# Scrubs 4/25 Robert "The Todd" emailed me to watch this one. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080 "2006-04-25T01:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/21 "2006-04-26T11:42:53Z")
Good episode. There’s just not another show that can be so damn foolish and also heartbreaking and pull them both off so well. I loved it when Elliott says, “and I let you watch me try on bras in the changing room.” He’s “gay” for about 3 hours and she’s letting him watch her change. “not as good as you looked in the shower this morning. . ._dong-wise_.” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/22 "2006-04-26T13:42:09Z")
I have to say that I’m surprised they killed off Jill Tracy so quickly. Not only was it surprising, but they went from “she’s in the hospital” to “start handing out her organs” without even a death scene or anything. Any recurring patients that have actually survived? Anyone? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/23 "2006-04-26T14:15:54Z")
Don’t they test for diseases and such before they transplant organs? I would think the fact they initially thought she died of a cocaine overdose would have meant her organs were useless for transplant. I’ve missed some episodes…when did Cox become an alcoholic? I’d like to know more about his father, hinted at in the 8:30p episode, when his sister comes for Jack’s baptism. I wonder if he hauls off and hits Jack in a drunken rage, horrifying him since it’s what his father did. I think the last bit, about the patient not needing an immediate kidney transplant, that he could have waited another month, was especially poingnant. Underscores Cox’s need to be a hero. (Ties in with Todd looking at an Action Hero book?) I’m sorry, I find Todd plain annoying. No way in hell he would ever get away with his constant sexual comments in the real workplace. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/24 "2006-04-26T14:17:34Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I have to say that I’m surprised they killed off Jill Tracy so quickly. Not only was it surprising, but they went from “she’s in the hospital” to “start handing out her organs” without even a death scene or anything. > > Any recurring patients that have actually survived? Anyone? > > -Joe Yeah. The hypochondriac played by Richard Kind who winds up suing Turk for malpractice is alive and well. They haven’t had that many recurring patients who stick around for more than a couple of episodes, those that do usually don’t have anything serious happen, which is why Jill actually dying was a surprise. I was actually thinking they were setting her up as a love interest for JD. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/25 "2006-04-26T14:44:10Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Don’t they test for diseases and such before they transplant organs? I would think the fact they initially thought she died of a cocaine overdose would have meant her organs were useless for transplant. Rabies is just not one of the things you test for. JD was almsot spot on when he said there is about three reported cases a year. And I’m not sure about a cocaine overdose and how it might affect their organs. But remember it wasn’t actually an overdose, she just had some in her system. And cocaine might be able to be “flushed out” of the organs. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/26 "2006-04-26T14:49:12Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Apparantly it’s all up in the air about whether or not this is the final season. From Zach Braff’s blog the cast and crew themselves aren’t sure. So it looks like they’re gearing up for something big in the last few episodes. You mean on his Garden State blog? Because I thought I’d heard (at a later time than the last post there) that Scrubs got picked up for another season… ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/27 "2006-04-26T15:14:40Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > You mean on his Garden State blog? Because I thought I’d heard (at a later time than the last post there) that Scrubs got picked up for another season… Honestly I don’t know. I hear these things from my sister who’s a big Braff fan so all I know is it’s from his blog, if that means the Garden State one or not. If it HAS been picked up for another season, great! I think season 5 has been better than 3 & 4 were. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/28 "2006-04-26T15:17:25Z")
One 5 minute net search later, from the Garden State blog: “As far as the 6th season of Scrubs? Who knows. It’s all up in the air right now.” That’s the latest entry. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/29 "2006-04-26T15:41:58Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > You mean on his Garden State blog? Because I thought I’d heard (at a later time than the last post there) that Scrubs got picked up for another season… Bill Lawrence, the creator, said he is about 100% sure it’s coming back, either on NBC or possibly ABC. My wife and I nearly died when the Todd “moved down” and jiggled his face in Eliott and Carla’s boobs. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/30 "2006-04-26T16:49:48Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > One 5 minute net search later, from the Garden State blog: “As far as the 6th season of Scrubs? Who knows. It’s all up in the air right now.” > > That’s the latest entry. Yeah – that’s what I saw, too. But in articles dated later than that (including [this one](http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/10/scrubs-on-track-for-a-sixth-season/) from April 10th), it seems that a 6th season is all but a certainty (as **Mahaloth** said, but I thought I’d give a link). