House

April 8, 2008, 10:48 AM

House is awesome! i only really started watching it about 2 weeks ago, when on TV I saw the episode with the kid who has full body burns, and has an orgasm in his coma. Since then I've bought the first two series, and I love them!

Any other House fans about?

April 8, 2008, 4:13 PM

I don't like it enough to make a point of catching it on television, but it's a pretty decent show.

There isn't enough variety. The same stuff happens with each episode.

- Man/woman is living their life as usual, but something isn't quite right.

- Oh, god! He/she's down for the count! Something's wrong! But what?

- House isn't sure at first, but he's got a hunch. He won't divulge anything quite yet. After all, the show still has another half hour to go. Also, he has to let his incompetent staff have a go at the problem.

- All seems lost. The staff doesn't know how to save the person.

- Enter House.

- House solves the problem using his impressive intellect and doctor skills. Yay!

Not a bad show.

April 8, 2008, 4:15 PM

You've missed out the patient getting worse just before the 2nd commercial break. 9 times out of 10, this will involve the patient will have a seizure.

I think it's the only show on TV that could get away with being so formulaic though.

April 8, 2008, 4:18 PM

Hahahah, it's true. House tends to be rather formulaic. Although, this season's House kind of broke the formula a bit, what with the competition.

What I love most about House, apart from the sexy (and sadly now mostly absent) mancandy that is Chase, is the relationship between Wilson and House. It's awesome XD I love every time they're on screen together. Terrific writing and acting.

April 8, 2008, 4:22 PM

I'm fond of House but yeah I too am sick of the kinda repetitive nature of it, so big hope for this new series.

April 9, 2008, 5:02 AM

Oh, and many of his patients are morally corrupt. House is kind enough to expose 'em to family members and friends before working his magic. Woo!

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Originally Posted by Erythritol

Although, this season's House kind of broke the formula a bit, what with the competition.

Yeah, some of the episodes I caught threw me a curveball. Like the one episode where House was trying to save some lady out in the artic by giving some poor fellow instructions on how to operate on her.

Interested me a bit.

April 9, 2008, 5:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbiedbee

I think it's the only show on TV that could get away with being so formulaic though.

Yeah, because you know what is going to happen, yet you still watch it, so it's not actually the plot which is gets people to watch it, but

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the relationship between Wilson and House. It's awesome XD I love every time they're on screen together. Terrific writing and acting.

and between other characters.

I'm also quite partial to the bit where he has to work in the clinic, although its only there to provide comic relief, i think it does it rather well.

April 9, 2008, 9:41 AM

Yeah, most of the other characters are just there so that he can be an ass to them. They don't actually matter themselves (and anyways, it's called HOUSE, not The People Who Are House's B*tches). I think that mostly it follows that formula, but there's been enough side-storylines in the series that come in to breakup the flow...his painkiller addiction, the cop that was all after him, when he got shot by that guy, the aforementioned job competition...they throw things into the formula every so often to keep us interested in House's life...and to give him new stuff to be 'interested' in!