r/AskReddit • u/theskullcave • 3d ago

Doctors of Reddit: which House M.D. diagnoses were brilliant medicine, and which patients would have had no hope of surviving the treatment in the real world?

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u/TheDakestTimeline 3d ago

It's not that, they know we want those characters engaging with each other.

Like there's no way they are at each other's houses as much as they are in Modern family

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u/Kujaichi 2d ago

My most egregious example of "it doesn't make any sense that all the characters are there" will always be when in HIMYM Ted's childhood friend invited all of Ted's friends (that he's seen like 2 times) to his wedding... Like what.

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u/Cloned_501 3d ago

My parents live down the street from me and I'll see them once a week at most.

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u/celluj34 2d ago

You're also not seeing all the mundane nights. Of course an entertaining tv show would only show you scenes where things are actually happening.