I love this show, it's the best thing to come on TV for a long while, it's not over hyped like 'Lost' seems to be, it kinda slip in under the radar and surprises! Hugh Laurie is excellent. It was slightly off putting hearing his accent for a while, because I know him mostly from Blackadder, and you can't get any more different. The character's unique and complex and he plays all side to House with equal strength. House is a great contrast to his colleagues. I really enjoy the love/hate relationship he has with his boss, Dr. Cuddy. And the will they/won't they thing he has going with Dr. Cameron. I think the supporting characters each bring out a different side to him and it makes interesting viewing.
The way the show is approached is unusual as well. Instead of the mad world of the ER in, well, ER! It's slower and more in depth but about twice and interesting. I was a huge ER fan back in the day, but it's lost it's appeal now. House has definitely taken over!! I started watching this show mostly because I'm a "Neighbours" obsessive freak!! Loved Jesse Spencer in his role as Billy Kennedy int he 90's and tuned in to see if he'd wriggled out of the Soap Opera typecast into a serious role, in Hollywood no less! And I have to say he 100% has! I like that the cast are relitively unknown. It works well in letting the show develop as a whole rather and the "Desperate Housewives staring Terri Hatcher from Superman" thing that, IMO, killed that show! Read somewhere that the first series is not yet planned for release in the UK. Quite frankly, that sucks!! I'm going to scream and shout, kick up a fuss and possibly kill someone until it is! And I don't care how broke I am when it does come out, I'm buying it and not leaving my sofa until I've relived every ounze of drama and every hilarious one liner! A resounding 9.5 out of 10, the only niggle I have is that the patients hardly ever die!!! But I can over look that, on account of the fact they way they don't die is so entertaining!
The way the show is approached is unusual as well. Instead of the mad world of the ER in, well, ER! It's slower and more in depth but about twice and interesting. I was a huge ER fan back in the day, but it's lost it's appeal now. House has definitely taken over!! I started watching this show mostly because I'm a "Neighbours" obsessive freak!! Loved Jesse Spencer in his role as Billy Kennedy int he 90's and tuned in to see if he'd wriggled out of the Soap Opera typecast into a serious role, in Hollywood no less! And I have to say he 100% has! I like that the cast are relitively unknown. It works well in letting the show develop as a whole rather and the "Desperate Housewives staring Terri Hatcher from Superman" thing that, IMO, killed that show! Read somewhere that the first series is not yet planned for release in the UK. Quite frankly, that sucks!! I'm going to scream and shout, kick up a fuss and possibly kill someone until it is! And I don't care how broke I am when it does come out, I'm buying it and not leaving my sofa until I've relived every ounze of drama and every hilarious one liner! A resounding 9.5 out of 10, the only niggle I have is that the patients hardly ever die!!! But I can over look that, on account of the fact they way they don't die is so entertaining!
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