SCRUBS: My 5 Stages. Reaction & Review by Dr Syl. (Funny and Sad) 

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Scrubs was filmed in an actual (abandoned) hospital, complete with its parking and roof. All the buildings (like JD/Turk's apartment) are redesigned rooms in the hospital.

"It's ok, you can rest now, you're safe" Wowsers, that is such a beautiful act of kindness, and you telling us about that made me shed a few tears. Thanks for another great reaction vid, I learn so much with these! Xx

I just wanted to say it's really nice that you still talk to them. I know at that point there's a good chance they may already be completely gone, but if there's any brain activity left it's nice to think that the last thing they hear is to rest and that they're safe is just so incredible.

The portable cd-rom players were discmans, walkmans played cassettes, I know cause I had both 🙃

23:32 "you can rest now you're safe" is so sad yet beautiful.

“My last words” is such a beautiful episode that one should definitely be on the list they go through end of life care and explain it really well

I admire the story of how you treat a person when verifying they have died. You show a great respect and graciousness for them and everyone could use someone like you. Well done sir.

As someone who lost my three remaining grandparents in the last year, i have such a huge appreciation for palliative care doctors/nurses. While it has been really tough to deal with losing all three of them in such a short time, knowing that they didn't suffer those last days/hours and had peaceful passings really does make me feel better about all of it.

I saw that paused breathing when my grandma passed away in the hospital. She was breathing very shallow and then suddenly stopped but then would gasp and stop again. It happened twice before she finally stopped breathing. I never knew that during that process that she had already technically passed before that if that is just the body shutting down after death. But on a heartwarming note. It felt good to be there when she passed. Because at the time my moms side of the family and my grandma all lived in Texas and my mom had gone down to visit because my grandma was sick but I had stayed home in Alaska to take care of my pets (it wasn't an emergency at the time). But when my grandma was hospitalized they knew she wasn't going to be leaving and I was the only one of the family not there so the day my mom called I got on a plane that night. After almost a 10 hour flight and then having a family friend pick me up at the airport to drive me about half way where my cousin would pick me up (to save time) and then drive all the way back to the hospital (about a 4 hour drive) I got there about 15 minutes before she passed. I mean after a 14 hour journey to make it within 15 minutes is just memorizing. Any kind of delay would probably meant I would not have made it in time. But my mom also said they kept telling my grandma (who unconscious for the last couple days) that I was gonna be there. It's like she knew and was holding on just enough for me to say goodbye.

for the exploding soda can they probably ran a tube attached to the side of the can hidden by JD's hand and scrub sleeve.

It's awesome to hear a doctor say they talk to their patient when they are taking their vitals while confirming death. No one knows what happens when we die, for the off chance there is a consciousness that can hear the living, it's very comforting to know the doctor might help me pass away like that.

A) have to love Neil Flynn's improv skills. b) where does the Janitor actually live if moving to the carpark cut his commute, "in half?" Also, props to McGinley and Braff's acting chops at the end of this. Oh, and you're not old unless your Walkman took audio cassettes. :P

Thank you for bringing up the realities of death. I was just having the same discussion (rant) with one of my sons. Death is a nasty process and in 24 years of nursing I have only ever seen two deaths that were completely peaceful and needed no intervention. I could go on at length regarding this topic but I’d just end up completely frustrated and upset. But thanks again for bringing it up. It really does need to be discussed more openly.

"It's ok, you can rest now, you're safe" Dammit dude, this made me cry more than the actual episode

I love how open you are about how this affects you and how passionately you speak about it. My older brother is a police officer here in the UK and has spoken to me many times about how he has been there for the final moments of someone's life, and how strongly it has affected him. How you have the fortitude to deal with that sort of thing on a regular basis is beyond my ken. I know for an absolute certainly that I would not be able to handle it. I have at this point watched many of your videos and have very much enjoyed how you talk about your work, it is something I have always had a keen interest in, but would never have the mental constitution to deal with as I suffer from BPD and severe depression. I have so much respect for people in your profession. thank you so much for all you do and the knowledge you impart.

How in the world are you able to show pretty much the whole episode without getting any copyright strikes?! Not complaining, It’s damn incredible. I just can’t fathom it…

open can, cut to another angle where the can has been switched out. you can tell since his grip on the can has changed in a microsecond. then take rubber surgical hose up the actors sleeve into an empty can with a hole in the side, then air pressure to shoot liquid through tube out can.

