The final episode of Scrubs begins with JD talking about burnout between the interns, before trying to encourage them that it’ll be alright. He then meets a lady and has a chat with her before she heads off, after which Turk scolds JD for missing his chance with her.
JD has a talk with Asher about his patient dying, and being friend zoned by Amara, before he runs into the Janitor. The janitor tells him that he’s Chief Custodian of the Joint Commission. And that he’s going to inspect the building. Jordan tells JD that she thinks Cox doesn’t respect him as a doctor, because he’s refusing any of the blood tests he orders. JD then goes to have a talk with Cox, who says that he’s refusing the tests because he thinks the treatment is going well, and he feels fine right now. If he does get the tests and they’re bad, that will change. JD does get him to agree to the tests but doesn’t agree to respect JD as a doctor.
A patient with a bowel obstruction at first responds well to treatment but takes a quick turn, while JD gets the tests results back for Dr. Cox, which reveals that his treatments aren’t working. The patient with the bowel obstruction (Mr. Jensen) was revealed to also have a heart condition, which means he has to have a pacemaker put in that day, missing his daughter’s wedding. Turk gets the idea to have the wedding in the hospital, since he won’t perform the surgery on Jensen until a few hours.
JD confronts Cox on why he hasn’t told Jordan about his test results, and Cox explains that he has to be a strong invulnerable man for her. JD and Cox then pretend to be hearing the news for the first time in front of Jordan, though she of course doesn’t buy it. JD then goes to treat a patient, and it turns out to be the grandma of the lady (Charlie) who he met before. Charlie is of course there with her, so JD asks if she will be his plus one for the hospital wedding reception. Sam reveals her crush on Asher, and JD and Charlie hit it off. Finally, JD learns that the current maintenance guy is the Janitor’s son and accidentally aggravates them by implying he’s a nepo baby.
This episode and the previous episode again were the better ones of the season, though this show still isn’t great. It still again has some problems with the pacing. The show wasn’t worth the watch, and doesn’t bring interest in watching any potential future seasons.
Rating: 7/10