Reviews by Matt

There are a lot of television shows I like, but very few I love. Last night, one of those shows left, possibly for good. The show was “Scrubs” and it will be missed. I have been a fan for a very long time. Most of my friends in Buffalo are fans of the show because I told them how awesome it was.

Last night “Scrubs” had it season, and possibly series finale. There are talks of brining it back for a ninth season, but a part of me hopes it does not come back. It had an amazing send off, one of the best series finale’s I have ever seen. Bringing it back might tarnish what has been eight amazing, funny and dramatic seasons.

What made “Scrubs” stick out is the line it walked between drama and comedy. There were some ridiculously funny moments and there were some intensely dramatic and sad ones. Sometimes in the same episode. The ability for them to make you cry laughing one moment and bawl the next is what I loved most about the show. It is a fine line to walk, but they did it to perfection.

J.D. (Zach Braff) had some of the craziest daydreams anyone has ever had: floating head doctor, which allowed him to cover more patients, what would happen if he worked in a horse hospital, picking out a grandpa from a kennel and who could forget the Muppets from this past season.

What I will miss most is the chemistry between the actors. They really were a family. Zach Braff (J.D) and Donald Faison (Turk) were as close at their characters. In the musical episode the two sang “Guy Love,” a song all about their hetrosexual love for one another, and at the end they hugged. They broke character and laughed, but that was left in the show because it fit the characters. That is how much like their characters they really are.

It is time for the show to end. This past season has given each character time to look back on the past seven years. The entire season has been one long good-bye. It has showcased the best of the show. I really feel like this was a season for the fans.
There has been a myriad of insides jokes and references that hearken back to past seasons. This has been the season for them to say thank you and good-bye to the loyal fans who have stood by through many time changes, a network (NBC) treating it like something to be ignored, getting overlooked by the Emmy’s and NBC not allowing creator Bill Lawrence end the show, even though he said he could do it in a few episodes. Thankfully ABC picked it up last year and gave them the send off they deserved. Now it is time for them to go.

I hope the show ends just like it did last night. J.D. walking down the halls of Sacred Heart Hospital seeing all the people who have been apart of his life and the important patients he has had over his eight years at the hospital. It really was a perfect ending to one of the most perfect shows ever.

This past season was one of the best ever. It is tough to be that good eight seasons in, yet they were. I am going to miss it, but I could not have asked for more from “Scrubs”