What Happens When You Make House Wear A Doctors Coat? | House M.D..

[@Wooktent]

"He should get a say in what we do with his $100,000,000." The point of a donation is that he already knows what you're doing and wants you to keep doing it. Not control what you're doing.

[@ChrisM-qo1jc]

In certain places gambling or bribing or anything to do with moving money is illegal. By calling it "donation" it goes through a lot of loopholes. Anyone who thinks donation is actually free charity is delusional. Especially that amount of money

[@johnsoapmactavish9921]

Cuddy is like chasing a carrot dangled on a stick. Volgar knows he’s pulling strings and Cuddy can’t see that she and the hospital are being used. All she sees is the $100m

[@quillmaurer6563]

Making him chairman of the board in exchange for $100M - that's a purchase, not a donation. He bought the hospital, didn't donate to it. But I think that's common, legally it's considered a "donation," and referred to as such, even though in all reality it's not. A proper donation or gift has no strings attached, but so often that's not really the case.

[@solventtrapdotcom6676]

Donations are not investments.

[@fliprodriguez5250]

We wish it were that easy. But donations are no fairy tale. I’d like to say that doctors fought them off and the sisters let him be.

[@PhantomJavelin]

"This donation does come with one string" We call those bribes.

[@bakarenibsheut12]

Or investments. You do want some sort of a return on those. However, at least you don't call an investment a donation when it self-evidently isn't.

[@HaloLvl43Legit]

@@bakarenibsheut12 No, an investment is BUYING something tangible/or worth something. It makes sense, is honest and upfront. What he's doing is buying a position of power, which he shouldn't be able to do in the first place, but is disguising it as a donation. Imagine paying a cop off to let you off drug charges and calling that an investment because you expect a return of your "donation".

[@bakarenibsheut12]

@@HaloLvl43Legit I agree. That's what I meant to say - an investment would have been upfront. But yeah, I think I didn't use my terms properly.

[@biocapsule7311]

It is a bribe, and adding to Just Some Guys comment, an 'investment' is also an informed gamble. You invest in something, *in hopes* of a return but a return is not guaranteed. Nowadays US company expect to be 'protected' from their risk taking and gambling due to bribery. They reap all the benefit while the tax payer pay for the consequences. They have forgotten that there are no guarantees to investment.

[@AzguardMike]

Quid Quo Pro

[@PenDragon-hg1lg]

You know a guy's bad when House is the moral backbone

[@m2255-e3n]

Indeed

[@Resanctify]

No not really, House isn't immoral. It's not immoral for him to insult dumb people to get them to spit out information he needs to save you. Or to search your house for clues. His tactics may be *Illegal* not immoral, unless you're talking strictly about his paying prostitues, he pretty much just tries his best to solve the patients issue, sometimes even their non-medical issues. Disliking stupid people is not immoral.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@Resanctify , cannibalism and pedophila are immoral, but it isn’t illegal to do those things if you have the most power and influence like the Clinton family whereas a person like House has only did three illegal acts such as oding on Vicodin, sleeping around with prostitutes, and breaking in their homes without their consent, so yes correlation doesn’t equal causation like what Cuddy thinks.

[@commondirtbagz7130]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr uh A yeah it is are you serious? First off I don’t even know where you’re getting cannibalism from but pedophilia is like one of only two things that takes down powerful people. And what the hell does Clinton have to do with anything?

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@commondirtbagz7130 , Jeffery Epstein was killed by the Clinton family in prison only because he was going to blow the whistle of not only him being a cannibalistic pedophile, but almost every other politicians are too.

[@gothivore277]

A “ Donation” right...... more like a sale A Donation is only a donation if it comes with no strings. The second there’s conditions it’s no longer a donation.

[@hardwirecars]

not a sale. and dear god that is telling about this day and age and why people hate rich people or think they are entitled to something but an investment and when you invest its actually worse than a sale a sale you expect something for your money 1 time an investment you expect constant returns on that investment.

[@baskhel]

@@hardwirecars so call it an investment and be done with it. 10 seconds out of meeting and he's talking about business, donations shouldn't come with strings attached. Plain and simple.

[@baileypatterson9533]

Syed Mohammed Nomaan they shouldn’t buy all most all do

[@baskhel]

@@baileypatterson9533 yeah, we need to call on their bullshit more often. And publically on that too.

[@mungox1]

@@baileypatterson9533 donors get a wing or a building named after them, they don't get to be Chairman of the Board

[@Beaver_Monday]

Vogler: "I care about saving lives" Also Vogler: "if House doesn't wear a lab coat me and my money is gone"

[@jimmy2k4o]

I don’t think he made that choice based on the coat. The coat made him notice house then he investigated and saw it was a money loser and that house lied to the transplant committee. I love house, but I do understand why a new comer would want him gone.

[@Beaver_Monday]

@@jimmy2k4o Yeah but Vogler's self-righteous speech about caring for healthcare goes out the window just because he can't control House, that's pretty hypocritical. The whole story about his dad having Alzheimer's or whatever, him wanting to fund healthcare, none of that matters when he threatens to pull his funding just because House won't listen to him.

