TV-Reviewed

The last several episodes of Scrubs have been really intern heavy, so it was a pleasant experience to get focused back on our main cast having real problems. The theme of this episode was apparently bad luck, because by the end of this episode and during, it seems like everyone is having relationship problems. While it’s sad to see our favorite couples going through this, it makes for some good television.

We start the episode off with Elliot and J.D. celebrating the seven year anniversary of when they kissed. Of course J.D. has forgotten (wouldn’t you after the time gap in between) and he goes off and ends up stealing a random toothbrush from the gift shop.  This ends up being handled very well with Elliot talking about how he didn’t have to buy a gift. Up until the end of this episode, I’ve loved the way the writers have handled this relationship the second time around. There’s no real worrying that Elliot will freak out or that J.D. will do something dumb. Everything just seems normal and easy which is the way it should be after all these years. Things do get a little interesting though when Elliot tells J.D. that she loves him, but when J.D. says the same thing, she tells him to hold off until the perfect moment. Through the whole episode we have J.D. trying to tell Elliot why he loves her, but getting cut off every time.

Then we have the couple of Carla and Turk who are having relationship problems of their own – only Carla doesn’t seem to realize it. This is another couple where the writers have done a great job, because they have gradually and unnoticeably turned Carla and Turk into an old married couple. It’s been fairly unnoticeable until now that Carla and Turk’s sex life has gone down the drain, but with their jobs, the kid, and the kid on the way, it makes perfect sense. The couples along with Dr. Cox and Jordan all travel to the Bahamas to see the Janitor marry Lady. They arrive unexpectedly because the Janitor gives them late notice so they could purposely not make it.

Neil Flynn as The Janitor

The trip only seems to make things work and magnify the troubles present in these relationships. Carla can’t seem to stop talking on the phone and seeing how Izzie is doing, Elliot who is malnourished is obsessing over when and how J.D. will say he loves her, which ultimately ends with him saying how she needs to stop acting crazy and her walking out, and then Jordan throws Dr. Cox’s laptop into the ocean.

I would say that Jordan and Dr. Cox will probably get over their hump like always, because it felt portrayed more as a joke then anything, but Carla and Turk definitely have some work to do. It’s amazing to see where this couple started off seven years ago and to see them as this old married couple whose sex life has gone down the drain. The whole Elliot and J.D. situation was kind of confusing, but maybe Elliot has a good explanation for why she’s acting so crazy about this “I love you” situation.

This episode sounds like it was a downer, but there were a lot of funny moments in this episode, especially with the tiki statues that J.D. purchased from Barry Williams himself. We got a hilarious cameo from Barry Williams and some jokes with the tiki statues, which by the end of the episode might be bad luck for Turk and J.D.  The last couple of episodes have really brought back the bromance jokes too, which work well in this episode also. I don’t know if any two men can be as close as J.D. and Turk are and get away with it on television. I’m sure Zach Braff and Donald Faison were happy to show off their new bodies which have really gotten in shape since the first season.

I liked this episode and I’m sure if it had been put together like it was supposed to with the next episode that it would have made a greater one episode, but since it’s separated, I have to grade it by itself. This was a very good episode though alone and I’m eagerly anticipating what’s going to happen with these relationships next episode.

Rating: 7.8