You should do a reaction to Season 8 episode 2 My Last Words. I think that episode does a good job of dealing with the topic of death and shows how JD grew as a doctor throughout the series.

Can I recommend hitting the back arrow or rewind a few seconds, you sometimes miss a joke when you pause the video. Loving the insight that you bring to the scrubs episodes

I appreciate your rant about "saving" someone's life at the end of life. Being alive in itself is not a goal.

I was doing CPR on an 80-year-old once - fresh admittance to neurology where I had my rotation, internal medicine hasn't come by for a consult yet so we weren't certain on underlying conditions and he went PEA on us. I felt the ribs crack under my hands, later the radiologist commented "someone did good CPR on this one" when showing all the cracked ribs on the post-mortem chest x-ray, so there is that I suppose.

Regarding sets for scrubs: Bill Lawrence said in his podcast about making the series that the cast rented a deactivated hospital, refurbished certain areas as sets and other parts of the hospital were repurposed as storage or office spaces for the cast and crew. In essence the cast of scrubs probably had the most accurate set ever used for television, because the actual building used for filming was a hospital just a few years prior.

the can prop is most likely done through a hose going up JD's sleeve and through the can, i think that because he tries to put the can to his other hand and stops.

The palliative care team fucked up with my Dad. After my brother said his goodbyes, the nurse was supposed to give him full sedative to put him to sleep. Instead she just gave him a full dose if Midazolam to prevent him from seizing (he had a brain tumor). He thankfully did still sleep most of the time but especially at the start of the day, he was awake and not at all comfortable. The doctor later admitted the nurse fucked up. Mostly I've come to terms with it, and I'm not really angry with the carers involved anymore, but sometimes it still hurts. I have literally told the carers "I'm a veterinarian. If I left an animal in the condition you left my father, I would be dragged to the veterinary disciplinary committee by my goddamn hair!" I think that did shake them, but I hope it made them think.

I talk to patients that have passed too as I’m getting them ready for the morgue, no one else has ever said it was weird, they’ve usually joined in. The other thing I love about Scrubs is the sound track, I love Colin Hay wandering around the halls singing overkill.

You talking about being there for someone sounds so much like me with my pets, since the biggest downfall of growing up with so so many was being there for them when they passed. But in the same way I did it for them cause I truly believed it was what was right for them, I really would like someone like you to be there for me after you said how you handle it. So no need to say it sounds silly out loud, is kind and sweet.

The points about letting go, and your point about getting help is a sign of strength hit home. I lost a good friend of mine just over a month ago from bowel cancer, and it destroyed me and for the first time I actually admitted to myself-I need help. I've been around death a lot watching my grandparents pass away from cancer, my brother died when he was 23 due to drugs, but this hit me a lot harder than I thought it would, maybe because I'm older and he was only 2 years younger than me (he was 46 and I'm 48) and that support network I had back then is no longer available. Even now over a month since it happened it still feels incredibly raw, and I'm still struggling at work a lot as I can't maintain my focus or anything. But at least I'm getting support from my employer and I'm getting the counselling. Hopefully things will start to pick up. Never be ashamed to admit you need help

It means a lot to me to know that you talk to them. Thank you for doing that.

CD player solidarity! I remember mine too. The first CDs I ever bought with my own money were Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory and Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish. One or the other of those two albums was riding in my walkman for like a year.

love your reactions to Scrubs, you always give a lot of insight into the job. Merry Christmas

Hey bud great video as always, and the theme of this pairs well with the ending of Senua in an interesting way. Good explanation of how dying is a process - I've held a few people's hands as they died and it's always felt like a slow motion eternity in the moment. You forgot to mention an emoji, so here's a couple for you: 🎄🎅

Great video and loving the Scrubs reactions. Glad to see a medical perspective on a show i have loved for years.

I’ll watch any episode of scrubs you react to. I think the musical episode would be a good change of pace after this one. I like that you get so personal with your reactions. This one reminds me of my grandfather dying in hospice care. Thanks for sharing your insight

Thank you for giving such honest and personal reactions and anecdotes. You don't see that to often I feel on yt or other media.

I love this series so much. I laugh and cry in the same episode like this one. 😭 Thank you and can't wait for the next episode.

Thank you for sharing what you do when declaring death. If that were the last thing I heard, I would find a bit of peace and comfort.

Thanks for your videos Dr Syl. When my time comes, I hope I'm lucky enough to have a doctor that tells me I can rest now, and that I'm safe.

