thinknofu3 said:
I'm a complete TV junkie - and I definitely watch all these shows (ER, House, Scrubs). I love House - of course its not realistic, that's what makes it so entertaining! ER is good filler, it's decent enough but definitely not what it used to be. I know there's a distinct possiblity I may get screamed at for saying this on SDN, but I *adore* Grey's Anatomy. YES, I know that attendings don't sleep with their interns, etc - but I think the writers do a fantastic job of making their characters relatable, and they also do a pretty amazing job of getting their medicine right (especially procedural protocol, if you've ever spent any time in and around ORs - you would never know that it wasn't real). Maybe it's just cause i want to go into surgery, but I think they do the perfect job of blending comedy and drama and create a show that's really freakin' entertaining 🙂
I hate all those shows except Scrubs, GA can be okay, but for realism only Scrubs comes close. ER, please, they have more trauma and serious issues in a single day than we see in a week, and im at the busiest trauma center in the nation (data may be a couple years old). That show is just a big drama queen, boring.
House-just not realistic, sure there are jackasses in medicine, but the whole show is just off, they treat the cold like some mysterious process.
Grey's Anatomy-this one makes me the angriest (probably b/c i am a surgeon), this show is so unreal it kills me. The PGY-2 is a big shot (hello), you have neurosurgeons doing appys and CT surgeons scrubbing in on neuro cases, the residents all have time to sit together and watch surgeries (at the same time no less), they are on different services everyday, they make it seem like an intern/residents are just plain naive and dumb. Oh, and yes ppl screw around at the hospital, believe me the thoughts that get into your head when your on call will scare you when you get some sleep, LMAO.
Their procedural stuff isnt that great IMO, they take their masks on and off in the OR, touch their masks, and dont break scrub, cracks me up though.
Ok, aside from the total unreality of the show, i agree with your other statements about characters and stuff, can be interesting. My wife likes it so i watch.
Scrubs-funny, accurate, and does a good job of displaying the different specialties personalities, other aspects of real medicine etc....and they dont make the doctor the idiot who is so floored by how awesome (ie arent overly dramatic) it is to do what he does that he cant do it.
Can you imagine how boring a show would be that followed around a nice, polite doctor working in a hospital. Sounds like something PBS would do.
