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House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television series. It is an Emmy-winning medical drama that debuted on November 16, 2004 on the FOX Network and stars British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie as the titular character (for which he won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama for his work in the role). Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House, a maverick medical genius who heads a team of young diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. This team goes to extraordinary lengths to accomplish a common task: diagnosing and treating unusual ailments. Most episodes start outside the hospital, showing the events leading to the onset of illness for that week’s patient.
The lead character in the series is Tru Davies, played by Eliza Dushku (also seen in Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a young woman working the night shift at the City Morgue. Every now and then, the corpse of a newly dead person appears to awaken and ask Davies for help; she then awakens with a start at the beginning of the previous day, compelled to try and stop the death (often taking the opportunity to rectify various personal situations involving family and friends along the way).
Tamsin Greig (pronounced ‘Greg’) plays surgical registrar Dr. Caroline Todd, a newcomer to the East Hampton Hospital Trust. Her colleagues include smarmy Swiss-born anaesthetist Dr. Guy Secretan (Stephen Mangan), high-flying and effortlessly cool surgeon Dr. “Mac” Macartney (Julian Rhind-Tutt), hapless house officer Dr. Martin Dear (Karl Theobald) and the irritatingly perfect Dr. Angela Hunter (Sarah Alexander).
The series is set in the Bloomsbury area of central London, in “Black Books,” a small independent book shop owned by Bernard Black (played by Moran), a foul-mouthed, eccentric, misanthropic Irish drunkard. The show is based around the lives and often surreal antics of Black, his employee Manny (Bill Bailey), a hairy former accountant, and his friend Fran (Tamsin Greig), who owned a gift shop next door during series 1.
The episodes typically revolve around Basil Fawlty’s efforts to succeed, and his frustration at mistakes, both his own and those of others, which prevent him from doing so. Much of the humour comes from Basil’s insulting and sometimes aggressive manner, engaging in angry but witty arguments with guests, staff and his wife, whom he addresses with insults such as “that golfing puff adder”. Despite this, he frequently feels intimidated as she is able to insult him with equal venom. At the end of some episodes, Basil succeeds in annoying the guests and sometimes gets it thrown back in his face.
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as a crime-solving medical examiner. The show uses an ensemble cast approach featuring a group of Jordan’s co-workers, members of the Boston Medical Examiner’s Office and police detectives assigned to the various cases. It was created by Tim Kring. The title references the biblical metaphor of the ancient Hebrews crossing the Jordan River, commonly used in spiritual songs to represent death and passage to the afterlife.
ScrubsThe show focuses on the professional and personal lives of several characters working at Sacred Heart Hospital, a fictional teaching hospital. It uses first-person narration, verbose characters, segues between subplots, fast pace, and surreal escapism (presented as the thoughts and reveries of the main characters), counterpointed by poignant scenes where the characters address how doctors deal with real issues relating to the practice of medicine. The combination of these diverse elements distinguishes it from other series. Scrubs has been advertised as “half as long as ER and twice as funny.”
NCIS
NCIS follows a team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service Major Case Response Team (MCRT) special agents, headquartered at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
As NCIS is a federal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction on crimes involving persons and property associated with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, the team is frequently assigned to high-profile cases such as the death of the President’s nuclear missile aide, a bomb situation on a U.S. Navy warship, the death of a celebrity on a reality show set on a USMC base, terrorist threats, and kidnappings.
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