Well, he's based on Sherlock Holmes and Holmes was a rude guy himself. I don't mind the rudeness, since it's usually smart and funny. I wouldn't care for it from an actual human being--doctor or no. I would TOLERATE it from someone if they were, say, saving my life, but I certainly wouldn't enjoy it.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Scrappy - Sep 21, 2009 11:43:14 am PDT #3544 of 11831
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
erikaj - Sep 21, 2009 11:51:36 am PDT #3545 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, he's not wrong all the time either. Sometimes it's not him being a bastard...sometimes it's more like "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass." Although when he wants to stick the knife in and jiggle it, he can even hurt Cuddy, which in general, I'd say is tough to do. And, sometimes, my friend worries a lot about whether she does the right thing? So she rather enjoys House's knack with a burn. And I think Laurie has Piven's gift for being able to say appalling things and being sort of loveable, down deep.
-t - Sep 21, 2009 11:55:28 am PDT #3546 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I enjoy the burns when they are clever without caring that they are mean, not so much when they are mean without caring if they are clever.
Connie Neil - Sep 21, 2009 11:57:46 am PDT #3547 of 11831
brillig
Although when he wants to stick the knife in and jiggle it, he can even hurt Cuddy
Oh, some days he is King Bastard of all Bastards, and somedays . . . he isn't. I remember the moment when they were operating on the pregnant woman and her fetus, and the baby wrapped its hand around his finger, and he froze, then did a 180 on the process he intended. He gets shocked into caring and he hates it.
And sometimes Wilson saws his cane halfway in two so he'll collapse in the hallway as Wilson strolls smugly away. And House will smirk in admiration.
erikaj - Sep 21, 2009 12:28:18 pm PDT #3548 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
yeah, that was funny.
Hil R. - Sep 21, 2009 5:02:27 pm PDT #3549 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
PLEASE tell me that was still a hallucination.
Hil R. - Sep 21, 2009 5:11:01 pm PDT #3550 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, the lesson that he was supposed to learn was that he can't fix everything, and he needs to learn how to let things go and move on. And in the process, he fixed just about everyone.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2009 5:16:01 pm PDT #3551 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ION (I'll watch the trainwreck I heard was the House premiere at my leisure - maybe), fun to have Nathan Fillion as Castle on my screen again.
Hil's reaction makes me glad I watched the Heroes premiere instead, since it wasn't totally awful.
beth b - Sep 21, 2009 8:05:15 pm PDT #3552 of 11831
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
3/4 of the way thru House - what the hell? It feels really odd.
Dana - Sep 21, 2009 8:14:44 pm PDT #3553 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think my tolerance level for House is just super-high. Nothing bothers me as long as I can have Hugh Laurie.