Entering the world of HOUSE is like living in the danger-zone. As Dr. Martha M. Masters found out the hard way this week, stepping into the shoes of Dr. Gregory House comes at a price. While it may not have cost her medical license, it did take a piece of her soul.
Dr. House may not always be ethical or moral, but he will save your life — if you let him. Being a lying, self-deceiving bastard — House knows exactly who he is dealing with when it comes to stubborn, myopic and self-deceived patients. In fact, it is his personal credo that “everybody lies.” He knows this is true simply because it is how he lives; in order to get what he wants and throughout every day of his life, he lies to himself and to everyone around him. Call it manipulation or egotism to the core, but one cannot deny he gets good results.
After all, one does not get the best diagnostician in the world and then hope that he won’t discover your deep dark secrets. Secrets are what House thrives on — whether relevant to the medical case at hand or not, that is the price of admission to receive such extraordinary care. If you are a patient of Dr. House, it is because there is already something exceptional about you — your medical condition either intrigues him, or you do. You are his pet-project and favorite chew toy for a while. It is both a blessing and a curse.