House, M.D.: Season 1

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Without a doubt, the best medical drama ever on television, or even on film. It skillfully combines precision and unusual diagnostic medicine with the Human Equation. Other medical “shows” typically neglect the medical aspect, and focus on the soap opera love interests of the hospital staff; but House delivers Medical School level academics, along with the drama seen in only the best of literature - the unexpected, realistic, and non-linear events we all have in our lives, rather than the mundane writing of hacks who are pandering to what the TV executives think will sell the products of their advertisers. House is tantamount to The Sopranos, in its approach and methodology, and the true swings from the gritty to anguish and from transient humor back to despair, rarely - if ever - seen in the media, yet ever present in the daily reality of life. House makes the so-called “Reality Shows” look stupider and more contrived than they actually are. House hinges somewhere between a documentary and a true masterpiece of the art of film. This is not a “must see,’ or a “summer blockbuster,” but a treasure that will reside in the archives of the consciousness of all who embrace it.

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i started season one of house and in two nights was all the way done!! this has to be one of the best medical dramas ever made. i couldnt stop putting discs in one after the other. the cast truly compliment each other. the way the team works together is something to behold. my favorite part of the show has to be the relationship between house and wilson - houses only "friend". i got these seasons at an excellent price, so watch for it and the price will drop and when it does, grab season one up and enjoy

i give it a 10 plus it is excellent intelligent seductive etc show, HOUSE, hugh laurie is my fav actor i never laughed in my life due to chronic depression i was born with but hugh laurie actually mad me laugh the rest of the crew is great i think 13 is another incredible person on the show shes bold kewl hip ROFL but not one of the charectors i do not love, including the patients ,i suffer chronic physical pain and i see some of my health issues and id it made me start to take vitamins, i forgot about them , now i HATE gore but the operations etc i know not real i do not have to turn my head around, this is the greatest series on tv i hsve seen but im only 50 yikes;;;;;;it helps me get intune with myself yet focus on the show everytime everytime i watch an episode i see something differant HUGH LAURIE HOUSE AND STAFF RULES!!!!!!!!

This purchase was made because the original Season One House DVD set, which I purchased as soon as it came out in 2005, was not offered in widescreen. Universal/Fox have finally remedied this and all episodes can now be enjoyed in widescreen format; however, the pilot still has odd color values because it was filmed in black and white and partially colorized later. One of the most captivating shows to air on television, its first six seasons are especially gripping because the misanthropic nature of the main character (thank you Hugh Laurie). I can add nothing that other reviewers haven's already said except that it is in my opinion one of the best shows to ever appear on network television-EVER!

I have decided to start getting all my favorite tv shows on dvd i found house season 1 for a very good price i couldn't pass it up!!! It arrived earlier than i expected so i was beyond happy. When i opened the package there was a note in there saying every house needs a lamp and it had a cutout lamp with it. It put a smile on my face that was a very cute idea.

