It's canon in the series that there's an entire budget in that hospital just for settling the lawsuits that arise due to House.
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For those who didn't get it House is just sherlock Holmes in a medicinal setting.
His friend is Wilson instead of Watson.
He is a genius, eccentric who solves mysteries using his intellect and deduction, hell he even uses drugs just like Holmes.
He is a genius, eccentric who solves mysteries using his intellect and deduction
If you've dealt with real doctors, you know that is high fantasy.
Same way as Holmes is high fantasy to real detectives, what's your point?
It's a TV show, if it wasn't fictional it would be incredibly boring.
Disagree, there was a '90s show called Trauma: Life in the ER that was the real shizz. The namby-pambies ruined it. Ack, real blood!
My dad's last doctor was visibly drunk all the time and would unashamedly scroll through my dad's computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to and what his problems were. And of course my dad loved this guy.
would unashamedly scroll through my dad’s computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to
The difference being most doctors do that before consultation begins, not during.
At least the guy was honest.
Sounds pretty awesome tbh. Most doctors I've seen don't bother checking the records at all and I need to repeat everything (even tests) every visit. They also seem uncomfortable and bit lost when dealing with people. I thinks it's a result of it becoming a highly paid, high status career, that is actually a service job. Brings in all the wrong people.
House/Homes/Holmes
Holmes on homes.
That's an idea. Sherlock Holmes, but he uses his powers of deduction to renovate and flip houses on a new reality show set in rural Brittain.
Which is funny because Arthur Conan Doyle based Holmes on a real life doctor who used deductions. It comes full circle!
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deduction
it's abduction he uses, not deduction.
He doesn't start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
So you're telling me that he's actually a reality warper instead of a genius doctor?
reality warper
You could say, like the Wabbajack.
I actually think so, yeah
it's abduction he uses, not deduction.
This is correct
He doesn't start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
Less so
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And Doyle got the inspiration for Holmes from watching doctors diagnose patients
Wow he must be very rich.
My doctor's appointments more closely resemble Oliver Twist.
I apologize, but during that time we just were so disillusioned by heros, we couldn't bear them in our fiction. So we invented the "deeply flawed good guy hero".
Invented? Lol,
Dude is a super genius finding clues where others can't whose name starts with an H with a close friend and companion whose name starts W.
Should they have just kept Holmes and Watson instead of House and Wilson to make it clear that it is Sherlock Holmes M.D.?
Oh wow also "homes" (Holmes) vs "house" really makes it less subtle than I thought...
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yes, but the "FLAWED" dial is turned up to 11 in House md compared to the original.
Been watching Elementary over dinner and it absolutely has the same issue 😂
Yeah that's by design.
House is medical Sherlock Holmes.
House = Homes
Wilson = Watson
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House: pops two vics, then plays air guitar on his cane.
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