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.
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Big Lupus at it again
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.
YEAHHHHH!
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.
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 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
Yeah, they get the billionaire treatment. I imagine this is what private healthcare is like if you have unlimited money.
Real reason why medical treatment in the US costs more than twice per-person than every other country.
The breaking into the patient's house thing became basically a running joke by the end. They did it nearly every episode.
It's like copaganda for the health industry. Doctorganda?
We can shorten that to Docaganda and make it a bit snappier
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.
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.
I remember liking Nurse Jackie more. Should re-watch that one...
Scrubs is just the better show about doctors. I will die on this hill.
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.
You, and my axe! Eagles, chaaaaaaarge!
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 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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