This was based on a real case that happened in 2004 unfortunately (though as you pointed out the patients were in different hospitals, not all one place).

@robertparker6280

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@IMightGuy

Ай бұрын

Once they knew it was rabies couldn’t they just give the vaccine ?

A sitcom has no business being this well written and put together...but man am I glad Scrubs is as good as it is...

I’ve seen this episode 20 times, probably more, yet I cry at the end every single time and yes, I teared up watching this review as well. Doctor Cox screaming “come on!!” is haunting.

@DoctorElliottCarthy

2 жыл бұрын

The "come on" got me too. Esp. After the bleep with him and JD having food as it was so relatable

@starparodier91

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what always gets me too…

@marvinh4893

Жыл бұрын

U will cry more when u know that every episode when he must be serious he think about his son who was born with down syndrome. All the emotions looking real cause they are. And that is why I love McGinley so much as an actor

@robtech341

Жыл бұрын

The look on Judy Reyes' face during the end scene where Nurse Espinosa seems terrified during Dr. Cox's outburst is acting Platinum. So Good. Cheers.

@phiefer3

9 ай бұрын

@@robtech341 from what I've heard, it wasn't really acting on her part. His outburst and shoving the machine and stuff was ad-libbed, so that was her genuine reaction to his performance.

For me, this links closely to what you said in your recent Q&A - _never_ ask a healthcare worker "What's the worst thing you've seen?" Asking us to relive or recount the day that left us in the darkest, coldest despair is not a good idea. This was one of those days for Dr Cox.

@Laura-ck2hh

2 жыл бұрын

I like to ask healthcare workers "what's the coolest thing you've seen". I wanna be amazed by medicine and when you see their eyes lit up at remembering this wonderful amazing thing that happened... it's great

@MerelvandenHurk

2 жыл бұрын

@@Laura-ck2hh That's a great question to ask! And who knows, you might even be helping a doctor who had been feeling worn down and exhausted to be reminded of why they're in this workfield in the first place. And you might even also increase patient care by increasing these doctors' happiness and reinvigorating their passion ^^

@sm00gzbear

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't something's that's ever poped into my head, I guess I know better than to ask certain things like tbos anyways. Ofcourse some medical stories become to personal or complex in ways some may not feel comfortable repeating in any setting.

@sm00gzbear

2 жыл бұрын

@@Laura-ck2hh Not a worker, simply aspiring and a msssive dork, with advancements in prosthetics and nuero science we may soon be able to give people their limbs back in some sense.

@rosiehawtrey

Жыл бұрын

Try asking patients or families of patients what they've seen with medical "professionals". It's fun to find out your gran was murdered by her doctor and then the hospital threatened the nurse not to tell the truth. Piece of advice, don't whine in my presence.

This episode always breaks my heart. And "How to Save a Life" drives it home.

@supersizesenpai

2 жыл бұрын

Scrubs has broke my heart twice over the course of the series from the use of "How to Save a Life" by The Fray, "Winter" by Joshua Riden and "A Bad Dream" by Keane at devastating moments.. 😭😭😭

@LoveableNiki

2 жыл бұрын

In my mind, How to Save a Life is the Grey's Anatomy song. I did not remember Scrubs using it. Me:😳😭

@FrenchieQc

Жыл бұрын

Whenever the song comes on the radio, all I can think about is this episode.

@flamingmidas

Жыл бұрын

​@@LoveableNiki same, but at the same time the popular medical shows of that era all riffed on and referenced each other a lot

As a nurse, I completely understand your reaction, I had a bit of a similar one myself. I usually groan at most fictional medical shows because of all the ridiculously wrong things they put in there, but I think Scrubs holds up really well. Aside from the obvious comedy stuff, I think they did a great job of showing what it's really like to work in healthcare. I've seen this episode a million times and it still always hits me hard because it takes me back to the moments I've had where I just want to scream and throw things too because we've tried so damn hard to help someone but they still slip away. "Relentless" was the perfect word for it. Some days are relentlessly relentless. Anyway, I'm rambling, I just wanted to thank you for putting this video out there and I hope it perhaps gives some people a new perspective on what us healthcare folks go through. Much love.

@nat3007

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know whether it would help but a few of my friends watched Scrubs and they entered the healthcare profession.

