That’s what makes the show awesome. I want it even more ludicrous.
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They applied a cop show routine (which is heavily subsidised propaganda) and applied it to a doctor drama.
Basically iconic ~~superheroes~~ reckless vigilantes 99% of the time with a success rate in compete fantasy numbers and sponsored one-liners.
My wife and I have been watching NYPD Blue recently. Fucking incredible show.
Big Lupus at it again
It was only lupus the one time.
Now thats what I call effective advertising!
I guess you missed the parts where House had to contend with his own mental health issues and the moments of warmth and care the guy displayed.
I missed all but maybe like 5 or max 10 episodes of the entire show.
But cops in cop shows have struggles too.
(If I'm understanding you correctly they've shown some light on mental issues, which is prob a good thing if actually done correctly & not just for bs character credibility/growth.)
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YEAHHHHH!
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house was super entertaining to watch except it became too tiring to see someone have a seizure every. fucking. episode.
I think I quit a couple episodes into season 2 just because of that. I'm someone who feels uncomfortable seeing other people in pain (including most "funny" videos about people falling, getting hit in the crotch, or whatever) so seeing someone get convulsions every time was just sucking all the fun out of it.
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House is Sherlock Holmes in doctor form with Dr. Wilson being his Watson
House even lives in apartment 221 and loves drugs. They didn't even try to hide their inspiration.
i dont think they were trying to hide it? his name is house, like a home (holme)
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I get enough medical drama when I look up what's happening to me on webMD because I don't get insurance from any of my 3 part time jobs.
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Watch an old movie [or read the novel, I'm easy] called "The 7% Solution"
Drug addict Sherlock Holmes is cured by Sigmund Freud.
I just watched one where House extracted fluid from a leg growth, then from across the room he 360 no scope squirted it into patient's daughter's mouth.
I believe it was breast milk?
Yeah, I remember that episode. He located a suspected breast tumor on the guy's leg by giving him a drug that caused galactorrhea and then looked for the swelling as the tumor swelled up with milk.
And they’ve got an entire diagnostics team working on a single patient multiple days in a row, breaking into their house, running lab tests, and doing basically every single task a hospital has an entire staff for.
Would love to see the hospital bill
Wait a second...which department breaks into your house?
Extra-external Medicine.
Real reason why medical treatment in the US costs more than twice per-person than every other country.
Yeah, they get the billionaire treatment. I imagine this is what private healthcare is like if you have unlimited money.
The breaking into the patient's house thing became basically a running joke by the end. They did it nearly every episode.
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It's like copaganda for the health industry. Doctorganda?
We can shorten that to Docaganda and make it a bit snappier
House MD hasn't aged gracefully. It matched early that period's obsession with edge.
I remember liking Nurse Jackie more. Should re-watch that one...
I think it's aged fine. He's an edgy asshole and everyone hates him because he's an asshole.
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I mean sure, House is edgy, but that's rarely portrayed to be a good thing. If anything it constantly gets him into trouble.