Saw the House episode!

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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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AND House never figures out what is really wrong until he is about to have
some surgeon remove a patients whatever and then his doctor friend says "I
don't like monster trucks" House: AHAA! Trucks! The patient has
athletes
foot!



LOLOL I actually like the way he has "Ah HA!" moments. I tend to do that
myself. Not about Athletes foot or medical miracles, of course But
sometimes it takes a while before an Ah HA! moment comes to me. (Often in
my sleep, as a matter of fact.)

I remember a specific episode where he had a man as a patient and they
couldn't figure out what was making him sick. He'd get sick every time he
ate. He was admitted, and he'd only been eating hospital food. But he
still got sick. Suddenly Dr. House realized he had an allergy to GOLD. His
wife was putting gold in his food. They cornered her in the bathroom before
she could wash her hands. Dr. House happened to have some miracle powder
he'd gotten as a kid living in the Sudan or some such place. He put it on
her hands before she could wash them. Ah Ha! Gold!

Okay, it's corny. It's also amusing. I mean really, have you ever had a
doctor send a "team" to search your house for drugs and toxic substances?
Discover pidgeon poop from the roof was contaminating your water supply? In
what world does this happen? But it's funny, and it works as a TV show.
Enuf said

Jill

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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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AND House never figures out what is really wrong until he is about to
have
some surgeon remove a patients whatever and then his doctor friend says
"I
don't like monster trucks" House: AHAA! Trucks! The patient has
athletes
foot!



LOLOL I actually like the way he has "Ah HA!" moments. I tend to do that
myself. Not about Athletes foot or medical miracles, of course But
sometimes it takes a while before an Ah HA! moment comes to me. (Often in
my sleep, as a matter of fact.)

I remember a specific episode where he had a man as a patient and they
couldn't figure out what was making him sick. He'd get sick every time he
ate. He was admitted, and he'd only been eating hospital food. But he
still got sick. Suddenly Dr. House realized he had an allergy to GOLD.
His wife was putting gold in his food. They cornered her in the bathroom
before she could wash her hands. Dr. House happened to have some miracle
powder he'd gotten as a kid living in the Sudan or some such place. He
put it on her hands before she could wash them. Ah Ha! Gold!

Okay, it's corny. It's also amusing. I mean really, have you ever had a
doctor send a "team" to search your house for drugs and toxic substances?
Discover pidgeon poop from the roof was contaminating your water supply?
In what world does this happen? But it's funny, and it works as a TV
show. Enuf said

Jill

Right. I enjoy the show because it's entertaining. I think the
implausibility is one of the things that makes it entertaining.

Joy

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jmcquown wrote:

Is all of them, or is there a 4th one?

Vincent D'Onofrio is on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Oh, I know. I just think he's an extremely annoying actor, at least
on
that show. His speech affectations for that character (that
"halting"
thing he does) totally grate on me.

Now they're going to add Jeff Goldblum; I really dislike him.)

Oh, I sort of like him. He was very amusing in Jurassic Park, I
thought.




I actually liked D' Onofrio (I know many people did not). I liked
that he
was only about 2% less nuts than the people he was chasing. He was
very
smart but also nearly dysfunctional which sort of seemed believable.
He
reminded me of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes which I always
considered
definitive having read most of the stories.

Andy

I liked him a lot the first couple of seasons. Not so much recently.
He's been reminding be more of his character in Men in Black. Just
kind of disgusting.

Jo

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jmcquown wrote:

Somehow I doubt if I was murdered the crime scene techs would all be
beautiful people with perfect hair and perfect teeth LOL

Nor would they have all the latest expensive equipment, or employ all
the latest available technology. (Especially in today's economy, where
most government agencies are experiencing severe budget cuts!)

Agreed on both. But it's still fun to watch. I like the Vegas one the
best, although it will probably be less interesting now that the main
character has left the show. The Miami one is OK, but what's his name
(red-headed guy) can be very irritating. How does he keep getting roles??
He's almost as bad as Vincent D'Onofrio. (Who I thought was fabulous
as the interstellar cockroach in Men in Black, but his career has been
downhill ever since. ) I forget how many other CSI's there are. There's
the one with Gary Sinese. Is all of them, or is there a 4th one?

