Doctor Reacts To House MD "Climax" Episode

Dr Mike having beef with House is so in accordance to the lore of the show lol

"This would never happen" is the entire point of House, I believe.

Patient:*gets a concussion* House: it's a infection in the testicles

"This is so unethical and illegal." That's when you know you're watching an episode of House MD.

The way Dr.Mike was like “HE’S NOT TAKING THE MEDS ANYMORE, HE’S STABLE, HE WOULD’VE RECOVERED ON HIS OWN IF HOUSE DID NOTHING!” has me laughing so hard! 😂

I thought the crash was bad but then came the fiery explosion

When you went to that ad read I genuinely thought you were about to say “let’s take a minute to talk about orgasms.” 😂

The thing about House that Dr. Mike still doesn't understand is that most of the time, House knows there are more straightforward ways to do things. However, he often chooses the most bizarre or complex methods because he gets a thrill from understanding and discovering things, rather than actually helping people, which is secondary to him. So, when we see him using an old technique to measure a patient, it's not because there are no modern alternatives, but because he already knew about the equipment and wanted to try it for a long time. It's his opportunity to do so. This applies to everything in the series; it's not that he thinks poorly of modern methods, but he knows a lot and likes to experiment with different approaches. His team is very good at handling the problems for him while he just "does his thing." There are even many episodes where he doesn't have his team to help, and things go wrong every time because he needs people to "babysit" him.

2:45 sometimes even when House MD isn't unrealistic, it gets away with outdated medicine because it started airing nearly 20 years ago...... Not in this episode though, because the paper Doctor Mike is quoting from was itself nearly a decade old when this episode first aired 😅

teacher: what were your sources on this presentation Me: oh that one guy i found on YouTube

The response to House is always so interesting because like. The overwhelming response from people who have difficult to diagnose conditions or symptoms seems to be "yeah, I'd let him commit malpractice on me if he fixed what was wrong, it's better than being dismissed and ignored because doctors don't believe me." like yeah he's constantly committing malpractice but looking at it as wish-fulfillment to go along with the absurd drama does give it an interesting flavor.

I remember a writer from House MD saying they based episodes on real case studies, they just jazzed it up for TV. Might be interesting for you to get the lead writer on for an interview.

The fact that this wasn't the most wild house episode

Ik it’s not the same show but my mom is a surgeon and my grandma watched the greys anatomy episode of the bomb and she was begging my mom not to go to work 😂. Good thing I showed her dr mike otherwise she would’ve had a heart attack.

You are missing a point; House is interested in this case because he thinks the teenager crushing an ATV is also a symptom.

Watching Dr Mike get frustrated by fake doctors is my new favorite thing to see :face-green-smiling:

I keep trying to point out that House holds a made-up position of running the Differential Diagnosis Department; he and his fellows (important: they are NOT residents, they are already experts in their fields) are meant to be looking for the zebras in cases that other doctors can't figure out. Most of the original testing has already been done MOST OF THE TIME. He's a version of Sherlock Holmes (Home= House, Watson= Wilson) and is the only one that can ultimately solve the mystery.

Dr. Mike saying "why is he running after him? That thing's going 40mph." That's his kid, it could be going 600mph, he would still run after him. Did you forget about human instinct there, doc?

House treats every patient like they're the only person in the entire hospital so everyone dedicates every resource to the person and does every test to eliminate any possible cause for the symptoms

I love how every House episode they try like ten different things, then the patient almost dies and finally they find the correct solution at the end of the episode