{"id":381,"date":"2005-11-12T22:27:07","date_gmt":"2005-11-12T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/12\/TVWorthWatchingHouse.aspx"},"modified":"2005-11-12T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2005-11-12T22:27:07","slug":"tv-worth-watching-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/12\/tv-worth-watching-house\/","title":{"rendered":"TV worth watching: House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is why House is the best medical show on TV&#8230; period:<\/p>\n<p><!-- old content\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/44192957-O.mpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelittles.smugmug.com\/photos\/44188444-M.jpg\" alt=\"House\" align=\"baseline\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">click picture to watch clip or: <a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/44185128-O.mpg\">small (4Mb)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/44192957-O.mpg\">large (11Mb)<\/a>\nnote: if you don't see a full 55 second clip you are missing the end, try right-click-&gt;save target<\/span><\/em>\n\n&nbsp;--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/api.smugmug.com\/services\/embed\/3677123722_zR8rJHK?width=320&amp;height=240&amp;albumId=960667&amp;albumKey=pQPm52\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are few shows I must watch,&nbsp;four total, in fact.&nbsp; House (aka House, M.D.)&nbsp;is at the top of the short list.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the quickie background: Greg House is a cross between Dr. Hawkeye Pierce, Sherlock Holmes and that grumpy old man next door who\u2019s always yelling at the neighborhood kids.&nbsp; He loves to solve the tough, mystery illnesses but hates dealing with patients (or just about anyone else it seems).&nbsp; A bitter, semi-reclusive character, House doesn\u2019t care who he pisses&nbsp;off and, as a result, speaks his mind without hesitation or societal filter.&nbsp;&nbsp;House&#8217;s unedited sarcasm makes&nbsp;watching the show wonderfully cathartic.<\/p>\n<p>A typical episode revolves around a single patient\u2019s mystery illness, broken up with other sub-plots and, one of my favorite parts: House doing his requisite clinic duty<!-- (<a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/44192957-O.mpg\">see clip<\/a>)-->.&nbsp; So, what\u2019s the big deal?&nbsp;&nbsp;Fantastic writing, a stellar cast and characters with real depth.&nbsp; Plus, the hospital where they work is not on the brink of some world-destroying calamity each week like E.R. (someone please cancel that show).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0009WPM1Q\/thelittlefamil00\">The first season is out on DVD<\/a>, start there&#8230; it has no commercials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is why House is the best medical show on TV&#8230; period: There are few shows I must watch,&nbsp;four total, in fact.&nbsp; House (aka House, M.D.)&nbsp;is at the top of the short list. Here\u2019s the quickie background: Greg House is a cross between Dr. Hawkeye Pierce, Sherlock Holmes and that grumpy old man next door [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idle","category-idletv","tag-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}