Scrubs - Season 7

It's thankful ABC's most likely picking up Scrubs for one more season, because the supposed final episode wasn't a great way to go out. Thanks to the strike (which definitely harmed shows more than it helped the writers), they only managed to make 11 episodes. Apparently the last one made wasn't considered good enough to go out on, because they took an earlier episode, one mostly taking place in a medieval fantasy and directed by star Zach Braff, and pushed it to the end. This wouldn't be too bad if it weren't for the massive continuity problems it caused. Even ignoring how earlier events were referred to as if they were more recent, the most glaring is Dr. Kelso's presence as the Chief of Medicine/fantasy bad guy even though he retired two weeks earlier in real time. It certainly didn't feel like an episode ending a show that has lasted seven years, even if the makers might not want to make a big deal about it.

Besides that whole mess-up, the season was pretty decent. The show's gotten a little sillier as the characters continue to become caricatures of themselves, with JD being the worst offender, but it's still good for multiple laughs every time. Despite the goofiness, the characters have grown. Almost everybody has a kid now, and I feel like this was gearing up to be a proper send-off season before it all got mucked up. The formula's gotten a little old, with the goofy jokes before all the different conflicts get resolved in a similar way while mopey music plays in the background, to the point where they've started making meta-jokes about it. If it does end up on ABC, it will be good to see them get a chance to tie up all of the loose ends.