How many of you watch DR. House?

[MoeRon]

Amber is syphilis, a "clever" plot device to "humanize" House's invincible resilience and make what's her name (chief Hospital admin) useful/credible when they both really link up in a heart warming last stretch to the series conclusion.  Everyone's gonna rub off on everyone in a giant love fest in the face of dramatic adversity. yadda yadda

Cutner died because he quit acting for Ob^H^H political activism.  Whether it's suicide or murder is up in the air so the script hacks get some leeway later down the road.

[DREDIOCK]

House is great but I didn't enjoy the last two seasons (4 and 5) as much, and they killed the only REALLY interesting member of the new team (although I'd definitely hit Thirteen). I haven't really watched since they moved him to Monday nights because my first love is Chuck. I do frequently watch the repeats on USA tho.

You can catch it online at your leisure as well

http://www.fox.com/house/

[Saxman]

Are they still a week behind airing it? I know hulu doesn't put up that Monday's episode until the FOLLOWING week, which is stupid.

[BnZs]

House is great but I didn't enjoy the last two seasons (4 and 5) as much, and they killed the only REALLY interesting member of the new team (although I'd definitely hit Thirteen).

The only character besides House I vaguely empathized with. I take it for granted that House is damaged, misanthropic and eccentric, but the other characters always seemed like card-board cut-outs to me, too "neat", and too miserable for people who ain't House. Someone's 2D idea of what a bunch of young, "hip" doctors are like, atrociously "normal" to act as foils for House. Cuttner was the only one not wallowing in personal life misery and who actually had, I don't know, a hobby maybe? An original thought? I was hoping he might actually be able to disagree with some of House's basic assumptions on a level more sophisticated than the other character's "Ah Gee House, that's not very nice!" pronouncements at some point.

[DrDea]

Cuttner was the only one not wallowing in personal life misery and who actually had, I don't know, a hobby maybe? An original thought? I was hoping he might actually be able to disagree with some of House's basic assumptions on a level more sophisticated than the other character's "Ah Gee House, that's not very nice!" pronouncements at some point.

Ahh but he killed himself so that idea is removed.
 i dont see the others as being cut outs.Each has their own little issues just like everyone else in life.I think the cast is solid and this is one show I actually look forward to watching.

[Curval]

Cutner died because he quit acting for Ob^H^H political activism.  Whether it's suicide or murder is up in the air so the script hacks get some leeway later down the road.

So, he killed himself in order to go kill his career.

Destructive fellow.

[moot]

Had me puzzled too..

[Simaril]

As a practicing Internal Medicine doc (same specialty as House), I honestly can't stand the show. Drives me nuts that they have the guy jump to conclusions before there's any information to go on....It'd be like having your CSI tech walk up to the scene, glance at it, and name the suspect without bothering to collect the evidence.

In the few episodes I've seen, about the only thing that rings true is the way the guy will sometimes sit the team down and brainstorm the differential diagnosis. What's supposed to happen then is that you order the right tests to discriminate between the likely choices, and you work your way to the right answer.

What House does isn't brilliance...it's called "premature closure" in the business. By making up your mind too early you start missing conflicting information, and you can really scr@# things up for your patient in short order.

But, it's TV, and I've got colleagues who really like it. Just does the fingernails-on-chalkboard thing to me... 

[moot]

Some of the stuff is pretty off, yep. The MRI thing where they debate whether it could or couldn't move some metal pellets in a patient..... IIRC you can't even walk into the room with the magnet off.
The character is good though, it's too bad they can't cut down on the creamy drama.

[BnZs]

That is approximately how I feel when I watch a swordfight in movies or T.V., or how we much feel watching a dogfight...knowledge is detrimental to enjoyment of the boob tube I think.

As a practicing Internal Medicine doc (same specialty as House), I honestly can't stand the show. Drives me nuts that they have the guy jump to conclusions before there's any information to go on....It'd be like having your CSI tech walk up to the scene, glance at it, and name the suspect without bothering to collect the evidence.

In the few episodes I've seen, about the only thing that rings true is the way the guy will sometimes sit the team down and brainstorm the differential diagnosis. What's supposed to happen then is that you order the right tests to discriminate between the likely choices, and you work your way to the right answer.

What House does isn't brilliance...it's called "premature closure" in the business. By making up your mind too early you start missing conflicting information, and you can really scr@# things up for your patient in short order.

But, it's TV, and I've got colleagues who really like it. Just does the fingernails-on-chalkboard thing to me... 

[Raptor]

Seasons 1 and 2 were the best, I still watch House but it has been replaced by The Office as my number one show to watch (although they air on different nights).
My favorite episode was "All In" in season 2.

[Mustaine]

Never saw this thread...

I love and watch house like a fanatic lol

Kal Penn's removal form the show pissed me off, he was the reason I started watching regularly. I haven't heard anything from him, or the show on why... which begs the question. was he looking to leave the show, or did they want to remove him from the show?

if you watched CSI when they killed off the one guy we all knew he was possibly going to jail in real life for drugs. he was out of the show no matter what, and they had to get rid of him.

[Saxman]

Never saw this thread...

I love and watch house like a fanatic lol

Kal Penn's removal form the show pissed me off, he was the reason I started watching regularly. I haven't heard anything from him, or the show on why... which begs the question. was he looking to leave the show, or did they want to remove him from the show?

if you watched CSI when they killed off the one guy we all knew he was possibly going to jail in real life for drugs. he was out of the show no matter what, and they had to get rid of him.

How did you NOT see the hundreds of stories about it the day after it aired? Kal Penn got a job with the Obama administration.

[Dago]

As a practicing Internal Medicine doc (same specialty as House), I honestly can't stand the show. Drives me nuts that they have the guy jump to conclusions before there's any information to go on....It'd be like having your CSI tech walk up to the scene, glance at it, and name the suspect without bothering to collect the evidence.

In the few episodes I've seen, about the only thing that rings true is the way the guy will sometimes sit the team down and brainstorm the differential diagnosis. What's supposed to happen then is that you order the right tests to discriminate between the likely choices, and you work your way to the right answer.

What House does isn't brilliance...it's called "premature closure" in the business. By making up your mind too early you start missing conflicting information, and you can really scr@# things up for your patient in short order.

But, it's TV, and I've got colleagues who really like it. Just does the fingernails-on-chalkboard thing to me... 

Ahhh heck, your just jealous cause you can't solve complicated medical questions in an hour, and you don't have a babe like Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) wanting to jump your bones.   She is worth watching the show for, even if you don't like the rest of it.     

[moot]

Hehe Simaril is one of those docs that scoff at House's eccentric methods.