My Night to Remember

I mean, come on. People will be happier if you air a static image for 90 minutes that just says "I'm shamefully unimaginative."

The only way to make a clip show that isn't utter trash is to use the same cinematic style, but with all new clips. That's it. Stop trying. Doesn't work. No.

Yes it is a clip show, but it's done in a Scrubs, tongue in cheek way. JD even talks about 'killing a couple of minutes. It shows us all parts of Scrubs' themes, happy, sad, funny ones that make you cry. It also has a great soundtrack that helps change emotions. Songs from Joshua Radin and The Fray give an ordinary clip show a very 'Scrubs' feel. Although the clips from old episodes are put there randomly, it shows us how the characters have grown. The clips don't help the story line and were put in random, but they give the episode classic Scrubs humor. Overall, people shouldn't take it seriously and have a bit of fun watching it.

I thought it was not the best re-cap episode I've every seen (though my viewing partner handed me a tissue in anticipation of the Brendan Fraser moment...*sigh*). It was nice to see Cox outside of the incessantly brittle "Coxism State" he is in these days, if only for brief moments. I also enjoyed trying to place the episodes included by the length of the character's hair (or height, in case of JD) and the youthfulness of the earliest episodes. I can also see how Zach might be well on the way to a very Chevy Chase/or is that Matthew Perry? prat-fall induced chemical slide (already acknowledged on Conan). A little side note, the song (now stuck in my head) from the janitor-induced dance montage was "Diner" by Martin Sexton.

Yes, although it was a bit poor to put a clip show in mid series, people need to think - "Where's Jordan been the past few episodes?" She was pregnant in real life and seeing as her husband produces the show, If my wide had given birth I wouldn't be in the mood for creating a new episode when I've just had a new baby - so before you ditch the show - some people do have lives you know!!

I was also wondering what happened to Cox's hair, but if you notice - his hair is all grown back in the next episode, so they probably created this clip show before the season in planning for the fact they would be busy with the birth.

I think season 6 hasn't been as well received as the other seasons, but I think they've done it very well - they're all moving forward and the show itself is maturing and the story arcs are getting good!

Scrubs Rules!

Vess

When 'My Deja Vu, My Deja Vu' aired last season, I was pleased. Scrubs, I thought, is doing something clever and unique in regards to the clip-show concept. Instead of replaying footage, they're replaying jokes in a self-aware manner, and I really enjoyed it.

I found it really unfortunate that I was wrong. One season later, they succumbed to that which almost all sitcoms inevitably do, the clip show...and it looked like it was put together by the work-experience kid. Dr Cox's shaved head shows just how lazy the editors were in putting it together, as it doesn't appear again until 'My Long Goodbye' some 4 episodes later. I can't imagine that a wig is too much effort when it comes to maintaining the continuity of what was once a well-constructed sitcom. Who knows why it was slotted there, it just seemed lazy and out of place, reminding me (largely) of episodes that have aired within the past year.

Three second clips jammed together with background music is a DVD extra for a (very) rainy day, not an episode of prime-time television.