I love House M.D.
The twists and turns. Most of the episodes, yes, follow a formula that you pick up on. And here's how you see it.
First, you have to make some expectations. These occaisions will be broken from time to time.
1) Everyone lies. Everyone. House, the patients, those who know the patient.
2) They're going to misdiagnose at first.
3) The patient is going to respond to treatment at first OR will not respond at all. Something horrible will then happen, such as paralysis of the lungs. Or anal bleeding.
4) Expect what's really wrong to be something wild. This can vary from something simple doing something wild(a tumour pumping out adrenaline), something simple that they have to jump through hoops to find(House knows there's a tick that's killing this girl who lacks an immunse system; he finally has to explore her vagina while on an elevator), or something fucking crazy(brass IUD inside of a nun who tried to give herself an abortion, but is alergic to brass).
5) House will discover what is really wrong within the last 10 minutes of the show.
*OPTIONAL*
6) House's clinic duties will expose something to him about the nature of those he's treating. Either personality, or their problem.
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Tonight was a fine episode. Two female lovers, one who was unable to get any sleep that helped her body, or that she could remember. Turns out she had liver failure. Her lover decided that, since her blood type was a match, she would give her liver. Liver-failure girl was planning on leaving her partner. The girl knew it. The girl gave her liver anyway. Out of love. And to guilt.
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Just about any episode will be hard pressed to beat last-last week's episode. Tick in the vag. Classic.