Notevery doctor inScrubsreturned for season 9.
As such, some characters didn’t experience as many finales as others.
As such, not every attempt to end the show was an entirely conscious decision.
As such, season 7 had a drastically reduced episode count.
JD actorZach Braff explained the scenario on theScrubsrewatch podcast,Fake Doctors, Real Friends.
“So welcome everybody to the 150th episode of Scrubs.
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It is also the Princess Bride homage episode and is also the season seven finale.
It was never intended to be that.”
- Zach Braff on Fake Doctors, Real Friends, “711: My Princess with Sarah Chalke.”
Scrubs is a Sitcom and Medical Comedy/Drama created by Bill Lawrence that follows a group of medical students throughout their daily lives at the Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital. The series stars Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison, as they work their way up from Medical Interns while juggling all sorts of hospital shenanigans.
From a narrative perspective, it didn’t have a particularly finale-esque feel.
It came across as a special episode, but not one that came with a message of farewell.
Thankfully,Scrubswas renewed and “My Princess” didn’t remain as the show’s last effort.
Placing “My Princess” out of order created a few continuity errors withScrubsseason 7.
Placing “My Princess” out of order created a few continuity errors withScrubsseason 7.
ABC gaveScrubsseason 8 a much healthier total of 19 episodes to end the show.
Despite the final two episodes ofScrubsseason 8 approaching sitcom finale perfection, the show didn’t actually end there.
As such,there are large portions of theScrubsviewership who refuse to acknowledge anything beyond “My Finale.”
However, their respective reasons for this are not the same.
Somewhat predictably,the dip in ratings caused byScrubsseason 9’s overhaul of the show resulted in its cancelation.
Scrubsseason 9 had 13 episodes, making it the second-shortest of the sitcom’s run after season 7.
Therefore,Scrubsseason 10 can’t avoid referencing “My Finale.”
