Only quoting here in homage to my favorite show:
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House: Unfortunately, you have a deeper problem. Your wife is having an affair.
Orange Guy: What?!
House: You’re orange, you moron! It’s one thing for you not to notice, but if your wife hasn’t picked up on the fact that her husband has changed color, she’s just not paying attention.
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House: Nice. [He walks over to the waiting room full of patients.] Hello, sick people and their loved ones! [Cuddy looks at him incredulously.] In the interest of saving time and avoiding a lot of boring chit-chat later, I’m Dr. Gregory House. You can call me Gregg. I’m one of three doctors staffing this clinic this morning.
Cuddy: Short, sweet. Grab a file.
House: This ray of sunshine is Dr. Lisa Cuddy. Dr. Cuddy runs this whole hospital so, unfortunately, she’s much too busy to deal with you. I am a bored [looks at Cuddy] certified diagnostician with a double specialty of infectious disease and nephrology. I’m also the only doctor currently employed at this clinic who is here against his will. That is true, isn’t it? [Cuddy just looks at him.] But not to worry, because for most of you this job could be done by a monkey with a bottle of Motrin. Speaking of which, if you’re particularly annoying, you may see me reach for this. This is Vicodin. It’s mine. You can’t have any. And no, I do not have a pain management problem, I have a pain problem. But who knows? Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m too stoned to tell. So, who wants me? [None of the clinic patients seem too eager.] And who would rather wait for one of the other two doctors? [Everyone raises their hands.] Okay, well, I’ll be in Exam Room 1 if you change your mind.
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Everytime this guy, House, opens his mouth, I hold my breath so I don't miss anything. That's good writing. I know that good screenwriting needs good acting to pull it off. This show happens to have both, but I think the scale tips in favor of the screenwriters. It would just be hard to screw-up these wonderful lines. The characters are wonderful foils for each other, without being cutesy.
Having said that, they've only shown us one season thus far and there's romantic possibility between House and one of his staff that they've been skirting. If it goes there, it could well be disasterous. Anyway, i almost never watch TV... HouseMD and NFL football (come on pre-season!!)
Oh, this show is great. Tuesday nights 9pm Eastern (US, of course.)
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