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Scrubs: Season 9
  • Network: ABC , NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2001
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    88
    The new season looks promising. Let's just hope these kids can sing.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    83
    A ninth season. Wow. In fact, a change of scenery has done Scrubs a world of good. The new students are funny. McGinley is great as always--so, too, is Turk (Donald Faison).
  3. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    70
    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.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    70
    Scrubs has lost none of its endearing ability to mix earnest sentiment with sardonic gag-centric humor.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    63
    The rest of the new or new-ish faces are occasionally funny one-note characters....Still, the old crew made me laugh on more than one occasion as I watched the first two episodes of Season 9 (the Todd made me giggle every time he turned up).
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    The transplant is unlikely to produce a dramatic rally. But it does give friends and family a reason to keep visiting.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    60
    The jokes don't catch fire in Tuesday night's opener, but by the second episode things are starting to click.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    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.
  9. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    60
    It works because the three regulars--Zach Braff, Donald Faison and especially John McGinley--are all over these episodes, and the four newcomers are kept in their place.
  10. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    It's not terrifically awful, but it's also not as reliably fun as Scrubs was in its prime.
  11. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: ken Tucker
    58
    Right now Lucy is just a wide-eyed innocent with eager-beaver ambition, but she's verging on dumb. In other words, the writers need to get a fix on that character fast, or she won't be someone to root for. Of the other newbies, I like the bratty, entitled Cole (Dave Franco, younger brother of some guy gueststarring on General Hospital) and grumpy Drew (Michael Mosley, a David Simon recruit from The Wire and Generation Kill).
  12. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    25
    The result is a deadly, deal-driven mistake that takes a network that has made great sitcom strides forward one unfortunate step back.
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User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 9 out of 21
  1. alexandergreen
    1
    I'm a huge fan of the original Scrubs. As far as I'm concerned, the show ended at season 8. Season 8 had the perfect ending, and it satisfied me and I'm sure many other fans of the show. This is just a perfect example of someone who cannot help but tamper with a format until it becomes a virtually unrecognisable failure. The new cast weren't promising at all, they were hollow, wannabe Scrubs stars. And the original cast seemed like a paler version of the greatness they once had.… Full Review »
  2. MarcusB
    3
    Was really disappointed and not in the least surprised the show got cancelled after this season. The writing (and comedy payoff) just wasn't there. You could see it not only in the new crew, some of whom weren't too bad, but in the lines from old favourite characters like Turk, Dr Cox and Kelso.… Full Review »
  3. muzziklover
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Really, really unnecessary. After the Season finale of Season 8, this season is just an awkward piece on Scrubs' history. Though funny at times and still feels like the Scrubs we know and love, the comedy is more cartoony and forced. The med students are completely uninteresting and sometimes annoying, especially the new main character, Lucy Bennett. Her crazy disposition is not as funny as Elliot's but rather creepy and a must avoid, her day dreams are not as surreal and funny as J.D.'s and she's just right down annoying. The only saving grace on this season is Dr. Cox and the rest of the previous main characters that appear as guests.… Full Review »
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