Scrubs is the best medical show

HumorMy opponent argues that there are funny parts and dramatic parts of Scrubs, however he misses my point entirely. I have not been arguing that there are no dramatic or no comedic scences. I have been arguing that Scrubs does not blend the comedic and dramatic scenes well. As my opponent stated, "it's a comedy". Unlike House, which is a superb drama and manages to cut in hilarious and shocking comedic monents, Scrubs is left with a good part of comedy, but lacks quality in regards to drama, As pro pointed out, it is not the main intention of the show and so the creators treat it as a secondary effect while House incorporates comedy into every scene as an intrinsic plot element. My opponent also asks when shows like House or Grey's Anatomy show a joke during an emotional part. I do recall the episode of House where Foreman has been infected with a deadly virus and House cracks jokes about him as he desperately races against time to save him. But that it beside the point, the point is that House blends comedy with it's drama, not only giving it a great drama-comedy balance, but also furthering the development of it's title character.RealismMy opopnent argues that most television shows incorporate elements such as weddings, pregnancies, or on-again off-again relationships and that these things are part of everyday life for most people. His proof of this first point is that the television sitcome, How I Met Your Mother recently incorporated all of these elements in an episode. However, like Scrubs, it is a sitcom. Also, if most television shows incorporate these plot elements, how does that make Scrubs any different from them? On House, Chase and Cameron were married, House has an on-again off-again relationship with Stacie and Foreman has one with Thirteen, and a major sub-plot was Cuddy adopting a child. My opponent cannot have it both ways. Either these elements are just generic plot-concepts that don't make a television show special, or they are and House is on par with Scrubs at least in this sense.Pro also argues that most comedies do not feature death as main plot elements. However, drawing on his reference to How I Met Your Mother, a major sub-plot of the last season was Marshal trying to get over the loss of his father. Or, to take an example of a medical show, on House, Cutner's suicide was a tragedy to the team and to House in particular, yet he consistently joked about it to mask his feelings. This is an example of comedy mixed with drama and comedy again being used on House to further the plot and/or character development.PolarityMy point about polarity and confusion was not that people would not understand what was occuring, but that the show is unclear on whether the sub-plot(Laverne's death) was in fact meant for comedic or dramatic purposes. The show took her death in such a light hearted way for most of the episode and then at the end made it emotional? This goes back to the point of comedy and the comedy-drama balance that it needed. While Scrubs does incorporate both types of themes, they are not blended together in a way that makes it enjoyable or entertarining to watch.Life LessonsOn the point of life lessons, my opponent argues that Scrubs also incorporates them sometimes for multiple episodes or seasons. However, unlike Scrubs, shows like House, Nurse Jackie, and E.R. incorporate these themes throughout the entire show. They don't just focus on them for a few episodes or a season, but the show itself is an analysis of these themes, allowing the creators to explore them more deeply then just a few episodes.Personal GrowthMy point is that Elliot's preserverence to get past her social awkwardness is seen as being successful in more dramatic scences, but during comedic scenes it seems to be reversed. This not only adds character inconsistency to the show but reenforces my point of realism and the show's trouble at blending comedy and drama. Turk did mature, but just like Elliot he seems to have different personalities during comedic and dramatic scenes. The same could be said of J.D., the point is that the show doesn't seem to know how to blend different elements(drama and comedy). In House for example, House's personality does not change when he is cracking jokes. He is still a mean curmudgeon. However, Elliot for example, changes from confident and mature woman to quarky and obseessive nut job. Unless the show is portraying her and others as having multiple personality disorder, this point detracts from Scrubs being the best medical show.IMDBWhile IMDB is user rated and does not necessarily reflect critical opinion, but popular opinion, the fact that House and Scrubs are off the rating by a mere 0.1 is not evidence for Scrubs higher quality or House's lower quality.ActingNo evidence, just opinion here.