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Hospital drama...Yes this is a well trodden path, battered to the core so much that this topic can be hospitalized! These vary from never ending soap style renditions like General Hospital, rib tickling comedies like Scrubs, to dramas like Greys Anatomy, ER, Chicago Hope and our childhood heartthrob Doogie Howser MD. Some are highly clinical; others have the hospital theme as just a backdrop to portray human relations and emotions.

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My most loved medical series by far has been House. Personally I feel this is the most sensibly intelligent show on television today. House also known as House MD has been created by David Shore and co produced by Bryan Singer of X Men fame. The series stars Hugh Laurie as the quirky Dr. Gregory House as the Head of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine.

Laurie amuses in his idiosyncrasies, he is the eternal cynic trapped in his own world of drug addiction and pain, ever trying to be unemotionally clinical. His eccentricity and scathing bluntness is tolerated by his peers for his unfailing genius and nearly perfect instinct.

He hides his true self behind an armour of witty sarcasm, flashes of his emotional self exposed only when he’s caught off guard by some other troubled soul like him. The interaction between House and his peers and patients is not only witty but surprisingly human, but one which touches the heart.

In this series the only villain to beat are the extraordinary maladies which our disdained hero battles with, unwillingly showing his vulnerable self which is a treat to watch! The beauty of the series lies in forcing the audience to love, adores, respect, hate, loathe and despise Dr. House in the same episode! A must watch for all. House airs on AXN on Tuesdays, 23.00 PM.

Interestingly, Hugh Laurie has also played Bertie Wooser in the television series Jeeves and Wooster based on PG Wodehouse’s famous Jeeves series.