>>>House is a bit formulaic. We can usually tell when he gets the right answer by what time in the show it is. 15 mins from the end is usually it.
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>>After exhausting all options, then sending someone to check out the patient's house/garage for leaking vapours or some such.
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>>No wonder it's called "House". All the same, I love it, if for nothing more than Laurie's wise-cracks.
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>There's a lot of good looking shows coming out of the US at the moment I have to ration myself. I'd really like to watch some of the other cop shows but there's just too many. The wire and I think its the shield get very good reviews.

The Shield is great - a cop you love to hate and hate to love, cos he's bent, on the take, tough as nails with a heart of gold, but will kill even another cop to protect him and his boys from detection.

Don't know the Wire. Channel 5 seem to get them ALL, doesn't it.