But I Love It When You Sing To Me, and You Can Sing Me Anything
Anyone who reads this regularly knows exactly what this entry is about. The Scrubs finale was last night, and with it, a lot of emotions on both the part of the characters and us viewers. I, for one, was happy with how it ended, and many whom I've talked to would also agree with that sentiment. Nothing was forced, all the characters kept true to themselves, and I think we saw some real, genuine emotion from all of them. What really got me though was the final scene.
As anyone who's watched the show knows, J.D. fantasizes quite a bit, most of the time involving ridiculous situations. Occasionally, however, he's more serious and realistic. One of these such cases was "My Cold Shower" (Season 6, Episode 19), when Elliot gets engaged to Keith and J.D. realizes that he still wants to be with her. The other that I can think of off the top of my head came in the last scene. As J.D. walks out of Sacred Heart for the last time, he stares at the goodbye banner hung in front of the door, and his visions, this time giving a realistic view of the future, project themselves like home movies. Throughout the episode, he seems to struggle to find the perfect way to view everything going on around him, but finally, at the end, he puts it all into the proper perspective. John Dorian's character, like myself, is always expecting the end of something to resemble some pre-conceived movie/tv show ending, and as he realizes, and I have to come to grips with at times, it's rarely/never the case. As he stares into the screen, seeing realistically, maybe for the first time, the road ahead, I couldn't help but get a bit choked up, and many of my friends did as well. Peter Gabriel sang a beautiful rendition of The Magnetic Fields' "The Book Of Love" in front of the dreams J.D. has for his life, and maybe, we the viewers have for both his life and ours too. He gets married to Elliot, they have a child together, he remains close with Turk, finally gains the love and respect of Dr. Cox, and then, in the one funny moment, Turk's daughter, Isabella, and J.D.'s son, Sam, get engaged many years later. The smile on J.D.'s face while watching these images said it all, and with that, I'm content. We got the perfect ending. Nothing was forced on the characters, like marriage proposals, etc., but instead, we got to see the future through the appropriate medium of J.D.'s fantasies. Now, we're not really left to wonder, and have seen the conclusion, without it occurring. Bill Lawrence and the entire team at Scrubs did a fantastic job of mixing funny moments with serious ones to create a perfect finish for a show which will always be near and dear to me. The scene I was describing is posted below. Enjoy.
"Who can tell me my fantasies won't come true- just this once?"
As anyone who's watched the show knows, J.D. fantasizes quite a bit, most of the time involving ridiculous situations. Occasionally, however, he's more serious and realistic. One of these such cases was "My Cold Shower" (Season 6, Episode 19), when Elliot gets engaged to Keith and J.D. realizes that he still wants to be with her. The other that I can think of off the top of my head came in the last scene. As J.D. walks out of Sacred Heart for the last time, he stares at the goodbye banner hung in front of the door, and his visions, this time giving a realistic view of the future, project themselves like home movies. Throughout the episode, he seems to struggle to find the perfect way to view everything going on around him, but finally, at the end, he puts it all into the proper perspective. John Dorian's character, like myself, is always expecting the end of something to resemble some pre-conceived movie/tv show ending, and as he realizes, and I have to come to grips with at times, it's rarely/never the case. As he stares into the screen, seeing realistically, maybe for the first time, the road ahead, I couldn't help but get a bit choked up, and many of my friends did as well. Peter Gabriel sang a beautiful rendition of The Magnetic Fields' "The Book Of Love" in front of the dreams J.D. has for his life, and maybe, we the viewers have for both his life and ours too. He gets married to Elliot, they have a child together, he remains close with Turk, finally gains the love and respect of Dr. Cox, and then, in the one funny moment, Turk's daughter, Isabella, and J.D.'s son, Sam, get engaged many years later. The smile on J.D.'s face while watching these images said it all, and with that, I'm content. We got the perfect ending. Nothing was forced on the characters, like marriage proposals, etc., but instead, we got to see the future through the appropriate medium of J.D.'s fantasies. Now, we're not really left to wonder, and have seen the conclusion, without it occurring. Bill Lawrence and the entire team at Scrubs did a fantastic job of mixing funny moments with serious ones to create a perfect finish for a show which will always be near and dear to me. The scene I was describing is posted below. Enjoy.
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