I think it’s important that we remember, in healthcare, we all have a my lunch memory. Some of us may carry several. I can remember mine. I can clearly picture the blood pattern on my scrubs, the trauma bag looked like it had been hit by a tornado, pediatric airway supplies strewn about, child shoes half under the bed, I can even smell that metallic irony smell. But most of all I remember my charge nurse, the strongest man I have ever had the pleasure to work with, broken. We all where. We took turns going to the parking lot to scream and cry. Everyone’s my lunch story seems to come at the beginning of a shift. You can break down in the supply closet, but you have to go right back to getting yelled at because “my call light has been on for five mins”. All of us went to the bottom of the hill after work and just drank that pain away. But just like jd said in the show, you could tell we’d all pull out of it. Sometimes the only ones who can shine a light into the deepest darkest hole you’ve fallen into is someone who fell in with you. Take care of one another. Take care of yourself, talk to someone. Support your nurses, doctors, support staff, etc. humans aren’t meant to be broken and put back together so much, but we’ll do it as much as it takes for you.

John C. McGinley's acting + Bill Lawrence's understanding of Tragicomedy = Television Perfection. I feel so lucky to have grown up watching this show. It has honestly shaped my sense of comedy and drama.

I’m gonna add this to my “watch later”. When this episode aired it absolutely broke me. There was a great behind the scenes video on this episode that came with the DVD- not sure if it’s online anywhere but oh man. I’m already crying.

@DoctorElliottCarthy

2 жыл бұрын

Well done for knowing you need to pause and wait for the right time to watch it. Self preservation first and foremost

@MerelvandenHurk

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorElliottCarthy And well done for noticing and mentioning it too, Elliott! It takes someone knowledgeable on mental self-preservation to even register that that's what starparodier is doing and actually complimenting someone on it. We desperately need more people like you in mental health care, or in the world in general, really.

Powerful reaction to a powerful episode. It still gets to me whenever I see it. As a veterinarian I've experienced instances analogous to this that make this episode hit harder and in different ways than when I watched it originally. I struggle to imagine the extra weight of the patient being a person in those instances. Nothing but respect and admiration for every healthcare worker, including yourself Eliiot. Wonderful reaction.

@TCRP117

2 жыл бұрын

*Elliott. Ruddy phones.

@aussieevonne7857

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder that vets and vet techs and other animal healthcare workers do emotionally demanding work. I'm so grateful for those who work in animal health care. Vets are not only there for the animals, they manage to offer support for us too in difficult times. Thank you for all you do.

I love scrubs and this has always been one of the episodes that stuck with me. Seeing Dr. Cox break down was always rough. But then watching it hit Dr. Elliott knowing there is no fiction involved made it hit that much harder. Thank you for watching this one!! Love your videos!!

Scrubs was such a good show. Funny and emotional. Pretty good medical accuracy overall to be expected from a TV fictional show from what I've seen as well.

@cole2999

2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading somewhere (great source, I know) that it was one of the most medically accurate med shows. Mind you this was like a decade ago and shows have definitely started upping the game

I’m not sure if you will because it’s an anime, but I want to see your analysis of Kotaro Lives Alone. It deals with people living through and after child abuse/neglect, and how the main character Kotaro behaves and views himself due to his upbringing is heartbreaking but interesting.

@amefuraggamuffin

2 жыл бұрын

Woah!! I literally paused episode 8 of Kotaro lives alone to watch this video. I second this, it's a lovely show that has a lot to say about trauma and community

@matthewgallaway3675

2 жыл бұрын

I just binged that

I'm glad to have watched this. Take care of yourself. I can't imagine how difficult it is to endure this kind of stress and loss on a regular basis.

A very emotional episode. I remember seeing it for the first time and being blown away as well. Seems that we rarely think about how much of an enormous emotional weight can be on doctors when going through situations like these. They're sometimes expected to be almost superhuman, which is in a way understandable but also very unfair. Thanks for doing this, and hoping you're doing ok.

I don't think I had a clear idea how emotionally difficult being a physician or nurse must be until I saw scenes like this. I'd been on the patient end many times, but you only see a fraction of what goes on from that position. Much respect to the show, and to you. Take care of yourself.

