House, M.D. - Season One

Ostensabily for my brother, I purchased Season One of House. I had never seen anything more than a handful of episodes from season four, and now... Well, let's just say I'm about as addicted as House is to the show. Each episode is medically realistic, morally intriguing, and hillarious beyond measure, not be mention the armchair psych's dream.

Aflicted with a bum leg for the last 5 years, world renown dignostition House, MD, works at Princeton Plainsboro hospital curing the sick - but only those cases he finds interesting. The normal cough or cold will not do for him, no, only those with the inexplicable will do for him. The puzzle is all that matters - leave the human aspect to everyone else.

And as much as the episodes are the tales of House learning to interact with other human beings (on a limited scope), the season is about as much his underlings learning that *House is always right* and that, sometimes, human element really doesn't matter.

Get, if you've never seen more than 1 episode, get anyway. Just purchase this series - you'll thank me for it later.

This is a great series with fine actors given extraordinary scripts so they can show off their talents. House is the perfect antihero. He's certainly not Doctor Kildare, but despite his handicaps, physical and emotional, he never wavers from doing right--at least in his eyes.

Have we seen this character before? Of course. As many have pointed out, Gregory House is based on Sherlock Holmes. He's arrogant, a drug abuser, solves murderous mysteries, plays a musical instrument, has a best friend named Wilson instead of Watson (who, like Holmes, he always calls by his last name), lives at the same street address (221B), gets bored easy, and at a glance he can deduce a person's recent activities

The creators pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (a doctor that says Holmes was based partly on Dr. Bell) by giving their characters similar names to Doyle's creation and throwing occasional hints at the audience; like the episode where House says he got another Conan Doyle book for Christmas or giving the man who shot House the name of Moriarty.

If you find the Holmes/House connections interesting, you might try
http://www.housemd-guide.com/holmesian.php, a site dedicated to the House series.

Most people don't realize that Sherlock Holmes is the most depicted character in film--over 200 movies or TV shows. Perhaps they ought to add all the House episodes to this tally.

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I have to say that when my family doctor got this he was very excited. He had never seen House before. This is the perfect gift for a Doctor, especially if you joke about Vicodin during your visit. He may never give me Vicodin but he did enjoy and I will now send him Season two, then three and so on...

House M.D. - Season One
My girlfriend had been telling me about this series for a long time. I brushed it off because it never seemed that interesting to me. Recently she retrieved this 3-Dual Sided Disk set from some relatives and forced me to watch it. What a serious mistake I have been making by not watching this.

House, played by the genius Hugh Laurie, is an amazing doctor. He works for a walk-in hospital. House has a horrible limp and needs a cane to walk. That aspect will be further explained through later episodes in the season. He is also the best doctor available at the hospital. However, his outrageous behavior often gets him yelled at by patients and the hospital owner, Dr. Cuddy. This outrageous behavior includes forcing patients into treatment, asking patients crazy questions, and only picking up cases that seem interesting to him. Dr. Cuddy decides to fix this problem by giving House many hours of clinical duty to deal with normal patients in between the interesting ones.

The first eight episodes run a normal routine. You are introduced to House and his team of medical experts, each with their own unique characters. Each episode will feature a new patient with a problem. House and his team will go through many different diagnoses before they figure out what is actually wrong with the patient. This always remains interesting with the use of seizures, vomiting, and other disgusting events. House will be providing comedic relief along the way.

Still, once these initial eight episodes are over you will begin to get tired of this same routine. Luckily, episode nine breaks away from the routine. While the first couple of episodes did a good job of establishing characters, the episodes that follow them create dynamic characters. House's history is revealed in a wonderful episode that you have no idea is even about him. House is one the verge of being fired. House goes on a date with his co-worker named Cameron. There is so much evolution of the already beautifully created characters.

The extras are some making of features and two extras talking about the character House. These are all nice extras, but nothing too great. The DVD is set up really well though. Each episode is given a summary before you begin watching. That way even if you do not remember the name of the episode, you can find the episode you are looking for. This is probably the best set-up DVD Set I own.

If you want dynamic character, intense and deep storylines, and comedy that does not take away from the effect, then check out House. The dynamic characters will keep you watching this until the great season finale. Do not thank House though, he will not care.

I love the show! I can't wait to see the other seasons!! This is a must have for any House fan!!