[@Teixas666]

@@jimmy2k4o "that house lied to the transplant committee." if he could have proven that he did lie then he could have ended it right there and strip house of his License. the whole thing with Vogler was Control, he outright states he wants ot run the Hospital as a business.

[@sheldonmurphy171]

@@Beaver_Monday oh man that whole speech just screams pre-written company pr scripts, and his "passion" for curing cancer, just a way for him to try and patent more medicines. I mean he was whining about 3 mil a year for House's department and he only saves 1 a week (that noone else could save,) That's about

[@Kisamon]

Well it's "Care," not "Care only".

[@aditee]

You never threaten House's Cuddy and you certainly never threaten House's Wilson.

[@Trackrace29582]

That’s like taking a steak out of a t rex’s mouth

[@commondirtbagz7130]

Never house’s Wilson.

[@Razdasoldier]

Never mess with house's work wife...or cuddy

[@ethanv7330]

@@Razdasoldier 😂100

[@theguythatlikeslegos7708]

Him: threatens Wilson House: watch me end his whole career

[@NFrk97]

It says a lot about your character when you blackmail a hospital with your $100 million dollar donation. It says a lot about the hospital to let it happen.

[@cassanderrr]

This episode was pointless. Hospitals bend over backwards to keep top doctors. And if a doctor like House existed they’d be treating him like a king vs threatening him over a coat

[@Hysteresis.Actual]

@@cassanderrr I think you missed the critique of the episode. Vogler doesn't particularly care about the hospital as a hospital, he donated because he can do something with the hospital that has good synergy with his other financial interests, or as House put it 'he's using us to run clinical trials'. So while people interested in the actual hospital, eg Cuddy, Wilson are interested in retaining House, Vogler is not. Because Vogler's primary interest in the hospital is that it needs to be good piece in his money making engine, rather than a good hospital for it's own sake. While a poorly run hospital would, I'm sure for Vogler, be a little more costly than a well run hospital. A well run hospital that does not play nicely with his other financial interests, would be far more costly to him than a poorly run hospital that does synergise with his other financial interests. And that is the main critique of this episode and the whole Vogler storyline. Vogler would push for the hospital to do things against it's interest purely as a hospital, because his primary motivation is in making money, not in having a well run hospital for it's own sake.

[@AzguardMike]

Vogler should of been a season long nemesis. Constantly trying to stop or tamper with House's antic's until finally getting bested by the full team (Cuddy and Wilson included)

[@zyaicob]

Do you realise how desperate for funding a hospital like PPTH is? They should not be blamed for accepting 100M

[@ShadowMoon878]

This is why all hospitals around the world should be govt funded. The best ones are always non-profit like St Jude's Children Hospital, The Mayo Clinic, Singapore General Hospital, Charité in Berlin, University of Tokyo Hospital, Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland and Sheba Medical Centre in Israel.

[@quetzalthegamer]

For those who are curious, it's not required for doctors to wear the lab coats at all times. It is, quite literally, a LAB coat, which means it's primary usage is in a setting where the clothes may be splattered with a hazardous material of some kind. It's like a full-body apron, not a uniform item.

[@matthewriley7826]

Yep, it’s pretty much Vogler trying to let House know who’s the new boss at the hospital and to fall in line.

[@The_Big_Jay]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

[@cloudysky82]

Vogler doesn't know that.. he skipped college..

[@TheHadMatters]

It's a private hospital. Very likely what the writers are referring to is an internal regulation meant to make doctors look more professional in front of patients. I can totally see this being an actual thing in real private hospitals.

[@coffee838]

@@TheHadMatters patients*

[@lodestar5626]

"Invests" $100M into this place, and has never heard of their star doc?

[@827Drew]

I don't get what the whole lab coat thing was about either. House barely ever even sees patients. He basically sits in his office all day diagnosing people. He could probably sit at home and do it. I think he actually does, many times. He's not really someone who needs to walk around looking like a surgeon. I mean, my doctor sure as hell doesn't wear a lab coat around. He wears a dress shirt and dress pants, just like House. He doesn't wear a tie either. He doesn't even wear a jacket.

[@gizdonk]

Drew B it’s a power play by the fat guy

[@NewbOoyNS]

@@827Drew It was so weird to see this be a hang-up for him as a UK citizen. Our GPs don't wear coats, neither our hospital doctors unless they are doing their daily rotation or doing an examination (which most of the time nurses actually do).

[@827Drew]

@@NewbOoyNS Yeah, it's the same way here in the US.

[@jermainekngdom3154]

@@827Drew because pharmacist wear lab coats, scientist wear lab coats. But doctors don't have to.

[@sparkynicole3941]

I remember first listening to Voglers little speech thinking that it was technically very well written. It had pathos, humor, the little twist in the middle, and the lesson/conclusion. It’s very polished and overall simple, but did what it was intended to do. First impression of vogler was that he was intelligent and possibly manipulative.

[@wazopaio]

Turns out he actually WAS intelligent and manipulative.

[@maxhowlett9661]

Also the amount of times money is mentioned in his speech highlights his actual intentions of just making as much money as possible, and making the hospital an 'easy sell'.

[@matthewriley7826]

It also foreshadows his spiteful and petty nature, refusing to speak to his father until he decided to visit him just to rub in his face how wrong he was.

