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I want a rundown of all the crimes House commits and what % of episodes contain felonies.
Cause they're certainly missing the "Foreman, break into the dudes house and tell me everything in his crawlspace" scene, and the "Cameron, lie to him and drug him with this non-approved treatment and let's see if he starts dying quicker or slower."
Nearly every episode contains a felony since he's constantly taking medication obtained via prescription fraud.
That came later, I think at least to begin with he was just prescribing to himself, then lost privileges.
I don't think it is outright illegal to prescribe yourself drugs. Judy discouraged.
I don't think it is outright illegal to prescribe yourself drugs. Judy discouraged
Nah, it's super illegal. At least in the version of New Jersey the show takes place in.
They point that out a couple of times during the run of the series and if memory serves, that's actually one of the few crimes of his that he ALMOST gets in real trouble for.
That and stealing Wilson's prescription pad to make it seem like he's the one prescribing them. Which is of course a couple seperate crimes 😄
He did kind of sort of run a goddamn car through a house. Then he went to jail for exactly one fucking episode.
Was that the Lin Manual Miranda episode? Or was he in the rehab arc? It’s been so long.
It was a big season finale, i think leading to the second to last season? He drove his car into Cuttys house and went to jail but then they released him on a work release program right back to the hosptial.
Admittedly I haven't put that much effort into this search, but I am surprised to learn that the real life New Jersey apparently does not have this law in the criminal code. Most other places do though!
I remember there being some episodes about his licensure, I don't remember all the details (and possibly the show took some liberties with the real consequences of self-prescribing). However, it is in fact illegal in most places to prescribe yourself a controlled substance.
Literally the best part of every episode is when the hospital doctors break into the patients home and start ransacking it looking for clues as to their illness, which as we all know, is taught semester 1 in medical school. Semester 2 is when you learn how to do actual medical tests.
The disconnect from reality is so ridiculous. IRL you can be bleeding from your forehead with a giant gash in your skin, and they'll be like "we're not really sure what the problem is, and we don't care. Let's run blood work. We'll get back to you in 5 days, but only if anything from the tests comes back positive. Other than that, pay your $785 before you leave, and then get the fuck out".
I agree. We basically need this format, but for House: