Scrubsshowrunner Bill Lawrence has started to provide some details about what the medical sitcom’s revival could look like, andthe show’s history could easily be used to accommodate one of Lawrence’s interesting choices. After being canceled in 2010,all nine seasons ofScrubsare about to become relevant again as the story picks up around fifteen years later. TheScrubsrevivalcould take several different directions so early in the process, but from Lawrence’s earliest declarations about his plans, it sounds as though he has a clear blueprint in mind.
There are severalScrubscharacters who are essential to the revival’s success. Notevery doctor inScrubsreturned for the divisive season 9 - otherwise known asScrubs: Med School- which was a big factor in why the softly-rebooted version of the sitcom failed so badly. WithScrubsseason 10 now confirmed,Lawrence has a chance to redeem the show’s fall from grace, but he is still determined to use certain elements fromScrubs' final season. However, by combining it with a storyline fromScrubsseason 5, aspects fromMed Schoolcould be far more effective this time around.
The Scrubs Revival Can Be Set Across More Than 1 Hospital (Like Elliot’s Season 5 Storyline)
Sarah Chalke’s Scrubs character briefly worked away from Sacred Heart
Lawrence has been very vocal about his intention to not only reunite the originalScrubscast, but also to introduce fresh new faces to represent the challenges faced by new doctors in the modern age. Giving these new cast members ample screen time alongside the original actors could prove to be difficult, butthe show has already provided Lawrence with a way to pull it off, and it all comes down to where the sitcom’s revival is set.
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Although the setting of theScrubsrevival is unclear at the moment, a multi-hospital story could work very well.Scrubsseason 4’s finale, “My Changing Ways,” sets in motion a brief storyline for Elliot where she works at another hospital, away from the show’s core cast. While she returns to Sacred Heart just a few episodes intoScrubsseason 5,the show allows itself to focus on the exploits and staff of Elliot’s new hospitalwhile also keeping Sacred Heart in the story. Meeting Elliot’s new colleagues is fun, and a similar framework could easily be re-adopted whenScrubsreturns.
Bill Lawrence Has Already Teased That Scrubs Season 10 Won’t Be Set At Sacred Heart
The Scrubs showrunner has dropped a hint about where the revival will unfold
The showrunner has subtly suggested thatScrubsseason 10 may not be set at Sacred Heart Hospital. While this could be considered a huge risk, the Sacred Heart left standing inScrubsseason 9 was already very different from the main version of the hospital that was used in the first 8 seasons. So, all things considered,it’s not really a big deal to leave Sacred Heart behindas it has technically already been done.
He has stated that one possibility is to set theScrubsrevival at a medical facility where “some of our core regulars still work as physicians.”
Lawrence’s comments so far have been understandably vague, but he has stated that one possibility is to set theScrubsrevival at a medical facility where “some of our core regulars still work as physicians.” While the word “some” worryingly implies that the reunion of the original cast will be incomplete, the consensus at this point appears to be that everyone who can return, will return. Therefore, the possibility of only “some” of the “core regulars” working at one specific hospital opens up the door to an entirely separate facility that can house the others.
Using More Hospitals Is The Best Way To Avoid Scrubs Season 10 Failing Like Med School
Overcrowding 1 hospital with new & old faces again would be a mistake
The actors playing the new interns intheScrubs: Med Schoolcast had an uphill battle to fight, as they were intended to eventually replace most of the original cast. Taking the place of such beloved characters was always going to be a challenge, and audiences didn’t quite take to the newbies quite well enough to justify the continuation of the new version of the show. The holdovers fromScrubsseason 1-8, like Donald Faison’s Dr. Chris Turk and John C. McGinley’s Dr. Perry Cox, when paired with the incoming stars, caused a bit of an overcrowding situation.
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With Scrubs season 10 officially in development, the time is right to start thinking about how the show’s return will differ from the original run.
With even more original actors expected to return forScrubsseason 10, Lawrence would arguably be quite limited when it comes to how many new faces he could introduce for the revival. It’s a very real possibility that there will once again be too many characters, so splitting them up between two (or more) hospitals makes a lot of sense. Doing so would give the new and old cast members more room to breathe, and Lawrence would be freed up to introduce moreScrubscharacters more organically and believably than he could if limited to a single facility.
Scrubs
Cast
Scrubs is a Sitcom and Medical Comedy/Drama created by Bill Lawrence that follows a group of medical students throughout their daily lives at the Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital. The series stars Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison, as they work their way up from Medical Interns while juggling all sorts of hospital shenanigans.
