Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

see-bees t1_j291k2a wrote

Scrubs > Grey’s Anatomy and any other medical show on air

Also heard from an ER doc that scrubs is the only medical show he’s ever seen that remotely resembles reality. Most medical shows have 1st-2nd year residents doing more exotic procedures in a month than real doctors see in a career.

113

itijara t1_j29lds8 wrote

While I agree that Scrubs is better, it's much more comedy than drama. The better comparison is E.R. versus any of its clones.

73

TelluricThread0 t1_j2ai24n wrote

But the way they weave the drama into their stories is amazing.

25

misoranomegami t1_j2ai0w3 wrote

We're past the prime for it but I've said for years we need a Scrubs treatment to all the CSI/forensic shows. One of my college professors used to run a crime lab and he had just the funniest (awful) stories about cases they worked. The CSI shows generally involve some sort of criminal mastermind vs the cases he worked where people would worry that the corpse bag was leaking so stuff in some of their mail with their name to their address to soak up the blood.

25

qtquat t1_j2b3ltq wrote

Off the top of my head I can think of Brooklyn 99 but that’s not quite it. Angie Tribeca is closer but it’s more full on parody.

9

BjornBeetleBorg t1_j29qjha wrote

Scrubs is a comedy. but the medical consulting is great on the show

19

Stardustchaser t1_j2akc1t wrote

To piggyback a few years ago it was ER versus Chicago Hope. Both set in Chicago and released the same year.

12

BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo t1_j2am3tx wrote

I’ve heard that from many medical professionals! It’s because the creator and show runner (and I think head writer, but at least significant influence on writing. Also married to Jordan IRL and plays a janitor in the finale) Bill Lawrence has a good friend who’s a doctor. They were roommates in college, his name is JD. He’s now the chief of medicine at his hospital. I think he and maybe other medical professionals were pretty routinely consulted to make sure it was accurate, both in terms of illnesses and medicine and also general dynamics.

Edit: you may already know that, but I’m just adding it in case others don’t!

12

Dazered t1_j2aqace wrote

From what I heard it's also easier for Scrubs to do things right since the focus was never on the illness. A show like House had to make illnesses outlandish to be entertaining.

16

BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo t1_j2askrq wrote

That’s true! It’s not a focus, but there are often throwaway lines regarding a diagnosis based on symptoms or medicine the can treat/help it. And I’ve heard that’s accurate. But good point- the diseases or illnesses are generally irrelevant to the plot.

9

GaryTheCabalGuy t1_j2azges wrote

These shows aren't remotely similar other than the fact that they both take place in a hospital.

8

DoYouNeedAnAmbulance t1_j2eya5f wrote

Sirens is WAYYYYY closer to real EMS than any of the 911 bullshit shows out there. All of the fire ones are just….wrong…too.

1