Hello!
So, I've been watching the tv show House obsessively for a while now, and I'm just about half way through the last season. And, some people think that it's just another fan-girl obsession like that of a One Direction or Bieber Fan. On the contrary my dear friends, it is NOT the same.
House is more complex than that.
There's a series of characters that made the show as great as it was. Yes, there were a few character changes, but Degrassi has a change of characters every season and they're going on season 11.
Anyways,
Series of Characters:
House versus Greg
Okay, so House could be characterized by his genuine lack of interest in anyone but himself, his automatic deflection of anything personal about himself or his family, his atrocious bed side manner, the several Vicodin pills swallowed dry, the obsessive need to solve every possible in the craziest most unethical way possible, his brutal and often times harsh honesty, his uncanny ability to lie to get what he wants or needs, etc.
this House is evident through the first handful of seasons.
Once he loses all his fellows and has to hire new ones, he begins to realize that other people have things to offer. Which, admittedly is just another negative quality. But, following the death of Amber and Wilson's accompanying mental break down, House begins his slow shift into someone else. Someone slightly less insensitive to other people.
Following this, House overdoses on Vicodin and hallucinates through several epsiodes Amber and eventually Kutner, as well as a sexual encounter with Cuddy (the dean of medicine and his boss for those who have never seen House).
Knowing this is a problem, House goes to rehab and gets help.
He learns to deal with his feelings, and he's learned other ways to cope with his leg pain other than popping pills.
House is no longer House at this point. He's a genuinely lost human being with feelings and emotions and is just as vulnerable as anyone else, fictional or not.
After rehab, House and Cuddy begin an elusive relationship that ends up effecting their work and ultimately ends. But, through this relationship with Cuddy, House learns to focus his feudal and hostile efforts of mischief toward helping others. He helps Rachel get into the private school Cuddy wants her in, he starts to apologize for things he knows he did wrong, he learns to compromise on things when he knows there is another ethically acceptable option. Unfortunately, after the break up, House reverts back to his destructive behaviors. He even went so far as to run his car into Cuddy's dining room. This landed him in prison. After prison, a new character has fully developed and is beginning to blossom in essential ways yet are displayed on screen through subtle differences in characterization.
This new character would be Greg. Yes, House and Greg are technically the same person, but in essence they are two separate entities. Greg is more willing to lie to protect people rather than expose them to unnecessary evils. Yes, he still has an awful bed-side manor, and yes, he is still addicted to puzzles. But he is a kinder, more gentle man. Not soft, or easy going by any means. Just, different.
House versus Fellows
House has had a profound impact on his fellows.
Where as in the beginning he starts with Chase, Cameron, and Foreman, he ends with Foreman as his boss, Chase, Talb, Parks, and Adams.
The first 3 seasons are spent with Chase, Cameron, and Foreman. It's imperative to the story that these people take away some kind valuable aspect from House' insane unethical yet astonishingly genius medicinal practices.
Chase:
Chase takes away the most obvious part of House. His ability to think logically and rationally. Weighing every option and seeing that sometimes sand is just sand, and sometimes you have to pick the lesser of two evils. This is so important to not only the plot of the story but to Chase's character development as well.
Chase begins the series as this blonde floppy haired dreamy piece of doctor meat. And House calls him on it. House unknowingly pushes Chase to prove that he is more than just a pretty face. He's a good doctor, and a much better person than the pretty-faced Aussie he looks like.
Cameron:
Cameron is one interesting character to say the least. She takes away House's indifference towards authority when it ricks losing a patient that can be saved. She has always been a caring, loving doctor, but she let her emotions get in the way of her judgement. Always thinking about what the right thing to do is, instead of just going with her gut regardless of what trouble she may or may not get into. Cameron learned from House's example that there is no patient that should die to avoid a consequence. The biggest consequence is letting them die because of policy. She learned to "stick to her guns" when push comes to shove. Hence the reason why she divorced Chase after he killed Mandala. She wanted the guy dead for the lives he took through mass genocide and human trafficking, but she didn't act on it because he still deserved an equal chance at life just like the people he killed deserved a shot at life. Chase on the other hand, believed he was doing the most logical and rational thing. Switching the results, ridding himself of evidence, and never allowing any one to know that could get him fired. Cameron divorces Chase out of responsibility as a doctor.
