Elementary, Dr. House
For eight seasons, House, M.D. has been diagnosing patients with the same reason, deduction, and flair that Holmes relied upon to solve crimes. And that’s no accident: the show’s creator, David Shore, tells Kurt that his series was originally conceived as a police procedural in a hospital where germs are the suspects.
(Originally aired: December 25, 2009)
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