Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #852 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-01-14
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English, French, Italian
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 501 minutes

Synopsis
With its deft combination of humour and heart, this single-camera sitcom is a both a critical and cult favourite. SCRUBS stars Zach Braff as J.D., an eager doctor at Sacred Heart Hospital. With J.D. as its narrator, the show frequently dips into surrealism as it shows his strange thoughts and daydreams. The rest of the characters on SCRUBS are equally eccentric: best friend Turk (Donald Faison), bossy nurse Carla (Judy Reyes), J.D.'s reluctant mentor Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), the anxiety-ridden ex-girlfriend Elliot (Sarah Chalke), and J.D.'s arch nemesis, known simply as 'Janitor' (Neil Flynn). Grab an appletini and enjoy all of the sixth season's episodes, including 'My Musical,' which includes hilarious songs such as "Guy Love" and 'Everything Comes Down to Poo.' This season also features guest appearances from Elizabeth Banks (40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN) and Keri Russell (WAITRESS).

Customer Reviews

It is the weakest season, period
So far it is the weakest season of Scrubs, I personally maintain that Scrubs was at it's funniest season 2 and season 5 probably with 4 shortly after. But here the writing got sloppy and the actors do begin to try to compensate, it doesn't work. Again though, as many others say there are enough funny moments to make this a worthwhile purchase, and I'm a huge Scrubs fan so will probbaly never stop watching it. On the bright side, Season 7 (as short as it was through the writers strike) is much much better, which gives me hope for Season 8, (not sure about 9, would the show be the same with the actors playing J.D. and Carla leaving?)

Drop-off.
Unlike in Britain, where sitcoms tend to have shorter series and quit while they're ahead, American comedies are bled dry by the networks and finish long after they should have. Scrubs, one of the funniest and most original shows on television for its first three or four seasons, had a considerable drop-off in quality by its fifth season. As so often happens, characters became exaggerated versions of themselves and everything starts to feel familiar.

As such, season six is the sixth best season of Scrubs. Many of the problems from the fifth season remain - Dr. Kelso, previously just an out-of-touch, but loveable chauvinist, is still a sexual deviant in an unfunny way. As with Family Guy, many background or one-off jokes which were funny the first few times like the security guard with a hook hand are worn out. The biggest problem of all is Zach Braff's JD, who as well as not being nearly as funny as he was in the first few seasons is now scarcely likeable. The mistakes he makes are blindingly obvious, the morals of the stories can be spotted from the end of the first act, and several characters seem to be working a tad too hard for their jokes to be funny. There are also a number of sloppy in-jokes, references to other sitcoms and worst of all, a clip show which even by clip show standards is abysmal.

Storyline wise, it's a mixed bag - aside from the aforementioned 'painfully obvious morals' trend, the serious emotional storyline around episode 19 is well handled and fitting (although they cop out by the next season). The 'everybody's pregnant!' ending of the previous season which continues here seemed like the work of a hack in the first place, while the ending of the last episode is utterly hopeless, and again, easy to see coming.

However, the season is far from irredeemable. Neil Flynn's Janitor is still very, very funny and stays within the bounds of his character. John C. McGinley's Dr. Cox, while unnecessarily vindictive at times even by his standards, is still very funny, as is Chris Turk. Better yet, Keith Dudemeister, an interesting new character from season 5 continues to be rounded out across season six, fitting in with the show's surreal nature as well as remaining appealingly down to earth at the same time.

What's more, there is one reason above all others to buy this DVD, and that is 'My Musical,' the entirely musical episode of the show. Brilliantly directed, choreographed, written and sung, as well as being the funniest episode of the previous two seasons, it would be enough to make this DVD box set worth buying on its own.

As far as special features, the monotonous, predominantly one-person audio commentaries aren't much worth listening to (aside from Neil Flynn's absurdist humour), but extensive 'making-of' features on the My Musical episode, an interview with Judy Reyes (Carla Turk) and a feature on the background characters like Colonel Doctor are all worth watching at least once. So, while this is by far not the best season of Scrubs, it's still well worth a buy for its quality moments.

Never seen a quality drop-off like it
Massive Scrubs fan here. Seasons 1-3, lifechangingly awesome, Season 4 funny but more deliberately "whackier", more cutaways etc, and by Season 5 the show had become sillier and patchier, but with enough funny writing and good episodes to get away with it. Then Season 6...

So bad I almost gave it one star. Only a few episodes (My Musical, Their Story) saved it. The one-liners and snappy interplay are gone, and a lotta the actors look bored. The whole show just ground to a halt and stopped being funny. Clearly affected by doubts over its future, there is little here to suggest anyone involved is switched on further than autopilot. Season 7 is much funnier so far, shaping up to be a return to Season 5 form, and I'm really happy about that because I will always be a fan of the show and these characters. However, I would not feel good about spending money on this particular series.

In summary- every other season is good to great. This season is very poor.