Product Description
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Get ready for an extra dose of laughs, and enjoy every surreal
moment as television's celebrated sitcom hits new heights in its
sensational seventh season. Elliot, Turk and Carla may be growing
older but they aren't necessarily growing up, even as career
changes, family issues and love invade the quirky world of Sacred
Heart. The best way to enjoy the contagious comedy of Season
Seven is on DVD, complete with exclusive bonus features --
including a behind-the-scenes look at the "fairytale" episode
directed by Zach Braff, bloopers and alternate lines. It's
off-the-charts entertainment you'll want to watch over and over
again.
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Scrubs staged a near-miraculous recovery in its seventh season;
this despite the usual indifferent by the network, low
ratings, and a writer's strike that only allowed for 11 episodes.
In this case, less was more. Scrubs regained its footing with
sharper writing (Dr. Cox's signature rants are more inspired than
tiresome this season, although at one point, nemesis Dr. Kelso
threatens to hire an orchestra to "play him off"), more
empathetic situations, and meta-fun with such "third-tier"
characters as Snoop Dogg Attending (formerly Snoop Dog Intern),
Dr. Beardface (pronounced "Beard-fassay"), and new squeaky-voiced
intern, Josephine (Scrubs scribe Aseem Batra). Beginning with
J.D. (Zach Braff) and Elliott (Sarah Chalke) coming to their
senses before they can consummate that sixth season cliffhanging
kiss, this season will be one of "weird crystallizing moments."
Elliott will call off her upcoming nuptials to Keith. J.D. will
be forced to tell Kim ("cute as a button" Elizabeth Banks), whom
he impregnated after only their first date, that he does not love
her. The "annoying whiny man-child," as Dr. Cox (John C.
McGinley) calls him, will finally ponder whether it is time for
him to grow up. Dr. Cox will admit that he is lonely without his
acerbic wife (Christa Miller) and son when they go out of town.
Other developments include the smitten Janitor's (Neil Flynn)
initially suspect new girlfriend (can she really be named
"Lady?") and on a Scrubsian sad note, Kelso (Ken Jenkins) faces
forced retirement when it is revealed he is actually 65 years
old. Scrubs deftly blends absurdist fantasy, flat-out silliness
and dramatic, emotional moments, as in "My Number One Doctor," in
which Elliott must deal with a terminal patient's suicide
attempt. The season's most ambitious episode is the finale, "My
Princess," a Princess Bride homage in which Dr. Cox transforms
one undiagnosable patient's case into his son's bedtime story
that is populated by Scrubs characters, with Elliott as a
princess, Turk (Donald Faison) and Carla (Judy Reyes) as a
two-headed witch, and J.D. as, you guessed it, the village idiot.
The ample bonus features include audio commentary for every
episode, a fun "Alternate Lines" segment that illustrates the
improvisational leeway cast members enjoy, deleted scenes,
bloopers, an interview with Ken Jenkins, and a behind the scenes
look at the "My Princess" episode. Poised for cancellation,
Scrubs got a second opinion from ABC, which picked up the series
for an eighth season. That's heartening news for devoted fans who
would never pull the plug. To borrow Turk's well-worn
catchphrase, "That’s what I'm talkin' about." --Donald Liebenson
Stills from Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season (Click for
larger image)