# Anyone still watch House? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943 "2004-12-15T08:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/1 "2004-12-15T08:20:29Z")
I can’t get enough of this show. Gotta be one of my favorites. I just love the cranky doctor who loves to treat ailments but hates to deal with patients. Laurie is just great as House. I’ve also enjoyed the plots which have been strange, but plausible. Not the normal cases, but not X-Files nutty either. It makes it kind of like ER crossed with CSI. Anyone else enjoying it? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/2 "2004-12-15T15:18:40Z")
I’m watching it, but only peripherally. It’s amusing, but I really would like to see some of the interns rip into House. It’s not like anyone is going to fault them if they do. They need more spine. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/3 "2004-12-15T15:28:45Z")
I’ll watch it if I am flipping through and see it but it’s not something I look forward to during the week. Hugh Lurie’s horrible accent is jarring at times. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/4 "2004-12-15T16:26:38Z")
I watch it all the time. I have no problem with Laurie’s “American” accent; it is MUCH better than, oh, Olivier’s, for instance. And I love to watch his face, Who knew watching his earlier, baby-faced roles that he was born to look grizzled and burnt out? I am ashamed, though, that I didn’t make the House/Holmes pun connection on my own. Wife likes how House is more like the real doctors she works with than most TV doctors, except they don’t have the brilliance to go with the miserable personality. Odd thing: After last night’s episode was over I switched to an episode of “Mystery” already in progress and there was Jesse Spence (Dr Chase, the young, Brit-like doctor) in a “Dalgliesh” mystery from last year, “Death In Holy Orders.” My daughters were heartbroken when his naked butt was fuzzed out. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/5 "2004-12-15T17:13:24Z")
Still watching, still enjoying, still hoping hard that the show gets enough of a following that it doesn’t get cancelled–at least not before it’s been around long enough for a DVD box set. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/6 "2004-12-15T17:20:55Z")
I watch it, and enjoy it, even though I can usually tell which way the plot is about to go, even after only 3 or 4 episodes. Last night, for instance: I started saying, “It’s something in the tea!” about 10 minutes before Dr. House figured it out, then when he did, I started saying, “It’s something else besides the tea!” because there was still 20 minutes left in the epsiode – plenty of time for one more dangerous reversal. Although I have no witnesses to confirm this. Also, and I’m sure this is my own problem and not Hugh Laurie’s, but every once in a while there will be an expression on his face that makes me expect him to call somebody “Jeeves” or start making a noise like a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/7 "2004-12-15T17:22:39Z")
I watched yesterday for the first time actually. It was pretty good. Did the previous ones follow the same plot structure? One main medical case that occupies everybody, instead of rapid fire medical cases like on ER? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/8 "2004-12-15T17:30:00Z")
Yes, the focus is always on one medical case. Although usually Dr. House is more or less forced to work in the clinic and see a few other patients for a minute or two at a time. Often, an offhand remark made by one of those patients will give him an “Aha!” moment that helps him solve the big case. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/9 "2004-12-15T18:03:48Z")
I watch it whenever it’s on. The last two weeks (including last night…grrr :mad: ) have been pre-empted by local college basketball games (my ire is so great that it’s almost deserving a Pit thread), so I’ll have to wait until Saturday night to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/10 "2004-12-15T18:09:36Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I watch it all the time. I have no problem with Laurie’s “American” accent; it is MUCH better than, oh, Olivier’s, for instance. And I love to watch his face, Who knew watching his earlier, baby-faced roles that he was born to look grizzled and burnt out? I can’t quite figure out why he can’t just be British. He doesn’t do a very good accent and it doesn’t add anything to the show. There are British doctors in America, I know because I have seen them on _ER_. ---
**Author:** ![Hustle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Hustle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hustle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/11 "2004-12-15T18:51:54Z")
I love this show. Not necessarily because the stories are all that good, but I have a weak spot for characters that are old, bitter, and sarcastic. The team of straight men he has running around do seem a bit bland, but they might get better with time. I especially enjoy the scenes where House is sparring with Dr Cuddy, the hospital administrator (or whatever she is), and the 2 minute clinic duty examinations. Oftentimes deliciously condescending. > [@h.sapiens](#): > > I watch it, and enjoy it, even though I can usually tell which way the plot is about to go, even after only 3 or 4 episodes. Last night, for instance: > > I started saying, “It’s something in the tea!” about 10 minutes before Dr. House figured it out, then when he did, I started saying, “It’s something else besides the tea!” because there was still 20 minutes left in the epsiode – plenty of time for one more dangerous reversal. > > Although I have no witnesses to confirm this. Was it in the scene where… The nun complains about her mouth being dry, and the australian doctor says “I’ll get you some of your tea.” Not water, not just tea… “your tea”. That was a bit too obvious for it to be the real cause, they usually do better. > [@h.sapiens](#): > > Also, and I’m sure this is my own problem and not Hugh Laurie’s, but every once in a while there will be an expression on his face that makes me expect him to call somebody “Jeeves” or start making a noise like a chicken. [“Could an 8-year-old do this?”](http://img143.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img143&image=house8yo4bl.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/12 "2004-12-15T19:11:58Z")
> [@Hustle](#): > > I especially enjoy the scenes where House is sparring with Dr Cuddy, the hospital administrator (or whatever she is) Oh, do you mean Inspector Lestrade? The one he gripes about and who sometimes stands in his way yet for whom he holds a grudging admiration if not a major case? And don’t tell me you thought Sherlock Holmes was STRAIGHT! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/13 "2004-12-15T19:25:20Z")
I enjoy it, but I do have trouble suspending my disbelief at times. Yes, I’m sure that when a patient disappears, it’ll be three doctors that go search the hospital for him. The lab stuff is particularly bad, but that’s probably because I work in a lab. Still, anyone should know that a lab is staffed by lab workers, not by the same three doctors when they have some spare time. OTOH, I do have to give them credit that they had the right software running on the LightCycler computer. Then again, the doctor sitting at that computer was typing when she was at a screen where you can only use a mouse… OK, I’m getting a wee bit nitpicky here. I’ll stop. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-watch-house/279943/14 "2004-12-16T00:10:43Z")
Firstly, joy in my heart! I don’t see a ‘House 12/7’ thread every week or something (though someone did ask a question about last night’s episode) making me dispair that too few people are watching (and being on FOX, that means… oh oh). > [@D\_Odds](#): > > It’s amusing, but I really would like to see some of the interns rip into House. Well you can start to see some dissention in the ranks (12/14’s episode). Of course, there will always be those who won’t say anything bad to their boss, especially if he has shown himself more than competant. I think House is trying to get the interns to the stage where they can go after him. > [@Hustle](#): > > Not necessarily because the stories are all that good, but I have a weak spot for characters that are old, bitter, and sarcastic. Oh, I so agree :D. The character of House is great. If he wasn’t so brilliant, they’d ship him off long ago ;). > [@Smeghead](#): > > OK, I’m getting a wee bit nitpicky here. I’ll stop. I’d be disappointed if you did ;). This is SMDB. I expect the nitpicking :D. * * * I also enjoy that in every episode so far we learn a little more about the history of the interns. Last night (12/14), it was the blond Aussie. We’d had a few things about the woman and the black guy in the past few weeks. I wonder what they’ll do once we know a good deal about the histories of the interns and they can’t use that as part of the plot.