Why has such a sullen character resonated with so many viewers?
“House says the things we all want to say,” Shore explains. “Whatever your job is, there are aspects of your job you enjoy and aspects you don’t enjoy and quite often those other aspects are dealing with idiots. This is the guy who tells the idiots they’re idiots.” Laurie says the most physically demanding part of playing House is using the cane. “I actually find it more constricting than walking with a limp,” he says. “To be one-handed, to drink a cup of tea and put two sugars in and open a door and answer a telephone becomes incredibly time consuming.” What viewers hope to be time consuming is watching House’s relationship with the love of his life unfold. Shore admits it’ll be complicated since Stacy is still married to the sick husband that House was treating at the end of last season. “They obviously had a very good history, but a very tempestuous, very dynamic history,” Shore says of House and Stacy. “The thing you love about a person is also the thing you hate about a person.” A