I like House M. D. very much overall, enough to start collecting the entire series on DVD; but Season One was actually the low point for me, largely because of the resolution of the plot-line involving CEO Edward Vogler. I gave the season a 3-star rating because even with that significant disappointment, I thought House M. D. was better than average as a medical drama. Two stars would have been too harsh. By comparison, all of the other seasons but seven (which hasn't aired yet as of the date of this review) have been outstanding. As with any series, season one's writing, context, themes, characterizations, production, et al, experienced some initial unevenness as cast and crew worked through their adjustments to each other and the series. For example, there was the almost unbelievable degree to which the characters interfered in each others' personal lives. Yes, there are busybodies everywhere, especially in such interactive workplace settings as hospitals. However there were times when the Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital seemed more like the Princeton Plainsboro Junior High School - a building populated by self-appointed experts in everything, especially the one thing they all seemed to do worst: handle their own interpersonal relationships. In one sequence two of the characters seem ready to begin tentative dating. One of them asks the other not to tell their coworkers anything about it. Now, what would a junior high school student do? You guessed it. The "personal" secret is divulged within seconds of the promise not to do so. Immediately thereafter, the other members of the clique weigh in with their expert advice. Events like these tended to moderate somewhat towards the end of the season. Unfortunately, no one ever said anything realistic like "shut up and mind your own business", as if any of these characters would have complied. On the other hand, the close personal friendships that might include such interventions did become more easily identified as the series progressed, as did the usual shallow manipulators found everywhere, here elevated to the level of caricature. All of the foregoing is to be expected in a new series. That House M. D. survives this adjustment in style is a testament to what is positive about the series. With the entry of the new CEO Edward Vogler, things got really interesting. The show's producers and writers were faced with the challenge of creating an antithesis for Dr. House. This could not have been easy given the already established complexities of the character, as well as House's ability to serve as his own antithesis. They came up with a brilliant idea. They combined the characters of Drs. House, Cutty, and Wilson, and created Vogler as the antithesis to the combination. Before I go into the major spoilers, I'll describe part of the scenario without giving away any critical details - I hope. I've re-read the following paragraphs a few times and I don't believe I've said anything that would ruin the watching of this particular plot-line for a new viewer. If you're worried about that, you might want to skip the rest of this review. If you're not, keep reading until you get to the in-your-face spoiler warning. Now then - in one corner was Edward Vogler, the hospital's worst nightmare: a new self-appointed CEO with a lot of money the hospital needed and an agenda that had nothing to do with healthcare. He ruled a pharmaceutical empire and was out to bring in big business for himself and his corporation. He was played in fantastic form by Chi McBride and was a delight to watch as he played the villainous genius. In the other corner was the good-guy genius, the gestalt House/Cutty/Wilson. House was the irascible rebel aspect, all medical talent and drive for that talent, unwilling to let anything get in between him and his advocacy for his patients. In fact he used the word often whenever asked to explain why he persevered with a patient against seemingly impossible medical and bureaucratic odds: "I advocated for my patient." Like Vogler, he would not compromise. Cutty was the mediating aspect, trying desperately to come up with a way out of the mess that would salvage something positive. She was uncertain at first. She made mistakes. But she figured it out and opted for the only sane solution, as painful as the necessary sacrifices were to make that happen. Wilson was pure loyalty, House's closest friend for reasons they themselves didn't completely understand, but never in question when it came to knowing what should be done. He picked up the slack in Cutty's uncertainty. With players like Hugh Laurie as Dr. House, Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Cutty, and Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. Wilson arrayed against Chi McBride's Vogler character, a virtual nuclear war for control of the hospital ensued. For his part, Vogler was honest about what he wanted. It wasn't about the money. He wanted House's obedience. While the war was great fun to watch, the outcome contained two elements I did not like. That's where the major spoilers come in. So, *** WARNING WARNING WARNING *** *** MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW *** *** DON'T READ ON UNLESS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE OUTCOME, OR YOU DON'T MIND KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT IT *** Two medical emergencies, one proving to be fatal for one patient, occurred just prior to the end of the conflict. Meanwhile, Vogler was in the process of trying to eliminate his competition on the Board of Directors - by then both Cutty and Wilson had voted against him - so that he could get a unanimous vote to fire House. In one of the emergencies, House and his team were trying to treat a pregnant woman who was undergoing a number of grave physical and psychological crises. Treatment of the mother's illness could kill the baby. A C-Section at that time carried a 20% mortality risk for the baby. After some give and take with his staff and the parents, House decides that the optimum solution for mother, child, and father, is to deliver the baby by C-Section as soon as possible. Treatment for the mother's serious illness would follow immediately after delivery. Just as the C-Section surgery was about to begin, Vogler called directly into the operating room and canceled the surgery. I wasn't clear on his exact justification for doing that, but it was obvious that he was making his final moves to get House out of the picture. The mother then developed another serious complication that ultimately will kill her. House informs the father that the only option at that point was to save the child. The C-Section was then performed successfully but the mother died as expected. It seemed clear to me that had the original C-Section surgery not been canceled by Vogler, there was a chance that both mother and child would both have survived. The baby would have been delivered. At that time if the mother still experienced the complication, she could have been treated more aggresively because the baby would be in no danger from her emergency treatment. Vogler ultimately lost his battle against the board by way of Cutty's final defiance and impassioned speech. What did not happen was any charge of culpability in the mother's death against Vogler. By interfering with that C-Section when he did, he prevented the doctors from being able to treat the mother aggressively when the additional complication occurred. Essentially, Vogler practiced medicine without a license. And as a demonstrable result, a patient died. That was my major disappointment with the resolution of the Vogler plotline. Vogler's meddling killed a patient. Vogler did not pay for this crime. My other disappointment concerned a somewhat less serious case. Am infant with low weight and seemingly poor nutrition problems was treated by House. He concluded that the Vegan diet given to the infant by her parents had compromised the nutrition of the child enough to palce the child in danger. However he did not personally consider their actions to be unlawful negligence. He made the judgment call that they had just been stupid and recommended a course of treatment including a healthy diet. He was confident that they would follow his instructions. Vogler interfered with this treatment as well. He got wind of what House was doing and forced Cutty to call a state child support agents to have the parents arrested just as House was about to send the child home with them. The parents made bail and immediately returned to the hospital to petition Dr. House to let them see the child. In the course of telling them that it was out of his hands legally, they told him that the child's Vegan diet and been supervised by a licensed nutritionist. He had not known this when he made the first diagnosis. He re-examined the child, found a medical condition unrelated to parental negligence, treated the child successfully, and got Cutty to reverse the charges against the couple. I'm on shaky ground with this one because Vogler's culpability involves a little second-guessing. Technically, Vogler took advantage of a valid legal situation and an initial mistake by House to countermand what the doctor was doing. However, given the way House worked and how the series and progressed thus far, I realized the House would have eventually realized his mistake and treated the child successfully. Not only is this consistent with how he always works - but in this particular case, the child's non-response to the initial dietary treatment would have made him suspicious of another cause. He would have determined the real cause anyway, with no one being arrested in the interim. Thus while what Vogel did was legalistically valid, the ultimate result was the arrest of the parents on false charges. This is where the word "unethical" comes into play. Once again, Vogler was practicing medicine without a license. And once again, a mistake at the expense of a patient and family was made. As before, Vogel did not suffer any liability for this mistake. Vogel was of course tossed by the Hospital board by votes in favor of House, Wilson, and Cutty. But he also took his $100 million investment with him, and went back to being a plain old CEO of a pharmaceutical empire. His own board and stockholders may have taken offense against him at things House said during a speech on one of the company's new products. This was never mentioned in the series. Vogel made costly mistakes in patient health and lives. His new drug was exposed as a sham by House at a press release. He got away with too much. All of that was why the resolution of the Vogler plot-line in season one disappointed me. In was a huge anti-climax after the brilliantly played sparring between the major players. Aside from those minor points, everything was fine. The series has been great otherwise. UpRight Ape

