House on DVD

What can be said about a series that must certainly be ranked as one of the most compelling to have ever appeared on television? It is easy to view the slew of awards that “House, M.D.” has been nominated for (and won), to recall the litany of accolades the show has garnered from news, entertainment, and magazine critics, and even to review the endless series of online postings concerning the show (like this very one, here, on Amazon), and conclude that, “Yes, “House, M.D.” is probably a good show.” But in fact, “House, M.D.” is more than a good show. For many viewers, the series is easily one of the most fascinating and unusual to have ever been aired on television. Moreover, and dare I say it, the series will likely eventually be ranked amongst the top television shows ever produced on network television.

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Season 5 shows signs that House’s premise may be wearing a little thin. The premise of course is that every episode involves someone getting sick, several failed attempts to save said person, then House hears or says something that makes him realize the actual disease/problem and saves the patient. While this was cleverly intermixed with a number side stories, usually involving personal issues, this season the premise was wearing a little thin to me. Most the time I didn’t care much about the case this season as I knew the pattern and wasn’t very surprised. This is the trouble with all premised shows, eventually you get used to the pattern, then get a little tired with it.

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If you like the TV show House, Seasons 1 and 2 are must haves. They hold the key history of the characters–House/Cuddy; House/Stacy (his only love); House/authority (always the enemy for him!); House/original assitants. I had never seen the show, but it was recommended to me since I like sarcastic humor. House is a genius at diagnosing illness, but uses trial and error to narrow it down–tries treatments before testing in interest of time–doesn’t value human relationships on the surface, but you can see that it is there for a select few. He also opposes authority on principal–what is expediant and makes sense controls–and lives by the philosophy that everyone lies…including him! “Enjoyable” humor when he confronts an ill patient, patient family member, etc who he thinks is lying. Very cleaver show–though last season (5) disappointing as seems to have lost focus on diagnosis and spending more time on “human relations.” The show’s draw is its focus on the process of diagnosis and how humanity is interwoven in that, now (season 5 and 6) the writers have reversed that. Less interesting, so makes this season 1 and 2 set more enjoyable to savor what was.

By snwlprd

A one-of-a-kind series, House, M.D.: Season 3 brings to the screen more everyday encounters of a team of doctors at the Diagnostics department of the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey under the supervision of Dr. Gregory House.
Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, and the rest of this EXTRAORDINARY cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, the series is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few thrills, not to mention a few laughs and tears. House, M.D. does a great job of describing people’s different personalities, fears, and the problems they face. It is all about life, death, human relations, hope, pain, and inner strength.
The acting, the setting, the plot (and subplots), the dialogues, and the music (!), which are just wonderful! It is indeed a rarity when an amazing series such as this comes by.
In short, House, M.D. is a series definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection (if you haven’t done so already)! KEEP’EM COMING!!!

By L Gontzes

I literally stumbled upon this little gem on the Internet. I’d heard about it before, but never bothered to sit down and watch it. But when I read more about it, it sounded like a type of show I’d like, so I went to the library and all it had was the first disk of this season. So I tried it out. And fell in love.

Hugh Laurie poses as an ingenious but ill-tempered doctor, Greggory House. With each new episode comes a new cold case that House and his band of talented and miraculously good-looking hand-picked doctors must solve in 40 minutes. You’d think that this typical whodunit medical formula would get boring by the fifth time you’ve watched it, but it really doesn’t. It’s a quirky, rare show that has some brilliant writers working in the back-drop and absolutely fantastic actors posing as a medical team in a hospital in New Jersey.

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…and I might add medical comedy too. Part of House’s appeal is that nobody since Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry is this tough, is such a professional purist who is allowed to continue practicing that profession for more than ten minutes, and last but not least has such funny one liner remarks.

House is rude to his patients and avoids them whenever possible, but part of what makes him repugnant to almost everyone around him is that he is about the search for pure truth, and superficial niceties have no place in his life. He doesn’t wear a lab coat, and he sports tennis shoes and a scruffy beard. Thus when he does actually talk to the patients he lays it on the line and expects them to do the same. However, they almost always lie to him, something that he says he expects and one reason he avoids contact with them in the first place.

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I’ve watched House in a catch-as-catch-can manner over the last five years, in first runs and reruns, but I just recently decided to buy the seasons on DVD and watch episodes back-to-back. Everyone has pretty much said all there is to say about this season already, since the the double-sided disc set for season one has been out for four years. I hadn’t seen the arc with billionaire Edward Vogler that runs from midseason until about two episodes prior to the end of the season. He gives the hospital one hundred million dollars with the condition that he be made chairman of the board. Vogler thinks that the problem with medicine is that it is not run like a business, and he sets out to run it that way. Thus he and the tenured House quickly find themselves at cross purposes. Indeed, Vogler cannot easily get rid of House, but he can threaten his untenured staff, and it is interesting to see the two spar.

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