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Is it just me or is this a ripoff of scrubs, but set in an airport?


Subject says it all.

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Just you.

There are no attempts to break the 4th wall, no narration, no pop culture references, no cut aways to random vignettes, and no serious looks at any social/professional issues, which are the aspects that make scrubs unique.

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i dont really think scrubs breaks the 4th wall, other than the use of voice overs... and by that i mean, looking at/talking to/referencing the audience the way fresh prince did...

that said, I enjoy the loop and think it could have lasted if fox marketed it better (put it on with other like shows, ie NBC's thursday night) becuase i remember seeing commercials for it but never thought i might like it, as i do now from netflixing the dvds.

and for the record, scrubs was brilliant back in the day. seasons 1-3 were awesome, 4 was good, 5 was mediocre, and 6 was unwatchable.

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I fon't really think it is. And I'm not saying it because I don't like Scrubs, I really do. But Scrubs is about a group of friends who work together and their social life. In this show, the guy actually knows his job pretty well, and his friends are no where newar it, his job that is. I love both shows.
I also think that the way it is based on the creators real lives makes it different.

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wow you can read...you got this off the loop wikipedia...dont copy things u read online and try to pass it as your own....tard

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Well, there are no imaginary what-if dream sequences of silly cartoon stuff and there are no underlying messages that try to bludheon u in the head for the last 5 minutes of an episode, and that makes up about 90% of what scrubs is... so no, its not in the slightest.

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I welcome another show like Scrubs. Comedy wise that is.

I like both shows but scrubs had a lot more time to develop so I would always choose scrubs over the loop. Both awesome shows though.

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I'd like to chime in 8 years later, afte rthis has long been of the air and say that "No, it's just you".
This is no more a ripoff of scrubs than any show is of any show that has a young lead who works and has freinds.

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I concur. THE LOOP was grossly underrated. Original and hilariously funny, with a great male lead actor. Too bad Bret Harrison isn't a big star.

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