Hugh Laurie remains an ardent defender of House, more than a decade after the show ended.
The British actor, who starred on the Fox medical drama from 2004 to 2012, did not hold back against critics who went viral over the weekend for saying House was “the same story every episode.”
Freelance journalist Janet Murray explains that in each storyline, “A patient has a mysterious illness.
Hugh Laurie (House)’s diagnosis was wrong. The patient is about to die. Hugh Laurie gets the diagnosis wrong again. Threatened with dismissal. The patient is about to die again. Hugh Laurie came up with a left-field idea at the last minute. Get a proper diagnosis. You won’t get fired. ” She concluded, “Is this going to last eight seasons?”
To which Laurie responded, “Thank you for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a few episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (insert parenthesis in the right place) gets it right the first time, but it was only six minutes long. NBC wasn’t happy with it. Then we tried a few episodes where House doesn’t get it right and the patient dies. Viewers weren’t happy.”
Additionally, “You can also apply your keen analysis to other art forms. J.S. Bach wrote 30 Goldberg Variations with the same harmonic structure. Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself. Henry Moore, what?? It’s the theme variations that matter, or so they were. If all you see is hospital and medical blah blah, it’s not for you.”
Laurie ended her post by quipping, “Still, I’m looking forward to your first novel!”
Many fans expressed their support for Rory in the comments section, but Murray seems to have openly accepted him. “I woke up this morning and had some new followers. Who would be disappointed to learn that TV reviews aren’t usually my forte,” she wrote on X Monday. “Besides, I might be too busy writing my first novel right now.”
Laurie won two Golden Globe Awards for his role in “House,” making him one of the highest-paid actors in television drama at the time. He has since starred in ‘Veep’ and ‘The Night Manager’ and will soon appear in the BBC and MGM+ adaptation of John le Carré’s ‘Legacy of Spies’.
