Another Fun Season Of House
I’ve got to be one of the biggest critics when it comes to formula based television shows. I’ve seen far too much television and movies in my life to be amused by the same old stuff over and over. I was a big fan of House in the beginning, and my family continues to enjoy all of the episodes. That includes all three daughters and my wife. I must admit, that in spite of the terrific performances of Hugh Laurie, I did drift away from the series. It was getting to the point, where you could sum up every episode with the following description. Some patient comes in with a rare and impossible to solve sickness. Usually life threatning of course. House insults everyone in the room, then they all gather around the whiteboard and come up with a brilliant solution. The solution of course doesn’t work, and quite often makes matter worse. So, a little more insulting (humorously of course) ensues, often followed by a confrontation with leadership, and then back to the whiteboard.
Eventually, once they spend enough time on the whiteboard, and insult enough people the patient is miraculously cured. Yay!!! Maybe it was the whiteboard, that was reminding me too much of work, but I finally gave up on the show. Inspite of all the wonderful insults that House managed to come up with, I lost interest. Well, the other day, my daughter was watching a House episode on demand, and I joined her. I was pleasantly surprised, as to how much I liked it, and now a little perplexed. I don’t remember seeing a single whiteboard in the entire episode. It was the one where the patient is somewhat psychotic, and had an affair, and keeps threatning the doctors with all kinds of nasty language if they tell her husband. The actress playing the patient was really good. I quite enjoyed the episode, and think I’ll start watching it again.
Hugh Laurie was as brilliant as ever. Not that I ever got tired of watching him in the first place. The writing was first rate as well. I may have to watch some House season 6 episodes to catch up on what I’ve been missing. There’s so little good television on TV these days, I’d hate to miss one that’s really worth watching. There are a bunch of new faces, that I don’t recognize, so I’m looking forward to getting to know their characters a little better. Especially that one brunette female doctor. She definitely was worth watching.
