House
It's funny how happy I get when I am browsing through the guide and see a House marathon is on tv. Oh, thank you Bravo!
It's strange how much I have become obsessed with this show. Each episode is nearly identical in structure. Opening shot of patient having problem. House and team bounce ideas around, come up with diagnosis. Strange problem pops up making case befuddling. Team runs around, test after test, lots of medical jargon that I'll never understand but man they sound smart! House makes quips about Cuddy's female features, generally acts like an ass to most people while his sarcastic personality leads to FTW jokes throughout the episode.
The only difference is of course there is an evolving storyline with the characters. Over the years, it was House begins working with team. House's addiction to vicodin. House and Cuddy's love/hate relationship. After Season 3, they bring in a new cast, including Olivia Wilde as 13 in one of the greatest ideas the show has ever had. ;) Sadly, she begins to become famous and leaves the show to pursue a movie career. Taub's personal life, Cameron/Chase, Foreman/13, Cuddy and motherhood...all side stories.
SPOILER ALERT FOR SEASON 7 (or is it 8...whatever the end of the last season into the current season is)!!!!!
Every show gets to the point where it has 'jumped the shark,' of course the phrase made famous when the Fonz literally jumped a shark, showing the end of Happy Days was upon us. I feel that House is at that point, as much as I love the show now. I think when House and Cuddy finally start doing it, it ends the biggest 'will it ever happen' questions on the show. From here, it's riding out that story to a desirable end so the show can also end. I definitely do not want the show to end, I'd probably watch it until Hugh Laurie dies of natural causes if he wanted to keep up with the show.
I wonder how much longer this show will continue. I think that it could move on to another season without much problem, but from there...it will be hard to justify the plot lines they will surely have to come up with. House is still one of the highest rated shows of its kind on TV, Laurie is still nominated every year for lead role in a drama series, so there is an appeal to keep it around as long as Laurie wants to do it. I don't really remember Laurie in anything before House and it will be hard to picture him in any other role from here on, but I know that time will come.
I am of course typing all this up as I sit here on a Saturday night watching the last few episodes of the House marathon on Bravo. In visiting my parents, a House marathon really helps pass the time late at night.
Off the top of my head, 5 of my favorite shows:
1) Three Stories: Cuddy makes House fill in and give a lecture to a group of med students. His lecture is three diagnostic stories that develop over the course of the show. In the end, we find out that one of those cases was House himself and what led to his dead leg. I love this episode, the next to last of Season 1.
2) Unplanned Parenthood: This is my favorite episode of the newest season where House is forced to babysit Cuddy's child and Wilson gets dragged along.
3) The season 4 Finale, which is really the last two episodes combined, House's Head and Wilson's Heart. This is the end of the season where House picks his new team, which was a lot of fun in itself. In these episodes, House awakens in a blur and knows that he is supposed to save someone's life that was on the same bus that he was on when it crashed. He pushes his body to the limits in trying to remember. The ending turns tragic for a few of the cast members.
4) Both Sides Now: Season 5 finale where House finally breaks down due to his vicodin addiction.
5) Frozen: I believe this is the highest rated episode of House, fwiw, but this is the episode where a woman in Antartica falls ill and House and team must treat her through a web cam.
There are probably a few episodes that rank really highly up there, even higher than some of these, but these are the ones I can remember off the top of my head by the episode name. In any case, if you're reading this, you got to read what entertained me for the past half hour during the commercial breaks of House. Thanks!
It's strange how much I have become obsessed with this show. Each episode is nearly identical in structure. Opening shot of patient having problem. House and team bounce ideas around, come up with diagnosis. Strange problem pops up making case befuddling. Team runs around, test after test, lots of medical jargon that I'll never understand but man they sound smart! House makes quips about Cuddy's female features, generally acts like an ass to most people while his sarcastic personality leads to FTW jokes throughout the episode.
The only difference is of course there is an evolving storyline with the characters. Over the years, it was House begins working with team. House's addiction to vicodin. House and Cuddy's love/hate relationship. After Season 3, they bring in a new cast, including Olivia Wilde as 13 in one of the greatest ideas the show has ever had. ;) Sadly, she begins to become famous and leaves the show to pursue a movie career. Taub's personal life, Cameron/Chase, Foreman/13, Cuddy and motherhood...all side stories.
SPOILER ALERT FOR SEASON 7 (or is it 8...whatever the end of the last season into the current season is)!!!!!
Every show gets to the point where it has 'jumped the shark,' of course the phrase made famous when the Fonz literally jumped a shark, showing the end of Happy Days was upon us. I feel that House is at that point, as much as I love the show now. I think when House and Cuddy finally start doing it, it ends the biggest 'will it ever happen' questions on the show. From here, it's riding out that story to a desirable end so the show can also end. I definitely do not want the show to end, I'd probably watch it until Hugh Laurie dies of natural causes if he wanted to keep up with the show.
I wonder how much longer this show will continue. I think that it could move on to another season without much problem, but from there...it will be hard to justify the plot lines they will surely have to come up with. House is still one of the highest rated shows of its kind on TV, Laurie is still nominated every year for lead role in a drama series, so there is an appeal to keep it around as long as Laurie wants to do it. I don't really remember Laurie in anything before House and it will be hard to picture him in any other role from here on, but I know that time will come.
I am of course typing all this up as I sit here on a Saturday night watching the last few episodes of the House marathon on Bravo. In visiting my parents, a House marathon really helps pass the time late at night.
Off the top of my head, 5 of my favorite shows:
1) Three Stories: Cuddy makes House fill in and give a lecture to a group of med students. His lecture is three diagnostic stories that develop over the course of the show. In the end, we find out that one of those cases was House himself and what led to his dead leg. I love this episode, the next to last of Season 1.
2) Unplanned Parenthood: This is my favorite episode of the newest season where House is forced to babysit Cuddy's child and Wilson gets dragged along.
3) The season 4 Finale, which is really the last two episodes combined, House's Head and Wilson's Heart. This is the end of the season where House picks his new team, which was a lot of fun in itself. In these episodes, House awakens in a blur and knows that he is supposed to save someone's life that was on the same bus that he was on when it crashed. He pushes his body to the limits in trying to remember. The ending turns tragic for a few of the cast members.
4) Both Sides Now: Season 5 finale where House finally breaks down due to his vicodin addiction.
5) Frozen: I believe this is the highest rated episode of House, fwiw, but this is the episode where a woman in Antartica falls ill and House and team must treat her through a web cam.
There are probably a few episodes that rank really highly up there, even higher than some of these, but these are the ones I can remember off the top of my head by the episode name. In any case, if you're reading this, you got to read what entertained me for the past half hour during the commercial breaks of House. Thanks!
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