Housewas a fantastic show that managed to remain interesting despite its formulaic case-of-the-week structure, yet it could have been even better with one small change.Hugh Laurie’s Gregory Houseis among the greatest characters in television history and could make anyHouseepisodeinteresting on his own regardless of the case they were working on. House’s character was fun to watch for more than just one reason, including but not limited to how great he was at his job despite being very difficult to work with.
House ran a diagnosis department and usually only worked on one case every week, meaning only the most difficult yet fascinating patients would get to him.House’s original premise was that, when no one else could solve a case and find what was wrong with the patient,Dr. House would come to the rescue with a diagnosis only he could come up with.The problem is thatHouserelied too much on this routine and made every other character look bad at their job compared to House.
House Should Have Been Wrong More Often (And His Team Right)
House Was Always Right At The End No Matter What
House was a great character, but so were a lot of the other doctors on the show. Even when looking at the first three seasons only,House’s castwas very fun to watch and complemented the titular character in the best ways. Both from a personal and a professional standpoint, House was made better by those around him. However, in almost every single case on the show,the other doctors on House’s team would never crack the case on their own.Apart from a few notable exceptions, the right, definitive diagnosis always came from House.
Nine characters were officially part of House’s team throughout the show.
Housenever promised to be a realistic medical drama, nor did it need to be. However, Gregory House’s skills compared to those of his team sometimes asked for too much suspension of disbelief. No matter how good Cameron, Foreman, and Chase were on their respective fields or what was wrong with the patient,House was the one to find the right answer in the end.It would have been more fun, and perhaps slightly more realistic, for Gregory House to be wrong more often, leaving more room for his team to shine.
House Getting Everything Right Made His Team Look Pointless
House Needed His Team, But They Rarely Shined On Their Own
House needed a team to operate properly. This became clear inseason 3, episode 18, “Airborne,” during which House has to diagnose a man during a flight. Away from his office and team,House asked three random strangers to play the roles of Chase, Foreman, and Cameron.While he never mentions them by name or even explains what he is doing, House asks for one of the strangers to agree with everything he says; for the second one to disagree with everything he says, and for the third one to get mad at everything he says.
House’s diagnosis process can be described as a collaborative process, although not the most traditional one. Still, reducing the team’s role on the show as replaceable “NPCs” for House to interact with as his brain comes up with theories may not have been the best approach. Seeing House’s pupils stand up against him over a disagreement was always interesting, yet they were usually wrong anyway. It would have been nice to see the winning theory come from other characters more often.This would not have downplayed House’s geniusbut rather highlighted how great of a team he had.
House’s Team Questioning His Theories That Often Never Made Sense
Who Would Even Question House After Witnessing A Few Of His Diagnoses?
Another issue that came from the fact House was always right was how pointless his team’s questioning attitude was. For example, Foreman would often accuse House of being too reckless and vouched for a more traditional, by-the-book strategy. Still, House’s approach proved to be the right one in almost every case. However, regardless of how many diagnoses he got, bothHouse’s teamand Cuddy would frequently go against him and question his methods. Granted,House was dangerous and needed to be watched closely, but the constant questioning of his theories never made much sense.
10 Worst House Storylines We Wish Had Never Happened
The Fox medical drama television series House featured numerous bizarre cases, but the show also had quite a few frustrating storylines.
Cuddy and Wilson once even refused to tell House that he had correctly diagnosed a patient because his methods were so risky. Wilson’s point was that House got lucky in that particular case and should not be encouraged to do something similar again. However, not playing by the rules was the defining trait of Gregory House and what made him so good at what he did. House got a few things wrong throughout the show, but I would have liked to see him wrong on questioning himself a few more times inHouse.
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House is a medical mystery drama in which the villain is typically a difficult-to-diagnose medical malady. It follows Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a world-renowned disabled diagnostician with a notorious substance abuse issue. With his team of world-class doctors, House has built a reputation as one of the most brilliant doctors in the world - an especially impressive feat when taking into account that he rarely actually sees his patients.