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Welch Freude: endlich gibt es die erste Staffel von Dr. House auf DVD. Ich selbst bin seit Folge #2 der vorliegenden Season begeisterter Zuschauer auf RTL und konnte den DVD-Release kaum erwarten. Nachdem ich mir die Box der ersten Staffel vorbestellt hatte und sie Ende Dezember auch bei mir eintraf, war ich gespannt darauf, wie sich Gregory House im DVD-Format schlagen würde - und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Im Gegenteil. Die Serie ansich hat man in glasklarer Bild- und Tonqualität auf DVD konvertieren können. Endlich konnte ich mir alle Episoden der ersten Staffel nochmal ansehen. Auch war es amüsant, die Serie einmal mit den englischen Originalstimmen zu hören (wobei ich die deutsche Synchronisation ebenso gut finde). Für all jene, die sich bisher an Dr. House vorbeimogeln konnten, hier ein kurzer Einblick in deren Verlauf: Dr. Gregory House, herrlich gespielt von Hugh Laurie (u.a. bekannt aus der Serie 'Blackadder' und den 'Stuart Little'-Filmen), ist Facharzt für Nephrologie und Infektionskrankheiten am fiktiven Princeton Plainsboro Lehrkrankenhaus. Besonders an ihm sind zwei Dinge: zum einen meidet er den Kontakt mit Patienten, da er der festen Meinung ist, dass Menschen aus Prinzip lügen und es ihn einzig interessiert, deren Krankheiten aufzudecken und zu bekämpfen, oder, wie er sagt, das 'Puzzle' zu lösen, zum anderen ist er - trotz oder gerade wegen dieser Haltung - dafür bekannt, das Unerklärliche nicht nur zu erkennen, sondern auch zu heilen. Ihm untersteht ein dreiköpfiges Team handverlesener Fachärzte; gemeinsam machen sie sich in jeder Folge daran, das Leiden von Patienten zu ergründen, die aus den unterschiedlichsten Gründen im Princeton Plainsboro landen. Doch kämpft House auch mit persönlichen Problemen: seit einem Infakt in seinem Bein, das von anderen Ärzten zu spät erkannt wurde, ist er gezwungen, das Schmerzmittel Vicodin einzunehmen, woraus sich allmählich eine Sucht entwickelt hat. Auch innerhalb seines Teams hat jeder mit vergangenen oder gegenwärtigen Problemen zu kämpfen. Dr. House ist eine Arzt-Serie der etwas anderen Art. Wie schon zuvor Nip/Tuck räumt sie radikal mit dem Klischee der 'Götter in Weiß' auf und zeigt dem Zuschauer einen genialen, aber innerlich kaputten Arzt beim Lösen seiner Fälle, gemischt mit viel schwarzem Humor und einem gewissen Emergency-Room-Feeling (nicht, dass ich Dr. House damit vergleichen könnte). Die Serie besticht speziell durch Houses unglaubliche rethorische Schlagfertigkeit, was besonders bei seinen Geplänkeln mit der Leiterin des Princeton Plainsboro, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, und den Gesprächen mit Patienten oder deren Angehörigen offenkundig wird. Definitiv eine der erfrischendsten Produktionen der letzten Zeit. Wer aufgrund dieser Beschreibung unsicher ist, der kann sich ja einmal eine Folge der 2. Staffel ansehen, die derzeit auf RTL zu sehen ist, allen Freunden leicht verschrobener Arzt-Serien und schwarzen Humors kann ich Dr. House jedoch nur empfehlen.

