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I really liked J.D. in the early seasons of this show. He was so charmingly goofy and dorky that it was easy to relate to him. I think he's gotten too cocky now that he is an attending, though. I don't like the rivalry that he has put into play between himself and Keith.

"Lonnie! Face!"

So glad to finally have a place to profess my undying love for Zach Braff. What a cutie! Being from NJ, I love the fact that he's representing the Garden State (did you see the New Jersey t-shirt he was wearing in last week's episode?).

Although, what's with his hair this season? It's always been strange and spiky (as Zach himself put it in one of the DVD's commentaries, he does have "odd hair"), but it's really defying gravity lately.

I can see why people are a little sick of him as late (the high-nasal voice in most VO's, the degression of maturity at times) but I think it would take a LOT for me to lose my JD-love. If Zach Braff/JD hadn't been so perfect during the first few seasons, the show never would have caught on with anyone even WITH the beautiful supporting cast.

The show's wackiness I think has led to the more annoying JD this season, but there are still enough moments of joy with the character that he's worth it!

That's a very good point. I see the same thing as well. JD was the central character we watched the weird and absurd happenings in Sacred Heart with. He's the guy we're hoping will get the girl or will do spectacular things.

Now fast forward a couple of years and he's gained confidence and a good self-identity. I really liked how his character progressed. So kudos to Zach Braff for being able bring what once was a 'normal' guy and add layers of emotion and comedy.

It's time to play What Does This Remind You Of? Today's entry comes from Omar G. who received this press release today:

Hey! They stole JD's script!! Dr. Acula!

Ha ha, that's great find Glark.

JD should totally sue!

Bloodsuckers.

What happened to the cute African American woman JD was dating? How'd he mess that up?

IIRC, Kylie held out on sex for a while, which was a problem for J.D. Molly came back to town, and J.D. blew off Kylie to meet up with her one evening, and it was pretty clear that the two of them were going to get it on, but then J.D. realized that he wanted to be with Kylie. He went to Kylie, and made the mistake of telling her that he had blown her off for Molly. Then she dumped him.

Do I have it right?

Yup yup. I liked Kylie, she was hottie.

That was my favourite of Season 4 and the second ep directed by Zach Braff as well. The ending was superb and "classic Scrubs" -- as I sometimes categorize it: you're shown a version that's all neat and tidy where the hero gets the girl and all is swell, but 2 seconds later JD VOs that hardly ever happens.

Kylie was gorgeous, no doubt, but she felt a little too forced. I haven't been a big fan of any of JD's love interests (either the actors just aren't up to par in wackiness and/or talent or the pairing just doesn't work). Julie worked for me for her short time, but I confess that I was distracted by their real life relationship. Also felt that druggie girlfriend from Season 1(?) stood strong with JD/ZB but storyline dictated that it end

She would have to be my favorite of JD's girlfriends (Alex? Was that her name?) How bout you all? What girlfriend of JD's have you liked the best/felt had the best connection with JD as characters or actors?

I thought Kylie worked well in her first one or two appearances, mostly because she shared a similarly goofy sense of humor. But that was downplayed in her other appearances to emphasize the fact that she wouldn't have sex with J.D.

Julie was a nice fit too, but she didn't really stick around long enough for me to get a good handle on the relationship.

To be honest, I never bought the clumsily shoehorned plot points that (1) JD idealized his mom and felt all women didn't live up to her, nor (2) his feelings for Elliot in S3 actually were just motivated by jealousy and once he 'got' her he didn't want her.

... which is a long way of saying I didn't mind the JD/Elliot pairing.

arc Point 1--ew. That was a terrible moment in Scrubs, no doubt. It made no sense and was only kind of gross. A really lame (and kind of unfunny reason) for JD's relationship problems.

And as for Season 3...it didn't play as well as it could've I agree. But I kind of think that he acts out of jealousy a lot with her. Its sad, but I know lots of people (including myself once) who do that with their friends of the opposite sex. And I think its what JD was doing with Keith for a shorter period of time just recently.

Even if the reasons to keep them apart didn't always make sense, neither has the couple, to me anyway.

