please do not the rat

I love Lemmy

There is always a TF2 SFM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuqF1AiqyCQ

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enduring

I read this as endearing.

Nah, not random. If they lied to Dr. House or withheld information, they deserve it (in his opinion).

Same way as Holmes is high fantasy to real detectives, what's your point?

It's a TV show, if it wasn't fictional it would be incredibly boring.

My dad's last doctor was visibly drunk all the time and would unashamedly scroll through my dad's computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to and what his problems were. And of course my dad loved this guy.

Abode

Holmes on homes.

That doctor that inspired Sherlock Holmes was based on a fella named Sean Combs.

Wow he must be very rich.

My doctor's appointments more closely resemble Oliver Twist.

So you're telling me that he's actually a reality warper instead of a genius doctor?

it's abduction he uses, not deduction.

This is correct

He doesn't start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone

Less so

Patients also only get sent to House when nobody else can figure it out.

it's a fake drama without any basis in reality.

Yeah, it's obviously not logical or grounded in reality, but it is at least somewhat consistent within the show universe.

I think during the story line, where Cuddy negotiates with the hospital network insurance provider for a new contract, she makes the argument, that their hospial sort of provides a halo effect. Basically the hospital and probably House in particular (but maybe also others like Wilson) are some of the best in their fields, which obviously is great for marketing purposes, if you can say that you have one/the best and well known hospital in your network.

Edit since I thought of another aspect:

Iit regularly comes up that the team writes case reports. So maybe there is also an aspect where they frequently publish in prestigious journals. Especially since it is a teaching hospital adjacent to a university that might also be an important metric. Similar to insurance providers, the university itself might have an interest in having a reputation for excellence.

There's a hospital near me that openly advertises that it has penthouse suites at the top that feel like swanky apartments. I've never asked about their cost.

"Fuck American healthcare" FTFY

Yes, another in universe explanation, that I already commented somewhere else, is that the hospital is geared towards excellence. There's an episode where Cuddy negotiates with an insurance provider for a new contract and one argument is that they provide a halo effect. So the insurance can claim to have the best in their network or get really bad press for losing them.

Wasn’t there also a multi season arc where they made House teach a class and take on interns so that they had other “reasons” to keep his department

How does employing House make the hospital money?

I thought they did get mad about the queues a couple of times.

At the base of it, the characters are the driving aspect of the show and the episodic cases are just sort of there to drive interactions between the characters. I guess that might be how a lot of shows work though.

Didn't think he sniffed cocaine but instead injected it?

Didn't he do heroin?

It literally has the name of the site in the link.

wasnt he normally only wrong cause the patient was lying to him? a kind of allegory for telling the truth or something idk

Oh wow also "homes" (Holmes) vs "house" really makes it less subtle than I thought...

yes, but the "FLAWED" dial is turned up to 11 in House md compared to the original.

Yeah definitely 😂

I meant specifically a constantly-committing-crimes problem. Every couple of episodes they're whipping out their lockpicks because they want to be inside some place 😂