Rewatching House

[yendi]

Midway through season 3 of House (which I'm watching with Elayna), I'm amazed that the show managed to survive both the Vogler (Season 1) and Tritter (Season 3) storylines. They're two of the worst-written and poorly thought out storylines I've ever sat through, and they're also wastes of two great actors.

Season 2's big multi-episode storyline, featuring House's ex, Stacy, wasn't all that great, either (although it held together more believably than the other ones).

That's why I'm amazed that, once Season 4 hit and we started regularly having multi-episode story arcs, the show didn't suck. If you'd told me that David Shore had been replaced after season 3, I'd have believed it, based on the way arcs are handled.

Comments

[wishiwasnt.livejournal.com]

Everytime House introduces a supervillain I take a break from watching it until he's vanguished. As soon as Tritter showed up, it's like, "Oh, it's the Vogler plot again, I'll pick it up after he's gone." I've never regretted it.

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed that the show managed to survive both the Vogler (Season 1) and Tritter (Season 3) storylines. They're two of the worst-written and poorly thought out storylines I've ever sat through, and they're also wastes of two great actors.

I didn't like those storylines either. House seems to be a show that just doesn't work well with a "big bad".

[aiela.livejournal.com]

I almost quit watching during all three of those arcs. I'd have to agree that the show just doesn't do well with a "bad guy" other than House himself. He does a fine enough job of screwing up his own life without needing help from outside.

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I think the show had a need to create a "villain" lest we get bored. Or something.