WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:13.160 Callarogashock Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with another bonus episode. 2 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:17.160 This is a recap of Scrubs season ten, episode two, 3 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.960 my second first day original air date, February twenty fifth, 4 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:24.480 twenty twenty six. It's been two days since the Scrubs 5 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.480 revival and I am still thinking about it all the time. 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:29.719 I wrote about it on my substack today link in 7 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.159 the notes. It's free, you can read it. I just 8 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.560 I'm in love with this show. I almost rewatched episodes 9 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:37.759 one and two again last night, and I'm like, yeah, 10 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:39.640 let me wait a couple days, and I wound up 11 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:42.039 just watching wherever I am in my season five rewatch. 12 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.840 But boy, I can't stop thinking about this show. All right, 13 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.439 let's do a recap, a mix of my memory and 14 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.359 the AI. Hopefully the AI is not hallucinating now in 15 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:54.719 this episode. No John c. McGinley, No Judy Rayis. We're 16 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:56.320 gonna have to get used to that. That not all 17 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.880 the regulars around all the time. Plenty of articles about it. 18 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.119 We've learned at mcginley's in three of the nine episodes. 19 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:05.760 I'm not sure how many Judy Rayis is in as Carla. 20 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.239 But the crux of this show is the Big Three 21 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.120 and the New Kids. So in the new episode we 22 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.040 get a little dynamic of Churk versus Elliott with JD 23 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:17.799 having to make a decision. The decision is about are 24 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:20.280 we're going to get a new surgical robot which is 25 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:23.439 super cool or some new simulation thing that I still 26 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.200 don't understand what we were trying to get. JD as 27 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.599 chief of Medicine in the old doctor Kelso role, he 28 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.239 has to decide. We also get a lot of Joel 29 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.239 Kim Booster's Doctor Park. I didn't talk about him yesterday, 30 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.879 but doctor Park is jealous that JD has gotten the 31 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.640 big job and is kind of in the janitor antagonist 32 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.159 role on the new show. And we also get into 33 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:47.920 the first plots with the New Kids. Asher is one 34 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.040 of the young doctors. He has a patient, Stanley, who's 35 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.799 on heart medication. However, Stanley hasn't been taking his medication 36 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.120 because medical bills. JD encourages Asher to get on the 37 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.719 phone with the insurance company. Interesting to me, I've mentioned 38 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.840 this before before the pit my wife said Scrubs was 39 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.240 the most realistic medical show. So during this episode, when 40 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.479 Asher calls the insurance company and he's on hold for 41 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.479 like hours. My wife said that is the worst that 42 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.719 she's done this serious. Creator Bill Lawrence kind of agrees 43 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.719 with my wife. He said, I'm going to give Scrubs 44 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:20.360 a pat on the back until the pit. It's my 45 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:21.879 favorite show. I love it. My wife and I've been 46 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:23.759 doing promo for it essentially. But you can type on 47 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.759 the internet what's the most realistic portrayal of medicine on television? 48 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:29.520 Scrubs was number one for the last fifteen years, So 49 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.319 my wife is on point. Laurence says, I'll tell you 50 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.800 why our medical cases were real. The reason we did 51 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.520 the show initially was because my buddy JD, the real 52 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.759 JD s said, I rarely kick open a door, and 53 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.719 Neil stat and all the medical shows at the time 54 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:43.400 were like, there's a bomb in his chest, we need 55 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.639 two blood stat He's gonna die. Real life. JD said, 56 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:48.759 the real stuff was using gallows humor to get through 57 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:51.240 the day and trying not to get torn up emotionally 58 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.120 with the stuff you're dealing with. The real JD. Back 59 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:55.520 in the days when he was an intern, if you 60 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.680 got paid to a code and you're the first intern there, 61 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:59.199 you had to run it, and on his first day 62 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:00.599 of work, you got page two code and he hid 63 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:02.639 in the closet. We put that in the pilot of Scrubs, 64 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.000 and that felt very familiar to the medical community, the 65 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:08.479 fear of treating someone. Laurence says. This year, there's a 66 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.439 story that was taking from one of the doctor's residencies 67 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.080 of a family that didn't want to come into the 68 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:14.879 r and stayed out in the parking lot, hoping it 69 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.479 would get better because they knew that once they got 70 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.759 into the er, whatever savings they had would be decimated, 71 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.520 and unfortunately someone passed away in the parking lot. That's 72 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:25.520 just a true Lifted story. As for the main dilemma, 73 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:29.080 Turk is getting excited about he surgical robot. His department 74 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.240 is getting Turk and the team starts celebrating. Elliott shows 75 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.120 up and she's mad because it looks like JD has 76 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.560 picked Turk over Elliott. She says, this isn't just about 77 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.759 the robot, it's about the divorce. She feels like Turk 78 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.080 took sides in the divorce and has been avoiding her. 79 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:46.800 That leads to a nice scene between those two who 80 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:49.599 really weren't paired up all that much. In the original series, 81 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.479 and we see that