Comments on: House — Episode 1 (Season 6): “Broken”

By: LJ

LJ — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:01:05 +0000

I just read these because I wondered if anyone else was bothered by the obviously BAD mental health care that was portrayed in this episode.

As drama, the episode was OK, but by God, I’d never want anyone I cared about in that institution, and certainly wouldn’t stay there as a voluntary patient. Everything they did seemed stupid and unethical to me — including the “hero”psychiatrist asking House to come to his father’d bedside — isn’t that a very big no no in psychiatry? Giving patients drugs that they KNOW are ineffective (House was getting better “too fast” to be taking his drugs — therefore the drugs must actually hinder him getting better)? Using punishment instead of treatment on patients? Weird group therapy that doesn’t seem to have any focus or purpose? I sure HOPE today’s mental health institutions aren’t like that — if so, we’re in terrible shape!

By: E

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:25:55 +0000

To sum it up:

1)
- It was a realistic episode because it showed a proper mental health clinic (according to the patients)
- It was an unrealistic episode because it did NOT show a proper mental health clinic (according to the doctors)

2)
- It was a good episode because House is acting more like a 3-dimensional human being instead of a one-dimensional jerk
- It was a horrible episode because House is acting more like a 3-dimensional human being instead of a one-dimensional jerk

3)
- It was an “unrealistic” episode because it ended with a miraculous, unusual cure
- And yet every single other episode is “realistic” because it ended with a miraculous, unusual cure

4)
- This is a terrible beginning to House season 6 because it changes his character from what it was in the last few seasons
- This is an excellent beginning to House season 6 because it changes his character from what it was in the last few seasons – an arse – and hopefully resets it to what it was in seasons 1 and 2.

Tsk tsk. House would have a field day tearing apart his fan comments.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:53:49 +0000

Off topic:
DrEvil—Too much MUSIC is the most annoying thing about Grey’s? You have got to be kidding me!

Vagely on topic:
I’d assumed, based on my past experience with shrinks, that Dr. Medina was just being a dick.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:52:04 +0000

I’ve been in a couple of these facilities. Yes, of course it’s bullshit, just like everything else in House. You don’t need to have a psychiatry degree to notice.

- sedating people with pills instead of injections
- patients allowed to wander off unsupervised
- patients cured instantly by holding inanimate objects
- nothing ever being done about House’s hallucinations
- having sex in a secure facility
etc

I liked the character stuff a lot, but I like House better when the bullshit is a little less obvious to me. It’s distracting.

By: Rochi

Rochi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:02:45 +0000

Maybe Nolan at party meant that House trusted Lydia?

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:55:46 +0000

I can’t believe House fell for all this psychiatric mumbo-jumbo at the end. He’s above this kind of trite sentimentality. Or maybe he was just faking the whole thing after all.

By: DrEvil

DrEvil — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:33:49 +0000

Excellent season opener but I do feel they still play too much music especially compared to Season 1. It’s the most annoying thing about “Sex and the Hospi” (Grey’s Anatomy) and I always fast forward it. Great acting from Hugh as usual. Never fails to make you laugh with his wit. 7/10.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:20:42 +0000

There has been some talk that this episode was necessary to quiet DEA criticism of the series for showing a brilliant drug addict.

http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=6678

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:03:19 +0000

Do the script writer REALLY have a consultant doctor for the show?

dr.Medina confront a patient’s delusion. Even a medical student know that it is totally useless to treat delusions by confront it!! what a heck… doctors confront delusion only to make sure that it IS a delusion (and we do that at the first anamnesis/interview) to make sure that it’s not just an idea.

I really like the drama quality of House. cool person he is. haha ^^ from doing a ‘reality show’ to an ‘addictive-to-drug’ thing plus hallucinations. Cool!!! I’ll never miss the show

By: luc69

luc69 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:25:57 +0000

House smoking… cigars, in “All In” (season 2), one of the best episodes ever. He also dons a tux in that one, BTW.