SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 first two episodes of the “Scrubs” revival, which aired Wednesday night on ABC and will stream next day on Hulu. When ABC’s “Scrubs” returned earlier this year after a nearly 16-year break, fans were quite divided on one major change in character dynamics: J.D. (Zach Braff) and Elliot (Sarah Chalke) had divorced. In Season 1 of “Scrubs” 2.0, J.D. returned to Sacred Heart as chief of medicine, which put him back in the same workplace as his ex.
If Season 1 was about setting up that new dynamic between J.D. and Elliot, Season 2 is about seeing how they’ve adapted to this new reality. And that includes seeing your ex start to date other people. As the Season 2 premiere episode (“My First Time in a While”) opened on Wednesday, J.D. is smitten by Charlie (Rachel Bilson).
But is this just a rebound? Meanwhile, along with Episode 2 (“My Mentee”), also shown on Wednesday, viewers get an update on Dr. McGinley) and his autoimmune disease.
And we see some cracks continuing to form in Turk (Donald Faison), while J.D. and Elliott adjust to their roles as mentors to the fresh crop of faces — including new arrivals Grant (John Higgins) and Mimi (Keyla Monterroso Mejia). Besides McGinley, other OG cast members making appearances include Carla (Judy Reyes), Jordan (Christa Miller) and The Todd (Robert Maschio). And later in the season, expect to see more from the Janitor (Neil Flynn) and also Elliot’s ex-flame Sean (Scott Foley).
Variety spoke with “Scrubs” exec producer and showrunner Assem Batra about the premiere episodes’ revelations, and where we go from here — including whether Dr. Cox will be OK, and if J.D. and Elliot’s child Ollie will be seen. We focused a lot on that because we set up this very sort of dire, serious feeling last season.
We wanted to put our audience at ease that we aren’t in any way putting Dr. Cox in such jeopardy that he might not be with us. We feel like it’s a way of making the audience know that he’s always going to be part of this family.
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