Home > Scrubs > Season 9 « TV Series Page Scrubs: Season 9 (2009 - 2010) SEASON: Season 9 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 + WANT TO SEE Episode List Season 9 Scrubs Critics Consensus With symptoms like an influx of rookie cast members that never gel into a watchable ensemble and a comedic sensibility that feels terminally tired, the diagnosis is that creator Bill Lawrence and co. should have hung up their Scrubs a year earlier. 50% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 12 43% Audience Score User Ratings: 187 NEW More Info × Close ADD YOUR RATING Share on Facebook Post Want to See Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Our First Day of School Air date: Dec 1, 2009 In the Season 9 premiere, J.D., Turk, Cox, Kelso and Denise take on a med-school teaching gig at Sacred Heart that finds them mentoring a new crop of students, whose first day of school is especially challenging. Kerry Bishe, Michael Mosley and Dave Franco join the cast. More 2 Our Drunk Friend Air date: Dec 1, 2009 J.D., Turk and Kelso play matchmaker when they sense a spark between Denise and Drew. Elsewhere, Lucy learns more about becoming a doctor, but it's not an easy lesson to handle. More 3 Our Role Models Air date: Dec 8, 2009 J.D. and Drew learn the ropes of mentoring and realize students can often provide insight to teachers. More 4 Our Histories Air date: Dec 15, 2009 J.D. and Turk go to a party for med students and show up in costume. Elsewhere, Kelso says goodbye to Ted and Gooch. More 5 Our Mysteries Air date: Dec 22, 2009 As J.D.'s teaching job at Sacred Heart comes to an end, he finds he still hungers for approval. Elsewhere, Lucy braces herself before performing a procedure on a real person, and Denise and Drew make things official. More 6 Our New Girl-Bro Air date: Jan 1, 2010 Turk begins the hunt for a new best friend. Elsewhere, Elliot advises Lucy, who's feeling overworked and tired. More 7 Our White Coats Air date: Jan 5, 2010 Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) plays a pediatrician who defies Cox. Elsewhere, new interns test the patience of the residents, especially J.D. and Elliot, who has separate issues with her buttinsky boyfriend. More 8 Our Couples Air date: Jan 5, 2010 Lucy notices that the hospital is teeming with couples. More 9 Our Stuff Gets Real Air date: Jan 12, 2010 J.D. and Elliot face the reality of parenthood. Meanwhile, Lucy must come to terms with the risks of operating on real people. More 10 Our True Lies Air date: Jan 19, 2010 One of the med students cheats on a test, so Dr. Cox punishes the entire class. Elsewhere, Denise makes a surprising admission. More Show More Episodes Scrubs: Season 9 Photos View All Photos (12) Tv Season Info The ninth and final season signals a major departure for the show. J.D. (Zach Braff), Turk (Donald Faison) and Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) move to a teaching hospital and share their wisdom with a batch of new interns: the painfully blunt Denise (Eliza Coupe); Lucy (Kerry Bishé), who takes over narrating duties from J.D.; med-school burnout Drew (Michael Mosley); and rich kid Cole (Dave Franco). Though the show's focus shifted to the new interns in Season 9, all members of the original cast made appearances with the exception of Judy Reyes. Genre: Comedy Network: ABC Premiere Date: Dec 1, 2009 Creator: Bill Lawrence Exec. Producer: Bill Lawrence Cast Zach Braff Donald Faison John C. McGinley Eliza Coupe Kerry Bishé Michael Mosley Dave Franco Ken Jenkins Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid Windell Middlebrooks Robert Maschio as Todd Quinlan Nicky Whelan Matthew Moy Steven Cragg Sonal Shah Reno Wilson as Russell Ryan Biegel as Clint Neil Flynn Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan Kate Micucci as Gooch Tony Tambi as Joseph Walter Addison as Ben Art Frankel as Mr. Foster Tracy McCubbin as Nurse Sheila Tom Ormeny as Arthur Edith Fields as Mrs. Foster Paul Dooley as Paul Show More Cast Episodes 1 Our First Day of School Air date: Dec 1, 2009 In the Season 9 premiere, J.D., Turk, Cox, Kelso and Denise take on a med-school teaching gig at Sacred Heart that finds them mentoring a new crop of students, whose first day of school is especially challenging. Kerry Bishe, Michael Mosley and Dave Franco join the cast. More 2 Our Drunk Friend Air date: Dec 1, 2009 J.D., Turk and Kelso play matchmaker when they sense a spark between Denise and Drew. Elsewhere, Lucy learns more about becoming a doctor, but it's not an easy lesson to handle. More 3 Our Role Models Air date: Dec 8, 2009 J.D. and Drew learn the ropes of mentoring and realize students can often provide insight to teachers. More 4 Our Histories Air date: Dec 15, 2009 J.D. and Turk go to a party for med students and show up in costume. Elsewhere, Kelso says goodbye to Ted and Gooch. More 5 Our Mysteries Air date: Dec 22, 2009 As J.D.'s teaching job at Sacred Heart comes to an end, he finds he still hungers for approval. Elsewhere, Lucy braces herself before performing a procedure on a real person, and Denise and Drew make things official. More 6 Our New Girl-Bro Air date: Jan 1, 2010 Turk begins the hunt for a new best friend. Elsewhere, Elliot advises Lucy, who's feeling overworked and tired. More 7 Our White Coats Air date: Jan 5, 2010 Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) plays a pediatrician who defies Cox. Elsewhere, new interns test the patience of the residents, especially J.D. and Elliot, who has separate issues with her buttinsky boyfriend. More 8 Our Couples Air date: Jan 5, 2010 Lucy notices that the hospital is teeming with couples. More 9 Our Stuff Gets Real Air date: Jan 12, 2010 J.D. and Elliot face the reality of parenthood. Meanwhile, Lucy must come to terms with the risks of operating on real people. More 10 Our True Lies Air date: Jan 19, 2010 One of the med students cheats on a test, so Dr. Cox punishes the entire class. Elsewhere, Denise makes a surprising admission. