House

[The following is an old post off of my AiB blog. I didn't have any ideas to write about so I just pulled this up. And also, the timing seemed appropriate. This was originally posted February 1, 2009.]





I like the word "house" for three reasons.

1) For its common definition - I like being in my house =D.
2) I like house music. Hooray for sick beats.
3) House MD is a kickass show.

Now, I want to talk a little bit about number 3. Just this year, I discovered House, the TV show. I mean, I knew about it, but I had never watched it before because it looked kinda weird. But after I went to a Math&Science Club bonding event, I discovered how great it was. They showed the pilot episode of House and I was hooked.

When I got home, I looked for websites where I could watch more House. I was seriously addicted. Megavideo (long sigh) had it, so I watched it there. And then...it came. The stupid-*** m****r f*****g message that said, "You have watched 72 minutes of video today." I was pissed. So I had to download it and that took a while. But in the end I got my House. And by the way, MEGAVIDEO SUCKS.

For those of you who are like my past self, and don't know what House is, House MD is a medical show featuring Dr. Gregory House and his team of doctors. Each episode they face a new disease and bust their balls trying to find out what it is and cure it before it kills the patient. I love Hugh Laurie's acting and I didn't even know that he was British because he had such a good American accent. I still can't believe he has to fake it all this time.

After watching through the first season and into the second, I notice these episodes take on a repetitive pattern. I'm not saying that it makes the series BAD, but I'm just saying. So a typical episode of House would go like this:

In the opening scene, you're transported into the life of a random person and watch them live out a slice of their life. All of the sudden, you see them suffer the effects of some disease that they have, probably obtained through some event in the past. And then, the cool intro plays. After that, Dr. House and his team will accept the unusual case and try and figure it out. They use a whiteboard to try and organize the facts and pinpoint the disease. The first time, House will think he is a genius and guess at a disease and order his team to treat the patient for it. However, he is sadly mistaken and the treatment causes the patient to get worse. House and his team will go back to go over the facts and look for more possibilities. The team will be more careful this time, because one wrong move could end up with a dead patient on their hands. House will take a daring risk and treat the patient for a disease that nobody else believes to be true. But he does it anyways and the patient is all better.

Some of the optional things that may happen in episodes are:
- Dr. Cuddy will kick House off the case.
- The patient will get a seizure.
- Dr. House breaks a funny. XD
- Fights within the diagnostic team.
- Clinic duty with Dr. House
- Visits from family members of the doctors/loved ones of the doctors/previous loved ones of the doctors
- Patient dies (that's right, not always do they cure the patient)

I remember one scene, House was in the clinic playing Metroid on his GBA. The patient asked him what he was doing and House mumbled, "Level 4...." I laughed because I clearly don't remember there being distinct levels in the Metroid games. But correct me if I'm wrong.