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been_mackin t1_j9si5lb wrote

Reply to comment by BigEvil621 in Can we talk about Scrub's episode "My Screw Up" 20 years too late? (Major episode spoilers... 20 year old spoilers) by ChaserNeverRests

It’s heavily implied that the code red patient JD gets is the elderly gentleman from earlier in the episode - I believe JD, Turk and Elliott are all at the prescription window and JD suddenly says “that’s a code red” and runs off like he would any other episode, while Turk and Elliott continue their conversation.

After that, Brendan Fraser is exclusively seen with Dr. Cox, teasing him with patients and making him laugh with his colleagues, but he doesn’t have his camera (I’ll take pictures until the day I die) and nobody else can see him/can’t understand Dr Cox’s reaction to mostly serious questions/input on the job - only thing is that he is pissed at JD and refuses to leave the hospital then so “nobody else dies on his watch”.

The whole second half of the episode is this scenario, and it all culminates to Dr. Cox walking with Ben to, what we (and apparently Dr. Cox) think is jack’s birthday party. Cox says something to Ben asking why he doesn’t have his camera to take pictures of crying babies and shit, which JD then appears in a black suit asking Cox “where do you think we are?”.

That snaps Cox and the audience back into reality where we are at Ben’s funeral and he was a figment of Perry’s imagination the whole time, the code red was Ben’s cardiac arrest and Dr. Cox can’t process it because it’s his best friend.

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KneeHighMischief t1_j9shcvj wrote

Reply to comment by Ilovepickles11212 in Can we talk about Scrub's episode "My Screw Up" 20 years too late? (Major episode spoilers... 20 year old spoilers) by ChaserNeverRests

I wonder how much music they've replaced. I'm guessing probably a lot like Netflix did, which is too bad. Hopefully not in My Last Words. The ending wouldn't hit nearly as hard without "I'll Follow you Into the Dark". Glad I still have my DVDs.

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KneeHighMischief t1_j9sgzuz wrote

Reply to comment by Fareacher in Can we talk about Scrub's episode "My Screw Up" 20 years too late? (Major episode spoilers... 20 year old spoilers) by ChaserNeverRests

It really is. Scrubs was a fairly popular show that ran for quite a while yet is still underrated. NBC jerked it around a bit for scheduling which hurt its popularity. Since it's ended I feel like because of the final season & intense dislike (by some) for Zach Braff have caused it to not be looked at so fondly

That's a shame because I really feel like it's a top tier sitcom. It's one of my favorite shows of all-time. After reading this I'm going to have "Winter" stuck in my head for awhile.

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complete_your_task t1_j9sgvep wrote

Reply to ‘Poker Face’ Debuts at No. 3 on Nielsen’s Streaming Originals Chart, Peacock’s Highest-Ranked Series by misana123

The whole show is great, but the 1st episode is a master class in scriptwriting. I loved the dynamic of the bad guys knowing she is a human lie detector and carefully wording their answers so they weren't technically lying, but still sounding like a fairly natural conversation. Adrian Brody was especially amazing. And Natasha Lyonne is fantastic in every episode. It takes an old concept and just executes it perfectly. One of my favorite new shows in recent memory.

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theyusedthelamppost t1_j9sfnj3 wrote

Reply to ‘Poker Face’ Debuts at No. 3 on Nielsen’s Streaming Originals Chart, Peacock’s Highest-Ranked Series by misana123

It's bizarre to think that making a show that uses the old style actually feels risky and refreshing now.

It's definitely a love letter to the procedurals of the 70s/80s/90s. There are so many references trickled in. Similar to how Knives Out references the classic whodunnit movies.

But the pacing here makes it feel modern as well. Ep6 had about 4 layers of surprise mixed in to keep us on our toes.

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