That's it exactly. What puzzles me is that Bill Lawrence was the show creator and remained in the executive producer position for eight years. You'd think he'd have known his own characters…

It felt more like a celebration than a mockery to me, but I can see how you might read it the other way, too. Again, the soundtrack has a big part in how the ending is perceived. With that soaring anthem "Where everybody knows your name!" playing, the final montage really reads as a celebration of TV in all its forms.…

Yeah, There's probably a torrent or two somewhere. I'm pretty sure I have a digital copy with the original soundtrack somewhere on my external storage. If you have a hard time tracking it down, let me know, and I might be persuaded to make it available for a brief window of time through means of my own.

Yeah, but there's obviously people reading this who've never seen the show before. That's part of the reason T.V. Club does old shows - to introduce new viewers to old shows.

I actually thought that was pretty realistic. After a few years of dramatic hook-ups and break-ups, they were both pretty sick of each other. A few years later ("My Cold Shower"), J.D. realizes that he's basically been in denial the whole time, and he can't get past her.

When he shaved his head, it threw me for a MAJOR loop. Especially because they introduced it by showing an episode out of production order.

You're probably right. It doesn't really diminish the show's importance to me to acknowledge that, but I started watching the show when I was 18. If I had somehow missed it until now (I turn 26 in a couple of weeks), it probably wouldn't have hit me as hard. I think I still probably would have liked it, but it might…

Possibly. Plus, most comedies get better when you're more familiar with the characters.

They probably came as part of a package.

Eh, I think season 3 is pretty awful, actually, but 1, 2, and 4 are in my hall of fame. I don't know what happened in 3.

That was a network mandate, actually, which Bill Lawrence chafed at. They wanted to introduce a romantic interest who didn't look like a dang movie star, but NBC wouldn't allow it. The closest they would ever come was when JD agreed to date Alex in "My Blind Date" without first seeing what she looked like. (Spoiler…

Laverne's death was such a stupid measure. The writers were needlessly cruel about it, and then it didn't even stick! They brought back the same actress playing the same character in all but name, just half a season later! Shame, shame.

Also, the use of Colin Hay's cover of "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." They only had the rights to that song for one broadcast ever, which means that it got cut from the syndication package and isn't on the DVD. If you ever saw "My Life In Four Cameras" on DVD or in syndication, you'd be right to think the ending…

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I love that one, but it's up against "My Old Lady" and "My Blind Date." I mean, wow, how can you compare?

That's not weird. Now that Sam Lloyd doesn't have a regular TV gig, they've been doubling down and trying to make The Blanks a thing.

Uh-huh. Sure ya didn't.

Definitely a series highlight.

Beautiful.

Booooooo