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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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)
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.
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.
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.
"Small chance the patient is lying? Break into his house, shoot his dog and steal his wife. Also, foreman is black."
Real reason why medical treatment in the US costs more than twice per-person than every other country.
Scrubs is just the better show about doctors. I will die on this hill.
Hi! My name is Bob Kelso, and I like whores. Now, why don't I introduce myself like that? Because there is a time and a place for the truth.
Scrubs is widely considered the most realistic depiction of the medical field.
https://www.soliant.com/blog/the-least-and-most-accurate-medical-shows/
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Scrubs was written by someone who got through med school, and washed out during residency, I believe.
So, yes funnt af, but accurate! I even asked a surgeon who picks the OR music once, bc I saw it on an episode.
Scrubs is, ironically, a lot less silly. It's definitely the better show, but House is sometimes laugh out loud hilarious when it tries to portray it's most unhinged episodes totally straight-faced.
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Don't forget, all of this while popping Vicodin from the moment he wakes up.
Dudes doing this while on a constant hydro wave.
Then drives into a living room.
Its Dr Sherlock, they just switched the coke for pills, Wilson is Watson, etc
It's not even subtle, House literally lives at 221B Baker Street.
House : Ho(l)mes
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Almost kill the patient. Almost kill the patient again. Save the patient in the last 10 minutes.
House MD hasn't aged gracefully. It matched early that period's obsession with edge.
I think it's aged fine. He's an edgy asshole and everyone hates him because he's an asshole.
I mean sure, House is edgy, but that's rarely portrayed to be a good thing. If anything it constantly gets him into trouble.
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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.
It bothers me that her far-fetched idea is butthole worms, when that is one of the most common parasites in the world.
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