Love this one. Honestly though, it's hard for me to think of an episode of Scrubs that isn't good! Another great review, really enjoy the little insights and corrections you give along the way. Looking forward to the next one!

Glad he’s doing this series. I subscribed just to watch his scrubs reactions

Thank you once again for reinforcing my fear of death

"I'm old, I had CDs" Jesus, now I actually do want to die.

The ease of death sounds similar to how at-home hospice runs though probably much better managed since staff is usually available at all times. Lost my mother as she went through hospice, but knowing she went peacefully honestly made it much easier to accept.

Your comment about cirrhosis made me realise that when I was working in a liquor store one of our regular customers was and did die of it, he got worse and worse over many months (as an adult though we couldn't decline service on grounds of concern for his physical health, unless it relates to a recent head wound(which I have had to do decline service for, poor dear I could see part of her skull, and had to send her to hospital)

Thank you for explaining.

My mother died due to cancer a few years ago. I was about 26. For the last year, 1.5 she wanted to stay home. She wanted no more doctors, no more procedures. She died between christmas and new year, in the middle of the night, after she was bedridden for weeks. I don't even remember how long it went. I was going for a snack when I saw my father and brother tend to her (I live in a different appartment in the same house). It was what felt like hours of her having pain spasms and sound sleep back and forth, while all my father could do was inject her with the small morphine syringes we had for this whenever the spasms started or the breathing seemed particulary pained. It was horrible. I couldn't watch it. I sat in the next room, hearing it, waiting for it to be over. In fact just writing this out made me teary. They say it's good to be there in the last moments of your close ones, but I honestly wouldn't know - if I could make the concious choice now - if I would be able to decide for it. It's kind of ironic that thinking about it brings me to a crying fit, considering that day I didn't shed a tear when it happend. I wasn't able to.

Hey there Dr. Syl! I got your comment on one of my videos, but I guess youtube decided it was spam and instantly deleted it. It's a little odd having some videos with that many views, but I try not to think about it too much. I enjoy your videos, so subscribing was a no brainer! Looking forward to what you do next! As long as you have fun, that's all that matters!

Syl describing cirosus, bloating, vomiting, etc Me: I picked the wrong time to be eating goulash

5:08 that is the most graphic, but necessary description of how someone can die from liver failure. I've cut down my drinking to 1 day a week, but might even try to cut it down even more now.

5 stages of grief is a load of hooey as someone who lost their father very suddenly. You are right there are no rules when it comes to grief

Also your word on grief were interesting as well! My most recent experience with that was when my daughter wasn't developing. She is now diagnosed with autism and we had genetic testing to find her cause (a lot of people don't seem to know autism has causes). But basically I grieved the loss of my daughter's future for many years while she was still here with us. It's so hard to explain, but I am sure you will understand. This might be another good topic, too. As I wish I could have told myself 3-4 years ago what I know now. My daughter is doing so well. Better than I ever expected.

My parents refuse to talk about death or dying. I have no clue what they want... bloody frustrating and selfish.

Ahh thank you Doc, for talking about the breathing. My mum died in 2011 from cancer and aside from her visual appearance which left me with nightmares for weeks after, her breathing at the end still 'haunts' me to this day. There were many years after she'd passed I wished I'd never been at her bedside to see her go, never seen her look and sound like a waif of her former self. That witnessessing real death wasn't always nice and pretty like in the movies. I hope I'm stronger for the time my dad goes. Another great reaction :)

"You DON't know the risks" (4:30). Love your honesty here. Who's ever talking about that?

I was with my Dad when covid finally took him, I told the nurse when she came in that his breathing was getting slower and space apart. She put her hand on his chest for a short while and said he had gone. I was sat there like but he was just breathing.

Hey hey Dr. Syl! I forgot how this episode unfolded, so glad you made a reaction video for it! Such a great episode and ofcourse kudos on the continuous breakdown style of your videos! Thank you for another meticulous reaction! See you at the next videos’ comment section :)

I don't comment on a lot of RU-vid videos, but I have to say that I love your reaction videos, especially the scrubs videos! I feel like I'm watching my favorite show with a friend :)

For the Root Beer gag. Notice how JD is holding with his finger tips with his palm away from the bottom. My guess is they had a hose attached to the bottom and removed it in post. You can see he kinda moves it like its attached to something also

Due any day for my liver transplant due to autoimmune causes and now cancer. I was dx’ed as terminal in winter of 2022 but recovered enough to get listed and I’ve made it to third in line at my hospital 💚 love your videos, many thanks.

