And one of the minor running jokes of the series is how doctors spend so much of their time and intellectual energy on learning medicine they become remarkably ignorant on any other subject.

The early seasons seemed to work better for me because of all the night shifts the young interns/residents had to work. Being in the hospital at night really darkened the tenor of the show and smothered some of the silliness. And the occasional trip outside the hospital made the real world seem weird and bright. As…