The Todd is one of my favorite characters. Well, they all are my favorites, but he's not my favorite favorite. He ranks slightly above Kelso and JD but slightly lower than Carla and Laverne.

Dum da da dum da da dum dum shiny scal-pel! Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum gonna slice 'im uuuup!

Chinatown was awesome!

I loveThe Todd. I got an email from him once after donating to his campaign for the MS Bike-A-Thon. It was a form letter, but still cool to see Robert Maschio in my inbox. Does anyone else think that we should change the "speedos" in the title to "banana hammocks"? Hammock up!

Was last night's episode the first official reveal of Todd's last name? I think the sheet said Todd Quinlan.

If I recall correctly, they mentioned that in one of the DVD commentaries or somewhere. I think the story was that they had planned never to give him a last name, but one time he had to borrow a name tag from an extra or someone, and it ended up on film and in the final cut. So for continuity they had to keep it.

I remember that discussion, too, but I thought they said that it wasn't supposed to be visible and wasn't really official. I was under the impression that his last name was still officially unknown. The list on last night's episode was very clearly visible and was definitely intended to be. Does anyone know if Quinlan was his last name in that previous episode? And was this the first time it has been mentioned since then?

Yes, that was the name before -- he's listed on the IMDB as "Todd Quinlan", and has been since Rob's first episode.

Yes, because the term "banana hammock" will never be not funny.

I love The Todd too.

Sterile five!

One of my favorite Todd moments was when JD fantasizes about what would have happened if The Todd had performed a surgery instead of Turk, who had lost the patient. In the fantasy, when the patient starts crashing, Todd rips his own heart out to give to her and just before he collapses, he gasps, "I'm gay!" He drops to the floor and the attending nurse says, "I knew it!"

I love in the second episode of this week the "sterile high-five!" I forgot about its existence, and then I started cracking up very loud. Really enjoyed that moment, especially since Dr. Wen participated as well.

The Todd is probably one of my least favourites (not sure why...just never as funny to me as the other supporting characters) but I agree, the sterile high five was genius. Little moments like that make him worthwhile, as long as they don't overuse him. Oh, and in the air band episode from this season...genius.

Seriously!!! You can't have THE TODD without banana hammocks

Speedos is not part of my vocab.

I think Todd is really sexy when he's in his scrubs (cutoff sleeves) and he does this bicep-flex/bow

Hey, mods, I read that we post questions on the threads. Can we change "speedos" to "banana hammock?" Pleeeeease :)

Who would have believed that, until this episode, the Todd's libido was only running at half-speed?

Oh, I had hopes...but then, I've always found him kinda hot.

I hope he continues with the inappropriate references to men. Saying, "Is that package for me? Yeah it is!" horrified the men so much. I loved it. Nice to turn the tables around.

Heh, at least we finally found out if he's gay or not....he's The Todd. And, he got to see the Twins!

That bit of continuity would be golden, sometimes!

People, I don't know how comfortable I am with The Todd being so clever and tricking Carla and Elliot with false gayness. I accept his Toddsexual-ness but this never-before-seen intelligence? Makes me very very uncomfortable.

Well, its intelligence connected with being able to score more with women. Sort of an idiot savant. Maybe he saw that episode of Spin City when Alan Ruck's character did almost the same thing.

May the Todd's omnisexuality and endless supply of smutty double entendres entertain us for years to come.

Maybe freeing the other half of his libido stimulated his brain, too.

Well, the Todd had to have some intelligence. He got through med school, and he was ranked the second-best surgeon in the hospital, even above Turk. There's certainly some intelligence there, even if it's subsumed beneath his boorish and pig-like behavior.

M. Darcy and cjl, your theories make sense. heatercat, yes, um... obviously, The Todd has some intelligence because he's a surgeon. I meant sort of "social intelligence", you know? Because the usual extent of his social concerns includes whether or not to waste his x-Box joke on an all-male crowd.

dum dadadum dadadum shiny scalpel dum dadadum dadadum gonna slice 'em up

I just absolutely love The Todd. My favorite High Five, was the betrayal five, and how JD totally saw it coming.

Heh. I'm pretty sure The Todd would think "subsumed" was a dirty word.

"Oh, I could subsume her... Obscure Position-Word Five!"

But nonetheless, you've got to love the Todd :P

People have taken me the wrong way. I love The Multi-Faceted Todd.

You guys have ruined me! The Todd has started his stint on As the World Turns, and I just want to watch him dole out high fives.

My mom just called me to report The Todd's presence on ATWT. Dude, he's creepy. And wearing a suit? That's so unTodd. I'd love to see the ATWT writers make a nod to Scrubs. As long as it's not Robert's character (don't know the name yet) wearing a Speedo.

The Todd wearing a suit? Nooooooooo. So wrong. The sleeves should at least be ripped off at the shoulder seams.

I'm not going to lie to you, The Todd on ATWT is so not good. It's like he's at that early stage in acting where the person doesn't know what to do with his arms. It's a shame because he is so good on Scrubs. It makes me appreciate his performance there all the more.

I'm (perhaps uncharitably) reminded of Big Billy's comment on the first season DVD commentaries that Robert Maschio is actually very much like the Todd in real life; perhaps he seems more natural on Scrubs because, well, he is?

Except for the banana hammock thing. Surely no one actually collects those?

I thought Maschio was ok in his (not very Todd-like) guest shot on the UPN sitcom "Cuts", though then again it was not exactly a great sitcom.

