re: Does "House" with Hugh Laurie ever alter the formula? (Spoilers)

It's funny, but watching A Bit of Fry and Laurie on Netflix has resulted in me starting House from the beginning. Fry and Laurie both would have fit well into a Python type show.



And Laurie is fantastic in House. I'm up to late Season 5. You are right about the formulaic aspect of it, it's become almost comical by now. They are not going to get the correct diagnosis until at least 45 minutes have passed. The patient will likely be defibrillated, intubated, have a CAT scan, liver failure, kidney failure, the same weird diseases get thrown around all the time (Wilson's Disease, Sarcoidosis,...). I hardly pay attention to the medical stuff for most of the show because it's pointless. It's the story lines outside of the medicine that are interesting.

I do think that the first two seasons were the best. House starts to just be an arse after that, and some of the changes in his support staff just seem silly. It was pretty impressive that they cranked out around 25 episodes per season.

I did like the 2 part finale, so before giving up it's worth watching that.