An accurate representation of House M.D
An accurate representation of House M.D
An accurate representation of House M.D
I love how it goes more over the top than House itself, but yet feels like most episodes
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Absolute cinema.
I was looking for this. Sums up every episode
Mouse bites cure all
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.
deduction
it's abduction he uses, not deduction.
He doesn't start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
He also lives at the same address: 221B Baker Street.
Plus, there's a bunch more.
Which is funny because Arthur Conan Doyle based Holmes on a real life doctor who used deductions. It comes full circle!
That doctor that inspired Sherlock Holmes was based on a fella named Sean Combs.
He is a genius, eccentric who solves mysteries using his intellect and deduction
If you've dealt with real doctors, you know that is high fantasy.
Same way as Holmes is high fantasy to real detectives, what's your point?
It's a TV show, if it wasn't fictional it would be incredibly boring.
My dad's last doctor was visibly drunk all the time and would unashamedly scroll through my dad's computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to and what his problems were. And of course my dad loved this guy.
And Doyle got the inspiration for Holmes from watching doctors diagnose patients
Wow he must be very rich.
My doctor's appointments more closely resemble Oliver Twist.
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.
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.
Yeah, it's obviously not logical or grounded in reality, but it is at least somewhat consistent within the show universe.
I think during the story line, where Cuddy negotiates with the hospital network insurance provider for a new contract, she makes the argument, that their hospial sort of provides a halo effect. Basically the hospital and probably House in particular (but maybe also others like Wilson) are some of the best in their fields, which obviously is great for marketing purposes, if you can say that you have one/the best and well known hospital in your network.
Edit since I thought of another aspect:
Iit regularly comes up that the team writes case reports. So maybe there is also an aspect where they frequently publish in prestigious journals. Especially since it is a teaching hospital adjacent to a university that might also be an important metric. Similar to insurance providers, the university itself might have an interest in having a reputation for excellence.
it's a fake drama without any basis in reality.
Patients also only get sent to House when nobody else can figure it out.
i bet medical care is like that if you're rich
There's a hospital near me that openly advertises that it has penthouse suites at the top that feel like swanky apartments. I've never asked about their cost.
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
"Fuck American healthcare" FTFY
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.
Yes, another in universe explanation, that I already commented somewhere else, is that the hospital is geared towards excellence. There's an episode where Cuddy negotiates with an insurance provider for a new contract and one argument is that they provide a halo effect. So the insurance can claim to have the best in their network or get really bad press for losing them.
been awhile since i watched it, but didnt they state it was some hospital in a really rich neighborhood?
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.
Because people want to watch something that makes them feel good... Real life doesnt have beautiful doctors with perfect bodies, hair and makeup either. And the light is not turned down and romantic. Lols.
And I kind of like the story. Imagine if you actually had a genius doctor that would always be right. The hospital wouldnt fire him, or maybe they would, if they dont care if patients get better. In real life, maybe more money in keeping them sick.
Inaccurate. There was way more sexual harassment.
I feel like you are wrong.
Been watching Elementary over dinner and it absolutely has the same issue 😂
Yeah that's by design.
House is medical Sherlock Holmes.
House = Homes
Wilson = Watson
Yeah definitely 😂
I meant specifically a constantly-committing-crimes problem. Every couple of episodes they're whipping out their lockpicks because they want to be inside some place 😂
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.
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.?
House: pops two vics, then plays air guitar on his cane.
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.
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Ironically, playing a doctor made the actor sick
Ironically, playing a doctor made the actor sick
Ewww, you just made me click the Daily Racist. I feel crap now.
It literally has the name of the site in the link.
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
It was a show that definitely followed a rigid format
Definitely not only the second case ever
Excellent satire indeed. Also highlights how having experience with personal medical issues can help broaden perspective on how to help others.
Well put!
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.