[@pandabear1576]

@@matthewriley7826 he didn’t say he refused to speak to his father he said they didn’t talk much there is a difference. It was likely mutual given his father found out he stole money from him lol

[@IntrepidRacer13]

@@pandabear1576 It was likely mutual, yes, but he also didn't steal the money, it just wasn't used the way the father expected. That said, what Matthew said is more right than it is wrong. There is a difference between refusing to speak to his father and both of them not talking to each other, but it is a line that is easily blurred to look favorably on the person telling the story, which given the context of the rest of the speech and how clearly manipulative Vogler is, sounds highly plausible. It speaks volumes about Voglers character though that he didn't want to talk to his father after the incident until he was successful to rub it in his fathers face. He told a very sad sounding story, but it doesn't take much reading between the lines to recognize that when he found out his father had Alzheimer's he was more disappointed that he couldn't prove his father wrong than he was that he wouldn't be able to reconnect with his father. If he truly wanted to reconnect with his father he would have made more attempts sooner to do so rather than waiting until he was a success. The best part of this was that throughout Voglers story Wilson could tell something wasn't right, even though Wilson himself can be quite susceptible to a good sob story. We could see on his face multiple times that he knew Vogler was being manipulative and wasn't going to be good for the hospital.

[@sedawk]

“He saves one patient per week” - the meta is strong with the writers.

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

?

[@sedawk]

​@@steampunkastronaut7081 That is literally the formula for the entire show - House save's a patient every episode. Having a character saying "He saves one patient per week" is nearly a fourth-wall break.

[@yashshah1414]

he only saves the patients that cant be saved by the other doctors

[@XykuJoxa]

@@yashshah1414 Yeah but usually one episode comes out each week, and each episode he saves one patient, hence why it's nearly a fourth wall break, meaning the characters are referring to themselves from the viewers perspective.

[@benarmstrong6904]

@@sedawk how is it almost a fourth wall break, it's just confirming the time line of the show takes place in a week per episode

[@Northreyar7314]

''I'm gonna run this place like a business'' The thing no Hospital or School director ever wants to hear.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Or, you know, country...

[@gredangeo]

Every American Hospital is already like that, so...yeah. A business.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

@@gredangeo Look how well that's turned out, though.

[@gredangeo]

@@asherikamichaela8425 Yeah, it's not good.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

@@gredangeo Precisely. I rather envy universal healthcare countries, honestly

[@ICavalcadeI]

Shouldn't he have invested in research instead of a teaching hospital

[@iRazenrak]

He's a fan of giving the "little guy" a shot.

[@vallahdsacretor4839]

Technically he should have, but when there is a plethora of sick people and desperation, it's easy to find test subjects. Meanwhile research institutes are usually very strict on testing policy and procedures, with animal testing being the main method of gaining information, and then human trials coming well after. Technically what the new chairman is doing is taking those human trials and putting them within easy reach of desperate patients, and saying, "This may help you more than current conventional treatments." Or rather, having the doctors say that for him.

[@idontthinkso2431]

But he actually wanted to doing business

[@vallahdsacretor4839]

@R. H. Kingpin Fair enough. But I've heard stories (not sure how true they are) about hospitals taking liberties of their own, in real life, on research. Prescribing drugs based on their own curiosities, being sponsored and pushing their drug over other drugs, and even going so far as to diagnose people with something that they don't actually have to do the treatment

[@SoulExpired]

@R. H. Kingpin Lisa Cuddy. Not Huddy. Not that it matters.

[@thefaithslayer2553]

"I want to run this (hospital) like a business." The failure of the American health care system in a single sentence.

[@V2011F]

If hospitals really wanted to be run like businesses they need to pit a price tag on everything. Checkups, splints, casts, surgeries, drugs, hospital beds, food, etc. If that was seen by the public people would at least be able to say I want this and this but not that. I know this is not a perfect solution but it would convince many hospitals to lower prices in order to compete and save lives.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

@@V2011F This would help a lot though, but the real issue is insurance companies jack prices up. (Not saying hospitals cant on their own, like 1k ambi rides, 10$ for a bandaid, etc.) but if we abolished insurance companies, and went into social healthcare, healthcare costs would be far far cheaper.

[@V2011F]

@@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist well if we actually got rid of Medicare and Gov health insurance it would lower everything by magnitudes. If you look at the average health care coverage back in the 40's and 50's pre LBJ you saw people able to afford to go to the doctor and pay off the bills within a short period of time and that was with and without insurance. However when Medicare was first brought in Hospital bill skyrocketed, forcing insurance companies to jack up their premiums in order to compete with the government. If the government stayed out of the insurance game then you could defiantly see people be far less hesitant to go to the hospital for major issues and more lives would be saved. Also one side note on insurance, I think that it should only be needed for emergencies. Near fatal accidents, child birth, in-depth surgeries, and shattered bones. These are things everyone doesn't expect but should prepare for in the worse case scenario.

[@eddiemarohl5789]

@@V2011F insurance plays the biggest role in why the prices are so high. They introduced a profit motive to healthcare.

[@KenzoConez72]

The problem is the American Medical association's Monopoly.

