"I particularly love it when fictional characters have visibly aged. There's a broken humanity that you don't get with flawless, collagen-rich skin. You sense you could talk to them about your sciatica and they'd get it. I got that feeling with the new series of Scrubs (Disney+, from Thursday 26 February), a show I once mainlined on E4. Scrubs was as comforting as tea and toast. Surprisingly malleable, too."
"In its bones, it was a coming-of-age workplace bromance between junior doctors JD and Turk, played by then newcomers Zach Braff and Donald Faison. Their chemistry was the show's anchor, balancing sassy racial harmony with irreverence and heart, as they bore witness to universal human drama. But is it healthy enough to survive resuscitation, more than 15 years after its last episode aired? Sensibly, the writers have shaken things up."
The new series brings JD back as a complacent early middle-aged private doctor serving affluent, elderly patients. A complication with a pampered patient pulls JD back to Sacred Heart, where he reunites with former colleagues including Elliot, the Todd, and an emotionally drained Turk. Turk now struggles with burnout while juggling fatherhood of four, and Dr Cox remains electrifying and sharp, mocking JD as 'Oldie'. The revival retains the original's mix of irreverence, racial camaraderie, and heart while emphasizing visible aging, human vulnerability, and whether nostalgic chemistry can survive a modern resuscitation.
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