House is a n unorthodox medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The majority of the episodes start outside the hospital, where we meet the patient of the week and the events that occur leading to the onset of their symptoms.
So, in the show, House and his team use a bunch of unusual and possibly illegal methods of diagnosing the patient. Sure, they lose patients from time to time, but usually they save their lives. House does everything he can, not to save the patient, but to find out what's killing them. Often times, the docs can't figure out the ailment because the patient lied about something. House often mutters the phrase, "Everybody lies," or says something like "the patient is lying", because, well he's not wrong. Patient often lies and well everybody lies.
With most TV dramas, there's a recurring subplot on the show. Lisa Cuddy (Edelstein) and House are often at odds because House does what he can to avoid clinic duty. He also often plays video games on his Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP, and later a DS and even further later a PSP while diagnosing patients. He's basically a dick to the patients and seemingly ignoring them and then suddenly comes with a diagnoses and gets them out.
Whether or not you're into this kind of stuff, it's a good watch. It's not all just doctoring and such, but there's also...drama. It can be an emotional roller coaster at times. You come to love and hate and grow with the characters. As you watch the series, you'll probably see some familiar faces on the show. Off the top of my head, Jeremy Renner, Michael Weston, Curtis Armstrong, Rob Benedict, Anne Dudek and Andre Braugher are just a few of the many actors who appear on the show. At least watch the first season. It's on Netflix.
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