My Night to Remember

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.

This season gets more disappointing every episode. With this episode as ultimate disappointment. Look at season 1 and especially to season 2 and 3 and compare... Where are the strong plots, where are the surprising endings, where are the deep messages embedded in those seasons episodes? I really hope the quality will improve again from now on, because for me, this was the most disappointing scrubs episode in the history of the series, that is why I am commenting.

Don't get me wrong, Scrubs is (or maybe 'was') one of the best series (I won't call it a sitcom) I have ever known, but this is a sign that it might end up very bad for this series, especially when Zach Braff will leave after this season. (which is not sure yet, only a rumor)

Let's hope for an improvement and a couple of blasting, touching and deep ending episodes for season six, so that Scrubs can continue to be made for another 3 or 4 seasons or so, on its old, season 2&3-like level of complication.

Yes, it's a clip show... Yes, it's a bit lame... And yes, it's not what one would of expected from Scrubs...

However, let's think about this shall we.

Clip shows are put together because the creators do not have the time to write a brand new episode. There are a few negative reviews on here from so called "fans" getting on their high horse and ranting that they are disappointed that Scubs has gone down this road of "laziness"... they've sold out... become like all the other inferior shows... The Simpson's did it first... blah blah blah...

Do those same fans think an episode as brilliantly original as My Musical is put together in the same time period as a regular episode...? My guess is that the regular weekly filming schedule had to be preceded by a week of rehearsal with the choreographers... hence the need to put something together quickly to fill the gap...

I'll put up with the downside of a clips show if the upside is a My Musical...

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.

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.