Pimping for the idiot box, again.

[taerowyn]

Oh! Guess who discovered good TV again? Ever since the airways have lost the genius of Joss Whedon and Aaron Sorkin I've been despairing of a good show to watch (though I still catch West Wing on occassion, cause John Wells has yet to completely screw up Sorkin's wonderful cast of characters). Not that life wihtout TV is bad in any way shape or form, but sometimes good TV can be really, really good.

Anyway, I've fallen in love with a new show. A FOX show no less. Of course seeing as the show is based around a brutally honest, bluntly sarcastic individual played by a Brit (sadly, playing an American so sans the accent)...well, you can see where I might find it appealing. Anyway, you should all watch House, M.D. when you get the chance. It's quite fun.

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Awful, but I can't stop watching

[paminator.livejournal.com]

I like House, I really do...but with that being said, my regard for it will not last long. As soon as something I like better comes on, (The post-American Idol shake-up will surely offer me something), I'll jump ship. I like the personal storylines but the medical aspect of it is becoming way too formulaic:

Patient presents with an odd set of symptoms. Patient is either suffering from Obscure Condition 1 or Inexplicable Disease 2. [Intern-"Hey, what about this Extremely Rare and Highly Unlikely Infection/Allergy/Poison Exposure/Parisitic Infestation!?!" House-"Um, no. That's stupid. You're stupid. Ow. I need pills."] Treatment for both OC1 & ID2 are very dangerous and almost certainly kill the patient if they guess wrong. Treatment is started for one of them. The patient hemorrhages/has seizures/goes into a coma. The patient is sent for their 2156451251654th MRI and their 42nd gallon of drawn blood. They find what they previously missed and it's actually Door Number Three. House and his team have lost all credibility with the patient and their proxy but House will browbeat them into accepting yet another, seemingly random, diagnosis; the treatment for which is, of course, extremely risky. It works though and the patient is miraculously saved.

I was so glad someone actually died this past week, just to break the monotony...

Re: Awful, but I can't stop watching

[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

I was kinda concerned about that...I've only seen two and a half episodes and though I love the snark, I had noticed a general formula to the plots. Oh well, I think the snark can keep me entertained at least until the end of the season.