Scrubs Season 2 Opens With Two-Episode Premiere on ABC and Hulu
Scrubs checked back in with a double helping. The hospital comedy opened its second season with a two-episode premiere on ABC on Wednesday, 30 September. The episodes are now streaming on Hulu. ABC
The new run is organised as 10 episodes, up from nine in season one. Aseem Batra is the showrunner, meaning the writer-producer in charge of the season creatively. He set out the premiere storylines in an interview about the return. The Hollywood Reporter
Zach Braff returns as J.D., Donald Faison as Turk and Sarah Chalke as Elliot. John C. McGinley is back as Dr. Cox, the gruff attending physician. Judy Reyes returns as Carla, Turk's wife and a nurse at the hospital.
J.D. spends the premiere hunting for a treatment that will let Dr. Cox make meaningful progress with his autoimmune condition. It is a doctor-as-patient story. The search tests J.D.'s persistence as much as his medicine.
Elliot sees her younger self in Tosh while the junior doctor struggles to choose a specialty. Tosh is played by Ava Bunn, who was promoted to series regular for season two, meaning she joins the main credited cast. Jacob Dudman plays Asher, whose budding relationship with Tosh continues in the premiere. Indecision about the future meets uncertainty about romance.
Turk loses confidence in his surgical skills. He starts to question whether he gives too much at work and not enough at home to Carla and their daughters. It is the season's work-life balance thread, played through a surgeon doubting his hands.
There are familiar and new faces around them. Rachel Bilson returns as guest star Charlie, who continues her relationship with J.D. Vanessa Bayer plays Sibby, a human resources representative keeping order in the wards. John Higgins has joined as a resident, adding another junior doctor to the rota.
For fans, this means more of the show's signature devices. Episode two builds to the creation of a J.D. quartet. The premiere also includes a fantasy cutaway evoking the Power Rangers, the 1990s children's favourite. Short fantasy scenes were long part of the show's language.
