I think they would have done well to have stuck to the formulaic approach of the first season and the basic, none-too-well defined characters of that time.
in one their early appearances at the Paley Center, Shore and Jacods did say that they sold the show to the networks as a medical procedural, implying that they glossed over the fact that the central character of the show was not the typical television leading man. classic House was a one character-driven show masquerading as a medical procedural. each season, the supporting characters each had one or two episodes that highlighted them, but that was fine because the stories were interesting, were related to the medical case of the week, and did eventually came back to House. the medical cases were also exotic enough for majority of the viewers.
i think it was during season 4 when the first grumblings started about where the show is headed. many fans were not happy when the show sidelined the original ducklings and introduced three new characters. i'm still convinced that it would have been better if they'd gone ahead and written out the original ducklings and treated the position of House's fellows as a revolving door of fresh characters every three years.
in the same Paley Center event that i mentioned at the start, Jacobs and Shore also discussed the Holmes/Watson inspiration for House and Wilson. i've latched on to this idea to explain the early season incarnation of Cuddy as a sort of Adlerian character - the one woman who is as cunning as House. for me House the show can afford to change the fellows every season, but House without Wilson and Cuddy would not be as interesting.
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in one their early appearances at the Paley Center, Shore and Jacods did say that they sold the show to the networks as a medical procedural, implying that they glossed over the fact that the central character of the show was not the typical television leading man. classic House was a one character-driven show masquerading as a medical procedural. each season, the supporting characters each had one or two episodes that highlighted them, but that was fine because the stories were interesting, were related to the medical case of the week, and did eventually came back to House. the medical cases were also exotic enough for majority of the viewers.
i think it was during season 4 when the first grumblings started about where the show is headed. many fans were not happy when the show sidelined the original ducklings and introduced three new characters. i'm still convinced that it would have been better if they'd gone ahead and written out the original ducklings and treated the position of House's fellows as a revolving door of fresh
characters every three years.
in the same Paley Center event that i mentioned at the start, Jacobs and Shore also discussed the Holmes/Watson inspiration for House and Wilson. i've latched on to this idea to explain the early season incarnation of Cuddy as a sort of Adlerian character - the one woman who is as cunning as House. for me House the show can afford to change the fellows every season, but House without Wilson and Cuddy would not be as interesting.