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Scrubs Season 9 All Critics (12) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (6) At this point, Scrubs has turned its original style into a formula; the fantasy sequences are more predictable, the earnest denouements are automatic. It's a good formula, but one that's no longer vibrant. Dec 1, 2009 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic The transplant is unlikely to produce a dramatic rally. But it does give friends and family a reason to keep visiting. Dec 1, 2009 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic It's a solid little comedy, in which Scrubs fans can recognize the spirit of the show they loved, even if it's not Scrubs at its best. Dec 1, 2009 | Full Review… Alan Sepinwall Newark Star-Ledger Top Critic A change of scenery has done Scrubs a world of good. Dec 1, 2009 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic Even though Scrubs' delicate mix of comedy and pathos had been firmly established for years, this season just never felt right. Sep 4, 2018 | Full Review… Jonah Krakow IGN Movies "Scrubs 2.0" continues the momentum of the last season's effort. Reworking "Scrubs" is the best thing that could have ever happened to it, as it allowed Lawrence to shed a few characters that had exhausted their usefulness Sep 4, 2018 | Full Review… Dustin Rowles Pajiba Good job, TV people! The new Scrubs is frankly just great. Oct 11, 2013 | Full Review… Jennifer Godwin E! Online It's not terrifically awful, but it's also not as reliably fun as Scrubs was in its prime. Dec 1, 2009 | Full Review… Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Time of death, 9 p.m. Call it, ABC. Dec 1, 2009 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… Robert Bianco USA Today Top Critic Scrubs is pushing the irritation envelope as it returns from the near dead in a revised form. Dec 1, 2009 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (12) Audience Reviews for Scrubs: Season 9 Feb 15, 2016 This season should not have happened. After the perfect finale of the previous season, this show could have ended on such a high not. Instead, we were forced to sit through this painful season that never quite captured the magic the show had before. Casi H Dec 04, 2015 HORRIBLE. Completely ruined the series by doing this. Should have quit while they were ahead with the finale of season 8.Painful to even watch. Private U May 14, 2015 Feels less like Scrubs and more like a spinoff. The old cast doesn't get enough screen time, and the new members are annoying at best. Jeanne H Mar 23, 2015 Loved that the second generation of Scrubs is continuing the spirit of the original. Everyone's mini-me's are so adorable! Rei H Dec 21, 2014 Some of the JD and Turk jokes are getting old but it fades away as the new cast gets in the front. The only bad thing about it is that there is no 10th season and it ends abruptly... Bastien G Aug 09, 2014 Can't give this one a perfect score due to the fact that a lot of cast changes in the end didn't hold it together that well. Even if it is one of the best comedies of all time. Yes bold statement, but it really is. A truly talented cast with all hard hitters up till almost the end. That's including what was to be the 9th season revival that couldn't take off. Paul M May 14, 2014 Season nine of Scrubs is an abomination of the highest Caliber. Nothing in the first eight seasons justifies making this aside from greed and profit. Dr. Cox and Turk and the only recurring characters in every episode (that are in the first eight seasons), and they are shells of there former selves. There is one redeeming moment in this season (Dr. Cox falling through the ceiling), and other than that, it's all average... All that being said, it's not necessarily a bad season, it's just horrendously bad compared to the rest of this fantastic series. Dov D Jan 25, 2014 Of all the ways to end the sitcom, like this? Really? I'm not talking about the finale, but the whole season is more like a Fox sitcom than the show that we knew and loved Jamey B Jan 04, 2014 Aside from a an unnecessary 9th season, Scrubs is a thoroughly funny, often sweet comedy well written. Jordan T Dec 11, 2013 The first 3 seasons of this show is when it was at it's best, then it became 4 minotinous seasons of the same joke over and over. By the end of the seventh season with the episode My Princess, the show had became not only the same tired jokes, but a parody of those same jokes and THAT is when the series was at it's lowest point. A tired mix of lazy writers and network executives telling producers to make the same thing because that's what got viewers. Then came along Season 8, taking all the best things about the series and making them into one great send off season. Finally the reestablishment of a great sitcom with actual "depth". We saw a return of the drama from early seasons as well as the dark comedy that gave the show it's edge. Infact, the episode My Last Words is one of my favorite from the entire series. Then came along season 9....the awkward cousin to Scrubs. While S.08 took all the best things from the series and made a great season, S. 09 took all of the worst. Gone was the dramatic moments between characters, gone was the biting edge. It was a circus parade of the most tired jokes in the series, as well as the most cliche characters to grave the small screen in a long time. The scared one, the bitchy one, the douchebag, and burnout. Let's just say, it was painful to watch. William M See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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