(S06E06) Well, it's finally here! The musical episode of Scrubs, that is, with songs composed by Avenue Q's Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. A brief synopsis of the plot: a patient (Stephanie D'Abruzzo, an original cast member of Avenue Q) is admitted to Sacred Heart after a fainting spell. From that point on everyone around her is singing and dancing. There are also two additional subplots. One deals with Carla's indecision to return to nursing after being home with her baby, and the second deals with Elliot moving into her own house without J.D. as a roommie.

But, the stories don't matter. What matters here is if this musical experiment paid off. It most definitely did! I would certainly put this behind 'Once More, With Feeling' the musical episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and far ahead of the one that 7th Heaven aired a season or two ago. Gosh, I'd put the musical episode of The Love Boat ahead of the 7th Heaven episode.

I digress. After the jump I'll give you a recap and a review of the big numbers in this week's show.

Welcome to Sacred Heart -- You can't have a musical without a big opening number, and Scrubs didn't disappoint. Ken Jenkins (Bob Kelso) led this singing and dancing number that took place in the parking lot of the hospital. Surprisingly, Jenkins had a fairly decent singing voice. On the other hand, Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reid) has a baritone voice that didn't fit into this song or any other in this episode. This is probably why she wasn't in too many numbers.

Everything Comes Down to Poo -- Come on, it was a song about poopie. How could it not be good? It was the funniest song in the entire episode. I thought the best line in the song was 'I was shot! Check the poo.' This was the first of three songs that featured a duet with Zach Braff (J.D.) and Donald Faison (Turk), but not the best of the lot.

We're Gonna Miss You, Carla -- It's Ted's turn in the spotlight with this number. Regular viewers of Scrubs know that Ted has a pretty decent singing voice, as seen from appearances with his barber shop quartet (who haven't been around much this season). This was probably the only number in this episode that was forgettable.

You Annoy Me -- Coxian rant put to music. John C. McGinley is a wonderful actor, and he fits like a glove into the role of Perry Cox, but he is definitely not a singer. Still, the number was entertaining and summarized Perry's feelings about J.D. very well.

When the Truth Comes Out -- This number took the place of the summary that J.D. usually gives mid-way through the show. It combined a song about what was wrong with the patient who heard singing and combined it with snippets of other songs from earlier in the show. While the beginning of the tune was humorous it ended on a serious note as the patient was told that she had a brain aneurysm.

Guy Love -- This is the number that has been all over the Internet since late last year. I thought it was funny when I first saw it and I thought it was funny when I saw it again tonight. Composers Marx and Lopez really got J.D. and Turk's relationship down in this ditty. Out of all of the duets that these two performed this was, by far, the best one.

She's Dominican -- This Latin-flavored number featured Turk and Carla. Nice dancing from both Judy Reyes and Faison in a song about how much Turk really knew about his wife.

Friends Forever -- If this wasn't a direct rip-off of 'We Go Together' from Grease then I don't know what was. You could've actually taken this number and thrown it into a production of Grease. Pretty amusing. This song led directly into . . .

What's Going to Happen -- This serious number highlighted the talents of D'Abruzzo as the fainting patient. This was the best song of the whole episode and involved the entire cast telling her that everything would be okay. it was one of those tunes that gave me chills, and was an excellent ending to a fine episode.