I walk past a bus kiosk every day on my way to work (several actually, but I’m talking about one in particular here) that currently has an ad picturing a woman’s face that says something along the lines of “Swelling. Stiffness. Could it be lupus? I want answers.” Yesterday, someone had stuck a picture of Hugh Laurie, a.k.a. Gregory House, M.D., with the caption “It’s not lupus” to the kiosk.
I think anyone that has seen House more than once would find this amusing because there are a few things that happen on pretty much every single episode, without fail:
- Someone with a mystery illness gets foisted on House and his team (Can’t really complain here. The main premise of the show is House is an expert in difficult diagnoses).
- The sick person vomits blood, has a seizure, or both, depending on what season of the show it is.
- One or more doctors on the team break into the patient’s home to check for possible toxins. If it’s Cameron and Chase, they have sex in the patient’s home.
- House wants to do some crazy dangerous treatment, but the hospital administrator says no. He gives her a hard time about it, usually alluding to a personal problem, and she gives in. The treatment makes the patient worse.
- Someone suggests the patient might have lupus and House says, “It’s not lupus.”
I had every intention of snapping a photo today, but unfortunately, it has been removed.
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