When I first found out that Scrubs was coming to the 2026 TV schedule after more than a decade off the air, I was excited to see how the revival would stack up against those all-timer episodes. While the show is checking off all the boxes that made the original series one of the best sitcoms of all time, there’s one thing that’s really been bothering me in the first few episodes.
No, it’s not the whole J.D. and Elliot getting divorced business or Dr. Cox retiring (those two examples perfectly sum up what I love most about Scrubs). Instead, it has to do with the show’s constant reminder that times have changed since Zach Braff’s newly minted Chief of Medicine left Sacred Heart Hospital all those years ago. Let me explain…