I also didn't buy the whole "now that I've got her, I don't love her" thing with Elliot. That just seemed weird and out-of-the-blue.

But my fave JD girlfriend was definitely Kylie. I loved the shared goofy sense of humor from the episode when they met.

I didn't really buy that breakup, either: I don't think he did anything wrong. But if she's going to dump him for the "crime" of resisting temptation and then telling her he resisted temptation, then good riddance. Who needs those kind of head games?

Holy shlamoly.

Can we say "purple prose"? I bet this thing makes JD's DR. ACULA script look like high art. Now I feel bad for our Omar G., thinking that he might get guff like this on a regular basis.

Heh. Anybody want to send a copy to Bill Lawrence, just for laughs?

Oh, and I hated the whole "now that I've got her, I don't love her" thing, too. Add to that the fact that JD's supposed mother-fixation came out of the icky end of nowhere.

I can let that mommy thing slide because they used it as a joke (semi-serious joke I guess) only because that really made me think: Dude, where's JD's mom? I remember bringing it up in the old thread, but was there any mention of her when John Ritter (JD's Dad) came? When Dan came? I'd thought they'd introduce her by now seeing most things revolve around JD.

The publisher name ("AuthorHouse") and the book's relatively scarce presence on the web suggest to me it's from a vanity press.

I don't disagree. But I wonder: Are there degrees of being a vanity press? 'Cause this one looks pretty damned in vain to me.

Am I insane, or is Zach Braff doing the voiceover in that Charmin commercial with the dog and the little girl sleeeping?

I too have wondered why we've never seen JD's mom. We've seen his brother and his dad, but not his mom. Is she dead?

Oh no, its totally Zach Braff's voice as the Charmin dog. So cute.

In a third season episode, Dan comes to stay with J.D. for a while because their mom is getting married again -- for the seventh time, I think -- and he's upset because he thinks this one might stick and he'll have to move out of her attic.

I know everyone else hates Tara Reid, but I thought she was one of the better girlfriends. They got along great, and even got past the awkwardness about him sleeping with her sister and Cox hating the whole thing. The only problem was that he wasn't over Elliot yet, so if he gets to a point where he's truly past Elliot and ready for another woman, I don't see why she wouldn't be at the top of his list.

I think she wouldn't be at the top of his list because of the second go round with Dani (they dated twice, right? Or was it just toward the end of the relationship that she became trashy?). She was pretty gross then, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't JD exaggerating it.

Ah, I didn't realize J.D. and Dani already tried dating again. I missed the end of the third season and most of the fourth, so I have some catching up to do.

I love ZB/JD and I love his season 1/2 hair. Season 3 episodes with the flppy hair were just off. I couldn't get past the hair. I guess he was filming Garden State (aka Scrubs, the prequel) at the time.

I saw him on the cover of Giant. It was the March 2006 issue. He was be-yooo-tiful... no more puffiness. I hope we see the weight loss in the later episodes.

I was relieved, to tell you the truth. It was an awesome moment when she came in with that pizza and he had won her. I'm sure everyone watching was thinkin Huzzah!...but seriously, who wants to watch a sitcom where everyone's together and happy? There needs to be angst. There needs to be multiple boyfriends for Elliot and multiple girlfriends for J.D. We already have the pairing that worked out with Turk and Carla, we don't need another wedding, pregnancy, etc. I think the writers of the show handled the whole situation rather well. We couldn't have him pining after Elliot forever, but we can't have them getting together permenantly either.

Yesterday was Zach Braff's birthday by the way. I'm sad I missed posting my Happy Birthdays to him by two hours and twenty minutes (though the post time will probably say I missed it by four hours...haven't figured out how to change that to mountain time just yet). Even though it's slightly belated...Happy Birthday Zach!!! :)

I loved Mad About You.


They coulda had that even if Elliot and JD were together.

I agree they needed to break up. My gripe is that the way it happened didn't seem in character for him. I would have bought it if one of them made a (realistic) mistake the other could not forgive, or if their relationship was shown gradually degrading and then falling apart.

