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According to one of my friends with a Dad doctor, House is a dead ringer for many a teacher in the Medicine school.

Because he self-indulgently does things that would make a doctor’s job harder, such as refuse to listen to the patient, humiliate the...

If I remember well, by the later stories, Lestrade stops challenging him and starts watching Holmes work with fascination.

I don’t think I count, I’ve been in Canada for nearly three years.

Yes, that’s basically true, depending. I compared House to copaganda because it isn’t just saying “doctors are awesome” but “bad doctors...

short of outright saying "Don't do this job" or focusing only on the negative aspect every tv show centered around an occupation is...

I’m pretty certain all his diagnoses come from him doing medicine? By which I mean gathering information, ordering tests, trying...

I’m not stuck so much on his being a bad doctor, it’s that he’s a bad doctor but he’s a successful one in terms of diagnosing and...

@jian Totally get you’re always gonna hate House, which is fine. But it sure seems like you’re stuck on, this is a totally nonsensical...

Defending House certainly wasn’t on my EnWorld bingo card for today, but here goes anyway. First, yes, it was part of middle aged white...

As in House himself, presumably? But otherwise, yeah, that sounds reasonable. (I understand he hates the clinics Cuddy makes him do...

The portrayal of Holmes's that does most justice to the full mix of traits, I think, is Jeremy Brett’s. His Holmes is aristocratic and...

Yes, he’s very good. His Watson is also well balanced and representative - energetic, resourceful, not an idiot. Basil Rathbone’s Holmes...

“I want a great detective! “Shush- we have a great detective at Holmes!”

I think their argument was that Holmes is nicer (and more likely to laugh, presumably) in the last 12 stories (collectively The Casebook...