When making medical comedy-drama Scrubs, creator Invoice Lawrence made two particular guarantees to Neil Flynn in regards to the Janitor’s future on the present. Scrubs‘ distinctive mix of quirky humor and highly effective drama made for fairly a potent combine, and it is one which earned the present an enormous following. Initially airing for eight seasons (and with the Scrubs season 9 reboot being one which many would sooner overlook), the present noticed all of its characters bear vital character growth, with lots of them beginning out as overwhelmed interns and rising into assured docs because the present progressed.
Regardless of Scrubs providing loads of character growth for many of its forged, there may be one character who modified extremely little over the present’s first eight seasons. Neil Flynn’s Janitor was a key a part of Scrubs‘ forged, and he additionally offered most of the present’s most memorable moments. The Janitor was outlined by his oddball humorousness, his intense dislike for J.D., his usually antagonistic demeanor, and the truth that nobody appeared to know his actual identify.
Nevertheless, early on within the present’s run, the actor had sure requests for Scrubs‘ creator Invoice Lawrence relating to his character. Neil Flynn wished the Janitor’s id revealed, and he wished the character to get pleasure from a relationship throughout his time on the present. Lawrence promised Flynn that he would fulfill these requests, and he did: Scrubs season 8 – initially meant to be its remaining season – noticed the Janitor get married, and he even revealed his identify to J.D. within the season finale.
Scrubs’ Creator Saved His Janitor Guarantees In The Finest Doable Approach
Not solely did Invoice Lawrence preserve his guarantees to Neil Flynn in regards to the Janitor, however he stored them in essentially the most becoming means potential. The Janitor did get to expertise an actual relationship, though it is revealed that he is solely ready to take action by pretending to be “regular” and hiding the overwhelming majority of his eccentric habits and ideas. The Janitor’s girlfriend (later spouse) Woman is virtually his reverse, and due to this fact he was compelled to undertake one other persona round her, albeit one which nobody however J.D. acknowledges as an act. The Janitor’s change in Scrubs had purpose, however it was nonetheless an act, and due to this fact the event held true to how his character had been established over the earlier seasons.
Lawrence stored his different promise within the remaining episode. In J.D. and the Janitor’s remaining scene collectively, the latter lastly reveals his actual identify: Glenn Matthews. Not solely was this an ideal Scrubs anti-climax, however it’s instantly referred to as into query by one other character figuring out the Janitor as one other identify. Although Invoice Lawrence has since confirmed the Janitor to be Glenn Matthews, revealing his identify solely to abruptly forged doubt upon it’s one other excellent Janitor joke.
Which means that Invoice Lawrence stored each of his guarantees to Neil Flynn with out undermining the quirky and enigmatic nature of the character. Because the Janitor did not return for Scrubs season 9, the identify reveal was Flynn’s remaining full scene on the present, and it was a fittingly complicated and humorous observe to finish the character’s story on. Although Neil Flynn’s Janitor request could have as soon as appeared inconceivable, Invoice Lawrence agreed to the concepts after which set about making them work organically throughout the story of Scrubs, making the Janitor an ideal character within the course of.
