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09-21-2009, 08:44 PM
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the previous season seems to have upped its ridiculousness quota, what with the whole Dr. House going nuts scenario.
the season premiere starts in about 15 minutes, and our favorite fictional MD will be in an insane asylum.
I dunno if I'm going to bother watching, I might, just to get one last lol in at house's wisecracks before forgetting about the show entirely.
your opinions?
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09-21-2009, 08:57 PM
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09-21-2009, 09:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | I only can comment on the first three seasons (the only ones I have on DVD and have watched), but I love the show. I'll see if I can pick up 4&5 for cheap/borrow. |
09-21-2009, 09:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Pasadena, California | | | I never liked the show. To me, it just seems like a mediocre hospital show with 1 good character.
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09-21-2009, 09:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central New Jersey | | | I liked the episode tonight. It was not anything like I expected, but it was good. For those who have not seen it, I do not want to spoil it. Maybe in a few days it can be discussed here. |
09-21-2009, 09:28 PM
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Guess I have to wait 8 days til Fox puts it up...
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09-21-2009, 09:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bothell, WA | | | I have never understood the whole "shark" thing. No matter how often I see it used I still have no idea what it means. |
09-21-2009, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Balog I have never understood the whole "shark" thing. No matter how often I see it used I still have no idea what it means. | It is an old reference to the Happy Days show from the 70's. After several seasons of excellent ratings one of it's favorite characters (the Fonz) Jumped over a Shark while water skiing. At this point the shows ratings began to decline. Since then the phrase "Jumping the Shark" has basically become a euphemism for to cute for it's own good. Basically this happens when the writers for a long running series create more and more unbelievable scenarios.
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09-21-2009, 09:56 PM
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09-21-2009, 10:12 PM
| | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | I watched half of it.
there's nothing redeeming left about this show. House isn't even house anymore, he's some grumpy whiney old guy who's sad and alone. There's no wit, no intelligence, hell, there aren't even medical cases any more.
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09-21-2009, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | "jumping the shark" is usually immediately followed by a "bring in an Oliver" on sitcoms.
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09-22-2009, 12:05 AM
|  | I make metal look good. | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Baxley, GA | | | The episode (watching it right now) is a slightly different direction, and I am enjoying it. Little less humor, lot more drama.
Good stuff.
Then again, I've loved Hugh Laurie since Blackadder.
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09-22-2009, 03:04 AM
|  | So much flame, it burns............ | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV. | | Haven't watched the 2hr episode yet.
But it does seem all too familiar:
"Brilliant, wisecracking doctor goes semi-nuts and must have psychiatric treatment".  
Anybody remember the final, 2hr M*A*S*H from about 20 years ago???
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09-22-2009, 08:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Houston | | | House just began to be another "formula" show to me.
Show = Crazy sickness overcomes person + House thinks it's just something simple + odd symptom that makes House think again + 45 minutes of "It could be this! Let's test! No, we have to treat now or they'll die" + Patient revealing something they've kept from the doctor + patient cured in the last 2 minutes.
Maybe it's changed since I stopped watching, but I lost interest a long time ago. |
09-22-2009, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by need4mospd House just began to be another "formula" show to me.
Show = Crazy sickness overcomes person + House thinks it's just something simple + odd symptom that makes House think again + 45 minutes of "It could be this! Let's test! No, we have to treat now or they'll die" + Patient revealing something they've kept from the doctor + patient cured in the last 2 minutes.
Maybe it's changed since I stopped watching, but I lost interest a long time ago. | +1
I quit watching it a while ago because it was always the same show.
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09-22-2009, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal +1
I quit watching it a while ago because it was always the same show. | Same here.
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09-22-2009, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by IconBasser I watched half of it.
there's nothing redeeming left about this show. House isn't even house anymore, he's some grumpy whiney old guy who's sad and alone. There's no wit, no intelligence, hell, there aren't even medical cases any more. | That is exactly what I heard from a long time fan of the show who told me that if I want to waste 2 hours of my life that I will never get back then go ahead and watch it 
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09-22-2009, 09:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium | | | You guys can say what you want... I'm still loving and watching House MD.
Off course, over here we are a season or two behind.
Last Sunday it was the episode that Cuddy almost got a baby by adoption but the teenage mother changed her mind.
Anything with Hugh Laurie is good to me.... well, for the time being.
I admit the first season had that spark, and that's fading. It was the first hospital show I could bear watching.
I wish Laurie would go back to comedy. "A bit of Fry and Laurie" was one of the best sketch shows ever. |
09-22-2009, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal +1
I quit watching it a while ago because it was always the same show. | me too! |
09-22-2009, 10:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pacific Northwest USA | | Watched it, thought it was a great episode. Even liked the cello playing.
Oh, and the gal (Lydia) he slept with was just tasty .
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