Ushering “Scrubs” into the trendy day meant leaving one aspect of the unique sequence behind for the reboot’s showrunner, Aseem Batra.
The newly minted showrunner, who labored up the ranks from a narrative editor to an govt producer on the medical comedy, was nervous to take the reins from Invoice Lawrence, she advised TheWrap.
With the intention to push the story ahead, that meant breaking apart the present’s long-standing will-they-won’t-they couple. Seasons 8 and 9 of “Scrubs” noticed J.D. and Elliot lastly tie the knot, however inside the first 5 minutes of the revived sequence the couple are already off once more.
“After we went to Invoice with that concept, he was like, ‘Completely not. It’s J.D. and Elliot,’” she advised TheWrap. “However after a really fast dialog, all of us form of realized we want locations to go.”
For the “Scrubs” reunion group, there was at all times writing on the wall that J.D. (Zach Braff) and Elliot (Sarah Chalke) might not be meant to be.
“They did loopy issues to one another, and so it made sense that they might not have labored out as a pair,” Batra added. “However they at all times have such a love and a friendship that we wish to present that constructing again and that offers us a lot to try this it was simply as from a writing standpoint.”
The sequence creator mentioned that the selection felt proper because the characters returned to the world almost twenty years wiser.
“I’m fortunate sufficient that I’ve been with the identical accomplice for now 26 years,” Lawrence advised TheWrap. “However since ‘Scrubs’ began, there are lots of people which have modified their lives up and are actually co-parenting … It was a cool story to put in writing about. It’s so frequent and actual.”
There have been a pair parts of the unique sequence that Batra knew she couldn’t depart behind, although – an important being the main trio: J.D., Elliot and Turk. Season 9 of the sequence, additionally known as “Scrubs: Med Faculty,” acquired backlash from the fanbase for not giving them the payoff that the unique solid did.
As she approached the present for the trendy day, Batra knew that newer characters must be eased in slowly however absolutely, testing the waters of the fanbase and warming them up.
“We understood we couldn’t simply make this about our legacy solid, and but we might deeply disappoint individuals if we didn’t give them their due,” she mentioned. “What we hope to do could be very slowly introduce them to the purpose the place you begin to really feel a connection.”
The rebooted season sees 5 interns be part of the group at Sacred Coronary heart: three medical – Ava Bunn, Jacob Dudman and David Gridley – and two surgical – Layla Mohammadi and Amanda Morrow. These characters are additionally joined by the “Emotions Police” performed by Vanessa Bayer and J.D.’s medical rival performed by Joel Kim Booster.
Bayer’s character was a key piece in bringing humor to the trendy model of the present. The “SNL” alum serves as a verify on the older, extra jaded medical doctors on the hospital and protector of the interns’ psychological well being.
“We did so many interviews with interns and residents and would ask them, ‘How would Dr. Cox be acquired?’ They might chuckle in our faces, as a result of they had been like, ‘There wouldn’t be a Dr. Cox. He’d be so gone,’” Batra defined. “We knew we needed to deal with that.”
“We had been listening to that attendings are having a extremely arduous time telling residents, ‘You screwed up,’” she added. “There’s a safety round them now that didn’t exist and once we had been doing ‘Scrubs.’”
For Braff, who directed, starred and govt produced the reboot, he was proud that the present continues to offer an correct image of the medical world, whereas additionally bringing comedy to the forefront.
“The American Medical Affiliation mentioned, regardless that ‘Scrubs’ was a comedy, it was essentially the most correct of all of the medical reveals ever made, and we wish to preserve that going,” Braff advised TheWrap. “Now we have that aim to select up, that up once more.”
The primary two episodes of “Scrubs” aired on ABC Wednesday. Episodes might be accessible stream on Hulu the next day.