Foreman:
Foreman took away House's uncanny ability to unaffected by other peoples opinions and to act on his own gut feelings even if it is dangerous. When there's proof, anything is possible. Continuing through to the very last season, Foreman is still practicing these values daily, especially when dealing with House.
Seasons 4-6: House has some new fellows.
13, who is bisexual and also has Huntington's Chorea.
Talb, who only signed up for House's opening in fellowship because he signed a no contest at his plastic surgery company so his coworkers wouldn't tell his wife he was sleeping with the nurses.
And Kutner, who we really don't find much out about until after he passes with the exception that he is a morally sound version of the early House and that he was adopted by a white family.
House & 13:
House and 13 have an interesting relationship. To me, I see it play out as a "father-daughter" kind of relationship. He pushes her to do her best, discourages her destructive behavior, supports her through her life choices, supplies her with knowledge, and aids her advances in her professional and personal life. 13 doesn't necessarily take away anything from House as much as she realizes her potential through House's round-about way of encouragement.
House & Talb:
Talb learns a valuable lesson from House: honesty is the best policy.
Because of House, Talb learns that sometimes caring for someone means that you half to be honest with them knowing it will most definitely hurt their feelings and possibly push them away from you. Talb learns that maintaining your self-respect and what little dignity you have is more important than how someone else feels about you or something that you did.
House & Kutner:
Kutner was on the show for a short time compared to other characters. Kutner was more of a foreshadowing of what House would eventually become, rather than a round, essential character.
Season 7 is spent with Talb, Foreman, and Masters.
House and Masters:
Masters is a medical student that is enrolled at the hospital as a student. She takes House's opening to learn from him as her last rotation before she decides exactly where she wants to go in the medical field (spoiler alert, she ends up going into surgery). Instead of Masters gaining some new skill or insight from House like his previous fellows, he teachers her to be herself, no matter how weird and unusual she is. She decides that she can't change and adapt to breaking a few rules. To her, the most important thing is following policy and she cannot convince herself to endanger a patient even if it means they could get better. This is important for House to experience because it demonstrates that he is not an all knowing, all powerful man that can show people reason and logic. Sometimes sand is just sand, and there's nothing he can do to change it.
Season 8 is spent with Chase, Adams, and Parks.
As I have not yet finished this series, I don't know how the whole thing ends. So, the characterization of Adams and Parks is somewhat incomplete.
Adams:
House meets Adams in prison. Once he's released on parole, Adams is also fired from her PA at the penitentiary. Adams takes up a position at the hospital with House. She shows House that not everyone fits into these ideals that he has about society. Sometimes people do have good parents. Sometimes people are just sad. Sometimes people just fall out of love. Sometimes people have faith in humanity. Yes, Adams husband cheated on her, and they had been separated for nearly a year before their divorce was finalized. Adams forces House to create a new "subsection" in his society for people like Adams that can separate his or her work life from his or her professional atmosphere. It almost inspires him to do the same.
Parks:
Parks was assigned to House as a fellow because of a sexual harassment case against her old boss in Neurology. She punched the guy in the face after he groped her butt. House teaches Parks that standing up for yourself is okay as long as it is for yourself. Not for some just cause you support, or something unreasonable and or illogical. He takes pride in pruning and shaping his fellows into individuals. People with personalities and skills that other people don't have.
One of the many reasons I love the tv series House is because of it's complex character development and the intricacies of human interaction that is demonstrated through humor, tragedy, and interesting medical puzzles. House as a character symbolizes the individual and his impact on those around him characterizes the immediate effects one person can have of their communities. House as a series is one of the most definite life-changing stories. It makes any viewer who is willing enough to look closely at the relationships between characters what the plot is really trying to say. House as a series is not about a sick, drug addict with an obsession for puzzles. It's about a man realizing who he is and how people as a species need each other to learn from in order to survive. Those who can't learn, die off. Those who learn and learn quickly prosper.
In short...
House is life.
