Talk:House (TV series)/Archive 1

message: I dont believe Stacey Warner was Houses former girlfriend, as the article states. She was his wife, actually. I think it says this in episode 21 or 20 (Three Stories)
She was his girlfriend.  They lived together.  The show has never said they were married. 69.142.21.24 05:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone have any proof that they were married. If there is no direct quote from the show that they were married, then it will be assumed they were just girlfriend/boyfriend.Gdo01 15:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: House and Stacy were never married. If she was his ex-wife she would have probably been mentioned earlier on in the series. Sfufan2005 20:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In "Sports Medicine," Cameron asked House if he'd ever been married, and he responded that he had lived with someone once.St jb 22:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Confirmation?

message: this is with reference to the comments in the "criticism" section. "In one instance, a doctor was bitten by a patient infected with rabies. The doctor displayed symptoms the next day that usually take several weeks to manifest. In addition, rabies is usually fatal after the appearance of symptoms; in this episode, it was treated as easily curable." This is patently wrong. The doctor bitten, Eric Foreman, does not display any symptoms and if he had actually displayed any, a vaccination shot would not save him. Also Rabies is not treated as curable. Matter of fact, this is one of the episodes where ultimately the patient is implied to be irrecoverably diseased and is even consoled by one of the doctors.
Some of those of us who live in the UK have a chance to see how good this series is next Sunday (2005-04-17) when it starts on the Hallmark channel. HTH HAND --Phil | Talk 08:19, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
* Come on guys, let's EXPAND this article... I did a little tonight ---FoodMarket   talk!  04:48, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It reminds me a lot of Casualty: a long-running UK TV show about a casualty department in a hospital. It, too, would open with someone getting into medical bother before the opening credits, although it was usually more obvious about it (a common stand-up joke in the mid '90s was that each episode opened with dialogue like "Of course I know how to operate a chainsaw", at which point their fate was sealed). Sockatume 00:46, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Miscellaneous

message: Could someone comment on how realistic this show is?  I'm wondering in particular about the medical terminology, procedures, etc.  Compare with CSI which is entertaining but presents a completely fake and misleading portrayal of real crime investigations.  Thanks!
i am not a medical student... so i am curious (and i don't mean any offense) about diagnosticing patients... do they really go by this dramatic step by step, if you'll excuse the word, guesses and probe patient with various different surgeries before reaching the right one?
thx! 70.70.209.80 17:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How Realistic Is It? 

message: House had quite a few mentions of General Hospital, and also shows House watching it. Is it really the General Hospital by ABC or just a parody? --antilived T | C 08:39, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As near as I've been able to discern, the clip in the pilot was an actual clip from GH, but everything since has been a made-up hospital soap intended to resemble it -- presumably licensing would be ridiculously expensive, and they have enough trouble on the music front.--Baylink 16:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Hospital 

message: Can we get rid of the Houseisms?  It's just a list of funny quotes, so they belong in Wikiquote. Elwood00 14:09, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Houseisms 

message: Should the recurring device of having the diseases and disorders computer animated be mentioned?  Also, the use of special effects to show what the patients are experiencing mentally (e.g. the woman with the bugs on her arms, the convict hallucinating  his victims, the little girl with cancer)?  Is this a really unique aspect of the show? 
Cigarette 05:09, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would argue it's worth mention, possibly with the kinds of examples you just mentioned, but no more than a small paragraph's worth. Cybertooth85 19:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this is an incredibly unique aspect of the show, and should be mentioned. Vjasper 19:52, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm confused, has this ever been a part of the article?  I agree that it's a distinctive aspect of the show, and I'll take a shot at writing it into the article, but I'd rather have something to start from MBlume 03:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CGI

message: I added a title screen to the infobox since it seems to be a norm on several other pages (i.e. Grey's Anatomy, The West Wing etc). If anyone can find a better pic of that particular shot in high definition that would be great. Sfufan2005 01:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah, that's a pretty horrible looking picture. dposse 04:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty horrible? That's the replacement. You should see the one I had before that. This is an improvement on the last one. Sfufan2005 22:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

