Scrubs balanced the funny / serious well the first few seasons. I read an interview with the show creator & head writer before this season started, and he said that NBC was forcing his hand toward the stupid silly stuff. When he was in talks with ABC, he was doing it on the condition that he could take the show back to how it used to be. Unfortunately ABC shoved Courtney Cox down his throat to pick up some extra viewers, but with that aside I think it was a pretty good season. I still love the finale too, it's so rare that a finale really sends a show off right.