Hugh Laurie is a badass.


Hugh Laurie plays the title role in this gripping medical drama on FOX. He’s the nation’s best diagnostician who’s assembled a crack trio of young doctors to help him at his new hospital. The team consists of neurologist Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), intensivist Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), and immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison). House’s inabilty to play by the rules had lead him to Prinecton-Plainsboro where he was hired by the Dean of Medicine, Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein). House’s gruff exterior and his anti-social behavior have left him with one truly close friend, oncologoist Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard). In Season Four, his team quit on him and he had to hire a new one. A Survivor-esque story arc lead him to hire plastic surgeon Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), “Thirteen” Dr. Remy Hadley (Olivia Wilde), and Dr. Lawrence Kuntner (Kal Penn).

Hugh Laurie plays House brilliantly. He commits to the arrogance, the utter disdain for others, and the complete obsession with diagnosing the most complex medical mysteries in addition to the internal struggles of pain and addiction with the general feeling of being completely miserable. It’s funny too how miserable he is, but he isn’t depressed. A man that confident in his abilities and that arrogant to circumvent the rules whenever necessary can’t be depressed. Miserable? Sure. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, I guess.

The character is also very witty. In a lot of ways, House is a comedy. There was one episode where a 15 year-old supermodel had collapsed on the runway after punching out another model. House interrogated her father and eventually got the confession of the father having sex with his daughter. Later, when the team had done the final diagnostic differential (when they throw ideas back and forth) they decided she needed another MRI. What they found was cancer, and here’s the twist, in “her” testicles. Now, I don’t remember the medical terminology of why this was, but in the womb we all start out as girls, but the ovaries eventually become testicles in boys. Every 1 in 10,000 has an immunity to testosterone, so “his/her” testicles never descended and having pure estrogen gave her immaculate female features. When House gave this reveal to the father, the father asked, “Is this a joke?” House being who is and not caring who he cuts down quipped back, “No. A joke would be me calling you a homo.”
That line gives that episode the “favorite of the series” status.

Another thing to like about House, MD is the hot chicks. Jennifer Morrison (the blonde chick from Grind) is attractive, but her character is a whiny bitch. Lisa Edelstein has it going on for an older woman. My love, though, is with “Thirteen” Olivia Wilde. Move over Mandy Moore, I’ve got a new celebrity crush. I can’t really comprehend totally why I like her so much. It might be the AWESOME lesbian trysts that she had in one episode. It might be the vibe of vulnerable strength that she gives off. I also have no idea what that means. She is just smokin’ HOT.

Overall, House is in my top five shows right now. In so receiving the coveted status of Current Top Five it will also receive the most prestigious review of five Dwight Heads.

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