It was also a very Scrubs trope that they acknowledged at some point - someone would be having some kind of issue and JD would use it to reflect on his life.

Oh no I wasn't criticising, just amused that the meta joke at the heart of this episode is playing out in the real world!

Might be why Liv says she was scratched, to show the difference. I can't imagine she took utopium but it's been a while since I watched the pilot.

Wasn't Peyton written out because the actor had signed into a pilot that then wasn't picked up, allowing her to return? I always got a sense they wanted her anyway.

I love that IMDB currently has TV Rob Thomas listed as appearing in this episode rather than singer Rob Thomas.

That name and the atmosphere of the Positivity Coffee Shop gave me some serious Pushing Daisies vibes.

I'm really hoping one of them will be called Wyatt Knope.