I'm not sure if I'm the only one who was genuinely taken off guard by this ending the first time I saw it. I remember looking back at the rest of the episode, realizing that Ben didn't interact with anyone else, that no-one else acknowledged his existence... Perfectly crafted.
I was. I briefly thought it was Ben when JD told Dr. Cox someone had died but no one seemed to be concerned with Cox talking with himself so I had shrugged it off long before the ending.
You aren't the only one, me and my housemate rewatched it several times before it dawned on us, brilliantly put together and really shows Dr Cox at his absolute most vulnerable, this wasn't just a patient it was his best friend, so in denial he still adamantly believes he's still there. Gets me every time :(
First time i watched it i felt like that was going to happen but dreaded it. No one interacting with him directly, the ambiguous way cox was told the "patient passed" i just did not want it to be true. Then the last scene with cox in a black suit. Who would wear that to a kids birthday party at what looked like a park. Then i knew it had to be true because cox doesn't go to patient funerals, it had to be ben. That and the camera was gone.
The hardest part about letting people into our hearts is that, when they die, that space we made for them is NEVER filledor removed. It's just a permanent void.
I feel you, my best friend died when he was 10, we'd been friends for 4 years. Whenever I think back on my formative years, he's always there. Weirdly though, every death since then has been more and more... manageable? I think manageable is the right word.
I think I felt that ton of bricks with JD on "My Old Lady". Of course, it was 2 tons on "My Lunch" and there's no logical number for the amount or weight of bricks that hit me every time I watch the end of "My Screw Up".
@@Nmille98 I feel the next episodes ending was too closely tied. JD sitting on the couch with Cox, telling him how proud he was. After 20 years of being a doctor. When things go bad, he still takes it this hard. Thats the kind of doctor JD wants to be. That tug a few heart strings.
Man I dunno - the ending for My Lunch is sad and it's hard to see Dr Cox so sad over losing patients, but THIS episode, where he lost his best friend, really hits harder. The way the entire episode was crafted and then giving that ending that left you breathless when you realized he had died and Cox was talking to air really leaves you speechless and crying for him. I had to hold back tears at the Costco as I watched this (I'm embarrassed to cry in public ;; )
scrubs will always be in my heart! :D i dont know if people know but this show actually taught me alot of life lessons and when my mom always ask how i knew these stuff i would reply "scrubs" :)
There's a video I think like the 10 or 20 times Dr. Cox was the only mentor we would ever need...I think its possible to make a video about why Scrubs is the same way with life lessons.
Top two are so close for me that I don't know that I would be able to choose which is number 1. In the lunch though and the episode after that one (my fallen idol I think) you see just how much Dr. Cox actually respects JD and cares about what he thinks.
All good picks. Deffinetly some twists on the #1 pick. First time I watched it I couldn't believe I missed all the clues. They did great selling it like he was still alive. Scrubs is one of my all time favorite shows.
Scrubs is the greatest TV show ever created. Friends, Seinfeld, ER, Greys, MASH, etc, etc, etc... have nothing on this show. It's a whole 'nother level!!
@@pup123434 gosh I posted that 10 years ago apparently! I was at University, and had watched through all of the Scrubs in order the previous year on UA-cam :D
After watching the series a few times you see that Cox might not be an alcoholic, but he does use it to cope with pain. They don't outwardly say it but he's so fucked up in this episode he hallucinates what he wanted his final moments with his best friend to be, and thought they were ending at his kids birthday party by the end of it before sobering up and realizing he was at the funeral.
I was really getting worried while watching your vids.....I thought maybe someone was going a step further than normal in the whole identity theft thing, because this is my Top 5 Favorite Endings from Scrubs, until you got to #2. Take out your selection and put in My Princess. Let's just say, that's the way I'm telling it.
McGinley not getting an Emmy for this role was an absolute crime!
I'm not sure if I'm the only one who was genuinely taken off guard by this ending the first time I saw it. I remember looking back at the rest of the episode, realizing that Ben didn't interact with anyone else, that no-one else acknowledged his existence... Perfectly crafted.
