[One Red Seat]

I'm not a fan of the show. Not that I have any criticisms of it, as I haven't watched it to any degree other than it is on while my wife watches it and I tune into the Sox on mlb.tv, it probably has more to do with it falling into a genre I typically avoid. I don't typically watch network tele-drama, and when/if I do, it will usually be on HBO. Their one-hour dramas put everything else to shame, IMO.

That said, given Jacko's criticisms of House, I'm inclined to agree with him. Another former favorite of my wife's annoyed the crap out of me for similar reasons. She used to love CSI and watched it all the time. First run, rerun, didn't matter. I couldn't get beyond the sheer absurdity of the show. They would have me believe that a CSI detective is a master of balistics, chemistry, blood chemistry, blood spray patterns, fracture analysis, mechanical and electrical engineering, bioelectricity, biomechanics, forensic pathology, you see where this is going. While I'm not in the field, like Jacko is, I do know enough about it to know that each of those disciplines requires a unique specialist. The CSI detective does not sit in with ME during his examination. The CSI, if trained in balistics, does not also do DNA mapping in the lab and vice versa. And what he hell is with the flashlights? They appear in every episode. It's like the power goes out in the building where the person died....every time.