[@KaiserAfini]

"He is Dr House, our top diagnostician. He lives in constant pain due to a condition in his leg. Because he has solved many difficult cases with his work, plus as a concession to his discomfort, I gave him permission to not wear a lab coat while not conducting direct exams" That would have been a perfectly reasonable response that would not have offended the new chairman, why didn't Cuddy use it ?

[@JoshAlex1986z]

Vogler never wanted reasonable, he wanted control. Fair enough she should have said what you said, but it wouldn't change anything.

[@CandyGirl44]

Well said! I also thought her words were so dismissive of him, an invitation to the billionaire to bully him.

[@SoraGtg]

Even if this is a clever answer I think that’s not that close to what it really is : there’s more in the story than just the fact that he does not wear a doc coat and cuddy knows it and foresees what’s incoming. Whether it is about the suit, or when he often resorts to doubtful methodology to do his job or to get what he wants, House is rebellious and out of control. Even though it does not look like it, Vogler is pinpointing the fact that House is unsubmissive and that goes against him. Cuddy knows that, therefore she knows that this coat problem is just a pawn in the way to the king, in other words that’s useless to reason him about this particular issue.

[@4ytcomment]

Because it wasn't in the script. lol

[@laurenbi]

Because then where would the conflict and drama come from :p

[@jesuschristislord6790]

So he took 20k and lied about its used. Killed his relationship with his dad, never fixed the relationship, then went to gloat in his dads old age. What a guy

[@Plethorality]

what a narc.

[@sassythesasquatch8036]

Then blackmailed a hospital😂 dudes a menace wearing a mask of generosity

[@ElevatingDreams]

Just awful!

[@stevepatrick4560]

Well if you phrase it like that… lmao

[@christianfaux736]

Yeah, he REALLY tells us everything we need to know about him in his first scene.

[@IAMOCKWORD]

Vogler is an uncommon and excellent type of villain: the kind that evokes real life rage despite being a fictional character

[@Kiara_Wrestler]

Just like Umbridge in Harry Potter

[@sobieskireborn7361]

no@@Kiara_Wrestler

[@enriquemartinaycart4288]

"If there is a disease out there killing people, I´m giving you a blank check" 2 minutes later: "It´s a financial blackhole, cost $3 million a year to treat only 1 patient per week." I guess coherence is not required to become a billionaire.

[@Lecd63]

That's why it's called a speech... to motivate people. Not always the truth.

[@danielisozaki8522]

@@Lecd63 True. But wrong. In leadership, it's said leaders should be trustworthy, otherwise a single sparkle of doubt could ruin the entire team. Sad that people still tell lies, especially leaders, and especially TO their own team.

[@Lecd63]

@@danielisozaki8522 he didn't lie, sorry. He did a play of Words. He never said which disease or any disease : meaning he didn't promise anything. So in the end, it was just an unprecise affirmation / manipulation.

[@danielisozaki8522]

@@Lecd63 makes sense. still, I did not like him throughout his arc, haha.

[@danielisozaki8522]

@R. H. Kingpin Yes, you are absolutely correct. He wants to use his money the best way possible. If with 3M you can cure 6 people instead of 1, why not? My comment was just based on what Lecd36 said in the first comment.

[@KioneH]

this guy was really willing to kill every single one of houses future patients over a coat

[@omnical6135]

wear a doctors coat or i murder random people

[@mechanomics2649]

Controlling people are like that.

[@shihoblade]

Cant assert dominance if you let people ignore you. It would take House nothing to wear the coat just the way it takes nothing to demand he wear one, so if both parties dont have to give up much why would the higher ranked party back down?

[@latimer442]

'It's a financial black hole' 'treats one patient a week'. Cuddy should have pointed out the side benefits of House's work. Finding the unusual symptoms, using unusual treatments. Basically practical application plus diagnostic techniques which could probably make up a significant percentage of the research papers produced by their doctors every year. Besides furthering the general knowledge in the world of medicine, it brings prestige to the hospital. And that brings good, bright doctors to bang down your door..and money besides Vogel's.

[@500werewolf]

7:46 Can we just appreciate that comedic timing. I respect a drama that can take itself as comically as it does seriously.

[@joaquimgoncalves9412]

What is the song?

[@Vault_69]

@@joaquimgoncalves9412 "Hava" by Klaypex, around the 30 second mark

[@ossies.2002]

"Hava Nagila" it's a Jewish song. Found it hilarious

[@wilburthegerbil8435]

Vault 69 what about the one before? You know that one? The electric piano one.

[@Vault_69]

@@wilburthegerbil8435 "Baba o'riley" by The Who

[@lourivas21]

My genuine hate for Vogler was one of the earliest signs that House was not just another show, it's an intelligent show with talented writers who know how to write realistic characters. And for a first season, that's quite an impressive feat.

[@Incubusnut]

I HATED Vogler, but Chi McBride did a great job with the character.

[@lourivas21]

@@Incubusnut 100% agree!

[@nicolasdiez7688]

​@@Incubusnutand he only appears 5 episodes, that good he was with his acting

[@ibs201]

Why does he act like he deserved revenge on his dad? He lied about the 20k he took from him. Even if he became successful, it doesn't justify it. What if he had failed and lost the 20k?

