Pondering Greg House & Vicodin [Guest Post]
Lauren J. Walter is a lawyer, writer, novelist & blogger who works in Garden City, NY. She uses Vicodin tablets to represent the beginnings of her paragraphs — very clever! You can read more of her writings on her personal blog, www.ljwwrites.wordpress.com.
icodin. That’s really what it all comes down to: House and Vicodin. As House needs the buzz to take away the noise of the everyday, the mutterings of the stupid and the malcontent. Without that noise, he can focus on the things that matter - the case at hand and House himself.
t would appear to some that House cares only about House But that’s misleading. House actually cares about the puzzle and more importantly, about solving the puzzle. It’s the puzzle that makes him tick (well, that and the vicodin with the scotch chaser).
aring is limited. For Greg House, medicine isn’t about care, it’s about solutions. House cares for only a few things - his stash, his scotch, his BFF Wilson and to a lesser extent Cuddy and his cases. Nothing else really matters - without those five things, there’s little else that impacts his world.
ccasionally, just occasionally, there is a glimpse into a man who might have some shred of compassion deep within. A man who before the pain, might have been whole. But those glimpses are few and far between.
reams. Maybe in his dreams, House is whole. Free from pain, free from the foolishness of those around him. More likely, his dreams are nightmares.
nstead, House copes. As best he knows how - self-medicating, self-loathing, and selfish. It really is all about him. And we are so much luckier for that fact. House is different from the reality of tv heros. House’s misanthropic behavior, his inability to edit his verbal process, his way or no way, all add up to an anti-hero we all hate loving, but love anyway.
ever would I have imagined that a show like House would work. But it does. For that I am grateful.
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3 opinions for Pondering Greg House & Vicodin [Guest Post]
rene
Jun 21, 2008 at 5:37 am
So sad you’ve completely ignored the fact he needs the Vicodin because he suffers from chronic, constant pain and once again portrayed him as a junkie. Sad.
bertas
Jun 24, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Well yes, although she did mention House before the pain… but its cool post nonetheless love the concept :)
Grace
Jun 30, 2008 at 3:48 am
I still love him anyway as well. And I am also very grateful for having HOUSE and for being able to partake of the AMAZING Hugh Laurie’s talent. :)
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