I never watched House when it came out. Didn’t interest me and Dr House seemed like an unlikeable person, which he is. But with streaming, I thought I’d try it, partially because Jesse Spenser, a fellow Aussie, was in it. While I fully accept he is a diagnostic genius, it doesn’t change the fact that he is a drug addict and a bastard. He is narcissistic, egotistical, arrogant, stubborn, cruel and thinks that he is not only always right but above the law too - that he somehow different and better than other drug addicts and shouldn’t be treated like them. His excuse is that he is always in pain and ‘a cripple’. Sorry, there are plenty of people always in pain who aren’t drug addicts. Yes, he shows some compassion from time to time, but that does not make the rest of the time right. His colleagues are all enablers, justifying their actions by the lives he saves.
So, I season 3 when Detective Tritter went after him, I was on the Tritter’s side, if for no other reason than that he was completely legally justified. Housed blamed him for everything that happened, unable to conceive that it was his own fault. Yes, Tritter played hard ball trying to get proof, not uncommon in the criminal justice system, especially in the States, doesn’t change the basic fact that House was guilty of all Tritter’s allegations. House had an easy out (as far as rehab goes), take rehab over jail, but refused to do this, continuing to believe he did nothing wrong. He pretends to go to rehab. And, of course, he beats the charge. So lucky he was privileged white male doctor, not a poor black kid.
