Warp escreveu:
>   Btw, have you noticed the (completely intentional) parallels between
> Gregory House and Sherlock Holmes?
> 
>                    Sherlock Holmes      Gregory House
>                    ---------------      -------------
> Job                Solves criminal      Solves medical
>                    mysteries            mysteries
> Colleage and
> best friend        Dr. Watson           Dr. Wilson
> 
> Plays instrument   Violin               Guitar, piano
> 
> Apartment #        221B                 221B (in first seasons)
> 
> Addicted to        Cocaine              Vicodin

yes, and House is a spin on "Homes"...

BTW, Sherlock Holmes himself was based on a physician of the time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bell

and Conan-Doyle himself was a physician too.  So, we can say Sherlock 
has come a full cycle.  Or perhaps Bell.


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