The sixth season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on November 30, 2006 and concluded on May 17, 2007 and consists of 22 episodes. The series moved to Thursdays at 9:00 pm as a part of NBC's Comedy Night Done Right. Guest stars in the sixth season included Keri Russell and Michael Weston. This season featured the series' musical episode, "My Musical".
Over the course of the season, J.D. (Zach Braff) and the other characters must mature to fill the different roles required of them. J.D., for instance, is cast in the role of expecting father since his girlfriend, Dr. Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks), is pregnant with his child. Turk (Donald Faison) and Carla (Judy Reyes) become parents when Carla gives birth to their daughter, Isabella Turk. Elliot (Sarah Chalke) plans her wedding to Keith (Travis Schuldt), although she and J.D. still harbor feelings for each other. Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), as father of two children with Jordan (Christa Miller), struggles to prevent his foul disposition from affecting his parenting. Important issues are touched upon, such as the importance of leadership, whether everything happens for a reason, and even death.
Cast and characters
Main cast Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid Donald Faison as Dr. Chris Turk Neil Flynn as The Janitor Ken Jenkins as Dr. Bob Kelso John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox Judy Reyes as Nurse Carla Espinosa
Recurring roles Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland Robert Maschio as Dr. Todd Quinlan Travis Schuldt as Keith Dudemeister Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne Roberts Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan Elizabeth Banks as Dr. Kim Briggs Johnny Kastl as Dr. Doug Murphy Mike Schwartz as Lloyd the Delivery Guy
Guest stars
Jay Kenneth Johnson as Dr. Matthews Michael Weston as Brian Dancer Keri Russell as Melody O'Harra Alexander Chaplin as Sam Thompson Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Patti Miller Dave Foley as Dr. Lester Hedrick Nicole Sullivan as Jill Tracy The Blanks as the Worthless Peons Benjamin King as Miloš' Radovicnouizicioiuizcinicizich'l Troy Kotsur as Mr. Frances
Production Season Six saw more writers leave. Tim Hobert left after the first three episodes, as did Tad Quill. Gabrielle Allan returned as a consulting producer for the first half season. Clarence Livingston was hired as a story editor. Andy Schwartz and Dave Tennant were hired as staff writers. Even though Eric Weinberg and Sean Russell each wrote an episode this season, they were not part of the writing staff. Weinberg returned to write just that episode. Russell was the script coordinator, who was given the opportunity to write an episode.
Writing staff Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan – executive producers/assistant head writers Bill Callahan – co-executive producer (episodes 1–3) / executive producer/assistant head writer (episodes 4–22) Tad Quill – executive producer/assistant head writer (episodes 1–3) Mike Schwartz – co-executive producer Debra Fordham – supervising producer Mark Stegemann – supervising producer Janae Bakken – supervising producer Angela Nissel – consulting producer Gabrielle Allan – consulting producer (episodes 1–10) Tim Hobert – executive producer/assistant head writer (episode 1) / consulting producer (episodes 2–3) Kevin Biegel – story editor Aseem Batra – story editor Clarence Livingston – story editor Dave Tennant – staff writer Andy Schwartz – staff writer
Production staff Bill Lawrence – executive producer/showrunner Randall Winston – producer Liz Newman – producer Danny Rose – co-producer
Directors Includes directors who directed 2 or more episodes, or directors who are part of the cast and crew John Putch (4 episodes) Linda Mendoza (2 episodes) John Inwood (2 episodes) Victor Nelli, Jr. (2 episodes) Bill Lawrence (1 episode) Zach Braff (1 episode) Michael McDonald (1 episode) Rick Blue (editor) (1 episode) John Michel (editor) (1 episode) Richard Alexander Wells (assistant director) (1 episode) Mark Stegemann (writer) (1 episode) Richard Davis (camera operator) (1 episode)
Episodes
Notes † denotes a "supersized" episode, running an extended length of 25–28 minutes.
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