As a big fan of CSI and medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy, I could hardly wait to buy House on DVD, and I wasn't disappointed. Like so many other shows, House works brilliantly when watched in chunks - 2 or 3 episodes at a time! I lost a lot of sleep watching the series 1 through the first time, and when I finished, I simply threw the first disc back in the player and started again from the beginning. I remember Hugh Laurie from the Fry and Laurie days of long ago, as well as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, and so on, and have always been a fan. But I was still amazed by the quality of his acting on this show. His American accent is so realistic, you forget he is English (in fact I almost got a shock listening to his English accent on the bonus features), and his comic timing makes the best of a witty and clever script. His banter with Dr Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) is really enjoyable, as is his relationship with the doctors on his team, although honestly, I don't think they can hold a candle to Laurie in terms of ability or on-screen charisma. Personally, I like the formulaic nature of each episode, as the characters, the humour and the tremendous variety of sometimes bizarre medical problems stop it getting boring. However, my favorite episode of season 1 was the one that broke the formula by following three cases at once. In this penultimate episode of the series we get a deeper insight into House's character, his past and his leg injury, which stirs up more sympathy for his character, as well as giving Laurie an opportunity to demonstrate some really fine acting. I recently introduced the series to a friend of mine who is a critical care nurse and she loved it! I'm just about to buy series 2!

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