[@strifycyberlox5555]

That's an opinion. He didnt steal the 20k, he just didn't use it for its intended purpose. He did become successful, and saw that as quantifable proof that he made the right choice. If he was worried about ethics, he wouldn't be buying his way onto a hospital board. Finally, he didn't fail; if he had, he'd probably be flipping burgers and paying back a 20k parental loan.

[@asdasasdas3476]

@@strifycyberlox5555 your right he didn't steal the money from his father he rather pulled a con on his father

[@Artameful]

@@asdasasdas3476 that's even worse if you think about it.

[@asdasasdas3476]

@@Artamefuloh its definitely worse and in all likelihood Vogler's father probably didn't accept the return on his investment out of self respect , and with Vogler's view of whatever results in a material gain justifies all means than he would probably see his father rejecting the return on the investment as a added bonus

[@robertrodriguez1964]

I've always thought his story was half Larry Elders and half fk you pops. Like his biggest regret is he didn't go back sooner to shove it in his face and laugh at him.

[@dudethmcgraff7627]

What sucks is that he strikes you as a great character at first, then his colors start to show through the moment his authority is challenged.

[@l_szabi]

All businessman do that. It's their job to sell themselves as a great guy.

[@00ammy00]

Nah I could tell from the moment he made that speech that I was going to hate him.

[@codepizza5077]

@@l_szabi yes but instead of actually being a great guy and work with everybody they prefer to play games and abuse power in the name of greed. That's not doing the job, that's called passing the buck

[@gagetaylor192]

His true colors show DURING the speech. He lied about what he did with his father's money, destroyed his relationship with him, then he got rich and went to gloat when he was old and dying. A story like that should have left everybody in that room with the permanent impression that the guy is a scumbag. He's the perfect example that nobody gets that rich without stepping on people and disregarding them.

[@vk-eg3ro]

I knew he was a snake with that speech.

[@KevinSun242]

People hate Vogler but he’s basically a representative of the US Healthcare Industry.

[@MargoMB19]

Yup, that's why people hate him!

[@witchcraft7870]

People also hate the American healthcare system

[@paolodigualtiero3251]

@@MattproThe no. Most countries have a healthcare system that's either socialized or heavily regulated, while the US has what essentially is a free market for health insurances

[@shioriryukaze]

@@paolodigualtiero3251

[@filipwolffs]

That just makes the hate more intense.

[@kissofdeath4449]

He publicly humiliates you and thrashes your business. But he'd wear his coat for his girlfriend or his patient, if needed.

[@deathwrow9652]

He even wore it to look like a consult with wilson who was telling someone he misdiagnosed him.

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

......

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Accurate

[@NailiRafik]

Vogler when he thought he could defeat house

[@BlackChapters]

He pretty much did, he just got bailed out by Cuddy.

[@LycanLucian]

@@BlackChapters As he always does

[@baileypatterson9533]

Black Chapters pretty much isn’t winning

[@baileypatterson9533]

Black Chapters I pretty much won the lottery

[@BlackChapters]

@@baileypatterson9533 He outright won and he was saved by an outside party

[@suhassubbanna]

I loved it when he dreams discussing getting a jumbo sized casket for Vogler when he dies of cancer. That was hilarious.

[@kaylabattle9532]

I wish that part was real and was very upset when it wasn’t

[@mikesmith-pj7xz]

Biotech CEO: I am a hammer and the world is a nail. House: Being delusional can be fun.

[@omnical6135]

that metaphor doesn't even make sense, hammers force nails into spots they can't get out of so he's saying he'll force the world into a tight spot it can't get out of

[@mikesmith-pj7xz]

@@omnical6135 For people who are not crippled by an Aspergers esque sense of literalism, language is adaptive and elastic. In contemporary American slang, the phrase (and it’s many variants), “To a hammer, everything is a nail” is understood to be a metaphoric description of an overbearing, rigid and even authoritarian attitude. The CEO is in fact acting like a hammer attempting to force the hospital, Cuddy, House and the rest of the staff, into a position from which they can not escape. Therefore the metaphor is appropriate. Based on your response I can understand why you are having trouble scanning the original post. And do note that the original post has been read and understood by over 100 people which suggests you’re the one with the limited cognitive ability. And, it’s never Lupus.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@omnical6135 , maybe in ancient times before nail guns were made then people like Vulgar being a set of hammers and nails would make sense, but since we’ve past using ancient tools in construction like hammer and nails, and we use nail guns instead then people like Vulgar aren’t needed in modern times, and you need more people like House then people like Vulgar.

[@omnical6135]

@@mikesmith-pj7xz I know I'm super late (I didn't get the notification) but yeah, I think I was just being a complete dumbass

[@nurainiarsad7395]

Thing is he’s not even the CEO. He’s chairman of the board. Chairmen don’t usually interfere much or at all in the running of companies, at least not directly. That’s the CEO’s job. Chairmen give their views through the board.

[@swimfast724]

House is right. This guy might want to create a cure for something and save patients, but he's killing the patients who are in the hospital. HOUSE CARES ❤

[@qwipperty]

He wanted the cure to be able to go down in history as the person who cured cancer, and the person to become a trillionaire selling that cure for cancer.