Right there with you Elliott, the scene with the arrest at the end made me relive a horrendous situation in A&E as a resus nurse. I won't go in to all the details here, but 4 years later and it still eats at me that we didn't do enough, that I should have spoken up, that it was all wrong. That night I went home, drank a bottle of wine, didn't sleep much, and just cried for the poor man we'd lost. Realistically, there was nothing more we could have done but it really broke a piece of me. I LOVED acute medicine, but I found a happy place in the community which I adore and doesn't leave me feeling that way any more.

Thanks for being human and daring to show vulnerability. Triggers can be confronting and needing some time is normal, as you know better than any of us. Take care ❤️

Just started the video and I feel conflicted about finishing it. You’re videos are always fantastic, but this episode is what I used to watch to force myself to cry back when I was so emotionally closed off I’d need that release every few months. Love just knowing that you reacted to it though! Update: finished the video and now I am sobbing. Didn’t realize how badly I needed to get out the heavy emotions I’ve been pushing down for the last month. So, sobbing, but grateful for it.

@MerelvandenHurk

2 жыл бұрын

Y'know, I had been holding in my tears during this video as well because I didn't want to feel all those heavy emotions right now. But reading your comment, I decided to let the tears go. You're right, sometimes it's good and even necessary to just give in to the feeling and let it all out. I don't know why I keep forgetting how good it has always made me feel in the past. I always feel better afterwards. So thank you.

I am a therapist and thankyou for your views on 'zero suicide' and how complicated and unrealistic it is. I think often mental health professionals can get blamed more than physical health professionals when things go wrong when actually mental health can often be more unpredictable.

This past summer I was taken to the ER for a massive pulmonary embolism. It was a full moon, so of course it had been a rough night for everyone working at that hospital. I barely made it; they said had I arrived even 5 minutes later I would have been dead. But one thing that really stuck out to me was the relief from everyone when I started getting better. I had a couple people tell me that this was the reason they went into medicine, that feeling they get when they saved someone. I can't imagine how hard it must be to try to so hard, to have so many people working together to save someone and to still lose them, time after time. I'm forever grateful to the people that saved my life that night, and I'm also glad that I got to remind them about why they went into that field in the first place.

This was, apparently, a real case. It’s an emotionally heavy episode and one of the reasons I love Scrubs so much. For all of it’s slapstick, silly moments, there are really touching and realistic moments of emotion. Great review.

Just a heartbreaking look at what doctors go through sometimes.

I’ve watched many doctor reactions of this episode and it hits all of them basically the same. I have so much respect for y’all in this profession because I just know in the same situation I would’ve been done. No way I could take a day like that. Great reaction. Scrubs is the GOAT medical show.

Honestly one of my favourite episodes. SCRUBS knew how to present this with the respect to the story, the medicine, and the patients depicted. As always the commentary is so educational. When you spoke about reflecting I went and pulled the original CDC report - and it's amazing that every day we live parallel to so much joy and heartbreak. Mind yourself!

I can’t imagine how difficult a situation like this would be. I hope you’re ok after this episode.

Thanks for this breakdown of the episode and sharing your take. I wish you would have included Dr. Cox's "he wasn't about to die" line, because it really nails home how that last death hit him differently. Even watching clips, this episode makes me cry.

I've been rewatching scrubs recently and what shook me rewatching this episode is how funny it is. The rabies twist is bit of a rug pull yet the drama feels so earned despite (or maybe because of) it. And I know John C McGinley gets a lot of praise for his acting in the end scenes but I think Judy Reyes focused stoicism in it really grounds it.

Scrubs is such a great show at showing the emotional toll of being a doctor in spite of (or because of) it being a comedy. Thanks for doing this episode

I’ll never forget the first patient I had that I thought of “I could’ve done more” that irrational guilt is powerful, but also helped me became a better doctor towards my patients.

This episode was the catalyst of abandoning the idea of being a doctor. I knew I wouldn't be strong enough to deal with a day anywhere near that bad

I'm a teacher - nowhere near the level of responsibility and pressure that a health care professional would face, but I do relate very strongly to that feeling of crushing hopelessness when your best isn't good enough to help the people whom it's your job to help. I've found myself relating more and more to Dr. Cox over the years (often in ways I don't like), and watching the end of this episode is always very difficult for me. Seeing your reaction helped to justify and validate the way I feel about it - thank you for honesty and openness.

