House

I've been looking for a replacement for Justice League ever since the series ended. Although Numb3rs looks interesting, it's just that it's another crime drama series like CSI. It's one of those things that I watch when I catch it on TV but won't spend the effort to download it otherwise. It's the same treatment that I give CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.

In comes House.

Wikipedia:

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television series. It is an Emmy award-winning medical drama that debuted on November 16, 2004 on the FOX Network and stars British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie as the titular character (for which role he won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama). Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House, a maverick medical genius who heads a team of young diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. This team goes to extraordinary lengths to accomplish a common task: diagnosing and treating unusual ailments. Nearly all episodes start outside the hospital, showing the events leading to the onset of illness for that week's patient.

The show's basically a whodunit except that the culprit is a disease or illness instead of a person. It's up to House and his team to give the correct diagnosis so the patient can be cured. What I like about the series is House himself, who has more personality than all the Las Vegas CSIs combined.


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See? Lovable traits galore.



Pictures courtesy of 4chan.

House quotes, courtesy of Wikiquote (I am so pimping those Wiki sites!):

Dr. House: See that, they all assume I'm a patient because of the cane.

Dr. Wilson: Then why don't you put on a white coat like the rest of us?

Dr. House: Then they'll think I'm a doctor.

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Dr.House: Your wife is having an affair.

Orange-Colored Patient: What??

Dr. House: You're ORANGE, you moron! It's one thing for you not to notice, but if your wife hasn't picked up on the fact that her husband has changed colors, she's just not paying attention. Oh, by the way, do you consume just ridiculous amounts of carrots and mega-dose vitamins? The carrots turn you yellow, the niacin turns you red. Get a set of fingerpaints and do the math.

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Dr. Cameron: You hired a black guy because he had a juvenile record.

Dr. House: No, it wasn't a racial thing, I didn't see a black guy. I just saw a doctor...with a juvenile record. I hired Chase 'cause his dad made a phone call. I hired you because you are extremely pretty.

Dr. Cameron: You hired me to get into my pants?!

Dr. House: I can't believe that that would shock you. It's also not what I said. No, I hired you because you look good; it's like having a nice piece of art in the lobby.

Dr. Cameron: I was in the top of my class.

Dr. House: But not THE top.

Dr. Cameron: I did an internship at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. House: Yes, you were a very good applicant.

Dr. Cameron: But not the best?

Dr. House: Would that upset you, really? To think that you were hired because of some genetic gift of beauty not some genetic gift of intelligence?

Dr. Cameron: I worked very hard to get where I am.

Dr. House: But you didn't have to. People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That's the law of nature, and you defied it. That's why I hired you. You could have married rich, could have been a model, you could have just shown up and people would have given you stuff. Lots of stuff, but you didn't, you worked your stunning little ass off.

Dr. Cameron: Am I supposed to be flattered?

Dr. House: Gorgeous women do not go to medical school. Unless they're as damaged as they are beautiful. Were you abused by a family member?

Dr. Cameron: No!

Dr. House: Sexually assaulted?

Dr. Cameron: No.

Dr. House: But you are damaged, aren't you?

House rocks.