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<v Speaker 1>Caalarocashock Media. Hey bonus episode. I'm Johnny Mack and this

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<v Speaker 1>is a recap of Scrubs Season ten, episode one, my return.

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<v Speaker 1>Original air date February twenty fifth, twenty twenty six. I

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<v Speaker 1>just needed to get on Mike today. Sometimes I just

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<v Speaker 1>do a show for me, and this is one of those. Boy,

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<v Speaker 1>am I happy? I watched that show last night, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was so happy that Scrubs landed properly. So many

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<v Speaker 1>things that I love, specifically Star Trek, have gotten ruined

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<v Speaker 1>in modern times, and that Scrubs came back and felt

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<v Speaker 1>like Scrubs and made me laugh and gave me the feels.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my goodness, so fantastic. So if you haven't watched yet,

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<v Speaker 1>bail out of this episode because we're gonna break it

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<v Speaker 1>down as a recap here seen by seeing him doing

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<v Speaker 1>this from a combination of memory and AI, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>hoping the AI isn't hallucinating spoilers. We open up with

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<v Speaker 1>a cold open. It's a prestige medical drama fake out,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps kind of sort of like the Pit. The coloring

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<v Speaker 1>is a little different. It's blue, gray, handhaild cameras, tight lens,

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<v Speaker 1>no music, a Gurney slams through the er doors. Doctors

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<v Speaker 1>are speaking in clipped jargon, BP crashing and get me

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<v Speaker 1>a line, and we see JD in the center of

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<v Speaker 1>the frame. He's calm focused, completely different body language from

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<v Speaker 1>classic JD. It's like we're in the pit, except it's JD.

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<v Speaker 1>And then cut suddenly we're in a luxury apartment. JD

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<v Speaker 1>is in concierge medicine. He's checking a rich guy's pulse.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy asked if kombucha counts us water onto the

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<v Speaker 1>title sequence. It's a lot like the original. The music

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<v Speaker 1>is back, we see the new interns, and then last

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<v Speaker 1>is JD, who doesn't hang up at X ray puts

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<v Speaker 1>it on some sort of electronic skinner thing. Creator Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Lawrence spoke with Deadline. He said the new season is

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<v Speaker 1>conceived as if the original series ended with season eight. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're just gonna hand wave there is no season nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't ask any questions. It just want we meet up

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<v Speaker 1>with the old folks. Turk is stuck in a rut,

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Cox is doing his tough love thing. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>times change in these kids today, there's a new annoying

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<v Speaker 1>hr rep played by Vanessa buyer, who I think is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get old real fast if they don't modify that character.

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<v Speaker 1>Elliott is there. She heads the simulation lab now out

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<v Speaker 1>to the parking lot for the first scene. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>same physical geography as the pilot episode, but JD is

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<v Speaker 1>walking slower. Nobody recognize him. We check in with Carla.

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<v Speaker 1>She's at the nurses station. She appears to be some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of boss. Now he runs into Turk in the hallway.

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<v Speaker 1>They scream like children, JD Churk and they decide to

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<v Speaker 1>do the eagle thing. That's where JD jumps on Turk's back.

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<v Speaker 1>They make a couple steps, they collapse in a heat.

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<v Speaker 1>Turk has a bad back. Now we're all fifty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>He's excited to see JD. And then the big reveal spoilers.

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<v Speaker 1>We run into Elliott. We find out that they are divorced.