My mom passed in April after a long battle with COPD. She was DNR and palliative care was initiated shortly before her death. Hospital took great care of her and I knew it was coming, but your description of the process has help me in this moment to grieve. Thank you.

my friend got septic . she had to have a pick line put in. She went to the doctors cuz she had strep. They told her it wasn't strep. They sent her home she got really sick became septic. Almost died. Luckily she lived. and I'd going really good now .

New fan and I've watched a lot of your videos -- one comment based on something you said and I'm sure you'll come across this - as a patient with a very long term chronic illness / genetic disorder that almost killed me at several points and went undiagnosed for decades, there are a whole slew of us who get the "you don't look sick" comment from doctors when we are incredibly ill, sometimes dangerously so, because it is a feature of one of the disorders at least to make us look younger, more vibrant, and healthier, being really deceptive. A lot of us developed mistrust of doctors and medical trauma prior to proper diagnosis -- it's getting a bit better, and they now know the disorder isn't rare, but most doctors cannot tell how sick we are or aren't by just looking at us. Most of your comments are really sweet though, and I wish a lot of medicine had been the way it is now for you when I was struggling the most when I was younger as maybe I would not be in such rough shape now due to delay in diagnosis and management.

i worked in aged care, at a palliative care ward....cancer or a bung liver is not the worst way. When death loses your ticket and your stuck waiting for him to find you. its beyond cruel what happens, i would not wish it on my worst enemy

For the first time ever I realised that the handkerchief that Kelso took as a kid from the bike is lying in front of him in his car

I know you can't see us but whenever you need to get stuff off your chest we're here to listen. When you get somewhat emotional when you speak my eyes want to well up. This channel is good for my soul because im not ever emotional about anything really. Keep em coming kind sir.

I wish, at some point during slow respiratory decline, we could choose terminal intervention. 'Do no harm' hardly seems to apply any longer, double that opiod dose.

The Porsche thing… it’s more dependent on the person rather than the region. I’ve met people in all parts of the country (US Army for 21 years so I’ve moved around a bit), and it is pronounced both ways in some places.

i did 3 out of the 5 stages of grief when my mom died: denial, depression, and acceptance. didn't get angry, didn't bargain. just prayed God would heal her. He didn't. still believe in Him

They talked about the sand castle Janitor built in the recent Scrubs reunion lol it was funny as hell and they were laughing about it

The only person I’ve watched die was my aunt. She had a stroke and was brain dead. My other aunt was her medical power of attorney and had the doctors stop the life maintaining measures. It was incredibly traumatizing to hear that breathing you were talking about and watching her struggle. It took so much longer than I thought. Thank you for adding that detail because I think people should know so if they have to endure that, they can be more prepared than I was.

Man, this reminds me of when my dad died of cancer. Out of everything when he passed, the agonal breathing is what I remember the most. Just this labored breathing turning into gasps that slowly decreased in frequency until it was the last one.

I'm a new RN and I had my first patient pass recently. She was CMO and palliative care, and passed peacefully in her sleep after being able to say good bye to all her family in the days leading up to it. It was sad of course, but strangely satisfying that I knew she wasn't going to suffer anymore.

Subscribed for scrubs , great reactions thank you

When i turned 18 my mom and stepdad started having annual chats with me about what their medical wishes were and the things they wanted taken care of if they were in a situation where they were dying (they were both ER staff and felt it important especially since they skydive) while the conversations have always not been the most comfortable I am thankful they have instilled in me the need to talk about that kind of stuff because as you put it eventually they will pass.

Thanks for a snippet I’ll never forget - dying of liver failure. As a recovering alcoholic, sometimes fear of health issues is a good deterrent when relapse is on the brain. That description is one I’ll keep in mind for a while. Horrible.

Yeah, I recently had a mate pass away from alcohol related system failure, it was horrific to watch. I hadn't known him that long, maybe a few years, but he was a VET from modern Australian army and really couldn't stop drinking. The last time I saw him, he had noticeable ascites and I said we should call an Ambulance. He refused and I left, not knowing what to do - he had no family left. The next thing I heard was from another friend who let me know she had called an ambulance when finding him unconscious and the hospital had to induce a coma because his body was in a really bad state. He got Covid on top of that and passed away. I still feel badly for not calling an ambulance. I had no idea he was so near death. He had previously said his blood test results had something to do with his prostate but I guess he just didn't want me to know. He was 50 and it was a couple of years ago, but I think about it still. Elizabeth Kubler Ross with the stages of grief, you got it at the end!

