 "Making a 5 Star Show Better" | 2008-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By becky3086 |
House M.D. - Season 2
Recently I watched the complete first season of House M.D.; I thought it was a perfect show. House was gripping, entertaining, and a complete jerk. I loved him. Season 2 takes this show to an entirely new level though. House is established within the first few episodes for those who have not seen the initial season. After this, the series begins to build more characters that are dynamic. As if House was not enough, they now develop the personality of his team of doctors. Chase, Foreman, and Carmen all go through character cycles that build on you.
House is a painkiller-addicted doctor who walks with a limp due to a muscle being removed in his leg. He is the best doctor in the hospital, but is often apathetic and hates patients. The storyline of a common episode will depict House and his team trying to find out what is wrong with an abnormal patient. They will come up with a solution and find out it is wrong. Then they continue to find solutions until they find the right one. Along the way, there is plenty of gore and snide remarks on behalf of House. Almost every episode has this underlying pattern.
The episodes often break off into side plots, which actually become the main plot. This creates multiple captivating plots. Character development branches off these side plots. At the end of the Season, you feel like you know each character. You do not just know there character, but you know their ideals and personality given any situation.
Foreman changes his character drastically about four times. Each time is progressive and makes perfect sense though. Not only does is dialogue change, but his appearance changes. Foreman came off as my favorite character in Season 2. I am not one for being a crybaby, but Foreman gave a heart-wrenching performance in a few episodes.
This Season of House M.D. is better than the original. I advise picking up both though. Each episode is great in its own way. The Season finale will have you so far on the edge of your seat that you will be on the floor. Buy this 6-disk set today or you are an idiot. |
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| "Gregory House is exceptional as Sherlock Holmes" | 2008-09-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1YS3I3BIO5M7B |
This is a great series with fine actors given extraordinary scripts so they can show off their talents. House is the perfect antihero. He's certainly not Doctor Kildare, but despite his handicaps, physical and emotional, he never wavers from doing right--at least in his eyes.
Have we seen this character before? Of course. As many have pointed out, Gregory House is based on Sherlock Holmes. He's arrogant, a drug abuser, solves murderous mysteries, plays a musical instrument, has a best friend named Wilson instead of Watson (who, like Holmes, he always calls by his last name), lives at the same street address (221B), gets bored easy, and at a glance he can deduce a person's recent activities
The creators pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (a doctor that says Holmes was based partly on Dr. Bell) by giving their characters similar names to Doyle's creation and throwing occasional hints at the audience; like the episode where House says he got another Conan Doyle book for Christmas or giving the man who shot House the name of Moriarty.
If you find the Holmes/House connections interesting, you might try
http://www.housemd-guide.com/holmesian.php, a site dedicated to the House series.
Most people don't realize that Sherlock Holmes is the most depicted character in film--over 200 movies or TV shows. Perhaps they ought to add all the House episodes to this tally.
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| "I Love It" | 2008-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By steveo2006 |
After the triumphant debut of the first season of House, many people believed it couldn't be topped. How wrong they were. Season Two not only shut up all the skeptics, it slapped them for even being doubtful. Season Two not only had the absence of the annoying character of Vogler, it gave us a deeper insight into all the characters. At the end of Season One we were introduced to House's ex Stacy. During Season Two we're given a more complex look on their past and their true relationship. The Stacy/House episodes introduce to the fans a deeper complexity to House and we see a more genuine side, rather than the typically cynical House we're used to.
There is one episode which I found a bit too much and felt it was pushing to be controversial. I know it still had a point and didn't fail to entertain and give some deep meaningful message that some will miss somewhere. I'm not going to tell you the episode as you will all know it when you see it. This season also features two very tough to deal with episodes as Foreman is taken down by a life threatening disease, that even House struggles to solve.
As always the show is filled with excellent quotes by House and the team. Below are some of my picks.
From Episode 1: Acceptance:
Foreman: "Aren't there better ways to spend our time?"
House: "Good question. What makes a person deserving? Is a man who cheats on his wife more deserving than a man who kills his wife?"
Foreman: "Uh yeah. Actually, he is."
House: "What about a child molester? Certainly not a good guy, but he didn't kill anybody. Maybe he can get antibiotics, but no MRIs. What about you? What medical care should you be denied for being a car thief? Tell you what: the three of you work out a list of what medical treatments a person loses based on the crime they committed. I'll review it when I get back."
From Episode 5: Daddys Boy:
House: "Gimme a reason to get out of this, and I'll tell you who started the rumor about you being a transsexual."
Cuddy: "There is no such rumor."
House: "There will be unless you get me out of this dinner."
From Episode 24: No Reason:
House: "Here's how life works: you either get to ask for an apology or you get to shoot people. Not both." |
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| "House=Unique" | 2008-07-16 |
| - Reviewed By endlessbooks101 |
| House rocks! I rarely watch TV, but stumbled upon the show one boring evening looking for something to do. Since then, I have ordered all the DVDs and have pre-ordered the fourth season. I identify with the House main character who goes against the grain to fight for patients lives. I am a teacher who has also had to go against the grain to fight for what is right for my students. |
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| "House M.D." | 2008-06-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1JLRZDFEJZS10 |
| This season was as innovative and captivating as the first season. All the episodes had a unique and new disease, some of which being devastating some being comical. House lives up to his reputation as a brilliant doctor and refreshingly cruel person in his honesty. This season is ended with a pivotal and almost horrifying finale; Dr. House's life hanging in the balance. |
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| "More mysteries, more House!" | 2008-06-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A303M4D2AJ1ORY |
I immediately started renting this season as soon as I watched the first, and this one is so much better! The mysteries are more messy, weird and gruesome! From House acting like a teenager pursuing his former girlfriend, to a shooting with an ending that messes with your own head.
Fav. Episodes:
Acceptance
Autopsy
Hunting
The Mistake
Need to Know
Skin Deep
Euphoria 1&2
No Reason
Nothing good is on during the summer, so if you need something new to watch and obsess over, House is the best choice!
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| "Season 2" | 2008-06-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3865DVGIIIAJ1 |
| Addictive: the only possible way to describe this show. Through season two, House is still more witty and 'charming' than ever. You get to learn a lot more about the characters in this season as well in my opinion. Everyone faces different obtacles in their life that they must face. All in all, it's anything that you'd expect from this series; wonderful =) |
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| "excellent" | 2008-05-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1V7BDR3KYMPL6 |
| It's House, you have to know him to love him. Or something like that. I enjoyed the first season and again enjoyed the second season. |
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| "Gotta Love Him (HOUSE)" | 2008-04-06 |
| - Reviewed By lilybitbelle |
| I think it's one of the greatest show on tv today. Excellent writers and actors.. I'm hooked. Can't wait for the new season. |
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| "A good-looking man with only one redeeming quality..." | 2008-04-05 |
| - Reviewed By mustgetmooseandsquirrel |
| They said Hugh Laurie nailed this character in his screen test, and they were right (he wouldn't have landed it with his own English accent!). House is a good-looking yet selfish and demanding guy who has only one redeeming quality: he saves people's lives. The writing and research for the show are incredibly well done as is the acting by all involved. It's also great to see Robert Sean Leonard in a role that spans the widest range of acting abilities, from playing the tender, straight-and-narrow guy to the naive schmuck seemingly starved for House's friendship and becoming the butt of House's "practical jokes". Here's hoping for a long run! ~ Natasha |
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