Like Father, Like Son

Questions I asked my dad while we watched his favorite show, 'House'

1. What exactly is House's job?
2. Why is everyone so good-looking?
3. What kind of hospital is this? Is it even a hospital?
4. How could House say something like that to a patient and not get immediately fired and/or sued?
5. Why does everyone keep giving House drugs?
6. Why wasn't House fired long, long ago?

Answers I received

1. I'm not sure
2. A few people aren't good-looking
3. I don't know
4. This show has such good writers
5. Something about his leg
6. When people go into hospitals now, they ask for a doctor like House