| The medical drama has been played out for quite | | | | Somehow, through his manner of conducting |
| some time on cable and satellite TV. Since the | | | | himself and a picking his colleagues' brains, he is |
| immense success of "ER," every year seems to | | | | able to discover the cause of the illness and treat |
| ring in a new hospital drama attempting to | | | | it right before it is too late. |
| recapture that programs audience and get people | | | | What sets Gregory House apart from the other |
| to consistently watch. Some programs actually | | | | head doctors of medical dramas is his actual |
| succeed and manage to stay on the air, such as | | | | philosophy, the way he treats his patients and the |
| "Greys Anatomy," while others simply wither | | | | way he is willing to sacrifice one to save many. |
| away and die, like "Chicago Hope." Yet, one | | | | Many times, House diagnoses and treats patients |
| medical themed program arose from the "ER" | | | | without any actual proof, just theory - a practice |
| exhaust and isolated itself from the pack. That | | | | that many doctors refuse to perform. In one |
| show is Fox networks' "House." | | | | episode, he knowingly experiments with the lives |
| Starring Hugh Laurie as protagonist and anti-hero | | | | of two babies - giving them two separate drugs - |
| Gregory House, the program follows the Vicodin | | | | in order to discover which virus is slowly killing 6 |
| addicted doctor and his team of over-qualified | | | | other infants within the hospital. |
| experts as they try to diagnose the strange, | | | | This type of behavior is looked down upon in real |
| exotic and peculiar diseases and infections that | | | | life, let alone within the reality of television, but at |
| plague a new patient each week. But what | | | | the same time it is a new type of philosophy, a |
| separates the program from the rest is that it is | | | | new way to look at the world. In fact, a recently |
| not an actual hospital drama, it is a medical | | | | published book entitled "House and Philosophy: |
| mystery show. | | | | Everybody Lies," strives to examine the |
| Each week, a new patient is admitted into House's | | | | philosophy of Gregory House and apply it to |
| clinic for treatment. On the surface, the patients | | | | modern day society. |
| seem to be in the hospital due to a sports injury | | | | Regardless of personal opinions, there is no |
| or from simply fainting in a hallway or classroom. | | | | denying that the show is ever so good. A guilty |
| Either way, the patient's health quickly turns grave | | | | pleasure wrapped with mystery and a touch of |
| and it is up to the team to conduct tests and | | | | romantic drama that is already on its sixth season. |
| examinations to discover the unknown virus or | | | | Not to mention that with all of the HD channels |
| bacterial entity that is causing sickness. Normally, | | | | currently offered, it is possible to watch "House" |
| House will never visit the patient, spending most | | | | with crystal clear clarity - alliteration aside - and |
| of his time treating hypochondriacs in the hospital | | | | really see the blood oozing out of a patients |
| clinic - which he is forced to do - or watching | | | | throat as a tracheotomy is performed, which |
| television on the high definition screens in the | | | | happens almost every other episode. |
| OBGYN lounge - which he is forbidden to do. | | | | |