Genuinely, well and truly, this episode deserves a spot in the "best TV episodes of all time" list. I cannot watch this episode without crying, it's just such a raw episode of emotions.

@Sephiroth144

2 жыл бұрын

This one and "My Screw Up"; "Where do you think we are?" splinters me every time.

Thanks so much for covering this episode despite the fact that it seemed pretty upsetting for you. Hope you're doing well

For me it’s the look on Carla’s face when she is assisting Dr Cox at the end. You can see that she knows they are not going to win that battle and she knows it’s going to really destroy her friend so she is scared. Not for the patient as she has probably resigned herself to that but scared for what it will do to Dr Cox. Judy Reyes is a phenomenal actor.

Its automatic, i hear the music and the emotions come back again. Great video, thanks.

Thank you for being open, honest and vulnerable. Working in the mental health field, it is great to see people that are willing to accept that these emotional moments affect them and it can open up the dialogue on how to best manage these.

Thank you so much, I've suggested this video and have been waiting for it. My Lunch devastated me when i first watched it and breaks me every time since. Sometimes its very easy to take Doctors, nurses and the whole teams of people that help us, for granted. This episode can change some of the most entitled minds out there. I think its based on real event. The shows creator Bill Lawrence talks about it if I recall. Thank you again for this reaction and your honesty about how it makes you feel.

Wow, this is such a heavy episode, and I love that you reacted on. So thoughtprovoking. And heartbreaking. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be for a doc or any medical worker to deal with these kind of things. I could likely never work in any such field. Big thanks and big respect to all of you who chose this difficult and important role. Also your thoughts at the beginning, about how you possibly can (or can't) predict suicicidal tendancies or patients general mental state hits hard for me. I AM dealing with mental health problems, including severe depressions with suicidal ideations. I am very open with my psychiatrist, and vice versa, so I know it can be very difficult for him too. He knows I really don't want to get hospitalized, and he respects that, but on the other hand he has to wonder when the line of reasonability is reached. And how could he now if I really tell him how dark I feel? Plus some unpredictable further bad pushing me deeper into despair could happen at any time. It is similar with my physical health as well. Having severe eating disorders and tending to loose even more weight when generally "worse", he has yet another field where he tries to find the difficultly narrow path between seing me ambulantly and trying to judge the hight of the risk. I regularly feel bad for being challenging, yet so thankful that he did not give up on me and is willing to respect my whishes. I really am lucky to have him, but his job must be hard. And I don't even know what worries he has to face with all his other patients. And I hope you are okay. I can't imagine how hard it must be to have experienced losses that haunt you. Thanks so much for your content.

Wow, this really reminds me how much respect and appreciation I have for folks in the medical field. I don't think I could do it, but I am so immensely grateful for those who do. THANK YOU!

I must have watched this at least 10 times at this point. You're on to something really special here, Dr. Carthy. Hat's off to you as well as every other healthcare worker out there

"You have to get used to death..." as a 30 year old who has not once been confronted by death, this is so surreal to me... On the one hand I dread my first death... and on the other I will finally experience a key component to life. It i s almost like missing out... I rationally understand the concept of death... but none of the people I care about (even grandparents) have died... so I have this REALLY big fear of death... and to imagine people going through that on a basicially daily basis... I can't thank you enough for what you are doing! You might not be able to save every one. But you saved my grandma once and my grandpa had cancer and recovered... so thank you! So much for saving lives! I know people don't usually thank you if it is not directly linked to one of their loved ones... but even if you doubt yourself... you are helping! Even if that one person MIGHT have survived... you are only human! And we are all doing the best we can! Thank you for bearing a burden I would never be able to bear! Thank you so much!

I remember when we got the call to say there was a liver for my dad. I must of been happy for a few seconds, after i felt nothing but guilt knowing while we were excited and nervous for his op some other family was mourning.

