medical waste

Because of Hugh Laurie, I watched the first episode of House, M.D., and that was enough: if the premiere is so formulaic (mysterious and scary illness, misdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, affirmation of the value of human life, intuitive leap, happy ending) there’s little hope. Laurie, a brilliant comedian, deserves better material; I trust he is “crying all the way to the bank.” (Who coined that phrase?)