"I'm not going to lie to you" -- to the poster named Noirish.

This is Robert Maschio, the actor who plays the Todd (among other characters). This is my 2nd post here in 5 years (the other time was to promote my website www.robertmaschio.com).

I'm very surprised that a soap fan would come to a scrubs site to critique my work, omg why?

Secondly "Fan Reviews" have been running 99 to 1 in favor of my work...guess who the 1 is? (sorry I play a pedaphile, rapist, stalking, potential murderer - if it doesn't remind you of the Todd, there a reason for that! It's a different character! There
s no high five coming in this one...You realize tv is all make believe, correct?

"He's like an actor in the early stages who doesn't know what to do with his arms..." Really? 80% of the soap is shot and covered in close ups - the means from the neck up my friend...don't worry, even though the arms are out of frame, they are behaving truthfully...thanks for the astute evaluation though.

"It's such a shame to see..." Really? False sincerity always makes my blood boil...maybe I should just relax, enjoy the kudos from the majority of fans, and count all the money I made, instead of addressing you...but the truth is, if you ever wondered, do actors ever read stuff posted about them - yes, sometimes they do, from time to time, and every once in a blue moon they feel the need to point out the absurdity of the comments made by the poster.

See you in 5 years when your give your next review...

Woo! Hi, Rob! I posted here, quite giddy, a while back after I emailed you through your website and you signed it with an "internet five". We've been giving each other internet fives again here ever since. :)

Will we see much of The Todd next season?

Ahh, I am so a fangirl. Hi "Todd!" Well, if you deem us worthy enough to come back here, I love you-hi five. In fact, if my husband would let me change my laminated list you would be there, man. Well, Rob, not the Todd. Also, I am curious, I know that Franklyn's mother had MS, which is why he does the bike marathons, is there a personal story for you? Either way, everything you guys do is awesome. I hope that we get to see more of the Todd this season. Last season he really shined!

therealtodd, love you on Scrubs, but ... are you really like the Todd in real life? FYI, I'm a girl and don't want to high five you or be introduced to Zach Braff ... would love a reply, although preferably not in five years.

If it's really you Rob, I hope you know I'm kinda enjoying you on ATWT. It's my favorite soap and you are soooo hot I think I'm going to start collecting the Scrubs DVD just to see more of you.

I do see what others mean about your acting though. In your first couple of days you were very over the top like most soap opera cliches so it was extremely obvious from your first scene that you had raped Maddie. I wish you had been more subtle like in your one-on-one scenes with Maddie.

But I'm willing to give you a pass on those early days, a soap opera is more challenging that many like to give it credit for and since those first few days you have been fantastic. Can't wait to see your scenes with Trent Dawson tomorrow! :)

My only real complaint is that I wish they had cast someone who wasn't so good looking. I keep thinking "Marry me" when I should be thinking "Bastard!"

I'm sorry to have offended therealtodd. I've been offline for a bit and didn't realize you'd responded. I really am a huge fan of your work (no false sincerity - honest), and didn't mean to make you upset. I love your portrayal of "The Todd" and find that it is often the highlight of watching "Scrubs" for me.

For that reason, I was disappointed when I watched you on ATWT the first few days and perceived there to be some flaws in your performance (especially the initial meeting with Henry where you seemed (to me) to be a bit awkward with your arms). It can't help that Louis has been written as a one-dimensional, "mustache-twirling" villian (which must make it hard to give a nuanced performance) and that the story itself seems to have been slapped together in a rushed way, without too much regard for the backstories (or strengths) of the long-term characters and actors involved.

I'm honestly glad that the feedback you've received has been all positive. I'm sure the folks on the As The World Turns portion of this site would love to hear from you. In the meantime, I guess we will have to agree to disagree on my so-called review of your first couple of appearances, which was not meant to be a malicious attack on you in any way.

Concilliatory High-five.

Awww. High-five for The Todd and The Robert. Don't be a stranger.

Crazy Fan Five!

And I don't mean to sound cheeky but we have a special quote button here, we're WAY too cool for speech marks on TWoP ;)

I *love* the Todd's line on the basketball court:

"Yeah, and they call me 'Pig' 'cause I make inappropriate and demeaning remarks to women."

And you thought the Todd wasn't paying attention...

Nice line reading there by Robert M.

The Todd rules, The Rob is kind of mean...

Wow- the things you miss when you don't read a thread for a couple of weeks.... I never actually thought that the actors would be reading these threads. Kinda cool, though.

I think the crew of Scrubs do lurk around here from time to time. Especially the poster that started the Scrubs Blog thread... we see you :) But it'd be more fun if they'd join in on the fun chat. Then again, they're busy MAKING the show we're talking about heh.

So, I left The Todd's myspace profile a comment. I think that it might be a real profile, since Scrubs-Season Three has him in their top friends. But, the really fun part is that "he" wrote back! Does anyone know if the myspace page is legit?

And, btw, the comment was, "Hey Todd, is that package for me?" And, he replied, "You know it's for you! Your husband can join in too... " Ahh, Scrubs rocks!

My favorite is the Miracle Five. Also, to prove my Todd love (and up my nerd quotient), I went as The Todd for Halloween, ripped scrubs and Doc tattoo and all.

Shirt five!

Oh my. I would be all about that if I didn't think lots of stupid people were going to take the opportunity to slap me on my breasts.