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<v Speaker 1>We find out that she ended it. Bill Lawrence talked

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<v Speaker 1>about the divorce. He said, here's the scoop. The eighth

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<v Speaker 1>year of Scrubs ends with just once, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>believe my dreams came true. We all felt that way

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<v Speaker 1>to be dark about the world. But even though I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very grateful about how my life is gone. Not everything

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<v Speaker 1>works out the way you want to work it out

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<v Speaker 1>of a huge believer in writing what you know and

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<v Speaker 1>what you see. Our show runner is someone that when

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<v Speaker 1>I left Scrubs was married and having a young child

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<v Speaker 1>and now is a single parent co raising that child

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<v Speaker 1>with somebody. That doesn't mean it's acrimonious, and that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that it's his own journey. I'm sure you have

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<v Speaker 1>that same experience. Some people in your lives work out,

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<v Speaker 1>some don't. Bill said, I was really resistant at first,

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<v Speaker 1>and the one things these guys all drove home to me,

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, if you watch the nine thousand episodes of Scrubs,

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<v Speaker 1>you would say Turk and Carla are gonna make it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you would say, I don't think j D

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<v Speaker 1>and Elliott have had more than an episode and a

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<v Speaker 1>half that they seem like a functioning couple. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a good storytelling device. Doesn't mean their story's over, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's certainly something that adults have to navigate all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Zach braftag Danny said, what JDC's projected on the sheet

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of season eight again ignore season nine,

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<v Speaker 1>is what he hopes and dreams will happen, but that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't necessarily come true, especially when you're fifty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Things that you want to happen happen. Some marriages fail,

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<v Speaker 1>some don't. You have the contrast with Turk and Carl

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<v Speaker 1>where they're as happily married as ever, compared to us

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<v Speaker 1>who are learning how to copare it and eventually work together.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that was a good way of showing

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<v Speaker 1>a wide array of how marriages can turn out in midlife.

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<v Speaker 1>On to meet the new characters. Now, I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like the new characters. I mean, I'm not in love

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<v Speaker 1>with them, but I didn't hate them, which for me

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<v Speaker 1>says a lot. I was ready to not like them.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Star Trek has done a lot of damage

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<v Speaker 1>to my brain. But they're all fine. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things I'm really enjoying about the show, and I

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<v Speaker 1>said to my wife as we watched it, it puts

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<v Speaker 1>the characters twenty five years later or twenty years later,

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<v Speaker 1>you know we've all changed. One thing you learn as

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<v Speaker 1>you get older is you can't put the band back together.

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<v Speaker 1>You can maybe get together for dinner every now and

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<v Speaker 1>then for one night, but you just can't put the

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<v Speaker 1>genie back in the bottle. People change things move on anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>We meet the interns and then in walks my personal hero,

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Cox. He's older, his voice isn't as strong as

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<v Speaker 1>it was. I don't know if that is how McGinley

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<v Speaker 1>sounds now or if that was a choice it did.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep noticing it. JD thinks he can't call me nuby

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<v Speaker 1>and doctor Cox now calls him, which got a chuckle

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<v Speaker 1>out of me a few times. As viewers, we can

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<v Speaker 1>tell that doctor Cox is setting up JD for success.

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<v Speaker 1>He kind of manipulates JD into watching over the terrans

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of minutes. There's a thing with a patient.

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<v Speaker 1>We see JD come in, takes over. He's very confident,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a veteran doctor. And then the big twist at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the episode, it's Cox and JD. Cox

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<v Speaker 1>gets very serious. This is John McGinley dropping the guff

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Cox character. He invites JD to come back. JD

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<v Speaker 1>mentions as he's excited to work with doctor Cox. Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Cox says, you're not going to be working with me.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to replace me, and he offers JD the

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<v Speaker 1>job of chief of Medicine. Now it might brain I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how that works. Like in the Chief of Medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not the monarchy just to point the next guy.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe we're gonna learn that Jordan is still on

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<v Speaker 1>the board. Anyway, doesn't matter, it moves the plot along.

