UrbanWire

They say laughter is the best medicine and what better way to administer it than through TV to cure viewers of their blues. True enough, Scrubs offered enough medicine to win the hearts of viewers and critics alike in their 1st season.

Fret not if you’ve missed it, because the 2nd one is running and it’s louder, funnier (with off-the-wall plot twists and humour), shorter (with 22 episodes), and with special guest appearances like Tom Cavanagh (Ed), Heather Locklear, Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart.

John Dorian, otherwise known as J.D. (Zach Braff), 1 of the 3 interns at Sacred Heart Hospital, is a wacky yet sensitive analytical young lad who hallucinates at every given opportunity, twisting the situations with whatever zany images his mind can conjure up (think Ally McBeal and her dancing babies, flushing toilets, dumpsters…).

The other two eccentric interns, Chris Turk (Donald Faison) and Elliot Reed (Sarah Chalke) just happen to be very close to him. Turk, his best buddy since college, is attached to the surgical department, while Elliot, like J.D., is attached to the medical department. The beautiful Elliot plays the love interest of J.D. This odd couple, later in this season, will figure out that they are just “sex buddies” since the only thing they enjoy doing together is having sex.

The caring and helpful nurse (probably the only sane character in Scrubs), Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes), plays Turk’s girlfriend. Later in the season, Turk will make the greatest decision in his life – to ask for Carla’s hand in marriage. Does he succeed, we shan’t reveal.

Rounding off the cast are a janitor who picks on J.D., and the sadistic bully of a doctor in charge of the interns, Dr Perry Cox (John C. McGinley), who has a love-hate relationship with J.D..

Guest star Tom Cavanagh plays Dan, J.D.’s older brother who tries to hit on Elliot and is later confronted by J.D. to lay his hands off her. Sensing some brotherly rivalry going on, Elliot immediately steps in and persuades J.D. into talking to Dan. And you can’t wait for more trouble among the trio as she reveals to Dan something about her sex life with J.D.

Also, don’t miss the usually cool Dr Cox act like a deer caught in headlights when his ex-wife enters his apartment just as he is about to kiss the gorgeous Heather Locklear. But his bigger shock? Seeing his ex-wife return home with a rather big belly!

And at the end of each episode as before, J.D. will reflect upon the events that have taken place before concluding some weighty lessons he has learnt (yes, Scrubs actually has a serious side). This makes Scrubs well deserving of its acclaim as it is well balanced with both humour and solemnity.