Officer House
I was watching one of those random satellite channels round at my friend’s house the other day – you know, the ones that you only ever stumble upon when there’s absolutely nothing on or your kid has been playing with the remote control – when an old episode of House started. I tried to stay tuned in to my friend’s conversation, which is never easy when Gregory House is in the room, but luckily for me she soon talking about the TV show anyway, remembering that I was a self-confessed addict.
“Of course,” my friend, who has admitted to only ever watching one full episode in her life, said. “You could never imagine someone so obnoxious ever being anything but a doctor.” And then went back to telling me about something her eldest child had done to either get an award from the police or to get arrested by the police; OK, I admit it, I’d tuned out!
The weird thing is that this House novice had actually stumbled onto a very interesting point. Could Gregory House have been anything other than a doctor? And I don’t mean in real life, I’m not that weird. Besides, in real life he’d probably end up developing HR software solutions and it would be a really boring TV show…
But could the TV show House have had the main character as something other than a doctor? Well, when you consider that most TV shows are about either hospitals or police stations, I guess his alternative career is one in law enforcement. We know that a disability never stopped Ironside and House’s analytical brain would always keep him one step ahead of the criminals. He’d probably be the kind of cop who liked to break the rules – think McNulty from my other favourite TV show “The Wire” - but those are the characters we find fascinating and engaging. I think Officer House would actually make a pretty good show!
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