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A couple of weeks ago Scrubs "ended", below i give my brief thoughts on the finale, season as a whole and then potential for season 9

My Finale was a triumphant, brilliant piece of television. As a pretty big Scrubs fan, this episode was incredibly important for me, and they delivered. It was enough of a balance between comedy, genuinely poignant goodbyes and of course a bit of cheesiness thrown in; the combination that has made Scrubs what it is over the years. All JD's goodbyes were awesome. I'm glad Elliott and JD's relationship had been resolved a long time before so the finale didnt have to deal with that. The set up by Sunni for Dr Cox's speech on JD was so brilliant and that goodbye was great, as was Turks and the Janitors. Strangely enough though, it was Dorian's understated farewell to Carla that was the best of the lot. Carla has been underused over the last 2 seasons, but this scene harked back to seasons past and the development that JD has undergone throughout the course of the show guided alot of the way by Carla. Howver corny it was i loved all the old faces appearing in the corridor! Mandy Moore and Masi Oka were notable exceptions, oh and Tara Reid! And the weird screen thing into the future was ultimate cheese, but quality. The Finale was a perfect ending.

Season 8 overall was awesome. Started strongly, a bit of a dip in the middle but the end run of episodes was outstanding. It far surpassed season 7 (it amazes me how such a bad season was made by a crew/cast that have made such a good tv program), and probably season 6. JD became a real character again rather than a ridiculous caricature, and Elliott was almost back to her peak. This season contained some of the best patient storylines in a long time, harking back to the first few seasons where the patients stories clearly shaped the staff of Sacred Heart. My Last Words, My Lawyers in Love and My Finale were all brilliant, as were the 2 episodes in Barbados. Randomly, my favourite episode of the season didn't feature JD at all. My Full Moon was pretty much all Elliott/Turk and patient interactions and it was classic Scrubs. Seson 8 was a brilliant end to a brilliant TV program.

Then the news came that Scrubs would continue into a 9th season. WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!!? I don't know anyone, especially hardcore Scrubs fans, who are happy with this news. JD and Elliott will return for 6 episodes in "transitional roles" whatever the hell that means. Turk, Dr Cox and the Janitor are all series regulars, and the interns are being promoted to starring status. This is not going to work. All the major characters are made by their interactions and relationship with JD, the show without him cannot fucntion. If they want to create a new show entirely about the interns, go for it. Call it something different. It isnt Scrubs. I will probably end up watching it. I dont know if Bill Lawrence is even gonna be involved, he has a new pilot with Courtney Cox in next season. If it is heavily intern based, then Jo/Denise had better be the central character, as she was by far the most ijnteresting character and best actor of the interns introduced in s8. I seriously cannot see s9 being a good thing, after the whole show was rounded up so well.
ah well, we will see.