It’s canon in the series that there’s an entire budget in that hospital just for settling the lawsuits that arise due to House.
For those who didn’t get it House is just sherlock Holmes in a medicinal setting.
His friend is Wilson instead of Watson.
He is a genius, eccentric who solves mysteries using his intellect and deduction, hell he even uses drugs just like Holmes.
And Doyle got the inspiration for Holmes from watching doctors diagnose patients
House/Homes/Holmes
Holmes on homes.
I apologize, but during that time we just were so disillusioned by heros, we couldn’t bear them in our fiction. So we invented the “deeply flawed good guy hero”.
Invented? Lol,
Dude is a super genius finding clues where others can’t whose name starts with an H with a close friend and companion whose name starts W.
Should they have just kept Holmes and Watson instead of House and Wilson to make it clear that it is Sherlock Holmes M.D.?
I like how every patient gets a big room with huge windows and a team of doctors on call 24/7 and 12 medical tests done a day with no waiting. And no one ever talked about the bills.
been awhile since i watched it, but didnt they state it was some hospital in a really rich neighborhood?
I think the in universe explanation was that it was a teaching hospital. But I’m pretty sure even those charge patients something in the US.
Mood I was in the ER this weekend for a broken collarbone and saw one doctor and two nurses and Tylenol for the pain. I had to make my own follow up appt with an orthopedic doctor in network and I couldn’t request my medical records to be forwarded to new office. Fuck healthcare cause 5 days after the break I finally got an opinion from a qualified doctor: NO SURGERY. Fml
Well, his is typically a one-case department. They talk about cutting his department or funding regularly because it is expensive. In the end, they always conclude he does more good than harm and let him keep abusing people to save a life here or there. I’m not saying anything of this is logical, ethical, or consistent with any reality I want to live in, I’m just saying they address a lot of this across the seasons.
it’s a fake drama without any basis in reality.
100%, and I gotta say it was a great show. A little lacking in the last season or two but I loved the ending of the series overall.
i bet medical care is like that if you’re rich
the thing is they tamper with the queues to put themselves on top, and nobody says anything
I thought they did get mad about the queues a couple of times.
please do not the rat
I can assure you the rat wishes to be did
Absolute cinema.
I was looking for this. Sums up every episode
There is always a TF2 SFM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuqF1AiqyCQ
Thank you, I’ve never seen this version
Mouse bites cure all
House was never about the medicine.
It is about the anti-hero.
It was redressing Sherlock Holmes in a medical context.
Similar to the cocaine sniffing, freelance police character House is based on
Yeah the cases were fun and formulaic, but my favorite parts were seeing the moments House was confronted with his mental health. The guy cared a lot and had no idea how to deal with it.
Inaccurate. There was way more sexual harassment.
Also butt hole worms are one of the most common and enduring medical conditions in human history.
enduring
I read this as endearing.
You’re right, I only love you for your butthole worms.
My wife, who as far as I know has none, is going to be devastated.
My butthole worms will never leave me, unlike everyone else!
Awwwwwww
And random suffering inflicted upon the patient
Nah, not random. If they lied to Dr. House or withheld information, they deserve it (in his opinion).
lying to yourself and others is the source of much hardship, both for the patient and everyone else
I feel like you are wrong.
Just finished rewatching it. That’s basically it, but it’s awesome nonetheless
Hugh Laurie is an amazing actor. I watch the show as more of a character story than a medical show. Watching House’s descent is just so intriguing to me
At the base of it, the characters are the driving aspect of the show and the episodic cases are just sort of there to drive interactions between the characters. I guess that might be how a lot of shows work though.
Almost killed them. Almost killed them. Almost killed them. Amazing cure found in the last 5 minutes.
I’d really liked to have seen him be right on the first try more often to justify the ego.
wasnt he normally only wrong cause the patient was lying to him? a kind of allegory for telling the truth or something idk
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Ironically, playing a doctor made the actor sick
It was a show that definitely followed a rigid format
Excellent satire indeed. Also highlights how having experience with personal medical issues can help broaden perspective on how to help others.
It’s lupus
IS IT LUPUS?!
It’s always fucking lupus.
Except when it’s sarcoidosis, or immuloidosis
Well put!
