TV-Reviewed

This episode wasn’t anything special, but it was entertaining. It was one of those episodes that kind of make us ponder where Turk and Elliot might go in the future. The interns had some interesting tasks to do, but otherwise it’s probably one of the few episodes of Scrubs you can skip right over….if you want.

It’s a bit odd lately that we’re not seeing the whole regular cast on the same episodes a little often this season. It feels like the writers are maybe getting us prepared for next season when we might possibly not have any. This episode had Turk and Elliot working the late shift and giving their interns what seems like simple tasks, but they turn out to be pretty hard.

The cocky new surgeon Lee figures out that he’s not as perfect as it seems when he messes up on draining fluid and ends up collapsing the patients lung. It was nice for the audience to see Lee make a mistake because up until now he’s come off as just a cocky surgeon. It was also a treat to see him and Denise hook up and I wonder if this relationship will continue.

Zach Braff as J.D.

Sunny had to make her patient fart, which was kind of dumb. Howie had a cool patient who thought that everyone was an imposter and wouldn’t tell the truth about what he digested. We got an appearance from Todd who was getting mad over the fact that people were doing high-fives without him and that was kind of amusing also.

The most interesting case was Elliot dealing with a former anorexic patient who was nine pounds lighter. The problem was that the patient kept telling Elliot that she had been eating, so it wasn’t Anorexia. Elliot soon discovers that the patient has cancer. I thought this was kind of cool, because in the past Elliot has been really naive when it comes to believing patients and it just goes to show that Elliot has changed and is a bit of a skeptic when it comes to believing patients.

I don’t think I’ve ever rated an episode without J.D. high, because he’s simply missed when he’s not on the show. This episode wasn’t boring, but it didn’t move any plotlines along or break new ground. It’s simply just a normal episode and when we’re so close to the end, I don’t think that these normal episodes cut it. It’s a nice episode to watch if you have nothing to do, but don’t lose sleep over trying to watch it.

Rating: 6.0