# Why do I like House? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255 "2011-03-19T13:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/1 "2011-03-19T13:54:29Z")
OK I’m an ass. I admit that. During Cutthroat Island, I looked at the flag to see if it had St. Patrick’s cross (pre 1801). I don’t watch any of the L&O because my version is: DA: Did you . . . Perp: I want my lawyer \ I actually said that the scene from Alien:Resurrection where the general has the alien mouth go through his brain was BS because with his occipital lobe damaged, how could he have seen his own brain? So why do I love House M.D.? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/2 "2011-03-19T13:56:50Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > So why do I love House M.D.? Well, let me come up with three or four wrong answers before a random encounter with an advertisement on the side of a city bus gives me the insight necessary to find the final correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/3 "2011-03-19T14:07:39Z")
I think it’s funny when the team does all kinds of testing and procedures on a patient, only to end up with a diagnosis that any reasonably bright third-year student could figure out. You may be interested in the blog [Polite Dissent](http://www.politedissent.com). The blogger is a doctor who picks through every episode of _House_ for mistakes, plausibility of the final diagnosis, and general outlandishness. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/4 "2011-03-19T14:38:54Z")
it has witty banter that doesn’t sound forced. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/5 "2011-03-19T16:00:21Z")
We all wish we could say exactly what we thought to our co-workers and clients, and get paid for it and never get fired because everyone recognizes our EXTREME BRILLIANCE. I mean , right? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/6 "2011-03-19T16:19:09Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > it has witty banter that doesn’t sound forced. Thats why I like it. I think House’s best bud the Cancer specialist generally has the best lines and perfect delivery. The thing that bugs me is House is so damn sure he’s got the answer that he’d kill a patient a dozen times over before he gets to the right solution. Its generally his team fighting him the whole time that keeps the darn patient safe from House till House makes the big save in the end :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/7 "2011-03-19T16:25:58Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > So why do I love House M.D.? I don’t know the right answer. But I’m pretty sure it isn’t lupus. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/8 "2011-03-19T16:52:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t know the right answer. > > But I’m pretty sure it isn’t lupus. Unless your a medical doctor I am going to have to ask for a cite. Thanks for the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/9 "2011-03-19T22:15:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t know the right answer. > > But I’m pretty sure it isn’t lupus. It’s never lupus. How about an autoimmune disease? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/10 "2011-03-19T22:32:55Z")
Has to be sarcoidosis. Start him on broad-spectrum antibiotics. He’ll be fine by lunchtime. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/11 "2011-03-19T22:35:03Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Start him on broad-spectrum antibiotics. But that could kill him! Luckily, Masters already ratted you out to the mods. ---
**Author:** ![HenryGale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@HenryGale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HenryGale)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/12 "2011-03-19T22:47:58Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Has to be sarcoidosis. Start him on broad-spectrum antibiotics. He’ll be fine by lunchtime. Good work. Now we just wait for him to get better and– Wait! His BP is falling! Get a crash cart in here! We were wrong! I totally did not see that coming! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/13 "2011-03-20T00:41:44Z")
Hey, it’s still early in the thread. We won’t know the real answer until at least the fourth page. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/14 "2011-03-20T00:54:13Z")
The main reason I watch \*House \*is because I have a big ole crush on Hugh Laurie . . . and to a lesser degree, Peter Jacobson. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/15 "2011-03-20T00:57:24Z")
**ಠ\_ಠ** It took me 49 minutes, but I’ve got the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/16 "2011-03-20T05:21:26Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > **ಠ\_ಠ** > > It took me 49 minutes, but I’ve got the answer. But we destroyed the patient’s liver in the process, and after bombarding him with rdiation, he’s ineligible for a transplant. Now you have to tell him he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/17 "2011-03-20T06:35:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The main reason I watch \*House \*is because I have a big ole crush on Hugh Laurie . . . and to a lesser degree, Peter Jacobson. I don’t have a crush on either one, being a dude, but I agree that Peter Jacobson is one of the best reasons to watch _House_. With his reactions and facial expressions, he is the Burton Guster of the medical drama. Hard to believe he is the scion of the local newscaster most Chicagoans love to hate! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/18 "2011-03-20T06:47:08Z")
You keep watching because Olivia Wilde has been missing so long, you’re developing an unlikely attraction to Amber Tamblyn. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/19 "2011-03-20T06:52:47Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > it has witty banter that doesn’t sound forced. I could not find witty banter at the IMDB. Is she new? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255/20 "2011-03-20T11:01:24Z")
I missed the last few episodes, so I’m catching up on Hulu now with “Remember This.” Masters is just brilliant. I thought she would just be a clone of 13 or Cameron, but she’s like the anti-House. She needs a little thigh cream, but otherwise she’s a nerdy hottie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-like-house/575255.md?page=2)