I was. I briefly thought it was Ben when JD told Dr. Cox someone had died but no one seemed to be concerned with Cox talking with himself so I had shrugged it off long before the ending.
You aren't the only one, me and my housemate rewatched it several times before it dawned on us, brilliantly put together and really shows Dr Cox at his absolute most vulnerable, this wasn't just a patient it was his best friend, so in denial he still adamantly believes he's still there. Gets me every time :(
SalmonOfK84 It’s like the sixth sense
Also no camera, “till I die” god this was good television
First time i watched it i felt like that was going to happen but dreaded it. No one interacting with him directly, the ambiguous way cox was told the "patient passed" i just did not want it to be true. Then the last scene with cox in a black suit. Who would wear that to a kids birthday party at what looked like a park. Then i knew it had to be true because cox doesn't go to patient funerals, it had to be ben. That and the camera was gone.
Laverne passing was one of my favorites too. Carla crying got the best of me, a stoic 20+ year old guy at the time, bawling.
It makes me cry every time, Carla was everybody's work mom and Laverne was hers.
Scrubs is way underrated as a sitcom... Best ever in my opinion, and no, I didn't forget Seinfeld or Friends. Scrubs was better.
Best ever sitcom, and best ever medical drama.
No other show has made me laugh, cry, and be as introspective as Scrubs.
It was Scrubs and That 70's that were the best sitcom's from my perspective.
Yes!
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I love how JD is always compassionate and always tries to be there. And how every character in this show is human.
The hardest part about letting people into our hearts is that, when they die, that space we made for them is NEVER filledor removed. It's just a permanent void.
The sadness you feel doesn't have to lead to emptiness. Just because a person moves on doesn't mean the love you have for them has to.
I feel you, my best friend died when he was 10, we'd been friends for 4 years. Whenever I think back on my formative years, he's always there. Weirdly though, every death since then has been more and more... manageable? I think manageable is the right word.
The worst day of loving someone is the day you lose them.
He was by far the best guest Scrubs ever had. RIP, Ben.
Buried my mum a month ago. I thought I was all cried out, but this video brought back the tears again. Thanks...I needed a good cry
I think I felt that ton of bricks with JD on "My Old Lady". Of course, it was 2 tons on "My Lunch" and there's no logical number for the amount or weight of bricks that hit me every time I watch the end of "My Screw Up".
Honestly, "Lunch"'s ending got better after J.D. left, and we learn Cox had such respect for him as a man and a doctor.
@@Nmille98 I feel the next episodes ending was too closely tied. JD sitting on the couch with Cox, telling him how proud he was. After 20 years of being a doctor. When things go bad, he still takes it this hard. Thats the kind of doctor JD wants to be. That tug a few heart strings.
Man I dunno - the ending for My Lunch is sad and it's hard to see Dr Cox so sad over losing patients, but THIS episode, where he lost his best friend, really hits harder. The way the entire episode was crafted and then giving that ending that left you breathless when you realized he had died and Cox was talking to air really leaves you speechless and crying for him. I had to hold back tears at the Costco as I watched this (I'm embarrassed to cry in public ;; )
because he's the strongest and we want to follow him
“People singing happy birthday to my son who’d never even met him before” always gets to me.
Just noticed he looked towards Ben when he said that
scrubs will always be in my heart! :D i dont know if people know but this show actually taught me alot of life lessons and when my mom always ask how i knew these stuff i would reply "scrubs" :)
There's a video I think like the 10 or 20 times Dr. Cox was the only mentor we would ever need...I think its possible to make a video about why Scrubs is the same way with life lessons.
I knew Ben's death was coming, but I still got a lump in my throat.
Watching Cox cry is one of the most gut wrenching things to witness.
Oh that mid-2000s graphic and sound effects, sweet beautiful nostalgia
The second he says "where do you think we are?" A lump develops in my throat
Top two are so close for me that I don't know that I would be able to choose which is number 1. In the lunch though and the episode after that one (my fallen idol I think) you see just how much Dr. Cox actually respects JD and cares about what he thinks.
