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Television Sat Apr 03 2010
The Obvious Similarities Between House and Holmes
I've been watching the "Mystery" marathon on WYCC during their fundraising drive (which I'm hesitant to give to based on the political videos scandal and other corruption I've heard about), and while I was watching my favorite "Sherlock Holmes" series with Jeremy Brett, it became very clear that "House" has ripped it off in some ways: Dr. Gregory House is a drug addict (painkillers), just like Holmes (heroin); he's brilliant, like Holmes; solves medical mysteries, like Holmes (murders); and his name is "House", a variation of "Home"...Holmes...get it?
And Dr. House has a coworker-pal called Dr. James Wilson, who is similar to Holmes' Dr. Watson: both of their names start with "W", they're both doctors, and they listen to their pals' clever theories, occasionally offering their own ideas while remaining very cerebral and calm, personalities which diverge from their intense main men.
How original, Fox.
g-money / April 4, 2010 11:18 AM
if you did your research, and by research i mean a wikipedia page, you'd see that this has been explicitly stated by the show's creators. it's a modern day homage, not a ripoff.