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First off, let me say that I've been a member of IMDb for a while, and this is the first time I actually feel the need to share my thoughts with others writing a review. To me Scrubs is the best show ever, I loved every and each season of it, but I always had the fear that it would soon jump the shark. You know, most series run out of ideas after a while, it's normal, but this show seems never ending, and this particular episode is the very proof of it.

On to the episode itself, at first I thought "Oh jeez, here we go, a musical episode. The end is near." mostly for my hate for musicals, and secondly for the fore-mentioned "fear" that this show could become crap soon.

But was I wrong, I laughed throughout the whole 22-ish minutes of it, it was brilliant to say the least. And the music is so well-inserted inside a storyline that it seems almost needed, plus I must say that all, and I stress again ALL of the performances were great. First of all obviously Broadway star Stephanie D'Abruzzo, a real singer with an awesome voice and acting. But then all the cast seems almost to have a musical background. I knew already of Turk's singing ability, he shows it off in some old episodes, but Carla was a real pearl, she has that bluesy-moody sound in her chords plus I really loved the tango with Turk, one of the best moments.

The best tho was the "Guy Love" song. God, did I enjoy that piece. Definitely worth watching, it changed my mood for the whole day, and I can't thank this show enough for this.

10/10

• Nick

Not since Buffy's musical episode have I looked this forward to singing by a bunch of actors. And last night's episode didn't disappoint. Surprised at how well most of the cast sang. And am really thankful the music wasn't just there to annoy - it was part of the plot. When a woman complains that everyone is singing, the great doctors at Sacred Heart know something is up. Likely she is crazy, but there just could be something wrong. In true Scrubs fashion, we see bosom buddies Turk and JD, always snippy/always in love Turk and Carla, always mean but deep down nice guy Dr. Cox and the rest of the gang - just in song this time.

I am not a fan of musicals. Not by a long shot.

Still, this 30 minute musical extravaganza, replete with a veritable cornucopia of clever numbers, each performed without the slightest hint of self-awareness by all the members of the cast, is hard not to watch.

I really was impressed by the effort put into this, especially by folks that are clearly not singers (Dr. Cox, JD, The Todd, Janitor and Kelso). Some of the lyrics are dizzying in their complexity. Dr. Cox's rant number was especially challenging and I have no idea how John C. McGinley pulls it off, but he does, an splendidly so,

I wish this episode had won the 5 Emmy's it was nominated for. It won 2 of them however.

The story line of this episode is classic Scrubs, genius. By making a reason for the musical itself, helps make the story flow well. The greatest part was when I went back and watched the show again. Throughout the show I thought I had recognized the tunes, then on my second time I realized that a good portion of the songs were from famous musicals. Such as the song when they are waiting for the test results is a tribute to the Grease finale, and the song right before the surgery is from the finale of RENT. I know that many of the others are from musicals also, I just can't think of which ones. Truly a marvelous piece of work.

This episode was hysterical. And I'm a huge fan of musicals, so to see this was great.

Everyone in the cast had surprisingly good voices (Kelso and Dr. Cox surprised me the most) and the songs were catchy and entertaining. The only way they could have made this better is if they parodied "The Phantom of the Opera", which I'm a huge Phan of, gotta love Michael Crawford!

I would have to say my favorite numbers are "Welcome to Sacred Heart" and "The Rant Song". In "Welcome to Sacred Heart", the singing and energy was great from the cast, as well as the choreography. "The Rant Song" was just hilarious--pure Dr. Cox comedy set to music.

Bravo to the "Scrubs" cast, and please, do another musical episode!

This episode could not have been done much better! First of all, the entire concept was, while somewhat implausible, seemed well integrated. An aneurysm could cause strange echoing in hearing, causing the patient to hear "singing." Second, the songs were very well written! They were fun to sing (even the less silly ones) and worked well with the storyline. The actors had surprisingly good singing voices, and had obviously worked very hard towards this.

Finally, this episode retained everything essential to "Scrubs." An uplifting storyline and poignant message combined with hilarious moments and characters makes "Scrubs," and "My Musical" had all these elements. This show, like all other episodes of "Scrubs" that I have seen, surpassed expectations and left me feeling happy inside. I hope it did the same for all other viewers.

Spoilers ahead - be warned! Before this episode, I was determined to marry Zach Braff simply because of his performance in "Garden State". Now I learn that he can sing and dance! In my opinion, he's the perfect man.

The songs for this episode were written by the creators of my favorite Broadway musical "Avenue Q", which made me all the more excited to watch it. I admit that going into it I was nervous: I perform on stage myself and I know how hard it is to sing and dance in front of people. However, I soon forgot my worries from what I believe was the opening song: "Sacred Heart". It reminded me of the ending of the Avenue Q song "It Sucks to Be Me" where Princeton is welcomed to his new home, which was not at all a bad thing. JD and Turk's first duet about discovering the patient's problem by checking their stool was absolutely hilarious and the lyrics were questionable in true Avenue Q fashion. "Guy Love", their second duet, was incredible and I couldn't stop laughing.

The song played before the finale actually reminded me of "We Go Together" from Grease, which I think was the intention. And the finale truly was wonderful and, like all good musicals, almost heart-breaking.

The only one who looked like he was lipsynching was Dr. Cox; he just seemed a little bit late. Stephanie D'Abruzzo was absolutely perfect as the patient who could hear the singing and I loved that she was cast in that part (for those who don't know, she was Kate in the Original Broadway Cast of Avenue Q). The musical style was perfect for the wacky world of Sacret Heart and the actors showcased their hidden talents wonderfully. But don't think that just because I said that it was reminiscent of Avenue Q, it doesn't mean that it's not original. On the contrary! Even though the music is similar, the songs are completely different; and anyways, it was the mention of Avenue Q that really got me excited about this episode.

In short, it was amazing, and I totally want to see them do another one.

I have watched Scrubs since the pilot, I have all the season on DVD, I have both CDs and I have downloaded the rest of the songs from the show. What I'm trying to say is I love this show, but my as I stated in the topic this episode was terrible.

I hated the music, don't get me wrong the cast did an incredible job, but the lyrics of certain songs made no sense and were not funny. I could go on and on for why I hated this episode, but IMO Scrubs should never do a musical episode again. This was the lowest of the 6 seasons. I just hope the show can go back to its better days, because IMO most of this season has been terrible