House

In the US: Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox

In the UK: Five, Five US, Hallmark, whenever they get round to it and have finished butchering the theme tune

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: Three (for now)

Major new characters: 30

Format change percentage: 30%

Number of deerstalkers worn: One invisible one

Oh dear. Another disappointment. That wasn’t very good.

With House’s staff having left for pastures new at the end of the third season, the temptation would have been to bring them all back in this season opener. That wouldn’t have been very realistic but it would at least have made it more interesting. Because it turns out that Holmes without his Watsons (even if he has his Wilson), just isn’t as interesting.

Wilson might be more interesting, Cuddy might be more interesting. But House without someone to insult is just a puzzle solver.

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