Reviews of Scrubs

Not funny anymore.

Posted : 2 months, 4 weeks ago on 25 April 2008 05:37 (A review of Scrubs)

Scrubs used to be the most brilliant comedy series available in its first 5 years. Every episode had a wonderful tale, some hilarious inventions such as new phrases, or highlighting things certain people do that make you laugh because you agree and know someone just like it etc.

Then it started to become formulated. JD has far to many stupid outrageous thoughts, Turk and JD are always childish and naughty, Turk acts black, and Carla acts like the mum/Spaniard/straight one. These 3 alone would be enough but then you have Eliot who now cant seem to be in a scene without some anecdote, they used to be superb but now they just make me feel uncomfortable, as do Dr Cox's rants. You just want both of them to find a new gimmick and never look back. The Janitor and Ted are still funny as ever, but the writers are abusing this humor by making them wacky or absurd.
Even the episodes seem to follow the exact same template, new predicament/happening, trouble adjusting/fixing then resolution and moral of the story. Every time, in every episode this happens. It just needs to stop!
Sadly, they were going to stop it at season 7, but the American network executives decided to sell it and make a season 8 on another channel! So low and behold the show continues. I feel out of the yearn to finish the story i must watch along, but this is fast becoming like Smallville for me, there is only so much i can take before i stop watching because its become tripe.

That being said, if you are reading this as someone who wants to know wether to bother watching Scrubs, then i would say YES, DEFINITELY purely because the first 5 seasons are absolutely hilarious. The writing in these years just seems clever and witty. The formula is there, but it is used properly as a conduit for their brilliant tale. Its only when they start creating episodes in a "paint by numbers" style filling in the blanks as they go along that things start trailing. But by then you would be on season 6 so you would of had a fill of great tv anyway!

I wouldnt say this is the funniest comedy America has given us, i was a big fan of Friends, and you cant really say that was less of a success as it ran for 10 years and was still very funny at the end. Scrubs however feels more like an upbeat soap opera to me now, i watch it because i want to know about the characters lives, but i found tonight for example i laughed about 3 times in a half hour episode. I guess they raised the bar to high and lost it. Roll on Americas next top Sitcom!

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I saw this show and... wow!

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago on 5 April 2008 11:02 (A review of Scrubs)

I watched this and I sat there through 4 straight episodes. It was just to funny to not watch! truly a hilariously made sitcom lolz! you can watch it on Comedy Central, I urge you to do so!

It is just a really funny show, and completely wierd, plus almost everyone I know watches it

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Scrubs review

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago on 6 June 2007 01:19 (A review of Scrubs)

I thought the first five series of Scrubs were absolutely golden. The last series has been a little more inconsistent, but has still provided some top laughs. I think the thing about Scrubs is that it doesn't always make you laugh, but it's still extremely entertaining anyway and it continually makes you want to keep watching.

Everybody loves J.D. I heard that the seventh series will be the last, and I think that would be a good time to end it. I've seen every episode of Scrubs, so it would be an end of an era, but I'd rather that than some of the more painfull moments of series 6! Scrubs is just about one of the only show on TV that I'd make time to watch.

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it's just funny.

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 3 January 2007 10:09 (A review of Scrubs)

This is one of those shows that I keep wanting to see. There's something about Zack Braff that's funny, especially on this show. From the weird fantasy sequences to the even weirder relationships they all have, it's worth watching.

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