That's all the "CSI's", but I think "Law and Order" has four
incarnations. Of course, there's "NCIS" which is very similar to "CSI".

jmcquown wrote:

And once again they're all "beautiful people" who wouldn't show up at
the scene of my untimely death. LOL

Jill

How do you know? Good looks may not be the primary requirement for
real-life crime experts, but there's no law that they CAN'T be
"beautiful" is there? (But of course, as the victims, we'd be past
caring, anyway. ;-))

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jmcquown wrote:

LOL, exactly. (That's the "red-headed guy" I was referring to - couldn't
remember his name.) He's always played unsavory types. Now he's trying to
play a good guy, but he still comes across as creepy. When he tries to
act "compassionate" I'm thinking No, just stop. Give it up. He also has
annoying speech affectations and that's why I mentioned D'Onofrio.

(And why does every show based in Miami have to include irrelevant shots
of bikini'ed butts? Even "Animal Cops: Miami" does it!)

And once again they're all "beautiful people" who wouldn't show up at the
scene of my untimely death. LOL

I wouldn't say that applies to Caruso. But yeah, everyone else.


Actually, I think he's rather attractive! (Chacun a son gout, of course.)

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outsider wrote:


Fine on bad doctor but none of the characters are half believable on
this show. It is LCD television [lowest common denominator]. Just
enough writting effort so every viewer does not bail but not a bit
more.
And of course, they NEVER have a patient with any simple, everyday
ailment!

AND House never figures out what is really wrong until he is about to have
some surgeon remove a patients whatever and then his doctor friend says "I
don't like monster trucks" House: AHAA! Trucks! The patient has athletes
foot!

LOL! You're right, he does always come up with the miracle diagnosis at
the last minute, doesn't he? Not the kind of doctor I'd choose to
consult. But they're a clinic, aren't they? Maybe the patient has to
take whoever he/she can get.

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outsider wrote:


Fine on bad doctor but none of the characters are half believable
on
this show. It is LCD television [lowest common denominator].
Just
enough writting effort so every viewer does not bail but not a
bit
more.
And of course, they NEVER have a patient with any simple, everyday
ailment!

AND House never figures out what is really wrong until he is about
to have some surgeon remove a patients whatever and then his doctor
friend says "I don't like monster trucks" House: AHAA! Trucks!
The patient has athletes foot!

LOL! You're right, he does always come up with the miracle
diagnosis at the last minute, doesn't he? Not the kind of doctor
I'd choose to consult. But they're a clinic, aren't they? Maybe
the patient has to take whoever he/she can get.

I try to think of it as finding something in the last place you look.
You are going to quit looking then, right?

They do sometimes throw into the mix that they find the correct
diagnosis early on, but then get confused by other things.

One of the shows 'things' is that the doctors have little or no
family, and for the most part their patients have little or no family
either. The people they treat are as screwed up as they are.

Makes you wonder about the writers a bit.

Jo

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outsider wrote:



Fine on bad doctor but none of the characters are half believable on
this show. It is LCD television [lowest common denominator]. Just
enough writting effort so every viewer does not bail but not a bit
more.

And of course, they NEVER have a patient with any simple, everyday
ailment!

AND House never figures out what is really wrong until he is about to have
some surgeon remove a patients whatever and then his doctor friend says "I
don't like monster trucks" House: AHAA! Trucks! The patient has athletes
foot!

LOL!! Except he never says that right away. You have to wait through a
set of commercials first.


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Joyce ^..^

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(And why does every show based in Miami have to include irrelevant
shots
of bikini'ed butts? Even "Animal Cops: Miami" does it!)

Maybe irrelevant to YOU...

Even I thought that. Doesn't do a lot for me, but still I like to see
other people happy.

Jo