Lindsay Robertson makes five very good points over on her listicle about why House M.D. is such a ridiculous, unbelievable show. Included are obvious ones like "Dr. House is a drug addict who stole from a pharmacy and faked a brain tumor, but everyone enables him because he's such a great doctor," and a-ha ones like noting that House is supposed to be super famous in his world, and yet he never publishes papers or goes on any speaking tours or really does anything other than take one case a week.
But you know what Lindsay? I think you missed the most obvious, unbelievable aspect of Hugh Laurie's medical melodrama:
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Ugh, every time somebody reports on the fallacies of medical dramas, it serves as a reminder that there are actually people out there who use Gregory House in lieu of health insurance. That man is addicted to Vicodin, why are you listening to him?! If your actual doctor acted like a huge jerk and kept on popping pills during your diagnosing session, you would ask for a second opinion, not trust his insane (but usually correct!) judgment to cut open your skull to cure your headaches.
Whatever, at least there is some semblance of logic there: With the rise of Dr. Oz and daytime shows with Daily Living segments, it's easy to confuse pop health with real medical advice. Fair enough. But now we actually need to be told that J.J Abram's X-Files rip-off Fringe isn't scientifically accurate? CONTINUED »
