A common thread running through all seasons of Scrubs is the relationship between Elliot and JD. The constant on-off between the two caused interpersonal chaos alongside the medical story. Originally, however, the creators of the series did not want to focus on such a relationship.
What is Scrubs? Scrubs ran from 2001 to 2010 and followed the careers of JD and his fellow doctors over 9 seasons. With its daydreams and likeable characters, the series achieved cult status.
While Turk and Carla were largely the dream couple of the series, the relationship between JD and Elliot was a lot of back and forth. The creator of the series, Bill Lawrence, originally didn’t want the two to get together because he had a different focus for the series.
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In an interview with Premium Hollywood during the 8th season of the series, Bill Lawrence also talked about Elliot and JD’s relationship in the series. Lawrence is asked if it was ever considered to give the two a happy ending, but with other partners.
He explains that from the beginning, the network wanted the show to be a romantic story with Elliot and JD. But Lawrence didn’t want that. Scrubs was supposed to be about medicine and the dynamics in the hospital.
Nonetheless, he tried several times to recount a back and forth between the two, based on his own experiences. When they realized that it was too much, they tried to destroy the relationship between the two.
He was afraid that with a storyline like this, the focus would only be on the relationship between the two main characters and no longer on the actual topic. He mentions Friends in this regard. Here, the premise is already designed for the series to revolve around the relationship between Rachel and Ross. But he didn’t want to lose the focus on medicine.
Why did Elliot and JD end up together anyway? The blame lay with the actors of the two, Sarah Chalke and Zach Braff. According to Lawrence, the two were so good that they always conveyed a certain subtext or tension. He also explains that he enjoyed writing romantic comedies. In Scrubs, some things didn’t always go according to plan. This was also the case with the janitor: JD’s biggest enemy in Scrubs shouldn’t actually exist, but the series was too good