House

[Jenee]

So, do to circumstances ... entirely of my own doing ... I happened to catch a few episodes of House on television, then went and bought season 1.

I'm half-way through season 3 now and am tempted to watch Monday night and check out the discussion thread for last Monday.

But, I do want to be surprised at any ... storylines that may come up.

So, should I wait and watch the shows in order? Or, are the storylines not all that ... dramatic when a new one pops up?

 

[LitmusDragon]

Definitely wait IMO, the show has taken several left turns at various points and you would likely be spoiled on some big reveals if you started watching the current episodes.

 

[Trekker4747]

Do NOT go out of sequence. There's something huge that happens in the series that the current crop of episodes will ruin.

Catch up with the series on DVD and you should be able to finish them by the time the current season goes into Winter Hiatus where you can then catch-up on the current season either on-line or during the (presumed) reruns over the break.

But stop watching the new episodes now, hell at the very least you can store them on your DVR (if you have one) until you can watch them.

But there's some HUGE things that happen that this season's episodes will ruin.

House, overall, is fairly episodic. It's not like "Lost" where if you start now you'll be lost but there have been a couple big arcs that've effected the characters in meaningful ways or -at the very least- provide for awesome episodes that wouldn't be the same knowing the outcome.

 

[Jenee]

cool. thanks.

 

[bigdaddy]

I would watch about the first 6-8 episodes of every season and then the last 4. House really only needs 13 episodes a season.

The end of 3 and the beginning of 4 are really fun!

 

[Trekker4747]

I would watch about the first 6-8 episodes of every season and then the last 4. House really only needs 13 episodes a season.

The end of 3 and the beginning of 4 are really fun!

Couldn't disagree more. It may work for purposes of getting the "gist of the season's arc" but you'd be missing a lot of good stand-alone stories. Watch all seasons completely with a show like this it is well worth it.

 

[Jenee]

The more I watch this, the more I realize House doesn't know anything, he's just winging it. He gets lucky at the last minute.

Still like House, but I wouldn't want him as the doctor for one of my loved ones.

 

[Trekker4747]

The more I watch this, the more I realize House doesn't know anything, he's just winging it. He gets lucky at the last minute.

Still like House, but I wouldn't want him as the doctor for one of my loved ones.

House is a brilliant puzzle-solver. Sometimes solving puzzles involves trying to put pieces where they don't belong.

House knows more than, apparently, you're catching on to. Unfortuantly, as a premise, House makes his decisions on the information he has and often it's some secret or other piece of information the POTW has that gives House his "A ha!" Moment. He's a brilliant doctor, make no mistake about it.

 

[superstring01]

One of the best shows on TV. I'm praying for 13's return.

~String

 

[sidious618]

I'm interested to hear your reaction to the season two finale, "No Reason." It's my favorite episode (although it might be tied with the "Broken" two parter now) and it has two of my all time favorite character speeches in it.

 

[Trekker4747]

One of the best shows on TV. I'm praying for 13's return.

~String

I want to make it clear to everyone in here and point out for Jenee's sake that she's watching through the series on DVD and isn't aware of certain plot details that come later on in it. So, for her sake, to keep this spoiler free.

 

[sidious618]

One of the best shows on TV. I'm praying for 13's return.

~String

I want to make it clear to everyone in here and point out for Jenee's sake that she's watching through the series on DVD and isn't aware of certain plot details that come later on in it. So, for her sake, to keep this spoiler free.

Good idea. I'll make sure not to mention that Wilson has a threesome with Cuddy and Cameron. And Chase watching through the window? Who saw THAT one coming?

 

[superstring01]

I'm interested to hear your reaction to the season two finale, "No Reason." It's my favorite episode (although it might be tied with the "Broken" two parter now) and it has two of my all time favorite character speeches in it.

The finale with him going to rehab? I thought it was brilliant. I thought the whole hallucinating delio was great.

~String

 

[Trekker4747]

Dude, watch the fucking spoilers!

 

[superstring01]

Dude, watch the fucking spoilers!

Spoilers? The thread is about House, presumably we'd be discussing the show. What is the cut off for episodic discussion? 3 seasons ago?

~String

 

[sidious618]

Dude, watch the fucking spoilers!

Spoilers? The thread is about House, presumably we'd be discussing the show. What is the cut off for episodic discussion? 3 seasons ago?

~String

The thread creator is only in season one. Sometimes we have threads where someone is starting a show and they discuss as they go through it. We have threads like that for shows like Babylon 5 and the X-Files once in a while.

 

[superstring01]

Ahhhhh. Well then. Carry on!

~String

 

[Jax]

You will love the 2 part season 4 finale, ooo I envy your trip

 

[Jenee]

I'm on the last disk of season 3. But, I understand he's supposed to be a brilliant doctor and problem solver, but ... most episodes this season has him on the verge of cutting open a patient only to learn at the last minute - sometimes by someone completely outside the operating room - that that is the wrong thing to do.

The episode I watched last night, he nearly killed both children of one couple and went back and forth with 'we need to sacrifice this one to save that one' to 'oh, wait I was wrong, now we need to sacrifice that one to save this one'.

Not the kind of doctor I want handling my child(ren)'s medical problems.

Oh, and I loved the season ending (don't remember if it was one or two) in which he was shot and halucinated an entire episode.

 

[Islander]

The more I watch this, the more I realize House doesn't know anything, he's just winging it. He gets lucky at the last minute.

Still like House, but I wouldn't want him as the doctor for one of my loved ones.

No, he trully his a genius. And what happens in the end of the episode is specifically a flash of genius, not luck. His perception and capability of deduction puts in at par with Sherlock Holmes (which the character is based upon) in term of intelligence.

Of course, he's trully a jerk and an asshole, so I wouldn't want to directly deal with him but I or someone I knew had an undiagnosable disease, I'd definetely want him at the head of the investigating team.

You should watch a little more and put give a particular attention to his dealing with other people as that will outline what I've just described.