Season 9 took place at a medical school, and the narration switched from Zack Braff’s J.D. to Kerry Bishé’s Lucy, which meant that (fill in the blank with one of many complaints).
For eight seasons, ABC’s Scrubs was the delightfully silly, clever and emotionally poignant balance to the many melodramatic hospital dramas that are now permanent TV staples.
Had this been a completely different series, this final season might not have felt so terrible, but trying to seriously compare this to previous seasons is markedly funnier than most of the episodes.
But, instead of getting cancelled as planned, Scrubs was granted a new season with a huge makeover that scrapped the well-established location and regular appearances from most of the hilarious original ensemble.