I’ve a bit of a soft spot for US hospital and crime drama. Great diversionary stuff that’s great for getting far far away from the day job. Goodness knows even the worst episodes the US put out are leagues better than ‘Casualty’ or ‘The Bill’.
Anyway, I’m particularly fond of ‘House‘, not least for the fact that I still laugh when Hugh Laurie comes on screen, expecting some joshing with Stephen Fry and jokes about (please, ensure you do ‘The Fingers’ when you get to the quotes) “Quantity Surveying”. Mmm. Is that a ‘Quantity’ there for me to survey Hugh? Please Mr Music, will you play?
anyway, House is good for all manner of reasons as well as the excellent Hugh Laurie, not least that it takes no prisoners, has sharp and very provocative writing, is sharply edited and is thoroughly entertaining. Thoroughly good stuff.
But one thing I’ve often wondered is how good is the medicine. So anyway, here you go, somebody who seems to know a whole lot more than I think I ever could, has rated just that very part of it. If you’re in the UK, last night (9th Aug) was ‘Family’, Episode 21 of Season 3.
http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.html
And don’t get me started on how good Family Guy is either… Oh, you did…
