Is House a good show?

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » June 18, 2006, 10:03 pm

Season 1 DVD is on sale at a store near me and I'm thinking about getting it. Is it a good mystery type show?

Also, what do people think of Alias?

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » June 18, 2006, 10:55 pm

Love House. I never saw it until my GF lent me the DVD's. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys medical drama and comedy, though I can't really compare it to anything else out there right now since I don't watch TV normally. Each show some kind of medical conundrum shows up in House's lap, and his team tries to figure out what the hell is wrong with the person. He is a scathing cynic of everyone and everything, and I think you'd enjoy his character

There are occasional situations that I think are far-fetched, but I think they're forgiveable. If you still aren't sure, rent it first.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 18, 2006, 10:56 pm

Never heard of House, but Alias is pretty good...used to watch it when I lived with my bro and his wife. Not a bad show at all.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » June 18, 2006, 11:05 pm

House started off very good, got a bit formulaic in the middle, then hit it's straps again. Hugh Laurie makes the show though.

Gonzoie - Luclin · Post by **Gonzoie - Luclin** » June 18, 2006, 11:18 pm

Show is amazing, but would be nothing without Hugh.

Aruman · Post by **Aruman** » June 19, 2006, 12:34 am

Don't like Alias much, but House is pretty good.

Not that you think us Numb Nuts have valid opinions anyway

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » June 19, 2006, 12:53 am

Aruman wrote:Don't like Alias much, but House is pretty good.

Not that you think us Numb Nuts have valid opinions anyway

I missed the Alias part.. and comment on it now because Aruman and I finally agree on something, it's rubbish.

That said, women seem to like Alias more than men (on average).

Trek · Post by **Trek** » June 19, 2006, 1:36 am

Its one of the few shows I watch with my wife, its 'her' show but I seem to enjoy it a lot more then I let her know

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 19, 2006, 2:01 am

i liked house when i actually watched it, but i kinda got tired of how hugh poses every question. just come out with the fucking answer and quit running all the doctors through those dumb ass riddles he always has.

other than that one thing, i really like the show overall.

redeemed · Post by **redeemed** » June 19, 2006, 3:17 am

house > alias
house is great because you have interesting somewhat-believable scenarios with decent actors, and the humor is sharp
I don't watch it regularly but I think it's probably one of the better shows out there

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 19, 2006, 9:44 am

Trek wrote:Its one of the few shows I watch with my wife, its 'her' show but I seem to enjoy it a lot more then I let her know

Ditto!

Gonzoie - Luclin · Post by **Gonzoie - Luclin** » June 19, 2006, 1:11 pm

Zamtuk wrote:i liked house when i actually watched it, but i kinda got tired of how hugh poses every question. just come out with the fucking answer and quit running all the doctors through those dumb ass riddles he always has.

other than that one thing, i really like the show overall.

You know thats what real doctors do with their subordinates right? Their job is to drill their surgeons. I remember hearing so many stories about my mom being a new nurse and especially in Nursing School.. Everything the doctor says is like that, Hugh is just an ass in how he does it, which makes him that much better.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » June 19, 2006, 1:35 pm

The character Greg House MD, is the best character on TV.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » June 19, 2006, 2:05 pm

His name is dumb.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 19, 2006, 2:07 pm

Zaelath wrote:House started off very good, got a bit formulaic in the middle, then hit it's straps again. Hugh Laurie makes the show though.

Agreed. And for anyone who watched british comedy it's very very weird to watch Laurie pull off a 'serious' doctor-role after some of those shows.

It gets *very* formulaic around the middle of the first season but picks up some steam again. And the interplay with House and his staff and (particularly) with Robert Sean Leonard is really good.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » June 19, 2006, 3:07 pm

I watch very little tv, but I watch this show regularly.

If that says anything.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » June 19, 2006, 3:17 pm

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:
Zaelath wrote:House started off very good, got a bit formulaic in the middle, then hit it's straps again. Hugh Laurie makes the show though.
Agreed. And for anyone who watched british comedy it's very very weird to watch Laurie pull off a 'serious' doctor-role after some of those shows.

It gets *very* formulaic around the middle of the first season but picks up some steam again. And the interplay with House and his staff and (particularly) with Robert Sean Leonard is really good.

All shows are formulaic. That is a horrible reason to not like a show. If you have watched any TV at all you can pretty much guess what will happen in almost every show you watch.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » June 19, 2006, 3:22 pm

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:
Zaelath wrote:House started off very good, got a bit formulaic in the middle, then hit it's straps again. Hugh Laurie makes the show though.
Agreed. And for anyone who watched british comedy it's very very weird to watch Laurie pull off a 'serious' doctor-role after some of those shows.

It gets *very* formulaic around the middle of the first season but picks up some steam again. And the interplay with House and his staff and (particularly) with Robert Sean Leonard is really good.
All shows are formulaic. That is a horrible reason to not like a show. If you have watched any TV at all you can pretty much guess what will happen in almost every show you watch.

I don't see where he said he didn't like it either.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 19, 2006, 4:35 pm

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:The character Greg House MD, is the best character on TV.