[@johnsoapmactavish9921]

"I want to run this place like a business" How did Cuddy not catch this massive red flag. All she saw was the money

[@5wheels178]

She visibly caught it. By that point it was too late

[@simantinivaze9399]

"it's not personal, I don't like anybody" Relatable😂

[@DjVortex-w]

I love how it's relatively clear that nobody is actually happy for being such sellouts, but nobody can say anything. You can see it in their expressions. Great acting.

[@deltakid0]

Vogler would have become very rich in this pandemic. Oh, wait a minute, there's a lot of real Voglers out there... I thought this was just a TV show...

[@mycelia_ow]

This was a cameo of the pharma industry

[@sirbirbton]

Psilocybe Cubensis Oh God I hate that guy, I hope he never stars in anything else

[@Pigeon249]

@@sirbirbton his character was meant to be annoying. I hate his character so much but that was the point they were trying to make with him

[@tctarheelfarmin358]

Big pharma lost billions during the pandemic

[@amazinmets8439]

*PLANdemic

[@ans.5364]

When he asked Cuddy if she and house were sleeping together I could see the look of wanting to punch him in the face.

[@Plethorality]

we all did.

[@the21stsergeant]

Vogler was an excellent antagonist. So well portrayed.

[@shootingcomet082]

So he gambled with $20,000 of his dad's hard earned money that was suppose to go to college and he feels that his dad wasn't justified in being furious just because the gamble paid off?

[@V2011F]

I agree, if I was in his shoes I would have asked directly for the money and rold him what it was for, or go get a MBA.

[@tamarlindsay8382]

His father was too far gone in Alzheimers to notice the jerk or react to the money, so Vogler didn't get to gloat. Note that Vogler didn't put the money into Alzheimers research...

[@c0zyD]

Yes and hes right

[@kevinleugan6037]

Incredible that Vogler decided to invest in Plainsboro of all hospitals when he has such a problem with House, who is basically that hospital's claim to fame.

[@BorisOFF08]

"Let's get to the point: you don't like me, I am pretty sure I am not gonna like you, it's nothing personal, I don't like anybody..."

[@wandering_star_7777]

except for Cuddy, Wilson, Chase, and Rachel of course

[@BorisOFF08]

@@wandering_star_7777 Rachel? What Rachel?

[@wandering_star_7777]

@@BorisOFF08 Rachel Cuddy, Cuddy's adopted daughter

[@BorisOFF08]

@@wandering_star_7777 and Dominica

[@wandering_star_7777]

@@BorisOFF08 true

[@markforbus6794]

"Nothing personal, I don't like anybody." Except Cuddy, Wilson, Chase and Cameron.

[@britneysexyy]

Foreman be like: 👁💧👄💧👁

[@Lalerato]

The way she said “ Shame on him, saving lifes like that” was so funny.

[@laurapa2949]

Maybe if he used the money the way his dad wanted, HE would be working on the cure fir altzheimers instead of trying to BUY it.

[@baskhel]

He wasn't smart enough for that really 😂 Imagine someone who doesn't value a doctor like house in a hospital they paid to get a seat on 🤦🏾‍♂️ ridiculous.

[@mads2858]

Generating 1.000.000.000 dollars is probably a bit more valueable than just another random college kid. Especially considering him being a charitable one

[@baskhel]

@@mads2858 he wasn't a charitable one. And the main comment said he would be working to find a cure fir Alzheimer's. Do you know a random college kid capable of that? Hell, I'm a random college kid.

[@noamcohen7124]

@@baskhel then you can do it, we believe in you

[@anweshaguha7366]

@@mads2858 um sir, Einstein used to be a random college kid. Feynman used to be one, Fuchs used to be one, Woodward used to be one, Bohr used to be one. What's your point? Random college kids who are broke but are razor sharp mean less than a billionaire who inherited half his wealth and won the other half by just being lucky?

[@DrMjenno]

As usual, House saw the writing on the wall. You can't run a hospital as a firm, on principles of supply and demand. In fact, you can't do that with anything that really matters - like a university, or a government - without destroying it.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

Well Idk about University, seems to work that way too well in America, and a government doesnt need money, they just take whatever they want from its citizens. XD

[@koc988]

@@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist Ironically they are doing it at the expense of everything, and whom is it working well for?

[@sentaukrai]

"I wanna run this place (hospital) like a business..." When has this ever been a good idea for the patient???

[@SomeAngryGuy1997]

The patient never mattered to people who say that.

[@ccjr.allsorts]

I love how House intended to resume Baba O'Riley as a dramatic metaphorical middle finger towards Vogler, but the editors gave that jab to Vogler towards House instead. House is finally given a worthy adversary to topple.

[@brockgrinsted9393]

The Who - Baba O'riley for who ever wants to know the song

[@shanegauthier2114]

Anyone who didn't know already is an idiot 🤣🤣

[@yeahyeah863]

:(

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Shane Gauthier I guess the other countries and cultures don't exist lmao

[@ansonaltis765]

Brock Grinsted thank you! I went to the comments praying someone knew it

[@phantomshitter]

You are a hero

[@elijahvigil7467]

With as genius as Dr. House is, I wouldn't question how he looked if I was funding his hospital

[@obedulloa6219]

It's common for megalomaniacs to obsess over things like dress codes when it's irrelevant or things like denying the option to work remotely for positions that don't need to be on site.

