 Scrubs had previously dabbled in the musical genre , including a West Side Story parody in the episode " My Way or the Highway , " and a Broadway @-@ style finale in " My Philosophy . " However , Lawrence had long been unwilling to do full musical episode , because of difficulties making it " organic to the show , " and because of the amount of work that would inevitably be involved . Finally , at the end of Season 5 , with Season 6 looking like it would probably be the last season ; Lawrence told the writers that if they were ever going to do a musical episode , it should be in Season 6 . 
