House

Serie de TV - House
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I kind of like the TV series House, and have watched quite a few episodes of it on DVD since Sarah introduced me to it. However maybe it's because I'm a nurse I find my self being slightly cynical about the plots. There seems to be a formula to it. Let me explain….
It always starts with someone collapsing or having some sort of "funny turn" almost always in front of other people. It then cuts to the titles. Then we see House arriving at the hospital; being greeted by one of his team who he is normally horrible to making disparaging comments about them or their personal life. They then manage to get him interested in the case by it being something so unusual that no one else could possibly figure out what has caused the illness. His arrogance is almost always what drives him. He will then convene a meeting of the team with the obligatory flip chart or whiteboard taking center stage. The team then comes up with a series of theories which House then shoots down in flames. The most obvious investigative procedure to allow them to reach a diagnosis then proves impossible to do because the patient is allergic to the contrast medium or the scanner is broken. They then proceed to try a series of treatments, often against the teams better judgment, these treatments often make the patient worse but add information to the diagnostic process. At some point one of the team will be dispatched to the patient’s home, place of work or other significant location to try to learn more. Often breaking into the patient’s house or gaining access to their work place by some slightly less than legal means; often placing themselves in danger. The patient or the family will at some point rebel against the suggested treatment plan but are eventually won over by House's slightly less than ethical persuasive consultation style. The patient will then have several medical catastrophes which the team are always on hand to resuscitate them from. Eventually the patient gets better and goes home, almost always in a wheelchair being seen off in the foyer by the team when House for a moment will let his arrogant uncaring façade drop and will show a little humanity and pleasure at seeing the patient well again and going home, but will not loose the opportunity to score points or belittle his team. Occasionally aspects of either Houses private life or his team will encroach on the plot line but these are there to illustrate Houses arrogance and inherent vulnerability, which of course he would never admit.