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[deelaundry]

Hi, Dee's left brain here!

Please rec me the most balanced, objective review of the Season Finale for House that you've seen. Major media preferred, but outstanding blog/LJ reviews are also fine.

Thanks.

Comments

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

The thing is, Scott usually makes some good points about the medicine. When I compare 1st season medicine to now, I see how far downhill the medicine has gone, and I'm no expert. How hard would it have been to actually name the antibiotic that caused the toxic epidermal necrolysis the ballerina developed in "Under My Skin," for example? Details like that are what anchor the show. A lot of us here have written case-based fic, or at least fic with some significant medical details, and we do our research to get the details right. I can't see why the show's technical advisors can do the same thing, as far as they can.

(If you want to say "Your entitlement's showing," I admit that's a fair assessment. I just think we can have both great drama and reasonable medicine. *g*)

[chippers87.livejournal.com]

What I see as the biggest difference in the medicine between Season 1 and now is that back then they actually took the time to slow down and help the audience understand what's going on. And now... I wasn't even aware that the patient in Both Sides Now had had split brain surgery in the first place, they went by it so quickly.

So, while I'm definitely one of those fans who will stand up and yell, "It's fiction! Stop expecting it to make sense!" I do also sympathize with those who miss more of the strictly procedural parts of the show.