I love this moment so much, I want to have sex with it - Dr. Cox (Scrubs, My Unicorn, Season 4)
The time has come for another one of my TV rants; unfortunately for my dad, I can't rant on anything "productive" like politics or global warming. Well at least I rant at all, so this will have to do.
So why have I decided to rant about Scrubs? Perhaps because it has become very dear to my heart over the last couple of years, and by 'dear' i mean uploading every single episode of all existing seasons on my ipod, while still catching the daily afternoon reruns on cable. Perhaps it is because my friends who claim to be 'fans' have not yet 'caught up-to-date' with the latest episode. Perhaps it's because we've been through a drought eversince the switch from NBC to ABC, thus I am eagerly awaiting to be plunged further into the storyline. Or maybe tis because there is much debate about how the series should be coming to an end. Be it anyway, I have a few things to get off my chest.
So the producers are currently deciding when to end it all. Should they continue after season 8 when J.D. and Carla would be out of the plot?
HELL NO! As a lover of this eccentric show, I want to see it end properly. Firstly, the show started with J.D., stayed with J.D. (except for those few His/Her/Their Story eps) and should therefore FINISH with J.D. Centering on another character such as Elliot, Turk or Janitor would be okay as a spin-off, but would make everything here rather tacky.
Secondly, Turk and Carla have had the kind of relationship that we felt would always be forever throughout the entire series, no matter what they went through. Therefore how would the story continue with Turk without Carla? Divorce would be too inconsistent with everything that has happened before. So would Carla taking time off to take the baby to the Dominican Republic.
Thirdly, we have seen all the twists and turns that we could expect; Elliot almost getting married, J.D. having a son, Janitor getting a girlfriend, even Dr. Kelso telling the board to 'suck it' and leave the hospital. The writers are only human and would have to be extraordinarly gifted to shock/surprise us and give us something new that we're sure to like.
The main point is, I want this show to end with dignity, much like Friends or Will and Grace. However the indecisiveness of the producers makes me worried to think that they may drag it and it would end up a disaster, much like another one of my beloved programs, That 70s Show.
70s Show had the chance to end it well. With everyone leaving at the same time, with some shock appeal like Donna being pregnant (or something better that an actual sitcom writer, not me, could think of). But dragging it on for a painful season without Eric and Kelso just damaged everything, with nothing but mediocre plots of Jackie settling for Fez, Hyde's problems with his stupid stripper wife and Donna's indecisiveness about that stupid blonde guy who's name I cant remember, and her real feelings for Eric who was, apparently, too far away to care. The last show about New Years Eve 1979 had that real "Farewell from the Brady Bunch" aura about it, despite the fact that Eric and Kelso make an appearance. The whole final season disappointed me greatly after seeing what they were capable of from the previous fantastic seasons.
Having witness such a slow, painful death to one of my favourite shows, therefore, I really pray the same thing will not happen to another one of my favourite shows. If Scrubs manages to pull it off at the end of season 8 like it should, then;
This moment (would be) so great, I'd cheat on that other moment from before, marry this one and raise a family of tiny little moments.
Wouldn't we all, Coxy?
The time has come for another one of my TV rants; unfortunately for my dad, I can't rant on anything "productive" like politics or global warming. Well at least I rant at all, so this will have to do.
So why have I decided to rant about Scrubs? Perhaps because it has become very dear to my heart over the last couple of years, and by 'dear' i mean uploading every single episode of all existing seasons on my ipod, while still catching the daily afternoon reruns on cable. Perhaps it is because my friends who claim to be 'fans' have not yet 'caught up-to-date' with the latest episode. Perhaps it's because we've been through a drought eversince the switch from NBC to ABC, thus I am eagerly awaiting to be plunged further into the storyline. Or maybe tis because there is much debate about how the series should be coming to an end. Be it anyway, I have a few things to get off my chest.
So the producers are currently deciding when to end it all. Should they continue after season 8 when J.D. and Carla would be out of the plot?
HELL NO! As a lover of this eccentric show, I want to see it end properly. Firstly, the show started with J.D., stayed with J.D. (except for those few His/Her/Their Story eps) and should therefore FINISH with J.D. Centering on another character such as Elliot, Turk or Janitor would be okay as a spin-off, but would make everything here rather tacky.
Secondly, Turk and Carla have had the kind of relationship that we felt would always be forever throughout the entire series, no matter what they went through. Therefore how would the story continue with Turk without Carla? Divorce would be too inconsistent with everything that has happened before. So would Carla taking time off to take the baby to the Dominican Republic.
Thirdly, we have seen all the twists and turns that we could expect; Elliot almost getting married, J.D. having a son, Janitor getting a girlfriend, even Dr. Kelso telling the board to 'suck it' and leave the hospital. The writers are only human and would have to be extraordinarly gifted to shock/surprise us and give us something new that we're sure to like.
The main point is, I want this show to end with dignity, much like Friends or Will and Grace. However the indecisiveness of the producers makes me worried to think that they may drag it and it would end up a disaster, much like another one of my beloved programs, That 70s Show.
70s Show had the chance to end it well. With everyone leaving at the same time, with some shock appeal like Donna being pregnant (or something better that an actual sitcom writer, not me, could think of). But dragging it on for a painful season without Eric and Kelso just damaged everything, with nothing but mediocre plots of Jackie settling for Fez, Hyde's problems with his stupid stripper wife and Donna's indecisiveness about that stupid blonde guy who's name I cant remember, and her real feelings for Eric who was, apparently, too far away to care. The last show about New Years Eve 1979 had that real "Farewell from the Brady Bunch" aura about it, despite the fact that Eric and Kelso make an appearance. The whole final season disappointed me greatly after seeing what they were capable of from the previous fantastic seasons.
Having witness such a slow, painful death to one of my favourite shows, therefore, I really pray the same thing will not happen to another one of my favourite shows. If Scrubs manages to pull it off at the end of season 8 like it should, then;
This moment (would be) so great, I'd cheat on that other moment from before, marry this one and raise a family of tiny little moments.
Wouldn't we all, Coxy?
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