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[This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of the Scrubs revival on ABC .]

It’s been almost 25 years since Scrubs aired its first episode, and the revival of the hospital comedy that premiered on ABC Wednesday is upfront about acknowledging the passage of that much time. J.D. ( Zach Braff ), Turk ( Donald Faison ) and Elliot ( Sarah Chalke ) are all older and more experienced, and their relationships have changed — fractured, in some cases.

Where they were interns when the show began, the returning characters are now teachers. Turk is chief of surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital, and J.D. returns as chief of medicine in Wednesday’s premiere. Elliot also has a senior position at the hospital.

But it’s still Scrubs , which means the show still features J.D.’s voice-over narration and cuts to his daydreams, and Turk still dances down the hallway, and Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) delivers a series of rapid-fire putdowns aimed at an intern. Oh, and J.D.…