[@matthewriley7826]

@@obedulloa6219 The guys also probably a control freak, and someone like House being unorthodox and having little respect for authority, naturally he’d see him as a threat.

[@elijahvigil7467]

@@matthewriley7826 y'all make good points. Trust me, I was in the military and we were all about uniformity and looking professional. Even tho this is all completely fictitious, I still wouldn't question House's form of dress code since so far he's had a good track record with saving lives at the clinic. Vogler may be the one with all the money, but House and the rest of the staff are the brains and muscle of the organization.

[@_The_Traveler_]

The lab coat is the perfect foil for House's character archetype. It's just a coat, and it shouldn't be that big of a sacrifice for him to make. At the same time, it's just a coat and shouldn't be the difference between allowing someone to practice and firing them, especially when they have a track record chock full of insane Ws. Both of them want the same thing and for similar reasons: control. Vogler wants control over the hospital because his pursuit of wealth has been the only real catharsis to ease the pain of his father essentially disowning him, and he's lost himself to it at this point. His father didn't approve of him, and so he's stuck in a cycle of trying to make it to different levels of success and wealth to earn his own approval. House wants control over people's perception of him and the way he chews into everyone is the only catharsis to ease both his physical pain and the psychological/emotional pain of his deepest darkest truth: he doesn't hate everyone else, he hates himself. He acts horribly to make it easy for everyone to keep their distance, so that he doesn't have to peel back the layers of himself and bare his truth to them. Yes, he's very efficient and doesn't believe in wasting time on needless emotional attachments when that's not what the patient needs the most, no he's not particularly buddy buddy even when he's in a great mood, but he's also afraid. That's too painful, and far too much risk for a person that relies on being able to predict what's happening around them (the crutch is also a foil). It also doesn't help that, at least from his perspective, the last time he trusted someone it blew up in his....leg. A doctor that despises wearing a lab coat, what is essentially the symbol of their practice and purpose, is the perfect metaphor for someone who can't make peace with their true nature as a result of everything that's happened to them. It looks cute and irreverent on the outside, but House is in some serious, _serious_ pain. All he really understands at this particular point is pain, his own pain, the pain he gives others, the pains they bring him. He's very tired of it all.

[@chatryna]

Funny how he is worried about House not wearing a lab coat but has no problem with her not wearing a blouse under her blazer.

[@eq1373]

I know I don't

[@bluebengal27]

This guy is up there with Tritter as one of the worst characters in the show

[@ignaciogarcia2517]

My god tritter is such a pos.

[@bird_with_knives]

Which makes them one of the best characters in the show. I mean, it takes real high skill in both writing and acting to make viewers hate the actual character so much.

[@satrok7490]

Not the worst character just one of the most hated

[@wilburthegerbil8435]

I hated both of those parts of those seasons. Season 1 is by far my least favorite, but Tritter in season 3 is up there. At least season 3 got a good episode afterwards with, “One day, One room.” My favorite episode of the whole show.

[@xyrenegade]

@@bird_with_knives At least Tritter had character, dude was an outright hypocrite from the start, he played god while saying "I hate people who play gods" and punishing everyone who gets in his way, well-written and well-acted. This guy was so one dimensional if you ask me. "Here's money, do what I ask or I'll leave with it." control freak cliché. He's not even portrayed well acting wise.

[@Dxwill10]

2:37 "That's uh, just.. a goofy janitor who likes to pretend he's a doctor off hours in unused rooms. Um.. also.. his dad has Alzheimer's?"

[@studbagl]

Never heard of a hospital that requires their doctors to wear lab coats

[@carolewhyte1943]

when i was a medical student, not only was a lab coat required but the length of your lab coat signified your place in the hospital hierarchy.

[@arunsreenivasan2074]

Carole Whyte in the U.K no one wears lab coats. Apparently they are breeding grounds for infections

[@carolewhyte1943]

@@arunsreenivasan2074 in the u.s. we believe that so-called common sense triumphs over actual science, so we still wear them.

[@arunsreenivasan2074]

@@carolewhyte1943 I have lots of issues with your health system but whatever floats your boat!! As a newly graduated doctor here in the UK, we pretty much only wear scrubs around the ward and then dispose of them after our shift.

[@hafizlemot]

Lol as a doctor in a tropical country wearing coat in the summer in a rural clinic with no AC is.... Sweaty, so no one ever bothers with it

[@FishoD]

The dude went trally quick from “blank check on saving people” to “this department costs 3mil a year???” . I guess his daddy didn’t teach him integrity when he misused his fathers money and got lucky.

[@AaronTsuii]

100 million ain't gonna do squat towards "curing" cancer.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Cancer research is too lucrative to find a cure.

[@illbeV]

@@DrewPicklesTheDark oh please with your conspiracy BS Aside from the fact that there isn't one cure for cancer, as each one needs to be treated differently, but even if there was such a thing as a blanket cure to be found, don't you think any company ever wouldn't do anything in its power to get there first??