Very eloquent on death, thank yiu

Well that was a real bummer I have seen that episode many times over the years but I don't think I've ever been so profoundly effected by it before. I hesitate to even call what you do here a "reaction" it's quite a lot deeper than that. As someone whose plan is to go into the medical field albeit not as a doctor I would still likely see my fair share of death and I've often thought about how I would handle that sort of thing but never in the ways you raised in this video. Should this ever be something I face this reaction has absolutely changed how I would handle these events. Thank you

my dad died today. and this is really helping me. i love this show. and enjoy seeing you watch it.

It’s not silly it’s respectful

A Walkman was for cassettes, a discman was for CDs... Fuck I'm old

So you remember the CD Walkman, Your just a child. I bought one of the first Cassette tape sony walkman after I graduated college in 1979 :)

The scene with kelso vs ted it reminds me of one of the batman movies where he pretty much has a similar stand off with the joker

I live my life similar to the patient I’m 30 years old and at this Point in my life I’ve had 2 strokes and 3 open heart surgeries including one out of body experience i’ve came to terms with my mortality so I tend to live Every day like it’s my last because we never know the moment we will die

26:00 Kids in The Netherlands are using "cancer" about as common as Australians say "how are ya?". It makes me so uncomfortable every time I hear it and I want to shout at them "stop using that word like that! You have no idea how awful it is!".

One of the best character arc is found in a trio of Scrubs episodes starring Brendan Fraser, who plays Cox's brother in law/best friend. Season 1, eps 22 & 23: My Occurence & My Hero, and Season 2, ep 14: My Screw Up. Trust me, it's the best storyline in Scrubs.

You could check out the Scrubs episode "My Super Ego", which focuses on competition, rivalry, angst amongst interns.

19:42 - I used to work at a Porsche dealership and the correct pronunciation is "Porsh-uh". But for the uninitiated, they pronounce it "Por-sh".

This is an under rated episode.

If I had a choice I don't think I'd want to die at home. I wouldn't want my family to have to clean up after...

8:30 Guess I have that. I still get debilitated thinking about my father's death. Even EMDR didn't fully allow me to process it.

forgot what season it is but the episode with the black dying patient asking what death is like is the saddest episode for me

i know i am late to the videos but really enjoying your reactions to scrubs, i remember on my long bus ride to school i would always be listening to linkin park, d12 or eminem, i thought they were called discmans but either way, also remember my first ipod shuffle, that thing lasted like 8 years such a great device

another awesome video! Season 1 episode 7, my super ego, is also a good one!

i guess i had the "luck" to have knocked at deaths door twice as a child, once from an asthmatic attack and once from "drowning" both times i gasped for air and felt the burning lungs and all i remember is everything going dark and passing out. Now obviously i was rescued both times but i dont want to suffocate, from what i can tell its a very terrible way to go, the pain, the panic...i guess sure theres worse, but ive seen people die way more peacefully ^^ Also had a pretty bad heat stroke that landed me in hospital, i guess the worst thing about that was the panic.

agreed. collision course was one heck of a collab. RIP chester. that was way past walkmans being a thing tho, was it not? i feel like i was already an adult when that hit

All those medicine you said sound like all the relief I get from cannabis. I was so frustrated with my anxiety after seeing 2 MDs, 2 therapist anti anxiety medication and I still felt the urge to drink myself numb, that I read a lot of other veterans forms, watched videos and listened to researchers. That I figured why not, I tried running, reading, taking walks, everything under the sun but I was not willing to take opioids, which the VA would have giving me fist-fulls if i just asked for them. Now I have been sober not one drop in a year, i eat better, i sleep in my bed and very well might I add, and over all happy, again. Sorry for rambling but I was just wondering what is your thoughts on cannabis for care?

Porsche is a German brand based on a German family name, and yes, the e on the end is pronounced. The "Porsch" is only a pronounciation that comes from english speakers swallowing the 'e' on the end of a word, but in German, such an e would always be pronounced as well.

I 100% agree that it is a sign of strenght to see a trerapist, I really should too since I have so many suicidial thoughts and I have been depressed for many years, but I am just too weak to do so -.-

Omg......he thinks he's old. Remember your first Walkman that used CD's? The first Walkman used cassette tapes, what YOU had was a Discman. Jeeze, young whipper-snappers.