"I'm gonna have a good year, aren't I?" J.D. (Zach Braff), now an attending physician at Sacred Heart Hospital, asks in the fifth season's opening episode. All vital signs are good (the series did receive an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy), but longtime Scrubs fans may be forgiven a sense of d??j?? vu, from J.D.'s whimsical reveries to Dr. Cox's (John C. McGinley) increasingly tiresome rants. The series itself acknowledges the palpable sense of been there, seen that with the clever episode "D??j?? vu, D??j?? vu." But don't pronounce Scrubs dead just yet. Directed by Braff, "My Way Home," the series' 100th episode, is a brilliantly conceived homage to The Wizard of Oz with J.D. and company finding their hearts, brains, and courage. Another powerful episode that shows a welcome maturity is "My Lunch," in which J.D. at last has lunch with his reluctant mentor, Dr. Cox, in the wake of a patient's death (happily, the music rights were secured for the DVD release so that the Fray's "How to Save a Life" is playing on the soundtrack when Dr. Cox has his own tragic setback), and the follow-up episode, "My Fallen Idol."

While Scrubs has a tendency this season to get "more ridiculous" (in one episode, Neil Flynn's Janitor defies Ken Jenkins' Dr. Kelso to secretly keep a crow in the hospital), the scalpel-sharp writing affords Braff moments that are, in his character's own words, "classic Dorian." In the episode "My Half Acre," he mixes his sports analogies to tell Elliot (Sarah Chalke), "What's waiting for me in my room is what's known, in football terms, as a slam dunk," as he mimes hitting a tennis ball. Mandy Moore, displaying a surprising knack for physical comedy, follows Tara Reid and Heather Graham as a fleeting love interest for J.D. Other character milestones include pregnancies for Carla (Judy Reyes) and two other characters best left a surprise. Good for whatever ails season 5 are this set's extras, including an entertaining series retrospective, featuring interviews with the cast and creators, as well as commentary by Braff for an extended cut of "My Way Home." --Donald Liebenson

...but these dics just plain suck. They lock up permanently, I can't access the main menu anymore and my players freeze all the time. These are the only dics that have that problem. Might have something to do with my players ability to memorize the last play, which unfortunately I can't even turn off and it can be circumvented by playing a bunch of different DVDs to clean the cache of the players, but still it is annoying and frustrating. Great show, but they did something to those discs that makes them almost unusable.

To be absolutley honest, when I first saw Scrubs Season 5 on TV, I found it very dissappointing. I decided to buy it for the sake of it, and I can't remember why I hated it! It is just as humourous as all of the other series' and has some hilarious jokes.

It has some great, new different types of episodes such as 'My Deja vu Deja vu' and uses a rip off from the Wizard of Oz. It has some very memorable scenes and some brilliant fantasies and gags!

Trust me, if you didn't like it first time round, if you buy it you will love it! I strongly recommend on buying this! (10/10)

i loved series 5 of scrubs and ive just pre ordered series 6 and can't wait to see that. every series so far has been hilarious each one is better than the last, when i first watched series 5 i cudnt stop laughin its the best so far and im sure series 6 will be realy good too so cant wait for 14th jan

I love scrubs and although each series, up to now, seemed to get better, the format is getting a little tired. We're up to series 5 and it's still hilarious, but those laugh out loud moments seems fewer this time around and JD's daydreams aren't as endearing as they used to be. Saying that, the standard was so high previously that this series is still excellent and easily up to other shows best output. You still get to hear JD's hilarious internal monologue, as well as seeing some of his more outlandish imaginings. The various relationships are both touching and packed with humour. The janitor is still tormenting JD, The Todd is still as chauvinistic, Kelso is as sharp and cutting, Jordan is still as feisty and Dr Cox is as caustic as ever. Still a great show despite my earlier reservations. Buy it, kick back and laugh until your sides need stitches!

Well it looks like I've been proved wrong (but in the best way possible.) When I reviewed Scrubs Series four on the 12th October 2006, I commented that the saga seemed to be losing its shine and I was anxious to see where Scrubs goes from here. However now that I've finally purchased the complete fifth season on DVD (yes I know that series six is coming out soon - I'm a little behind) and watched every episode over the weekend, I have to say WOW! My faith in Scrubs has been entirely restored as the fifth series is just amazing. Each episode is just unbelievably comical and includes some more series stories throughout. Episode twenty when Dr Cox looses three transplant patients through no fault of his own is probably one of the best or even the best Scrubs episode ever. By the end of it I had tears in my eyes. Not to forget the kung-fu fight sequence with Turk and 'The Todd.' Which was nothing short of breath taking. Guest stars in this season are Jason Bateman and Cheryl Hines, combine this with a never before seen extended cut of the 100th episode makes Scrubs The Complete Fifth Series a must own.