text: There are you happy now? You whined and got your way. I'm not going to press the issue but I still think you were making a big deal out of nothing. No one else seemed to have a problem with it. It wasn't that bad that it needed a cleanup tag. Sfufan2005 15:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Title screen

message: Ugh.  Why does everyone insist on adding their two cents about what they think imaginary characters think and feel?  It isn't encyclopedic, and there's no need for it.  People who are looking for that much detail can go and watch the show. —Cleared as filed. 12:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amateur analysis 

message: I'm not sure if this section is really needed.  Lots of the "issues" are just part of the storyline, it's suppose to be witty and ironical, and I don't think they should be judged upon face value especially when the scripts are being evaluated out of the context.  There are tons of errors in other TV shows, but why aren't those pages including a "criticism" secion?  Please discuss it to see any any action needs to be taken, thanks all. Kenimaru 00:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism

message: Can anyone who has the UK version of the DVDs tell me whether it has the original theme music or the replacement used on TV? Thanks, Denzilq 17:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The TV replacement, unfortunately. :-( Kinitawowi 22:28, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for replying. That sucks, the orginal music suits it much better. I'll have to look into getting the Region 1 version imported. Denzilq 23:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate Music in UK etc. - on the DVDs or just on broadcast? 

message: I was just wondering if anyone here knows how/when they are producing the episodes.  I think that they currently have all the episodes in season 2 filmed but I dont know.  Anyone have any ideas of when they finished filiming season 2 or will finish filming season 3?  --BenWhitey 22:43, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production 

message: In the trivia part of this article, it says the following:
On April 11, 2006's episode, House claimed 42 was his lucky number, very likely a reference to the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. The BBC television adaptation of the book starred fellow Blackadder alumnus Simon Jones, while the film adaptation featured Stephen Fry of A Bit of Fry and Laurie as the Book. 
If i'm right, didn't someone from Lost guest star on that episode? And since the weird numbers on it are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42, it could be a reference to that. 15:54, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 42

message: I just removed this unsourced trivia item: * Coincidentally, House's apartment number 221B may also be a reference to the Star Wars medical droid 2-1B, who installed Luke Skywalker's power prosthetic hand in The Empire Strikes Back. In addition to its lack of a source, it seems spurious since the numbers aren't the same (221B vs 2-1B) and there's no obvious connection between House and Star Wars. | Mr. Darcy talk 15:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is quite a lot of very flimsy bits of trivia in the list. We need to be quite strict in our criteria for inclusion. Jefffire 15:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Star Wars trivia item

message: No idea if this is interesting or not or a stretch or not, but it seems that the character Cameron is based, in part, on George Bernard Shaw's character Candida from his play Candida.  House: "You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn’t perfect.  That’s why you married a man who was dying of cancer.  You don’t love, you need.  And now that your husband is dead, you’re looking for your new charity case.  That’s why you’re going out with me.  I’m twice your age, I’m not great looking, I’m not charming, I’m not even nice.  What I am is what you need.  I’m damaged."
In Shaw's play, Candida is torn between two men and ultimately chooses the one that needs her as opposed to the one that she loves.
Candida: "...Now I want you to look at this other boy here--my boy--spoiled from his cradle. We go once a fortnight to see his parents. You should come with us, Eugene, and see the pictures of the hero of that household. James as a baby! the most wonderful of all babies. James holding his first school prize, won at the ripe age of eight! James as the captain of his eleven! James in his first frock coat! James under all sorts of glorious circumstances! You know how strong he is --how clever he is--how happy! Ask James's mother and his three sisters what it cost to save James the trouble of doing anything but be strong and clever and happy. Ask me what it costs to be James's mother and three sisters and wife and mother to his children all in one. Ask Prossy and Maria how troublesome the house is even when we have no visitors to help us to slice the onions. Ask the tradesmen who want to worry James and spoil his beautiful sermons who it is that puts them off. When there is money to give, he gives it: when there is money to refuse, I refuse it. I build a castle of comfort and indulgence and love for him, and stand sentinel always to keep little vulgar cares out. I make him master here, though he does not know it, and could not tell you a moment ago how it came to be so. And when he thought I might go away with you, his only anxiety was what should become of me! And to tempt me to stay he offered me his strength for my defence, his industry for my livelihood, his position for my dignity, his-- Ah, I am mixing up your beautiful sentences and spoiling them, am I not, darling?"
Cameron: "We had a nice, candid conversation."
Shaw and Doyle are contemporaries and active at about the same time; it seems reasonable that the creaters would pull inspiration from other late 19th century literature. | Aepryus 18:59, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's interesting, but it's original research, so it can't go into the article unless you can find a reliable source that makes the connection. | Mr. Darcy talk 19:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Candida 

