"Scrubs" His Story IV (2007)

Director:

Linda Mendoza

Writers:

Bill Lawrence (creator)
Mike Schwartz (written by)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 February 2007 (Season 6, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Dr. Kelso's thoughts narrate this episode in which he takes a special interest in a patient who is an Iraqi War veteran. The presence of the veteran brings about a political debate amongst the staff regarding the War. |

Plot Keywords:

Republican | Democrat | Iraq War | Hospital | Friendship Between Girls

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 25

1:00 PM

COMEDY

His Story IV

#6.7

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
Shaughn Buchholz	...	Jason 'Cabbage' Cabbagio
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Robert Maschio	...	Dr. Todd Quinlan
Travis Schuldt	...	Keith
Michael Weston	...	Private Brian Dancer
Aloma Wright	...	Nurse Laverne Roberts
Frank Encarnacao	...	Dr. Mickhead (as Frank Cameron)
Caroline Do	...	Her Best Friend

Runtime:

24 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Sam Lloyd does his own stunts in the "Human Magic 8-Ball" sequence as well as the pratfall following that.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): J.D. refers to the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as a battleship. The USS Abraham Lincoln is an Aircraft Carrier.

Quotes:

J.D.: Hey, Dr. Kelso.
[gives him a pat on the back]
Dr. Kelso: [thinking] I actually don't mind that goofy bastard. If he were gay, he'd be perfect for my son. Harrison has been looking for a new power bottom. All my little worker bees, buzzing about... buzzzz... buzzz... I love making that sound... buzzz. Dr. Reid. Ever since she quit the hospital for private practice, you pretended she's invisible. So don't break stride.
[walks straight past Elliot, bumping her on the shoulder deliberately and making all her files scatter across the floor]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Shark Circling the Waters?.....

Last night's episode has me a bit worried that the show has started to jump the shark. I thought the episode missed badly. They could have done so much more with the Private Dancer joke, with each cast member learning the patient's name and having their own fun with it. Kelso could have been a lot funnier. It was stupid that battle lines were drawn politically and Scrubs rarely introduces hot button topics into its shows- that is what makes it timeless and classic. Like Keith and Elliot wouldn't know each other's political orientation after a year together? It was a cheap way to call Hillary Clinton a beetch, and it missed. All in all, a poor episode and I hope they turn it around.