Yay! Another upload from one of my favorite channels :D haven’t watched yet but I already know I’ll love it

love you elliott

Watching your video, I've realised I've never recovered from that episode. Only hearing the Fray's song makes me cry. Thank you so much for this and take care of yourself

Fantastic video as always. Love learning through your wisdom and by applying it to my favourite shows. If this was difficult for you to do, I’d recommend you don’t watch “this is going to hurt”. That’s a real punch in the stomach

I cannot picture myself in this situation, because it would break me...🥺🥺🥺. I admire the work the doctors and also nurses do every day, what they have to deal with just to keep people healthy and alive 🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️

Really glad you covered this. No matter how many times I see this episode it always gets to me. I live in a country with rabies and many stray animals and it is a fear I have. Not a medical professional by any means but if going to a country with rabies, it's so important to get shots beforehand. Maybe cover the follow up to this episode too once you've had time to process! Can't imagine what it's like for you reflecting on this.

I've watched the ending segment of this episode so many times. It breaks me every time but it remains a continually powerful episode

😔🤗 I'm not a doctor or nurse but this episode gets me every time. Having suffered from clinical depression for 24 years now, whenever an episode of a series deals with the subject of depression and suicide, I always get very reflective and usually emotional. Not to sound cliche, but I truly do try to take it just one day at a time. Anyway, very good react, Doctor Elliott (I know I'm late on this, I just recently discovered your channel and am binging lol). You are loved. 🥰

"I'm struggling for words" *Just immediately ends video* That's one way to do it.

I know the video is edited but thank you for being able to not only discuss this episode of Scrubs but to show your vulnerability. It's easy to forget that doctors are not superhuman, just regular human. I've had some awful experiences with doctors over the last year because I was the difficult patient and they were burnt out, irritated and dare I say even egotistical, hard arsed, insensitive and stigmatizing with no people skills, so to see you being human and emotional on a public platform has made me feel hopeful there are good doctors out there and that sometimes us patients have to bare with our doctors as much they have to bare with us. Thank You! I found great comfort and empathy in this. I think a good idea for a future video would be to discuss what happens when a patient is given a 136 and about weather or not it fair to fine these people.

Kudos for leaving in "the squirrel speech", one of my favorite Dr. Cox jokes but one not only frequently cut out on youtube, but even from the syndicated versions of the episodes on TV!

I absolutely love your content Dr C - I'm studying an Msc in CBT and have so far twice shown clips from your videos (Bojack both times) during my presentations to my class (our tutor said he loves I introduced both you and that show to him!) - Bojack was actually one of the main reason I decided to finally move into a career trying to help people with their mental health. You have such a brilliant, clear, empathetic and informative way of explaining things. This particular video - absolutely take time to reflect. I'm learning that's really important when working in the mental health field (or any industry!) and I can't thank you enough for sharing your vulnerability with us. Thank you so much for your work!

@rosiehawtrey

Жыл бұрын

There are two acronyms for CBT just so you know 😳🥺😂😂😂😂😂🤦‍♀️

@zoe199048

Жыл бұрын

@@rosiehawtrey Hahaha I'm aware... it's the first thing that comes up on Google XD

Oh my god that hurt. For so many reasons. I hadn't seen that episode before. But inwardly I'm glad I just saw only the pieces. I've watched loved ones die while getting CPR. It's hard. It's such a helpless, hellish feeling. Your whole body screams. I never thought about the doctors pain. Be well Dr. Elliot.

I'm not in the medical field so there is a level to this story that I will never fully understand but it is still as raw an emotional experience as the first time I watched it. The slow burn as the story unfolds until you can't help but be caught up in it is just so good.

Respect for you and thank you Doctor for all your work. May God bless you Dr.

Really powerful video, both in the episode itself and your reaction. I would love to see you react to The Haunting of Hill House. It deals with so many aspects of mental health, and every episode is incredible. It's a show I come back to again and again when I'm in a depressive episode, particularly episode 6 "Two Storms." The ending makes me cry every single time.

I’ve been watching a lot of MASH recently and so that show is fresh in my mind watching this. There are two episodes in particular (Sometimes You Hear the Bullet and OR) where characters talk about how one of the realities of being a doctor is that patients die and doctors can’t change that. The show does a great job of dealing with the mental health issues and trauma of being a surgeon in a war.

Beautiful video! Loved your insight and much love

I want to give you a big hug watching your reaction

Just seeing these clips from that episode have made me cry.

Just found you and love your content :) I remember PMSing and crying at this episode of scrubs lol. I think you should TOTALLY watch Arcane. For your channel or just for yourself, it has some amaaaazing mental health references in it and its just beautifully done.

