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Nov 5, 2008, 02:36 PM
 
Does anyone else follow this show? I just started watching it last season, and I'm hooked. Also, the end of this last episode was absolutely ridiculous.

     
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Nov 5, 2008, 02:38 PM
 
I followed it pretty strongly for a while, then fell off. Thanks to USA replacing their endless Law & order repeats with some House, I've been catching back up on it.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 02:39 PM
 
I never got into it because it was so easy to mock without seeing it, especially the early promos. He's so unconventional!!!

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Nov 5, 2008, 02:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
I followed it pretty strongly for a while, then fell off. Thanks to USA replacing their endless Law & order repeats with some House, I've been catching back up on it.
Hulu's pretty good, too.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 02:50 PM
 
I'm not too big on internet tv. I'm a channel-flicking kinda person.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 03:15 PM
 
Channel-flicking is boring when there are only five of them and one is PBS.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 03:17 PM
 
Oh yeah, I'd have been all over hulu in college, had I owned a computer.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 03:53 PM
 
I just got into House about 1 month ago, and I love it.

I have bought the 1st 2 seasons in HD from iTunes and I'm hooked.
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Nov 5, 2008, 04:26 PM
 
its a show i'll watch if its on, or if i'm bored and need something to pass the time on HULU.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 04:30 PM
 
I don't, too much medical jargon in spite of what my friends (whom -oh surprise- are Doctors) say… but I wonder, why the NIKE sneakers?, wouldn't a pair of New Balance be a better choice??
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 04:55 PM
 
You should definitely check out the first season. I still like it, but it was better back then.
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Nov 5, 2008, 04:59 PM
 
Robert Sean Leonard also looks much more Neil Perry back then.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 05:21 PM
 
I only watched a few episodes of House when it first aired, but it got a little repetitive/predictable for me. As far as medical sitcoms go, i really like Scrubs a lot.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 05:22 PM
 
Honestly, I don't watch it for plot, so much as the excessive sarcasm.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 06:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a View Post
I only watched a few episodes of House when it first aired, but it got a little repetitive/predictable for me. As far as medical sitcoms go, i really like Scrubs a lot.
Hint: The patient doesn't have lupus.

(Except for that one time when the patient did.)
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Nov 5, 2008, 07:00 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
Honestly, I don't watch it for plot, so much as the excessive sarcasm.
Yeah, that's a REAL good reason to watch a show.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 07:21 PM
 
Wow, sarcasm. That's original.
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Nov 5, 2008, 07:46 PM
 
I started watching it earlier this year. Caught up on all the seasons to present (back then) in some TV bingeing sessions. I really enjoyed the first couple of seasons -- the first in particular -- and have been ok with the other seasons. The end of the last season and the beginning of the present one were pretty good too with a death and the surrounding mystery.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 08:05 PM
 
Have seen every episode from Seasons 1-4, but will probably wait until the disc set for Season 5.

Okay, I'll probably dload it all from iTunes. Every bit.
     
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Nov 5, 2008, 08:07 PM
 
a girl i know calls me house cause i'm such an ***hole.
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Nov 5, 2008, 09:49 PM
 
Hit her with your flame-decorated cane.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 01:36 AM
 
that cane is gone. can't remember what happened to it though. I thin wilson sawed through it or something.

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it's a natural finished wood cane now.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 08:57 AM
 
i love hugh laurie
we don't have time to stop for gas
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 09:31 AM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
Yeah, that's a REAL good reason to watch a show.
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Wow, sarcasm. That's original.
Yeah, this was unexpected.
     
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a girl i know calls me house cause i'm such an ***hole.
You sir, have reached the pinnacle of life.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:07 PM
 
I love you guys
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:10 PM
 
That's kinda gay. And I mean that in the best possible way.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:15 PM
 
If I said that I love you, would you take your pants off and dance a little?

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Nov 6, 2008, 12:20 PM
 
I love Laminar the most
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:26 PM
 
Oh baby.
     
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If I said that I love you, would you take your pants off and dance a little?
The quickest way to Laminar's bed is through his parents. Have sex with them and you're in.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:28 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
The quickest way to Laminar's bed is through his parents. Have sex with them and you're in.
Just be sure he knows he's in for a wild ride.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:35 PM
 
ON TOPIC: [not that we really need to be]
(Possible spoiler for those just starting the series)
 
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:36 PM
 
I hate his obnoxious character, so no, I don't watch the show.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 12:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
ON TOPIC: [not that we really need to be]
(Possible spoiler for those just starting the series)
 
 
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 01:17 PM
 
I watched the first two seasons, liked ’em a lot. Bit hesitant to watch S3, as I’d read on Teh Intarwebs that the show had got worse, but once I had actually viddied the footage in question, determined that that was misinformation. Not yet seen the newer material, at which point exactly does it deteriorate to the point where terminating viewing becomes logically imperative?
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 01:23 PM
 
I'm not much of a TV fan, but House is an amazing show. Love it to bits and it's the only show I watch regularly. Hugh Laurie is made of awesomeness.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 01:32 PM
 
Like it a lot; it shows how much doctors can be jerks sometimes. Good rythm into it and it gets you hooks from beginning to end. My favorite time was when House was totally scared because he was harrassed by this policeman.
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 01:53 PM
 
I like it, but sometimes don't love it. I only got into it last year and they went and killed my favorite character. I think the PI is filling that void as one who can give House **** that he will listen to.

I watched the first ep on USA... it seemed stilted and contrived in comparison... or is that just Pilot disease, and the rest of the first seasons were better?
     
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Nov 6, 2008, 02:14 PM
 
I don't remember the first episode, to be honest, but I generally found the first season to be much less contrived than recent seasons.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
I watched the first ep on USA... it seemed stilted and contrived in comparison... or is that just Pilot disease, and the rest of the first seasons were better?
Pilots always suck. Even Seinfeld's sucked (stiff characters, Kramer being "Kessler," etc.).

House got very, very good. I'm totally hooked.
     
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
I like it, but sometimes don't love it. I only got into it last year and they went and killed my favorite character. I think the PI is filling that void as one who can give House **** that he will listen to.

I watched the first ep on USA... it seemed stilted and contrived in comparison... or is that just Pilot disease, and the rest of the first seasons were better?
The first couple episode were a bit overly dramatic and had some major background music. The directing has certainly gotten better.
     
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Nov 19, 2008, 10:47 PM
 
I've started watching season 1 from the beginning and noticed a couple interesting things. The doctors off-handedly mention how awful it would be if one of their patient had Huntington's, and two parents, while discussing possible baby names, throw out "Amber" because it's a stripper name. I don't know if these were intentional, but they're interesting nonetheless.
     
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Nov 19, 2008, 11:08 PM
 
Good catch.
     
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Nov 19, 2008, 11:19 PM
 
I don't get why the opening credits still focuses on the old assistants while not showing the new assistants at all.
     
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Nov 19, 2008, 11:31 PM
 
I would NOT be against any chance to see more Olivia Wilde.
     
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Nov 20, 2008, 09:37 AM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I would NOT be against any chance to see more Olivia Wilde.
There's 30 seconds of Alpha Dog you might be interested in...
     
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I would NOT be against any chance to see more Olivia Wilde.
A Google Image Search reveals she used to be blonde. She did not look good as a blonde. Too trailer-trashy.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
There's 30 seconds of Alpha Dog you might be interested in...
Worst dialog ever.
     
 
 
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