Absolutely. This HAD to be Number One. No doubt about it.
I wouldn't say this is my favorite ending .. but it certainly was the best. The writers out-did themselves and the actors knocked it out of the park.
All good picks. Deffinetly some twists on the #1 pick. First time I watched it I couldn't believe I missed all the clues. They did great selling it like he was still alive. Scrubs is one of my all time favorite shows.
This show never ceased to make me laugh. Its also at times brought tears to my eyes. This was one of them.
..........where do you think we are?
IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOOD BYE.(tears aflowing)
Dr cox deserve an oscar for his reaction after that sentance, first time i saw it i cried.
that's the line that gets me
That line breaks me every single time.
Scrubs is the greatest TV show ever created. Friends, Seinfeld, ER, Greys, MASH, etc, etc, etc... have nothing on this show. It's a whole 'nother level!!
Can't argue your number one, but Dan Dorian's warning to Dr. Cox is a glaring omission from the list, IMO.
The music, the way the scene was shot, john c mcginleys acting....god damn i am an emotionless shell but does this scene get me.
I gotta agree even though the last episode of the original series was a high level tear jerker too.
i like how scrubs is serious as well as funny. nice video
Roughly 15 minutes of funny, the last 10 minutes..sadness..
Then 2 hours of tears
@@pup123434 gosh I posted that 10 years ago apparently! I was at University, and had watched through all of the Scrubs in order the previous year on UA-cam :D
Dammit! It’s 2017 and I’m still chopping onions.
It's 2019 and so am i
2020. miss this show.
Can confirm 2021 still has onions.
That fucking look back and the face dr.Cox makes when JD says “where do you think we are” just gets me so emotional
It heartbreakingly beautiful
Best adoption of six sense moment..
John C.Mcginley is criminally underrated
this is my second best ending. The ending from "my lunch" is still #1
Brilliant picks
George dying still gets me :(
Couldn't stop watching and shocked by the death of Dr. Coxs brother in law Ben. Brendan Frasier was a wonderful addition to the show.
After watching the series a few times you see that Cox might not be an alcoholic, but he does use it to cope with pain. They don't outwardly say it but he's so fucked up in this episode he hallucinates what he wanted his final moments with his best friend to be, and thought they were ending at his kids birthday party by the end of it before sobering up and realizing he was at the funeral.
He self-medicates with alcohol.
This for the first time was even harder if you didn't know songs like Winter by Joshua Radin which hits me for several very different reasons
Obviously this was going to be #1
My Philosophy also has a great ending.
i loved this episode...cried at the end...i mean punch the wall all manly like =)
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Beautiful.
You are 100 percent right.
even the Potato quality doesn't detract from the sheer power of this episode....
Daniel Jackson levels of emotion!
I think Dr. Frasier's death in that show was way harder to take. Similar to "my screwup"
Honestly my favorite ending in all of scrubs in “My Fallen Idol” when J.D helps Dr.Cox with his little speech and then they go to the bar.
WHO THE F IS CUTTING THESE ONIONS?!
I like my overkill
Brandan Fraser is awesome 😎
He was criminally underrated his few episodes.
hahaha lmao "i mean punch the wall all manly like" from Season 1 Episode 9 "My Day Off"
Totally agree.
i cannot believe its not butter!!!!!
The best endings are Dr.Cox ending
i prefer the ending of "My Lunch"
My two favorites aren't even in your top 5.
1. My TCW (I love that whole episode)
2. My Choosiest Choice of All
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck TT_TT
nc video
haha yeah ^_^
This is the same time his career died too ;-;
I was really getting worried while watching your vids.....I thought maybe someone was going a step further than normal in the whole identity theft thing, because this is my Top 5 Favorite Endings from Scrubs, until you got to #2. Take out your selection and put in My Princess. Let's just say, that's the way I'm telling it.
by far this is the saddest moment in scurbs