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Donald, you’ve been with Scrubs since the beginning. This year, it’s gotten a new setting and some new faces. Does it still feel like the same Scrubs on set?

Donald Faison: Yes and no. It’s different because there are a lot of new characters on the show this year. But it’s the same because we’re not doing the same jokes, but we still have that wacky humor. That’s the best way I can answer that question. Yes and no.

Are you guys working with mostly the same crew?

Faison: No, we have an all new crew this year. The old Scrubs crew has moved on and is now working on Cougar Town, which is on the same lot as Scrubs this year. I still get to see some of the old buddies, but pretty much everything is new on the show.

Dave, was it easier or harder to come onto a show that had already established itself?

Dave Franco: I think it’s easier, but there are some things that are hard about it. It’s a such an established, well-respected show and you want to do it justice. I don’t want to come in and… I don’t know if I would single-handedly ruin the show.

Faison: [Laughs] No way.

Franco: I want to come in and do the best job I can. At the same time, having these guys around who have been doing this for such a long time, they make it easy on us. They put us at ease, especially during those first few episodes. At this point, we’re still starting up, but I feel like we’ve gotten into a groove and we all get along so well, it makes it easy.

I saw some of your previous comedy work on funnyordie.com and a little bit on Privileged. Were you looking to do a sitcom? What did you think when Scrubs came along?

Franco: I don’t know if I was necessarily looking for it, but when it came along… The character is so ridiculous. It’s like nothing I’ve done before. On Privileged, I was playing the exact opposite role. I was this innocent, sweet math dork and now I’m playing the self-entitled, womanizing, jerk, bastard rich kid. It’s fun. Scrubs has such an amazing following and there’s a reason for that. I was just excited for the opportunity to get onboard.

Cole’s kind of an obnoxious jerk, but the great thing about Scrubs is that everyone has a more human side. Will we get to see a little bit of his softer side?

Franco: Of course. The first few episodes, not so much. But you will see a more vulnerable side of him and, hopefully, start to sympathize with him.

Donald, this season Turk and J.D. aren’t working together as much. How does Turk handle that? And for you, as a longtime castmate and friend of Zach’s, how has it been for you not to have him around as much on set?

Faison: Turk has a hard time with it and seeks a new work buddy in the hospital. As far as I go, I’ve never really liked Zach Braff. He’s always been kind of a jerk to me. No, of course, it’s different. I spent eight years with someone who is pretty much exactly like me. When he left, it was different. But everyone that they’ve hired, all of the new guys, are really, really good. It makes it easier when you get to work with people – pardon the expression – who can carry their own weight. All of the new cast members are so dynamic and so interesting and so easy to love that it made my transition into this new show really easy. Everybody’s a professional. Everybody works very hard. That not only is inspiring, it’s a lot of motivation to make sure that I stay on point, as well. If not to set an example of what the old show was like, at least give them a hint of what the old show was like, so if the show does go on after, these guys can take it forth.

One person who, sadly, isn’t along for this new show is Judy Reyes, who plays your wife Carla. What does that mean for Turk’s home life and his kids? Are we still going to see some of that on the show?

Faison: I don’t think we’re going to see that much of Turk’s home life now because that’s where Carla is. At home with the babies. And as you know, Carla’s not going to be on the show this year. It’s a little weird that Turk is always in the hospital. And it’s a little weird not having a love interest on the show. I’m sort of like the asexual on the show now. And Judy is missed.

Is there a chance that she might come back for a guest spot?

Faison: Anything’s possible.

Lucy is kind of like the new J.D. She’s taken over the voiceovers. I was wondering, do you see a little Turk in any of the new characters? Maybe someone with some good dance moves?

Faison: I’m telling you, the moves that Turk does can’t be defined.

I just saw you on the Tonight Show the other day with Pee Wee Herman and Conan dancing.

Faison: I was dancing with Pee Wee Herman! Not a lot of people can say they did that. I did it.

Cross that one off the bucket list.

Faison: Yeah, I can take that one off the bucket list. I think everybody is their own character now. I don’t even think Lucy is very much like J.D. She might be clumsy, but I don’t think that was a J.D. quality. I think the one quality that she has that J.D. has is that she wants to succeed and that’s about it. She’s way prettier than Zach was [laughs]. I think it’s cool that we’re following a woman this time around.

What would you guys tell people who’ve never seen the show before and are thinking of checking it out? What would you tell them about this new Scrubs and why they should watch it?

Franco: It’s one of these show… It’s just fun. It’s just so out there. At the same time, there is humanity there. There’s some real moments that really get to you. But then you transition a couple scenes later and you’re being hung in a tree like a piñata. For people who’ve never seen it, you really can start watching this season and you won’t feel like you’re missing out by not seeing the previous seasons. You can jump right into it and enjoy the humor.

Faison: Although we encourage people to go back and see the old seasons.

Franco: Check out season eight on DVD.

Faison: It just came out recently. But Dave’s right. You can tune in this year and it’s a brand new story. It’s a fresh start. And if you watched the show for the eight seasons that it was on before, it’s still a continuation, as well.