Comments on: The House MD Plot Formula

By: Noelle De Guzman

Noelle De Guzman — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:55:21 +0000

I find it fascinating that Dr. House is obsessed with a soap opera. :p

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:12:58 +0000

So, wait. You’re saying that Hollywood and Burbank don’t innovate and think, that they resort to mere formula? No way.

By: Sparticus

Sparticus — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:57:49 +0000

I have to say that I’ve only seen three or four yet have picked up on it, but I still want to see more. I think it was the, everyone in a room brainstorm thing happening. And sometimes I get the impression that House (the Dr) is a bit like Gandalf or Dumbeldore in that you get the impression he knows what’s wrong with them all along, he just wants everyone else to get there on their own.

By: Mic

Mic — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 13:20:29 +0000

Aargh! You beat me to it, Paulo. I was about to post about the House formula too. By the way, it’s “diagnosis” not “prognosis.” Two different terms. “Diagnosis” is what’s wrong with the patient / what the patient has. “Prognosis” is an educated prediction of the probable outcome of the disease. For example: Diagnosis: stage IV lung cancer; Prognosis: dead within the year. A lot of real doctors watch the show by the way. We’re all workaholics, so a lot of us watch TV shows related to medicine.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:35:36 +0000

I have been worried that it would get stale, because I have noticed the same thing. Yet I still find it entertaining each week.

By: Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:54:13 +0000

And then there was the one with the girl with terminal cancer, and they found a non-related tumor on her heart, but that wasn’t causing her problems. In the end it was a blood clot in her brain.