Actually, my favorite JD love interest was probably Neena. A domineering woman who relentlessly bossed him around-- they were rather amusing together.

I still love JD, although I thought he was acting like a bit of a jerk earlier this season re: Keith. I love the Cox-JD dynamic, and the fact that JD is such a big, endearing softie. It's just funny.

Rewatching "My Intern's Eyes" (this season's first ep), I kinda wish this line from Cox had actually foreshadowed anything.


Because as far as I can tell, the only expensive new toy JD bought was a half-acre of land and a porch to put on it. Besides, this year when JD's an attending and Turk's still a resident, they coulda gone back to the joke they mined a bit last season with JD making a little more money than Turk. Except this time it wouldn't have been just a little more money.

Man, it's really hard to root for J.D. at the beginning of season 3, when he is pining over Elliot while she's with Sean, knowing how he immediately doesn't want her once he finally gets her later in the season.

Yeah, I'm finding the experience re-wearying on DVD. After all the talk of how the writers didn't want to go down the conventional "will they/won't they" path with JD and Elliot, that's exactly how they spend most of season 3. And the back half, from "His Story II" on, makes me like them both a little less.

You know what? J.D. is an ass. My opinion of him really solidified in "My Urologist" when he told Kim that he was "disappointed in who [she] turned out to be." What the hell? He hardly knew her! That was just a bit too uppity and self-righteous.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. I loved the show Frasier but rarely enjoyed Kelsey Grammer's character -- and it's the same with Scrubs. I know J.D. is the main character, etc., but I really can't stand the guy.

So's your face.

HeLLOOOOO!

I'll like to echo JD = Ass lately as well. It was so evident in My Urologist when he gave her that "I'm better than you" speech. And I have to hate on Kim too since she TOOK it and still likes JD but I like the actor Ms. Banks so..

However JD, when not being an ass, still cracks me up with his goofy stupidity most of time.

I'll grant that J.D. isn't always an ass, but his interactions with Kim kinda tipped him over the edge. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing him grace my TV screen on Tuesdays. After all, if he weren't so self-involved, we wouldn't get his awesome head-tilt fantasies.

And I agree with the comparison to Frasier. J.D. is just so... like someone I would avoid in real life.



That’s just because I drink and smoke heavily and work with chemicals and sleep on my face.

I must be in the minority because J.D. didn't really piss me off with his analysis of Kim. She flat out admitted earlier in the episode that she refused to treat that patient because he was high-risk, and Elliot told J.D. that she wore a wedding ring, despite being single, to keep guys from hitting on her. Even though, yeah, it's annoying when people randomly think they've got you all figured out, there was a pattern to Kim's behavior, and J.D. was at least taking what he knew about her and drawing a conclusion from that rather than pulling shit out of his ass.

To me, J.D.'s speech didn't come off like he thought he was better than Kim or that he was saying "This is who you are and you're a horrible person/doctor." It didn't feel hypocritical to me because his problem wasn't that she wanted people to like her, but that she spent too much effort to protect herself and was too hesitant to take risks, both professionally and personally, even at the cost of a patient's life. (And yes, there was that episode in season two when J.D. realized he never took enough risks in his life, but that was three years ago, and he was at least aware of the problem then.) What made it feel like he was being self-righteous was that he randomly came up to her and told her this, but she clearly seemed confused that one minute he's asking her out for coffee, and then avoiding her the next, so he probably felt he owed her an explanation of his feelings. Really, the only thing that was questionable was when he said, "I'm disappointed in who you turned out to be," as if there's no reason why she's like that.

Dr. Cox essentially made the same observation (though about her professional life, not her personal), and who's to say he knew Kim any better, but no one's calling him out on it. And Cox did the same thing with Heather Locklear's character back in season two, I don't remember that being an issue.

Don't get me wrong, there have been several times on the show when J.D.'s been a complete dick, but I didn't feel this was one of them.

EDITED because I thought of something else to add.

I didn't really think that JD was an ass for what he did. And Big Kahuna is totally right, IMO, that Cox has done this more than one time. The difference would be that Cox doesn't take it as personally when someone is a disappointment--because he doesn't tend to expect much of people to begin with.

