House on DVD

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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

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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