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<v Speaker 1>JD accepts he is now the Chief of Medicine, so

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<v Speaker 1>he is now in the role that doctor Kelso was

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty five years ago and Doctor Cox was in

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<v Speaker 1>towards the end of the original series. Doctor Cox seems

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<v Speaker 1>kind of worn down by these kids today and he

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<v Speaker 1>says a line, I'm tired. I'll talk about that in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half. What that might mean. Doctor Cox says,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like this particular time has passed me by.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me take a quick break and I'll talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about John C. Mcginley's Doctor Cox. Now, unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>McGinley is only in two more episodes. He's not in

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<v Speaker 1>episode two, so it seems like he really is not

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<v Speaker 1>in the show all that much. I thought they were

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<v Speaker 1>just going to do the dynamic where he was JD's boss,

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<v Speaker 1>but it seems like they're going for something else. And

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<v Speaker 1>as I read the interviews spoilers, it seems like there

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<v Speaker 1>might be something with doctor Cox's health now. Deadline asked McGinley.

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<v Speaker 1>Is doctor Cox a relic? How does his character fit

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<v Speaker 1>into today's world. McGinley said, I think people who understand

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<v Speaker 1>fatigue and being exhausted will understand doctor Cox's dilemma. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he accomplished everything he set out to accomplish, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's ready to move on. Bill Lauren said, the showrunner

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<v Speaker 1>when they came to me with their idea was it'd

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<v Speaker 1>be cool to see these students teachers now, and to

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<v Speaker 1>do that, you need somebody to take doctor Cox's role.

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<v Speaker 1>Then to do that, it was really important to see

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<v Speaker 1>JD maybe entered a little bit of cush your life,

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<v Speaker 1>because when you work at a teaching hospital, you're there

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<v Speaker 1>because you're being of service. There's no other side to it.

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<v Speaker 1>But even then we knew that meant in the opening

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<v Speaker 1>of the show, JD had a step onto the mantle

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<v Speaker 1>of you need to be there for these kids. What

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<v Speaker 1>I was to you, Lawrence says, Doctor Cox is a

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<v Speaker 1>huge character on the show. He comes back at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year and will continue on next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's interesting is Lawrence telling us that this show

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<v Speaker 1>has secretly been picked up for season two. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>assuming that they would do one of those day one.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, the ratings were so big that it's

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<v Speaker 1>immediately coming back. So it looks like Bill Lawrence knows

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<v Speaker 1>that this will be back, which is great now possible

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<v Speaker 1>major spoiler here. McGinley said, I'll come back to the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital in a profoundly different capacity. Deadline said, I hope

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Cox is not dying. McGinley said, we all die. Nellie, yikes,

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<v Speaker 1>can you imagine. Don't do that to me. Don't just

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<v Speaker 1>don't do that to me. I can't handle that. Zach,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you feel about JD being the new Doctor Cox?

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<v Speaker 1>Zach brav said, I think one of the things you

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<v Speaker 1>see in the pilot is that JD hasn't been a

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<v Speaker 1>teacher in years, but you can see how good he

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<v Speaker 1>is at it, how much you miss is it. Whereas

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<v Speaker 1>Cox is such a tough love kind of teacher that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really work, and as we learn from researching, isn't

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<v Speaker 1>not really in a loud anymore, and he sort of

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<v Speaker 1>burned out. He's like a dinosaur. And then he clocks

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<v Speaker 1>JD helping the interns and being able to actually speak

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<v Speaker 1>to them and liking him, and that's when he goes,

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<v Speaker 1>this should be you doing this. I'm too old. The

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<v Speaker 1>line is they need someone to do for them what

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<v Speaker 1>I did for you, and I think that's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the main themes of the first season. Plenty more to unpack.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll do another one of these tomorrow, but Johnny Mack

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<v Speaker 1>is thrilled that Scrubs is back. If you haven't checked

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<v Speaker 1>it out, please do make sure you set the DVR.

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<v Speaker 1>This is technically season one according to YouTube TV, so

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<v Speaker 1>if you go to record Scrubs, make sure you're not

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<v Speaker 1>recording old Scrubs and you record the new one. But

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<v Speaker 1>great to have the show back. So happy. I know

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rambling today, but I'm so excited about this again.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do another one of these tomorrow, back in the

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<v Speaker 1>morning with a normal episode by