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/31 "2006-04-26T18:28:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Bill Lawrence, the creator, said he is about 100% sure it’s coming back, either on NBC or possibly ABC. As a fan since the beginning, I’m glad Scrubs is still flourishing. But somebody needs to sit Zach Braff down and tell him the man-boy schtick (“eeeagle!”) isn’t working. This season he seems to be using his Chicken Little voice 90% of the time. Fortunately, he toned it down for last night’s more serious moments. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/32 "2006-04-26T18:38:44Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I don’t know if the whole episode was “very special”, but one of my favorite “very special” moments was the woman who died and said she hoped it was like a musical when she died…and then it was. Yeah, I liked that one, too. She (and the rest of the cast) sings part of the Colin Hay song, “Waiting For My Real Life To Begin” – which is a really cool song, BTW. Another one of those “whoa” moments, which I thought was really well-done, was the one earlier this season – when that lady who was everybody’s favorite patient had just gotten well and was being released. And the intern who kept messing up was leaving, and he shook her hand on the way out. And they did the graphic that was established earlier in the episode, about how easy it was to spread infection in the hospital – with the green tinge covering his hands (after he picked up and discarded a syringe or something), passing it to her. That and the music coinciding with the scene. Perfectly done. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/33 "2006-04-26T18:47:46Z")
> [@The Shroud](#): > > As a fan since the beginning, I’m glad Scrubs is still flourishing. But somebody needs to sit Zach Braff down and tell him the man-boy schtick (“eeeagle!”) isn’t working. This season he seems to be using his Chicken Little voice 90% of the time. Fortunately, he toned it down for last night’s more serious moments. Yeah, but the man-boy thing does kind of define the character. The “eeeeagle!” thing, as you probably know, is a reference to J.D. being given airplane rides by Jordan’s brother…which, come to think of it, was the last time that Cox really snapped. Maybe something to let us know what’s coming? Nah… At least Cox hasn’t forced a woman to smother anything, yet. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/34 "2006-04-26T18:55:18Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Yeah, but the man-boy thing does kind of define the character. The “eeeeagle!” thing, as you probably know, is a reference to J.D. being given airplane rides by Jordan’s brother…which, come to think of it, was the last time that Cox really snapped. > > Maybe something to let us know what’s coming? Nah… > > At least Cox hasn’t forced a woman to smother anything, yet. > > -Joe and wasn’t it JD who helped him thru that denial? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/35 "2006-04-26T18:57:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Don’t they test for diseases and such before they transplant organs? Actually, this very closely mirrors [an actual case](http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33793) or [two](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/01/health/main1356886.shtml). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/36 "2006-04-26T19:00:45Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > and wasn’t it JD who helped him thru that denial? He was there for the big reveal…I really don’t think anyone helped him through it. Except a camera-less Ben Sullivan. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/37 "2006-04-26T19:01:17Z")
Damn… and they say Law & Order is ripped from the headlines! ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/38 "2006-04-26T19:16:33Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Actually, this very closely mirrors [an actual case](http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33793) or [two](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/01/health/main1356886.shtml). :eek: Wow. My wife and I swore up and down that there is no way that that could have happened. I thought that all cases of rabies showed obvious signs. However: > [@](#): > > A rarer form of rabies, paralytic rabies, has been linked to vampire bat bites outside of the United States. In this form, the person who was bitten develops a paralysis, or inability to move the part of the body that was bitten. This spreads gradually throughout the body, and the person ultimately dies. Hydrophobia is less common in paralytic rabies than in classic rabies. From [here.](http://www.emedicinehealth.com/rabies/page3_em.htm#Rabies%20Symptoms) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/39 "2006-04-26T19:40:42Z")
I also felt they killed off one of the most commonly recurring patients a little quickly and without enough fanfare. She should have died suddenly at the cliimax of whole episode. ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080/40 "2006-04-26T22:22:37Z")
I really liked this episode. The Todd was hysterical, though somehow, it’s more jarring to hear demeaning innuendo directed at men, I suppose because I’m so unused to it. I thought they handled the tough parts of this episode really well, though Scrubs always does a great job with that. Dr. Cox was perfect-- his ego makes it that much harder when he falls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-4-25-robert-the-todd-emailed-me-to-watch-this-one/354080.md?page=3)