3 words to refute that

al fuckin swearengen

Post by **Sylvus** » June 19, 2006, 4:44 pm

Zamtuk wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:The character Greg House MD, is the best character on TV.
3 words to refute that

al fuckin swearengen

seconded

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » June 19, 2006, 5:06 pm

Boogahz wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:
Zaelath wrote:House started off very good, got a bit formulaic in the middle, then hit it's straps again. Hugh Laurie makes the show though.
Agreed. And for anyone who watched british comedy it's very very weird to watch Laurie pull off a 'serious' doctor-role after some of those shows.

It gets *very* formulaic around the middle of the first season but picks up some steam again. And the interplay with House and his staff and (particularly) with Robert Sean Leonard is really good.
All shows are formulaic. That is a horrible reason to not like a show. If you have watched any TV at all you can pretty much guess what will happen in almost every show you watch.
I don't see where he said he didn't like it either.

My bad.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » June 19, 2006, 5:10 pm

Zamtuk wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:The character Greg House MD, is the best character on TV.
3 words to refute that

al fuckin swearengen

Who's that?

Gonzoie - Luclin · Post by **Gonzoie - Luclin** » June 19, 2006, 5:30 pm

Character on Deadwood?

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » June 19, 2006, 5:34 pm

Al was an actual person, no?

Does that count?!!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 19, 2006, 5:41 pm

Al Swearengen > All other TV characters

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » June 19, 2006, 7:05 pm

cadalano wrote:Al was an actual person, no?

Does that count?!!

I believe there was an actual tavern owner named Al Swearengen, but how much of the character is based on him? Not much I think. I don't believe there were a lot of in depth bios on him

People like Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock were more public figures with well-told histories. Al is mostly fiction I'd imagine.

And yes. Best. Character. Ever.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 19, 2006, 7:42 pm

From Al himself:

Al Swearengen is a real character from Deadwood history. How concerned were you with keeping the character historically accurate, and what kind of preparation did you do for the part?

I wasn't really, because there's no photograph of him. I just go on what Milch (director) does. There were a lot of saloon operators there at the time - for example Nuttall, but I think Milch has taken Swearengen and made him an amalgam of a lot of people. He ran the biggest saloon in town, the Gem, and he was in charge of the dope, the girls and the alcohol. He was a businessman, the smartest guy in town. Swearengen's always looking out for how this town is going to grow, looking out for his business interests, with the Indians on the warpath, and the Government coming in. Don't forget, Deadwood was an illegal camp on Indian territory, so they couldn't pretend that they had their own jurisdiction, and he's constantly worried about the Government coming in and taking all their claims, because it was a huge, huge gold mine. And for every legitimate settler that was there, there were five people who were hustlers, conmen, whatever, a bit like downtown Baghdad! Really, it's about 'How can we make money?'

He mentions there's no picture of Swearengen...but there is!

http://adamsmuseumandhouse.org/images/FALL_04_WEB.pdf

A picture on the front page shows all (so small you can't really see anything

That pdf has more info on the actual history of Deadwood as well.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » June 20, 2006, 5:13 pm

I liked alias mostly because they dressed up Jennifer Garner (who I think is smoking hot) in all sorts of different sexy outfits. Other than that, it's a very formulaic spy-type drama.

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » June 20, 2006, 5:50 pm

i will never understand why anyone finds Jennifer Garner attractive

she looks like the bastard child of Mr. Ed and a catfish

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 20, 2006, 6:02 pm

cadalano wrote:i will never understand why anyone finds Jennifer Garner attractive

she looks like the bastard child of Mr. Ed and a catfish

She seems ok to me. Picky, picky!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 8, 2007, 1:45 am

I watched season 1 and 2 over a week or so and the 'formula' is very obvious and does get a bit old after awhile. Not enough to make me stop watching it but I wish they'd take more chances of doing something different like they did with the One Day, One Room episode.

The story 'arcs' that appear through each of the three seasons I didn't think really added anything (Chairman of the board guy who wanted to run it as a business (forgot his name!), his Ex-Wife, and the police detective guy Tritter) and kept looking forward to the next episode hoping they'd finished with it.

The Cameron character is seriously starting to annoy me.

Eash episode has very little character development. I'd like to see more of that in each episode rather than the small drops we get here and there.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » March 8, 2007, 10:41 am

I love this show. House is the greatest character on TV, next to Jack Bauer.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » March 8, 2007, 12:43 pm

Just to confirm. I still love this show, and I still watch very little TV.

I'm tired of it being displaced by Idol.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 8, 2007, 1:30 pm

House is the only hospital show that I've seen that I find interesting (My wife watches it and I listen to it in the background).

Hugh Laurie carries the show however. Were it not for that character and the way he's played. It would be very much the sameold.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » March 8, 2007, 7:09 pm

Winnow wrote:Al Swearengen > All other TV characters

Amen......San Francisco Cocksucker!

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 8, 2007, 8:20 pm

When my wife was in Nursing school they would make the students watch it and guess the disease/problem and email it in before the big reveal. I wish he would be wrong once in a while. The show is very very good though.