Annyyyyaaay, I attribute it to clunky writing in the entire episode. It seemed a little too serious from JD considering he barely knew the lady. It probably would've played well in a more well written episode, so I'm okay with it.

I might be the only one who actually wants more JD next season. This season was much more focused, IMO, on the people around JD than JD himself. Which was great, actually...but (as usual) its very likely that next season will be the last, and the show needs to be brought home with JD as center. He didn't experience much growth this season (not a complaint of mine), but I hope next one is a big one for him.

But Dr. Cox is an ass. A glorious, hilarious, unrepentant ass.

I think that in a vacuum, the speech to Kim is pretty assy. He's analyzing her like he knows her? But by that point we already knew he liked her That Way, so I totally get why he felt the need to say it out loud.
I do, too, and I think Kim's pregnancy will trigger some growth in JD, whatever way the pregnancy itself winds up going.

I think the pregnancy will definitely be a great plot point for growth in JD. My hope? Its not JD's kid, he helps her through the pregnancy (but perhaps not in a relationship) and they don't last. I'm just not ready to see JD as father-figure. We've already seen Cox have to go through that (which was great) and we'll see that again, and we'll get to see Turk and Carla deal as parents. We don't need to watch that aspect of everyone's life within 6 seasons.

How 'bout you all? Where do you want to see this little twist going?

It does make me a bit uneasy to think the goofball, quirky JD is going to be responsible for someone other than himself (and not just being a doctor that tends to patients). However, I do like this new development and am eager to see how this change in dynamics affects him.

I'm pretty sure JD & Turk will still want to run off and do their little kiddies adventures every so often and avoid the "adult" issues. That'll of course be the comedy side of the season. So the "real" moments will be seeing how he has to learn to be mature yet still keeping his funny qualities.

You're not the only one. Although I love this show and all of the characters on it, JD still is the main draw for me. I'm just interested in him the most. I love the mentor-relationship with Cox, I love the best friend relationship with Turk, the big sister element with Carla. I really enjoy moments like his 'revenge' on Cox for punching him by writing 'WASH ME!' in the windshield. And although he's been a little cocky this season, and I'm not a fan of the Floating Head Doctor jokes or his early treatment of Keith, I still find the character loveable.

I'm actually okay with the pregnancy thing, because I can't wait to see how Cox/Turk et al react. And I don't think JD is at all ready to be a father, or remotely near the maturity level, so it'll be fantastic to see him again in a situation completely over his head.

That said, although I totally want him on some level to deal with the pregnancy issue, I'd also be more interested if something happened-- if they lost the baby, or he alienated Kim, or something. Three babies do seem like a bit much, and I think that would be sort of a punch to the gut for him, also.

Weirdly enough, I remember one of the DVD commentaries mentioning that the original background for Cox & Jordan was that they'd had a child who died. I don't know, I just think there's potential for interesting turns in his character with this.

And I dearly hope it does not end with season 6, but it looks like it might be that way.

I was playing on YouTube yesterday at work and found this Zach Braff video. Never thought I'd say this, but he's kinda cute! Hee.

RainisBeautiful, that video is from Zach's new website that just launched, zachbraff.com. I've always thought he was absolutely adorable! I'm from New Jersey, so that makes him even hotter to me. He's quite a chameleon... he really can look totally different from role to role, and even just in his every day life. For me, JD has always been the real draw of Scrubs.

No way is that JD's kid. What did the caption say when she told him she was pregnant? "Two weeks later" or something like that (may have been 3, but still). No one finds out they're pregnant when they're 2 weeks along. She was pregnant when she hooked up with JD, or the continuity sucks.

I believe the caption said 2 1/2 weeks later. And I found out I was pregnant two weeks into it. I'm very, very regular, and we conceived in mid-July. When my period was due two weeks later, and didn't come, I knew that taking the pregnancy test was merely a formality. But I'm one of those women who gets their period every 28 days, like clockwork.

So it is possible that she knew that soon. I don't think (or don't want to think) that JD is the father. I don't know why exactly...