My Long Goodbye
| "My Long Goodbye" | |
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| Scrubs episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Victor Nelli, Jr. |
| Written by | Dave Tennant |
| Featured music | "A Bad Dream" by Keane "Driving Down the Darkness" by DevilDriver |
| Production code | 615 |
| Original air date | April 5, 2007 |
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"My Long Goodbye" is the 15th episode of season six of the American comedy-drama Scrubs. It was written by Dave Tennant and directed by Victor Nelli, Jr.. It is noteworthy for being the last regular episode featuring Aloma Wright as Laverne Roberts, a regular recurring character since the pilot episode.
A direct sequel to "My No Good Reason", it depicts each cast member saying their goodbyes to coworker Laverne, who is in a non-responsive coma due to injuries she sustained in a car accident, and whose life support will soon be turned off by her family. The title of the episode refers to Carla Espinosa's (Judy Reyes) difficulty in saying goodbye to Laverne, ghostly visions of whom appear to Carla to encourage her in this endeavor.
The episode was well-received, with critics praising Reyes's performance and the emotional drama of the story. The episode won the Humanitas Prize, for the second time in the series history.
Eventually, some members of staff start saying goodbye to her, but Carla Espinosa tells everyone that Laverne could still pull through. In deep denial, Carla hallucinates that she sees Laverne's spirit following her around and talking to her.
The whole staff is heart-broken when Laverne's latest CT scans arrive; she's brain dead. Laverne's family decides to take her off life support, and one by one the main characters say their own goodbyes to Laverne. Carla, in the end, learns from Laverne's spirit that she must say goodbye to the people she cares for before she loses her chance, and says her own tearful goodbye to Laverne. As Carla walks out of the room and collapses in tears in Turk's arms, Laverne finally dies and her spirit passes away.
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