This was an episode that always got me when I first watched scrubs in my 20s but watching those scenes now many years later as a nurse deffo makes it hit different. I may have to rewatch scrubs I forgot how good it is, even if not always the most medically accurate 😂

if i remember corectly, i think one of the writers or the doctor what was on set as a consultant once said that this episode was based on a real case that happened.

@DoctorElliottCarthy

2 жыл бұрын

I believe so in terms of the donor, though the organs wouldn't all go to the same hospital

When I trained to be a firefighter, we had to create what is known as “Gallows humour” in which we had to develop an extraordinarily dark sense of humour, in order to deal with facing death. When I first confronted images of burnt bodies one of my instructors would shout “Crispy babies on the floor”.

Even though it'd never happen all in one hospital this is apparently based on a real case in the US of an organ donor's rabies spreading to 3 patients

Seeing the impervious Dr. Cox break down has always resonated with me. I'm very similar to him in personality, and in many ways my role within my workplace. I can understand how much pain he is in at that moment to be able to let his emotions out in front of his team.

I am a PSW in a LTC in Ontario. During September and October this year we were in COVID lockdown. Full PPE. Residents were allowed one family member at a time to visit with a negative RAT (Rapid Antigen Test). In the unit I work in we lost six residents to COVID in as many weeks, and more than that in the building. I can't help but feel at fault when an otherwise healthy individual dies on my day off. I can't help but think if I was only there, if I could have held their hand, if I could have made their last moments happy. I am on mental health leave right now, and more people have died after lockdown was lifted due to neglect. It is impossible not to blame myself and have this heavy heart.

Theres an Australian movie from about 10 years ago called Mental Id love you to have a look at. It centres around a family struggling with various mental health issues. Its a really funny and warm movie about coming to terms with who you are.

When you mentioned the organs usually going to different hospitals that reminded me of when I worked for Sterling Courier. We were divided into 4 different departments one of them being medical. They handled anything from medication deliveries up to organ transplant deliveries. They had to deal with an immense amount of pressure making sure those deliveries were made within whatever hourly window they had to work with. I remember overhearing one of them talking a little bit about how hard it is when someone fails to make a delivery on time and the organ goes to waste. I never wanted to work over there. I could never handle that pressure or failure.

Love the song they play at the end of this episode I love how scrubs always managed to pick the song perfect for almost each episode even if I have never heard or liked I liked I thought that it that episode or that Scene perfectly

Just seeing this, but excellent assessment. Everyone has those "what's the poinf of this" moments that make you want to quit, but you live to fight another day.

I have seen scrubs so many times and even watching the highlights of it on this has me sobbing.

Can you also react to some moments from the Succession tv show?! (Especially the Roy family doing "therapy" and Tom and Greg during lockdown at work)!

@tomsgrexit

2 жыл бұрын

Yess! The Tom and Greg one might also be under Tom throws water bottles at Greg! 😉

Selfishly perhaps, I thank you for keeping on even when you felt like leaving. I'm sure for your patients too, but even for us here on KZread, your empathy and insights are treasured. But, if you do need to quit, please do. We don't take mental health seriously enough and sometimes it's all just too much.

Scrubs always manages to make me cry even during reaction videos - how is that fair?

God I love John C. McGinley, he honestly deserved some rewards for his acting as Dr. Cox. My favorite character in one of my favorite shows. You should also watch next episode "My Fallen Idol".

I'm a Provisional Psychologist. When you mentioned about ghosts, that really resonated with me. Thanks for the video it was more helpful than you probably intended it to be.

This is my favourite episode of Scrubs, but it hits me so hard, I get choked up every time, especially when the music kicks in. The most moving part I found from the episode is the contrast in personality shown regarding Dr Cox

Im going to preface this by saying that my father, Granfather, and Grandmother were all first responders in Medical. I can only recall one time in my life ever seeing my grandfather get choked up. Misty eyed. He didn't cry. But I was old enough to understand that he wanted to. And it was watching this episode of scrubs that I saw that. My grandmother kind of fell apart and my dad definitely cried. He hugged me and when I asked if he was okay he just told me he didn't know. I watch this whole sequence every now and then. As I get older it becomes more clear to me. The horror of it. The terror. There are fears that reach deep inside of people that simply defy any explanation. This is something that can't be explained. It can only be experienced.

