Thursday, June 18, 2009

T.V. Show: Scrubs

For my out of class reading for this week, I decided to watch two episodes of Scrubs. Scrubs is one of my favorite shows. For anyone who has never seen Scrubs before, it takes place in a hospital and the main characters are all doctors, surgeons, interns, or nurses. I think the show is more about the main characters and their lives than it is about the patients and their problems although these are included. I would say that the main characters are JD, Turk, Carla, Elliot, Dr. Cox, Jordan, Dr. Kelso, and Jordan. I would say that JD is the narrator of the show. It seems like most of the show is told from his point-of-view.
In the first episode that I watched of this assignment Turk and Carla were fighting and Carla moved out and stayed at Elliot's apartment for a little while. While Carla was staying with Elliot, they talked about the past. In the end Carla and Turk made up and Carla moved back in with Turk. In this episode there seemed to be a lot of flashbacks. Dr. Cox likes to give advice, but in this episode Dr. Kelso gave the advice. He said "Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy." I think that is good advice.
In the second episode, Carla is having issues with trusting Turk. In this episode, Jack (Dr. Cox and Jordan's baby) has to get stitches on his forehead because he fell off the jungle gym at the park. The janitor is mean to everyone, but in this episode he targets Jordan and Dr. Cox. He follows Dr. Cox around and takes pictures of him letting the baby do things that Jordan would not like. Then he follows Jordan around taking pictures of her letting people hold and hug the baby, and Dr. Cox does not like this.
In the show in general, there is a lot of smiling, laughing, crying, advice giving, and sarcasm. The characters use a lot of facial expressions and hand gestures. There is a lot of joke telling and high-fiving.

4 comments:

  1. I have watched Scrubs off and on since it started and I think that it is a very funny show. It allows viewers to see inside the lives of hospital personnel in a completely different and silly way.

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  2. I love love LOVE Scrubs. I have seen all seasons except the newest one currently airing on TV. I just rather watch the seasons straight through which my friend has them all. I really think this show is VERY insightful for situations people really could get in. The sense of humor in it really helps lighten the mood of the show so its not TO overly depressing. Who is your favorite character? It is hard to choose... but I love Dr. Cox and his well.. interesting teasing and hilarious advice. LOL

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  3. I have never had the chance to watch Scrubs. But I have heard a lot of people talking about it! When does it come on?

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  4. I appreciate Scrubs as well. (BTW, have you seen Garden State? That's a film that Zach Braff wrote and starred in...) I think it's interesting that you chose to "read" a sitcom. What kinds of character development are possible with a longstanding TV program? (Compare it to a brief short story.) I'll part the main reason you love it is because you've become so attached to the characters.

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