"Scrubs" My Finale: Part 2 (2009)

Director:

Bill Lawrence

Writer:

Bill Lawrence (written by)

TV Series:

"Scrubs" (2001)

Original Air Date:

6 May 2009 (Season 8, Episode 19)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

J.D. continues his last day at Sacred Heart, and tries to hold out hope for a great sendoff. |

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Friendship Between Girls | Tragicomedy | Male Female Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship

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
Josh Cooke	...	Van Stonewater
Eliza Coupe	...	Dr. Denise Mahoney
Sam Lloyd	...	Ted Buckland
Robert Maschio	...	Dr. Todd Quinlan
Christa Miller	...	Jordan Sullivan
Sonal Shah	...	Sunny
Judy Jean Berns	...	Mrs. Stonewater
Deonte Gordon	...	The Orderly (as Deonté Gordon)

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Bill Lawrence]The director is seen as the janitor who wishes J.D. goodnight as he leaves Sacred Hart for the last time.

Quotes:

John Dorian: It's never good to live in the past too long. As for the future, thanks to Dan, it didn't seem so scary anymore. It could be whatever I want it to be... Who's to say this isn't what happens? And who's to say my fantasies won't come true just this once?

Soundtrack:

The Book of Love

A beautiful beautiful ending.

As a scrubs fan I had built up the ending in my mind, imagining a giant excursion that pulled every aspect we love about scrubs into one episode. My expectations were so high in fact, that I was unsure if i could even watch it, but nonetheless i did.

I sat down and turned on the TV bracing myself for the end, what followed moved me to tears and touched my heart for one last time. It added the drama we all love about scrubs, with the humor, the heartbreak and comedy. Yet at the beginning it felt like any other episode, just your normal fun one but nothing spectacular, I didn't understand. Here I had thought it would be a jam packed adventure, filled to the brim with danger and action. But then half way through when JD says his line about how sometimes we build everything in our mind and the real thing doesn't meet our standards it dawned on me, this was an episode of scrubs.

Not some gigantic crazy finale but the simple sweet ending of an amazing romance. And as JD walked down the hallway of Sacred Heart for the last time and thought about life and everyone he'd touched, about how what really matters is the friends you have and the people you make laugh, i knew the truth. Scrubs had been in my life so long, it had kept me happy when times where blue, when i had nothing to hold on to, and i finally knew what made it so great. Each of the characters you cherish and feel for, you love them and they in turn brighten your life. There aren't words to describe my feelings, so all I can say is scrubs, you were a friend and more when I needed one.

So for that, my sincerest thanks to Bill Laurence, Zach Braff, John C. McGinley, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Niel Finn aka The Janitor (I don't believe we ever truly learn your name), and the entire cast and crew of all eight seasons of the best comedy show ever born. Take care in whatever paths your life's take you. The future is only as bright as you make it, and perhaps this once, all of our dreams will come true.