To me he carries the show more out of necessity. I find the rest of the cast so bland and personality-less, including ER-reject Foreman.
I honestly don't, I think all the characters are really well made and they click with the main character very well.
The episodes all follow the same structure; patient with mysterious decease comes in, nobody knows what it is and how to treat it, patient almost dies, House figures it out.
Well yeah, that's the theme of the show after all, they're a special theme that solves hard cases. It still offers some side stories, House's pain, midlife crisis, the guy that bought the hospital and wanted to get rid of House, the cop that wanted to shut him down, etc. There's really much more to the show and I get the feeling you're jut a casual watcher of the show, meaning you watch it here and there, and not a real follower it. I think the show has a lot of qualities and you're actually the first person I heard say he doesn't like it.
Perhaps

. Talking about hospital shows though, I think the earlier E.R. series are a lot better than House. And guess what, patients die

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I never liked ER, I always thought it was a girlie show.

The best medical show after House IMO was Chicago Hope. It wasn't popular as the two but it had something, probably that crazy Geiger(you'll know if you watched it).