I am glad the stupid third season drug story arc is over though.

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » July 18, 2007, 4:20 pm

I don't know how old this is, or if it's just out but this sucks, I don't like any of those replacements.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 18, 2007, 5:24 pm

Psyloche wrote:I don't know how old this is, or if it's just out but this sucks, I don't like any of those replacements.

But you haven't even seen them in the show yet. Personally i think it could be a good change. I was getting quite tired of the old characters. Especially Cameron.

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » July 19, 2007, 11:59 pm

I'm personally looking foward to the new cast change. Foreman I think was the only one that had any sort of decent development. The whole Chase/Cameron relationship got stale quick. I think for the most part the past characters were written just enough for us to tune in but not to care if they get replaced. At least that's how I feel.

As far as it being a good show, it's the only show I actually try to catch when I get the chance. I think it's the perfect middle ground between Scrubs and Grey's anatomy: the former being a little too wacky at times and the later being way too melodramatic for my taste (I do enjoy the shows, I just have to be in a certain mood to make it all the way through the episode). I especially love how a lot of the episodes poke fun at themselves and medical dramas in general.

One final note:

Bros before hos, man.

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » July 20, 2007, 9:14 am

While I agree that I got pretty sick of the Cameron and Chase situations, I liked Foreman for the most part. The thing with the new crew, is that I just don't like them as actors at all. I've seen one of the women in OC, Turistas, and a few other things -- didn't really like her at all. The guy who played Kumar in Harold and Kumar I've seen in a few movies and didn't laugh at him at all (this may have been writing, not acting who knows). I haven't seen the other guy, but I did see the other girl briefly in 10 Items or Less, but she didn't have a big part in it really. Maybe they'll be able to pull it off, but I'm going into this already not liking the acting of 2/4, but even having said that, I'll still be watching when it comes back on.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » July 23, 2007, 8:14 pm

Psyloche wrote:I don't know how old this is, or if it's just out but this sucks, I don't like any of those replacements.

it has a date at the top. and in the URL. use the fucking compass.

and olivia wilde was way hot in the OC.

Post by **Sylvus** » July 24, 2007, 12:47 am

Syenye wrote:and olivia wilde was way hot in the OC.

that just needed emphasis.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 11, 2007, 11:58 am

Hugh Laurie prefers to bugger skinheads

[Show]: was watching MI-5 on Netflix's Watch Now setup and noticed he has been in a couple episodes

That was his response to asking a lady at the opera if she was a Nazi for telling him not to send text messages during the performance

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 11, 2007, 12:20 pm

Not really enjoying Season 4 so far. The whole 'competition' stuff is getting old plus they already reintroduced old characters so we're nearly back to where we were. With the latest Foreman development in the last episode I see him reconsiderign the offer Cuddy made last season and bringing Chase/Camerion in on it.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 18, 2008, 1:41 am

Show picked up once the 'competition' was over. Last few episodes have been decent. At least the Chase and Cameron roles are down to basicaly guest spots where we don't have to see/hear them much.

Taison Earbiter · Post by **Taison Earbiter** » November 18, 2008, 3:24 am

Yeah, decent is how I would describe this season. Nothing amazing has happened but not that bad either. I still watch the show and enjoy it, but don't really look forward to it the way I did before. I just DVR it now and watch it when nothing else is really going on. Though I do that with a lot of shows, only a few I can't wait to see the next episode of...like Dexter!

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » November 18, 2008, 11:17 am

Syenye wrote:
Psyloche wrote:I don't know how old this is, or if it's just out but this sucks, I don't like any of those replacements.
it has a date at the top. and in the URL. use the fucking compass.

and olivia wilde was way hot in the OC.

I still stand by not liking the replacements. Olivia Wilde doesn't really do it for me, aside from not liking her character. Use your fucking compass and don't get lost in S. Ro plz. Also, convince Henry WoW isn't evil, thx.

Kutner mildly amuses me, but I still think of him as Kumar or Taj (whatever his name was in Van Wilder).
Taub is pretty boring to me and completely uninteresting.
13's only highlight was going at it with that other chic, otherwise just reminds me of when Cameron thought she had aids.

P.I. was pretty entertaining while he was around, but I still liked the House/Wilson relationship more.

Trek · Post by **Trek** » November 23, 2008, 2:15 pm

I still like watching the show. Nothing really good or suprising about any episode really, just one of 3-4 shows I actually watch.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 23, 2008, 5:26 pm

I have never seen this show. It is mentioned frequently in the trades though. It seems to have successfully altered it's format a couple of times and retain it's core audience. That's a hard thing for a series to pull off.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 14, 2009, 1:17 am

For the most part Season 5 has been pretty decent. The only real character I wish would have been different was 13. She's way too similar, in appearance and personality (imo!), to Cameron. And I didn't especially like her although she hasn't been too bad this season since her role is fairly minor.

Shame about Kutner though. I know some people didn't like him and always saw him as someone he played elsewhere but that never bothered me. I liked his role on the show.

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