Scrubs – The Complete Seventh Season (Disney DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: B Episodes: C+
I NEED
LIFE SUPPORT STAT! Our patient has
suffered from a critical series accident resulting in sub-par plots, bored
actors, and an overall sense of disgust.
The Seventh Season is contained on 2-Discs
and only consists of 11 episodes; most of which seem to drab and
uninteresting. The season starts as
interesting as any other, but quickly takes a nose dive as it is very
noticeable that something went wrong; stemming either from the impending
writers’ strike or the fact that NBC was canceling the series. For whatever reason the Seventh Season went under, it is just simply not the Scrubs that fans across the board have
come to know and love.
The characters
on the series are continuing to grow, while concurrently still maintaining
their same sense of childlike delusion.
The quirky world of Sacred Heart is changing (and not always for the
better), but the same crazy, lovable elements that made the series are still
there. The Seventh Season is quite a downgrade from Season Six, but with the series moving to a supportive ABC there is
still hope that the series that once acted as one of televisions only saving
graces will return to be greater than ever.
For a
look back at reviews of previous seasons, please follow the links below:
Season 4
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/4454/Scrubs
Season 5
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5927/Scrubs
Season 6
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6180/Scrubs
The
technical features have not changed much from the Sixth Season release of the series, wheeling down the hallway
merely as adequate. The picture is
presented in a 1.33 X 1 full screen that is not bright and vibrant as it should
be; as well as the image being a bit soft at times. It is odd that Scrubs is (was) the only NBC series not to get the Widescreen
treatment. The sound again is a simple
Dolby Digital 5.1 Mix that gets the job done on a series that is mostly
dialogue. Most of the sound projects
front and center, with the occasional Zack Braff zaniness panning across the
other speakers. The sound as in the
previous seasons is not bad, but not great either.
For this
series release being less than half a normal season, the extras are quite
impressive. There are interesting and
funny audio commentaries on all 11 episodes from cast and crew that shape up to
make the set very worth while. The are
featurettes like “My Making of II: My Princess” that features the cast doing a
full table read of one of the Seventh
Seasons episodes; unfortunately it is one of the seasons least funny and
most uninteresting episodes also. There
is also a sit down interview with Ken Jenkins (Dr. Bob Kelso), Deleted Scenes,
Alternative Lines, and Bloopers; all of which are fully enjoyable and more
rewatchable than extras included on previous seasons.
With the
series moving to ABC (and supposedly Braff’s last season), lets hope the series
manages to get its heart beating up to the level we ordered.
We’d sure
need a lot of garden gnomes…
- Michael P. Dougherty II
