I'm talking about season 9.

I wouldn't have recommended it a week ago. It's not really scrubs anymore.

That is kind of the point. Lawrence has been adamant since talk of a 9th season first began that this would have to be a different show. He even wanted to give it a new title (he wanted to simply call it Med School) but ABC wouldn't let him because they didn't want to lose the Scrubs brand. I am glad they are not trying to recreate the original series. That show, with that cast, that set, those characters, writers, directors, and so on was a wonderful thing but its run is over. I am glad they are taking the show in a new direction instead of keeping the same formula just for old time's sake or for the ease of doing it. It takes a lot of guts to take a mostly successful show and completely reinvent it the way they are doing, and I actually enjoyed the first 4 episodes.

I'm with you, I am loving what I have seen of season 9.

well yeah, but it's just not the same old scrubs we all know. Yes, it's exciting and it's still very original, but too many changes the past 2-3 seasons really made it far from scrubs. They could have made the new season be a spin-off, but still keep the original scrubs going, because I'm sure that there are many fans like me who still want to see how JD, Elliot, Turk, etc. live their lives to a further extent, because you only see them at the university, or at the bar, and rarely have a moment alone, and when they do, it kinda messes with the new main character Lucy. And besides, the original main characters are said to be leaving the show after episode 6, so it's an entirely different show. and then the last season new characters are now having even smaller roles. like Mahoney, she was starting to become a major character last season, but now, she isn't as big of a character. Don't get me wrong, she's still important, but you only see her at the hospital mostly, and she's supposed to be like the "female mentor" for Lucy, but idk, I'll have to see after episode 6.

yeah, but what I mean is that it's not scrubs anymore. It's a different show completely.

yeah, but artistically, it's kinda dumb because it's like calling that Friends spinoff with joey still Friends.

hopefully the introduction of these new characters will make a new spinoff.

I'd hope it would still return for a second season with the new cast but I don't see it happening. Ratings are considerable lower than the previous season. But there might be hope because Scrubs is not the only show their burning off, their also doing it for the other comedy shown on Tuesdays which I can't remember the name of right now. And Lost returns a week after the final Scrubs of the season is shown.

they can announce the end of scrubs bringing attention, but then saying they are "resurrecting", gaining attention.