About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 114. Chapters: Indiana Jones, Jay and Silent Bob, Gregory House, Tony Soprano, List of House characters, Lisa Cuddy, Wasp, Stephanie Plum, James Wilson, Michael Tritter, Leonard Hofstadter, Eric Foreman, Chucky, Allison Cameron, Mimic, Thirteen, Grim Reaper, Stacy Warner, Irene Adler, Robert Chase, Mister Hyde, Morden, Harold & Kumar, Tiffany, Master Shake, Slapstick, Speed, Meatwad, Clutch, Human Fly, Blonde Phantom, Ox, Lawrence Kutner, Jester, Natty Bumppo, Frylock, Argent, Carl Brutananadilewski, Jim Brass, Marvel Boy, Sharona Fleming, Mutt, Chris Taub, Poundcakes, Roulette, Alice Hyatt, Man-Bull, Burner, Martha Masters, Jenny Jump, Mother Night, Knickknack, Sal Paradise, Khadijah James, Clean-Sweep, Skorpio. Excerpt: Doctor Gregory House, M.D., or simply referred to as House, is a fictional antihero and title character of the American television series House. He is the Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, where he leads a team of diagnosticians. House's character has been described as a "misanthrope," a "cynic," a narcissist and a "curmudgeon." In the series, the character's unorthodox diagnostic approaches, radical therapeutic motives, and stalwart rationality have resulted in much conflict between him and his colleagues. House is also often portrayed as lacking sympathy for his patients, a practice that allots him the time to solve pathological enigmas. The character is partly inspired by Sherlock Holmes. A portion of the show's plot centers on House's habitual use of Vicodin to manage pain stemming from a leg infarction involving his quadriceps muscle some years earlier, an injury that forces him to walk with a cane. This addiction is also one of the many parallels to Sherlock Holmes, who was a habitual user of cocaine. Throughout the series' run, the character has received...
