"Scrubs" My Way Home (2006)

Director:

Zach Braff

Writers:

Bill Lawrence (creator) and
Garrett Donovan (writer)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

24 January 2006 (Season 5, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

100th episode. As a tribute to "The Wizard of Oz", the four companions go on a similar journey. Turk...

Plot Keywords:

Narration | Hospital | Friendship Between Girls | Tragicomedy | Male Female Relationship

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Jan. 6

11:30 PM

WGNAMER

My Way Home

#5.7

Cast

Zach Braff	...	Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian
Sarah Chalke	...	Dr. Elliot Reid
Donald Faison	...	Dr. Christopher Turk
Neil Flynn	...	The Janitor
Ken Jenkins	...	Dr. Bob Kelso
John C. McGinley	...	Dr. Perry Cox
Judy Reyes	...	Nurse Carla Espinosa
David Downs	...	Mr. Bolger
Johnny Kastl	...	Dr. Doug Murphy
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Robert Maschio	...	Dr. Todd Quinlan
Philip McNiven	...	Roy
Christa Miller	...	Jordan Sullivan
George Miserlis	...	Crispin
Paul F. Perry	...	Randall

Runtime:

24 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

In this episode that parodies The Wizard of Oz (1939), Turk is trying to convince a father to turn off his son's life support so his heart can used in a transplant. The patient's name is Ray Bolger, also the name of the actor who played "The Scarecrow".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When JD hides in a body bag in the elevator and startles Doug into hitting him with a fire extinguisher, Doug then clings to the extinguisher and you can clearly see it's made out of foam.

Quotes:

Dr. Cox: Trust me Carla, when you do have your own kid, you're gonna find you had the courage to be a parent all along.
Carla: Thank you.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Africa

brilliant

although i have been a fan of this show from the beginning, this particular episode stands out as nothing less than a simply wonderful homage to the wizard of oz. the writing was nothing less than brilliant as the episode developed. of course, by the end, it all tied together quite nicely.

i counted no less than 35 references (pretty good for a half hour show). some were so obscure that i'm not even sure if they were intentional,or or rather just coincidental. at the same time, i'm reasonably sure i probably missed some.i have the episode on tape, just so i can enjoy the episode again and again, as well as look for other "oz" references.

it only took a few minutes to catch on to the gist of the episode , as it used hints here and there . however, even if someone was somewhat "oblivious" to what they were doing, by the middle of the episode, only someone who had no clue about the wizard of oz wouldn't catch on.