As to the doctor in scrubs out in public I have an anecdote that makes Dorian look very well adjusted! I worked at a casino for a long time and one of our regulars was the Head Surgeon at a nearby hospital. He would come to the casino still in his scrubs because he was losing his battle with gambling addiction and it was the only way his wife wouldn't find out. Strangely he didn't seem to have any other addictions. Most gambling addicts have peripheral addictions like Smoking or Alcoholism, but this guy wouldn't do anything but gamble. Eventually the casino blacklisted him because his addiction was so obvious that the Commission required it, and he disappeared shortly after that.

I really like watching medical and cop shows because they make me feel better about my job 😬 At least nobody tries to kill me and nobody dies at my work. P.S. Love your cozy sweater 💕

A sitcom has no right to kick you in the feels this much. And the next episode, My Fallen Idol, has the 2nd-most tear-jerky ending for a "regular" episode (right after "My Screw Up")

Glad to see your all too honest and human reaction. We assume MDs are superhuman, but of course, they are not.

I am not a healthcare professional and I do not work in a hospital. I am, however, a social worker working with women experiencing homelessness, drug addiction, and DV. This episode had me in tears. I do find myself wondering sometimes if I could have done something different to have the result with a client be different, better. Leave them better than when they found me.

Your voice is so soothing. 😌

Probably the best episode. As for the rabies and organ transplants, that did occur as mentioned in the commentary, they did get sent to other hospitals but for Drama Scrubs did it all in the 1 hospital.

I would like to suggest chicago med, s 2 e 24 next. By the way, great channael and amazing person behind it!

John C. McGinley has one of the most impressive talents for displaying vulnerability despite playing tough as nails... there's something so haunting about watching someone like that reach a breaking point. Fantastic acting, you can just feel every drop of guilty and regret in every scene...

EMT and dispatcher here. Sometimes the shit just keeps getting piled on. Those are the shifts that break one ones who are going to break. It's a sad reality, but one that anyone who is in this line of work for a certain amount of time has to deal with. I no longer ride the boo-boo bus or sit in the dungeon because, just like Dr. Cox said, the second you start blaming yourself for others' deaths, there's no coming back. I'm living proof of that.

This kind of day is why I ended up becoming a mental health nurse after years of floor, ICU, ER... and then a year circulating as a cath lab RN in a rural community. My body was broken from hours upon hours on my feet in a lead vest and skirt. My lunch day was actually a week where the other nurses all quit leaving me as the only nurse for my team. I was on call 24/7 for that week and I will never forget the patients. The want to save every single one and knowing I was running on little sleep, coffee, and whatever donuts and junk food the drug reps left for us. I was broken in every way and did not last long in the lab after that week. I'm thriving in outpatient mental health and addiction care now, though. It's still hard some days. But not like this.... this episode hits so hard. 😢❤

@daisyviluck7932

5 ай бұрын

Why did they all quit 😳?

@jesikapinkette

5 ай бұрын

@@daisyviluck7932 one cath lab nurse quit because she was tired of the same things - on call every other night if not more, endless overtime days for elective procedures that could be done during business hours... on and on. One nurse left to be a travel nurse because it pays way more than staying loyal to one facility.... another nurse left because she was also over the level of time expected to be there vs. Actual respected time away from work. Being on call overnight for emergency heart attack patients is very stressful. You can't leave a 20min radius of the hospital and you better sleep light. Doing that for 15+ nights a month is exhausting and stressful. We were all doing it. And then some. And not for great pay.

@daisyviluck7932

5 ай бұрын

@@jesikapinkette yikes. I blame management

@jesikapinkette

5 ай бұрын

@@daisyviluck7932 of course!

This is the one episode of Scrubs I don’t know if I could ever watch again…so tragic.

I haven't even see this episode of scrubs but even those few clips hit like a truck.

This is what we went thru during Covid working at a nursing home, one resident after another, week after week. It broke me.

What I love about this episode, and the second part, is it shows that despite Dr Cox being a brash, sarcastic man, he is a really good doctor that truly cares about his patients.

Could u please do an reaction to any episode of feel good? Really love ur channel btw

The song at the climax of this episode makes me cry every time.

That "Yeah, youre right" carries the implication Dr Cox blames himself for every death and carries all of them and knows exactly what that means and is why he was trying to stop JD from doing it. Thats...a lot.