Dr Gregory House Character Analysis

House
Compared to other hospital dramas, “House” is more medically accurate with episode criteria, and is also a very intriguing show that keeps viewers on edge. There are things here and there that are slightly off or aren’t completely accurate, but that’s what occurs with most television shows to maintain interest for obvious reasons. Many aspects make the show a better choice, as opposed to other shows, like Grey’s Anatomy, General Hospital, and Scrubs. An important role to the show, Dr. Gregory House M.D., the main character, adds so much humor and drama that makes the show.
“House” is about a medical crew, at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, who specialize in unusual or rare cases. These cases are mostly ones that other doctors
The vicodin addict may be all of those things, but he still does his best to solve every case and heal as many as he can. Because House can be a kid at heart, maybe too much so, his boss, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, M.D., must keep him in line. Dr. Cuddy, portrayed by Lisa Edelstein, is the Dean of Medicine at the Princeton hospital and has the responsibility of babysitting House, along with many more departments. But as the seasons go on, you can see she has a soft spot for him. Without her, House would make irrational choices that could, and sometimes do, put the patient’s life in danger. Another person who helps keep House sane, literally, is Wilson. As best friend of Greg, Dr. James Wilson M.D., must put him in his place and not allow him to get too big of a head with his ego. The good friend not only helps him at work, but also with all of his personal life, mostly because he is House’s only friend. Another important part of “House” is Dr. House’s medical team. In each episode, when given a case the crew takes a moment to consider the symptoms of the patient. From here, they guess diagnoses and discuss until they agree upon a possible answer. In which, House then tells them what tests need to be completed in order to confirm the possible diagnosis. If tests are positive they can then begin treatment sooner, but if not, it’s
What I mean by saying this is House goes more in depth with cases and the writers thought out the scenarios more when writing the script. Grey’s Anatomy is a very successful medical drama too, but focuses more on the relationships and personal lives of the staff at the hospital, even from the beginning of the show. House on the other hand, doesn’t get into the personal lives of the doctors for the first couple seasons. In around season three or four they start to share the doctors’ backgrounds. In my opinion the writers were clever in doing this, whether it was intentional or not. The fact that there was no extra drama or personal information added to the show cast, but it was still intriguing to it’s viewers makes it quite successful. It also is another example to back up, yet again, the fact that medical accuracy is better in House M.D. because just by having a case is enough to keep the ratings