Series · Prime Video · 2004

House

The mind is real. The show's excuse for contempt is not.

The differential is good television: a room of people refusing the easy answer. The personality sold with it is that a cruel man is cruel because he sees clearly. That is the flattering lie, and it has escaped the show into a lot of workplaces.

Watch an episode for the reasoning. Refuse the conclusion that manners are for people who cannot think.

The eight

Industry
7/10
Diagnosis as relentless work. The team earns the answer.
Household
2/10
He has no house. He damages the people who try to make him one.
Piety
1/10
Kindness is treated as the lie. Pain is treated as proof.
Courage
5/10
He will risk the patient and himself for the answer.
Republic
3/10
The hospital is a stage for one man's exemption from manners.
Temperance
2/10
Addiction is a plot engine. Misery is a brand.
Truth
6/10
The case is a search for what is actually wrong. That part is excellent.
Stewardship
2/10
He forms no one. He spends them.

Live historicallyBe precise at your work this week and decent to the person who is slower.

Series · Prime Video · 2022

Colin from Accounts

A romance that is also a joke about how crude they can be. The dog is the decent idea.

The premise is sound: you hurt something small and now it is yours. The show knows that and then writes the rest in the key of an adult comedy that wants you to know it will say anything. The dog is the part to believe. The banter is optional and often not worth it.

The eight

Industry
5/10
A brewery, a medical office. They have jobs.
Household
4/10
A made household, starting from an accident and a dog.
Piety
1/10
No reverence. The joke is allergic to it.
Courage
4/10
They take responsibility for the animal. That is the moral core, quickly decorated.
Republic
3/10
Friends, a city, no commons.
Temperance
2/10
The humor is explicit on purpose.
Truth
5/10
The accident is not shrugged off. Someone pays the vet.
Stewardship
4/10
A dog is a commitment. The rest is a maybe.

Live historicallyIf a thing in your care was hurt by you, pay the bill and skip the show.