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Interesting Trivia Facts About "House, M.D."
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Tags: Gregory House, Sherlock Holmes, comparisons, similarities
After watching a mini-marathon of "House, M.D.", I started reading up on the show and found out some interesting trivia about the show and characters.
(I found some of the information on Internet Movie Database, but there were bits and pieces on many different sites.)
| | The character of Gregory House is loosely based on the fiction character Sherlock Holmes, who was loosely based on a doctor who was a diagnostition. |
| | Like Holmes, House has an addiction problem. |
| | House has Wilson while Holmes had Watson (note the first initials). |
| | House's apartment number is 221B, which was Holmes' house number. |
| | In the season two finale, House is shot by the angry husband of a former patient. The shooter's name is Moriarty, which was the name of Holmes' archenemy. |
| | In the series pilot, the first patient House treats is Rebecca Adler. While Irene Adler was the first of Sherlock Holmes' cases. |
| | House plays guitar and piano while Holmes played the violin. |
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