Why Scrubs hits so hard. It’s literally a reflection of life.

Almost every newcomer will view Scrubs as a medical comedy, which it is for the most part, but then you have the moments that really hit your emotions like very few shows can in my opinion.

The moments like:

My Old Lady, losing all 3 patients

My Screw Up, Cox not wanting to accept the death of someone he actually loves until JD puts him back in to reality

My Lunch, losing 3 patients to which Cox takes tremendous guilt over

and My Last Words, where the man who’s afraid of dying is consoled by JD and Turk in his final hours

and much more

• These moments don’t hit as hard without the comedy aspect of the show. Almost like how we live life in the most enjoyable way we can, that we don’t think about the tragedy that may come until it actually happens.

• The show did such a good job with even distracting the viewer in regards to this. You have one episode with a tragedy and a bunch of enjoyable ones in between that you go through, laughing along and getting really invested, forgetting about the inevitable tragedy that comes next.

Such a beautifully written show. Seasons 1-8 that is.