As HOUSE fans know, each episode generally follows a similar pattern. The team is baffled for an entire episode until Dr. House pulls a MacGyver and realizes that the patient is actually suffering from some rare problem that only House could diagnose. Subsequently the patient either lives, or tragically dies, House makes a few smart comments, and we return again next Tuesday to see it happen all over again.
Last night’s episode followed pretty much the same pattern, with one exception. I learned that the Doctor’s of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital forgot ‘Medicine 101’ and maybe aren’t as smart as they think they are!
Now I’m no Doctor but one of the things I’ve learned throughout my twenty-something years of existence is that the first thing a Doctor SHOULD ask a patient is ‘Where does it hurt?” Had Dr. House thought of this last night, I’m pretty sure the episode would have lasted a mere ten minutes. The patient (who’s name escapes me) would have said, “Wow, my butt really hurts,” which would have led to the Doctors quickly discovering that the [generic] patient had a toothpick stuck in him — case closed.
Of course this being TV, I obviously don’t really expect cases to be solved with ‘simple logic’, but I just thought I’d throw it out there as an observation as to why HOUSE isn’t Must See TV for me. While it’s a very well acted and produced show, the same thing happens week after week. 
