I don't think it is outright illegal to prescribe yourself drugs. Judy discouraged

Nah, it's super illegal. At least in the version of New Jersey the show takes place in.

They point that out a couple of times during the run of the series and if memory serves, that's actually one of the few crimes of his that he ALMOST gets in real trouble for.

That and stealing Wilson's prescription pad to make it seem like he's the one prescribing them. Which is of course a couple seperate crimes 😄

Things could be psychosomatic, but I was being sarcastic for a reason. Many people dismiss other's pain as psychosomatic as a quick way to ignore their needs. I say trust yourself as much as it makes sense to do so.

Note that neurology is a science at an infant stage. Not only do we have limited tools to analyze the brain, we barely know how it works. In contrast, even though plenty of forms of cancer are very difficult to treat, we have a solid understanding of how it works, we just have difficulties creating remedies that are safe and effective for all forms of cancer.

You forgot the most important factor.

The writers literally said they based House off of Sherlock Holmes stories.

House has Wilson, Holmes has Watson

Also mysteries are frequently solved in a way the audience could not have known because it was with information only House/Holmes had. But it's expected in a medical drama because the audience isn't full of doctors.

Both live at 221B Baker Street

For real? I never watched House, but him being inspired by Holmes doesn't surprise me given the idea I got through pop-cultural osmosis. But he actually lives on the same address? That sounds a bit too on the nose.

Wait no way really? It's basically a ripoff then? Never watched the show but do they bill it as such?

It’s weird how a lot of those types of shows seem different just a few years later, in the streaming/binge-watching era.

Those types of shows…House, CSI, etc…the formula itself just gets so dull and routine over and over again with nothing in between.

Conversely, long drawn out dramas that don’t reset 90% of the stage every episode, like Breaking Bad work really well. I’d say it even works well for most of GoT.

In fact, I’d say it makes some shows better. “Lost” was a big letdown for people watching it week to week and season to season over the course of nearly six years. But when I binge-watched it for the first time over a few weeks, I don’t think it was nearly as bad as an ending as people make it out to be.

I never watched Weeds all the way through. I quit when it started getting too self-aware and cliche (somewhere around the tunnel). It was just right before that, and it started to fall off. I think watching it in a binge manner might be a bit more quaint because that shark-jumping becomes part of its charm.