they are indeed friends. JD has 82 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.240 to make the call, are we getting the robot or 83 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.840 are we getting whatever Elliott wants. He did pick what 84 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:00.800 Turk wants and the reasoning, much like doctor Kelso, it's 85 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.319 better for the business of the hospital. We all become 86 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:06.120 what we hate, right, We'll come back. And there's more 87 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:08.919 from the Bill Lawrence interview in Deadline. He talked about 88 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:15.759 why to bring Scrubs back now. Deadline has a very 89 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.759 good interview with Serious creator Bill Lawrence, very interesting. They 90 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.000 were curious why to bring the showback. Deadline says, not 91 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.639 all shows age well. Bill said, yeah, time's change. I'm 92 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:27.920 not afraid of this because people that whine about, oh, 93 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.480 it's hard to do comedy now, I think you have 94 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:31.319 to evolve with the zeitgeist of the time. I think 95 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.040 that's one of the things that makes comedy fun. I 96 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.800 think funny always wins, and if you're going to be dangerous, 97 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.480 you got to be careful and make sure it's funny. 98 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:39.480 There was some I think it was in episode two, 99 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.240 some fantastic the Todd moments, and as I've been saying 100 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:45.480 since I got on the Scrubs, kick a week ago. Yeah, 101 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.959 have to understand what the Todd is. I've said this 102 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:51.199 twenty five years ago. We weren't like, Hey, that guy 103 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:53.079 at the Todd he's really cool. I like the way 104 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.000 he harasses all the female staffers. We knew what it was, 105 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.600 but it can still be funny. They're all basically that's 106 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.040 what she he said jokes. He's a cartoon character. It's 107 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:04.839 fun Bill Lauren said, the one thing that held up 108 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.040 from the original Scrubs is the humanity and the feeling 109 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:08.839 that all these people in the teaching hospital were doing 110 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:10.920 it because they were trying to be of service. The 111 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.279 one thing that was canon was the medical advisors all said, 112 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.120 you can't make fun of the patients, and you have 113 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.120 to show people that are actually sacrificing their lives to 114 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:21.519 try and do good. But yeah, the comedy winds up 115 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:23.600 with the actual show. In real life, interns and residents 116 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:25.759 aren't nearly as abused and treated the way they were 117 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:28.439 back in those times. Doesn't mean they aren't still stressed out, 118 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.399 and doesn't mean that they don't still burn out, but 119 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.279 times have changed in the medical world. Donald Faison talked 120 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:38.040 about Turk's storyline. We've seen at times a moody Turk 121 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.399 In the new series, Donald Faison said, Turk is stuck. 122 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:43.800 Before it was great to be stuck with your best 123 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.560 friend because you guys could play after work and do 124 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.000 so many great things. But his best friend's gone and 125 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:49.800 he's stuck still. How does he combat that? How do 126 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.000 you combat doing the same stuff over and over again 127 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.000 and losing patients? Sometimes there's a win, sometimes there isn't, 128 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:56.639 and you don't have anyone to share it with, someone 129 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.480 to laugh about it with. It breaks him down. Even 130 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.279 though he holds a brave face for the hospital, his 131 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:02.319 wife and kids. It breaks him down. Nian doesn't want 132 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.160 to talk about it. JD shows up and acts like 133 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:05.879 everything's normal again. It's like, no, no, no, no, we 134 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.079 got history, bro. We got to fix first before all 135 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.120 that happens. Faison said, I studied that scene for about 136 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.040 a month and a half because I really wanted it 137 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:15.759 to work. Bill Lawrence ads one of the few things 138 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.079 that people loved about the early shows is a portrayal 139 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.079 of a very non toxic, emotionally open male friendship, and 140 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.759 a lot of that involved the joyful, childish exuberance of 141 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.000 Turk and JD and fantasies and a voiceover monologue. The 142 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.959 thing that convinced us we could still do it is 143 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.079 Zach MacDonald's Super Bowl commercials or their podcast. You can 144 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.800 see their friendship as authentic. They still behave like they're 145 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.079 twelve years old when they're together, and you can still 146 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.040 be the people that are patriarchs of their families and 147 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.600 directing movies and running businesses and stuff. So we were like, 148 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:43.439 what a cool thing to hold onto from the old show. 149 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.240 Faison said, in real life we are man children. But 150 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.519 let's be honest, I do have to prevent my kids. 151 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:52.639 Scrubs season ten loving it. If you haven't watched it, 152 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.240 check it out on the DVRs and on Hulu. It's 153 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.240 a separate series. They have it posted as season one. 154 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.439 We're all calling it season ten, but for whatever legal reasons, 155 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.319 behind the scenes writes and all that, it is Scrubs 156 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:08.839 season one. Set your DVRs appropriately all right, back in 157 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.600 the morning, Pete Holmes, it's in the can. It exists 158 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.000 forty minutes with Pete Holmes. He was fantastic. It's one 159 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.079 of my favorite episodes I've ever done. I hope you 160 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.639 enjoy it as much as I do. Catch you here tomorrow.