When J. D. deals with a post surgical patient, he's afraid that Turk may have left something inside the person and closed with it in there. I guess this does happen. He wants to talk to Turk about it, but the guy is in perpetual motion. J. D. Fears his friend is going to have severe consequences. Elliot continues her campaign to have things here way when Dr. Cox calls her Sweetheart. She really has trouble playing the game (which in today's employment situation would be absolutely right). Still, she has no filter and can't back down. She is seen as a pariah by the nursing staff. So far I haven't felt the "aha" thing about this series. It seems silly and sophomoric so far.
2 Reviews
The moral of the episode didn't age great.
crazelord9 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Scrubs is a timeless classic, but there are aspects and jokes that didn't age well (basically half of whatever Dr. Cox does) on a progressive level. But my issue here is that it tries expressing this as the right way to see it instead of just a joke.
The theme of the episode is "respect" and one of the main storylines is Elliot being offended by Dr. Kelso's mysogyny.
The general moral is that this isn't important, that Dr. Kelso is too busy and important of a man to be bothered with something as trivial as calling the female doctors sweetheart and having a different demeanour with them than the male doctors.
And back then this may have flown or be played as Elliot being overly sensitive but now it's pretty closed minded to tell a woman that a superior's sexism is something she should shut up about. That's she's being hysterical and needs to focus on more important things.
Dr. Cox even slaps her ass unconsentually out of nowhere as a joke and it's brushed off. The names one can maybe argue isn't the biggest deal, but he is her superior and basically assualts her.
In general the show does a fantastic job with its female characters. Making them diverse and capable professionals. But there are times when it does have a dated perspective on gender roles.
The theme of the episode is "respect" and one of the main storylines is Elliot being offended by Dr. Kelso's mysogyny.
The general moral is that this isn't important, that Dr. Kelso is too busy and important of a man to be bothered with something as trivial as calling the female doctors sweetheart and having a different demeanour with them than the male doctors.
And back then this may have flown or be played as Elliot being overly sensitive but now it's pretty closed minded to tell a woman that a superior's sexism is something she should shut up about. That's she's being hysterical and needs to focus on more important things.
Dr. Cox even slaps her ass unconsentually out of nowhere as a joke and it's brushed off. The names one can maybe argue isn't the biggest deal, but he is her superior and basically assualts her.
In general the show does a fantastic job with its female characters. Making them diverse and capable professionals. But there are times when it does have a dated perspective on gender roles.
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