message: In the article, it states (what I believe to be incorrectly), that on the date that Cameron and House went on was to a monster truck rally. Did this happen, and I missed it, or is this incorrect?
*I know that they went to a monster truck rally together. But I do not believe that is was "the date". From what I gathered, he had two tickets, and couldn't get anyone else to go, so he went with her. Prsgoddess187 22:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monster Truck rally? 

message: In criticism, the show is listed as "generally quite accurate". Ha! Are you kidding me? I'm a medical professional (MD), and the show, from the heirarchy of the hospital structure, down to the individual diseases and day to day goings on of the doctors is far from accurate medically. This should be reflected in the wiki article.
:I apologize, I reverted your change before I saw this message. However, before we make such a major change to the article, I feel we should have some discussion first. Does anyone know if there was a cited article of some sort that was used to make the original sentence in the first place? EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 02:24, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your consideration. I believe that there is some discussion warranted. I love House, but it's probably the most unrealistic show on TV with regards to medical stuff. Scrubs is the most realistic, believe it or not.
Yamla, please refer to above discussion before reverting my edits. This show is not realistic, and as a medical professional, I feel that I am qualified to make said edits to the article in order to bring an accurate limelight to the discussion. Thank you! JasonBourne2007 20:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy of Show?

message: " It seems that Dr. Wilson also studied at McGill University in Montreal, Canada judging by the sweatshirt he wore to Dr. House's poker game in episode 2.19 ("House vs. God")."
Isn't is possible that Dr. Wilson just bought the shirt at a store? I don't think we should assume that he went to McGill University just because he wears a shirt with its name on it. dposse 20:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Wilson 

message: so what I did:
#added a citation to the returning of season 3.
#formatted the scedules and ratings looks better
#subsectioned the recuring elements, removed the diseases in pop culture not an element of the show, so I moved it to trivia
#added citations needed to trivia
Crazynas 00:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just some fixing up 

message: Can we go ahead and get a clear consensus on what Holmes was addicted to?  this seems to be flipflopping a lot... MBlume 22:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sherlock Holmes? He was addicted to cocaine. dposse 02:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My impression is that it was mainly cocaine, yeah, but the beginning of The Sign of Four (text here) implies that he also habitually used morphine.  I'm not a big Holmes scholar but I was trying to figure it out for the Heroin in popular culture article and that's what I found.  Hope this helps. --Galaxiaad 00:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Morphine or heroin 

message: Anyone else think Criticism of House (TV Series) should be merged in here?  Talk about it here.
Support Adambiswanger1 03:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless we can find more to write about, I think merging would probably best. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with having such an article, however. Johnleemk | Talk 09:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok I went ahead and merged it.  If anyone disagrees, talk about it here. Adambiswanger1 19:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: MERGER discussion and Straw Poll

message: I see it states in the opening section that it was called House M.D. but then changed to House. When did this change? I ask because the season two DVD set is called House M.D.  Ben W Bell talk 06:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Look above to "Proposed Move to House (TV series)" for the details. Sfufan2005 20:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  House Title 

message: i spent alot of time and effort on this picture, with the Fair Use description and stuff. Can someone please find a way to include it into the article? thanks. dposse 16:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  houseDVD picture. 

message: Something must be done about the "Ratings section" in this article. I just wanted to put it out there before I tweak the section a bit since it is obviously written in the first person and is POV. If someone else would like to change this as well, feel free. Sfufan2005 21:08, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ratings section