor spoiler here, but 113 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,839 she appears as Jordan, not shocking. They are married and 114 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:38,920 Doctor Cox's in the hospital. Christa Miller also married to 115 00:05:38,959 --> 00:05:41,839 Bill Lawrence, so that is not shocking. She said she 116 00:05:41,879 --> 00:05:43,680 hopes that Jordan had grown at least a little over 117 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,360 the years, and that getting back on set with Zach 118 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:49,199 Braff helped her find the character quickly. Neil Flynn discussed 119 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:51,360 whether or not the Janitor is real or a figment 120 00:05:51,399 --> 00:05:53,959 of JD's imagination. Neil Flynn said there were too many 121 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:57,480 episodes where other characters interact with the Janitor, Although I 122 00:05:57,519 --> 00:06:00,399 think in the early part of season one the design 123 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:03,319 was that the Janitor was only in JD's imagination, but 124 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,920 they moved away from that over time. The cast made 125 00:06:05,959 --> 00:06:08,439 it clear they want to continue and that there were 126 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,759 more characters from the original run they want to bring back. 127 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,800 They gave a shout out to Ken Jenkins, who played 128 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,120 doctor Kelso. Bill Lawrence confirmed that Jenkins, now in his eighties, 129 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,920 is enthusiastic about returning. ABC has not yet announced if 130 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,000 Scrubs will be back, which is crazy. Bill Lawrence said 131 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,480 they went into the nine episode season wanting to prove 132 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:28,759 the show could work again. The reaction from audiences and 133 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,360 from the Pellyfest crowd suggests that it has. ABC is 134 00:06:32,519 --> 00:06:37,079 crazy if they don't bring this thing back. Scrubs loved it. Interestingly, 135 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,240 my wife said that was not her favorite episode, which 136 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:41,959 was quite surprising to me. Maybe she likes the episodes 137 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,319 a little funnier. I don't know. I liked it a lot. Scrubs. 138 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,439 I'm happy it's around. I wanted to keep going, see 139 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:47,120 you guys in the morning.