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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Touchstone / Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 1566
Released: November 11, 2008 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
With its deft combination of humor and heart, this single-camera sitcom is a both a critical and cult favorite. 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). This set contains all episodes from season seven of this popular series.
Description of Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season:
Scrubs staged a near-miraculous recovery in its seventh season; this despite the usual indifferent treatment by the network, low ratings, and a writer's strike that only allowed for 11 episodes. In this case, less was more. Scrubs regained its footing with sharper writing (Dr. Cox's signature rants are more inspired than tiresome this season, although at one point, nemesis Dr. Kelso threatens to hire an orchestra to "play him off"), more empathetic situations, and meta-fun with such "third-tier" characters as Snoop Dogg Attending (formerly Snoop Dog Intern), Dr. Beardface (pronounced "Beard-fassay"), and new squeaky-voiced intern, Josephine (Scrubs scribe Aseem Batra). Beginning with J.D. (Zach Braff) and Elliott (Sarah Chalke) coming to their senses before they can consummate that sixth season cliffhanging kiss, this season will be one of "weird crystallizing moments." Elliott will call off her upcoming nuptials to Keith. J.D. will be forced to tell Kim ("cute as a button" Elizabeth Banks), whom he impregnated after only their first date, that he does not love her. The "annoying whiny man-child," as Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) calls him, will finally ponder whether it is time for him to grow up. Dr. Cox will admit that he is lonely without his acerbic wife (Christa Miller) and son when they go out of town. Other developments include the smitten Janitor's (Neil Flynn) initially suspect new girlfriend (can she really be named "Lady?") and on a Scrubsian sad note, Kelso (Ken Jenkins) faces forced retirement when it is revealed he is actually 65 years old. Scrubs deftly blends absurdist fantasy, flat-out silliness and dramatic, emotional moments, as in "My Number One Doctor," in which Elliott must deal with a terminal patient's suicide attempt. The season's most ambitious episode is the finale, "My Princess," a Princess Bride homage in which Dr. Cox transforms one undiagnosable patient's case into his son's bedtime story that is populated by Scrubs characters, with Elliott as a princess, Turk (Donald Faison) and Carla (Judy Reyes) as a two-headed witch, and J.D. as, you guessed it, the village idiot. The ample bonus features include audio commentary for every episode, a fun "Alternate Lines" segment that illustrates the improvisational leeway cast members enjoy, deleted scenes, bloopers, an interview with Ken Jenkins, and a behind the scenes look at the "My Princess" episode. Poised for cancellation, Scrubs got a second opinion from ABC, which picked up the series for an eighth season. That's heartening news for devoted fans who would never pull the plug. To borrow Turk's well-worn catchphrase, "That’s what I'm talkin' about." --Donald Liebenson
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Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season Reviews:
Great season 
2009-09-21 - I love this show and have enjoyed it every season. Season six they seemed to try a couple of new tricks, some I thought were great, some not so much, but Season 7 really got back to their roots. What can I say I am a true "Scrubs" fan owning every season except Season 8 (which I plan to purchase shortly), and have watched them numerous times. Looking forward to watching Season 8 to see what happens after the season 7 finale. Gotta love Coxy.
awesome best tv show ever
2009-08-27 - ok this was only an 11 episode season because of a writers strike, but its so funny, and entertaining, I almost cried at the end because I wanted the next season it is just so great
A Disappointment... (some spoilers...) 
2009-08-25 - I have loved Scrubs since I first started watching it on DVD a few years ago. I own every season and hadn't seen the 7th on TV - so I ordered it. I was really disappointed. I felt like the story lines were flat, I didn't care about any of the characters and their so called "dilemmas" - ie - Dr. Cox's wife goes out of town, JD as a Dad - SO far fetched, Elliot breaking up with Keith so she can conveniently get back together with JD at some time in the future of the show...
I thought it was not as funny either. The jokes and characters are simply re-doing old jokes and shticks from season's past and they are getting old.
I have ordered season 8 so I'm hoping it will be a bit better.
Doesn't measure up to the preceding seasons
2009-06-17 - We're big, big scrubs fans - own all previous seasons, have watched them 3 times through. But the seventh season was pretty disappointing, not worth owning, not really worth watching. Even the fairy tale episode was nothing compared to previous seasons' episodes. Borrow this season from the library or from a friend, if you didn't see it on TV. I'd skip purchasing it.
About Time... 
2009-05-31 - At the end of seven years at Sacred Heart, wouldn't be about time that all the once-new interns grew up a little? Ah well, M*A*S*H went on for several times longer than the Korean War actually lasted, so much can be forgiven in the name of consistently screwball comedy seamlessly intermingled with truly poignant dramatic moments. This seventh season was truncated by the writers' strike, and there truly do seem to be some curious gaps in the overall story arc... stories left incomplete, and whole characters and situations that are essentially left hanging in mid-air, with only eleven episodes in the season. There are a couple of funny ongoing bits, never developed - the female intern with a voice so helium-high that the eternally sarcastic Dr. Cox doesn't even want to listen to her speak, and some off-again-on-again-off-again romance between an assortment of couples that seems to just fizzle into the off-position from lack of interest.
There was only one razzle-dazzle all-stops out and over the top episode; one of those which heads into the surreal for the entire length of the episode, instead of just momentary lurching in that direction. "My Princess" - was told as a magical fairy tale sequence and appropriately showcased among the extra features as a "making of" sequence. Other extras included the obligatory alternate lines, deleted scenes and bloopers, most of which make you wonder why they weren't used instead, being at least as funny as what was included in the broadcast. Anyone who has followed the show from the first season will want this, just to round out the collection.