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

@@illbeV lol where did I say there was a cure?

[@lilac2698]

If anyone's wondering, the song House plays right after saying "We might as well ignore each other." is the instrumental version of 'Hava Nagila', an Israeli folk song. I know because I have it in my playlist.

[@username9999]

Sounded like a Jewish dancing song.

[@jacobmejer5082]

Thanks :)

[@alphaking3294]

I mean if you really pay attention, he basically told everyone the type of person he was, with that story in the beginning. 1. He's stubborn, a lair, and an opportunist. When he went against his father's wishes, took his father money for a college he wasn't attending, and invested it. Not caring about the consequences 2. He likes to strut his wealth and achievements, and can't admit that he's wrong. By him only returning home, just to rub his father face In. Not understanding the real reason why his father was upset.

[@captainflowers748]

Lair, lol

[@xyrenegade]

2nd most punchable person in the series after Tritter haha

[@coena9377]

Don’t forget about the 16-year-old chess prodigy that sounded like Ben Shapiro.

[@xConundrumx]

@@coena9377 Loved him!

[@deathcoreblues6831]

Well I mean that's the beauty.... The character is so well played by the actor, it has the exact effect the writer want it to make on us.... Making us hate those characters

[@mwheeler37]

@@deathcoreblues6831 reminds me of the pasta pop tart commercial kid too.

[@awaytosleep5762]

Have you seen some the patients that came up to the hospital a lot were definitely punchable and some of the family members too

[@xinj6142]

he gets away with it because he's a super genius and can cure people when no one else can.

[@rebeccamichael626]

5:45 - Me every single day. Making the tune on the table by acting like I'm playing the piano or drums.

[@julianfritzal3413]

song title please?

[@rebeccamichael626]

@@julianfritzal3413 - Baba O'Riley by The Who.

[@swimfast724]

If every hospital had a full department for diagnostic medicine so many more people would be saved. The people who don't know where to go and have no options, that's the people who go to diagnostic medicine. And there are a huge amount of those people. And if hospitals didn't run like this more people would get better. And we wouldn't be stealing their money

[@hedgehogcuber6848]

Here is the counterargument: diagnostics save relatively low amounts of patients compared to standard Doctors/Specialists, or even research. As much as I hate how Vogler uses his money to influence an entire hospital, he is right. 52 patients a year (or less since House often finds incurable conditions) is way too low for 4 doctors. That 1 mil could be spent on more ambulances, more specialists, or the like

[@musical_lolu4811]

That's bull.

[@hedgehogcuber6848]

@@musical_lolu4811 what is?

[@box8524]

@@hedgehogcuber6848 Here is the counter counter argument: It is a fucking TV show. The doctors would for sure take on more than 52 but as someone with a condition unknown to many doctors so far, a department like this could help me. Believe it or not, a lot of specialists just follow by the book and when it deviates from typical situations, the patient could be left stranded with a treatable condition that worsens daily.

[@hedgehogcuber6848]

@@box8524 Yeah, a diagnostics team normally would, but as you said, this is a TV show. This specific fictional diagnostics department diagnoses on average 1 person a week. Not all of these people are saved. If this fictional world existed, the ethical thing to do would be to spend more money where more people would be affected better or more effect would be had. More ambulances would potentially save more lives in accidents. More specialists would increase efficiency in diagnosing standard problems and get more people saved and relieved. More ER doctors would reduce caseload per doctor causing less mistakes and more in depth interactions. Do not take this the wrong way, but you, while important, are not the majority, or even a large minority, of people. You are a rarity. If money is spent focused on people like you, then yes, you and many others could be diagnosed, treated, and possibly saved. However, that money could be utilized elsewhere to save many more people. Once again, don't take this the wrong way. If you can find a doctor that knows what he is doing, then great. Maybe we should prepare standard doctors/specialists for situations that are much more difficult. This is not what we are discussing. In this fictional world, from a utilitarian point of view, that money should be spent elsewhere if there is demand elsewhere

[@vitomcsween974]

I always hated Vogler he's just the typical rich guy do his money control everything and everyone around him I'd rather have house as doctor in a hospital I'm working at than 10 million dollars

[@nguyenquangngoc3993]

@joshtube9 .ip PJnj

[@Gadzinisko]

@joshtube9 The thing with Tritter was that he was the same as House. They were evenly matched adversaries.

[@pandahat7333]

Hes the guy that would form a HOA to harass someone for the height of their mailbox

[@ImExisted]

The worst thing about him is that he reflects many of the supervisors i've worked with

[@BSFPC]

Vogler pretty much admits straight from get go that he was/is a grifter; Essentially stole from his dad so he can reap the benefits. Then when he goes to rub his fathers nose in his success he is ruined that his father isn't cognitive enough to do so.

[@IHeliosI]

Is it really a "donation" if it comes with a string attached???

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Sounds more like a bribe, IMO.

[@AshleyNicole-ct7gh]

He paid 100m for a job.

[@iancuspinera1160]

It was not a donation, it was an investment. It was dumb from Cuddy to believe he was "donating" a 100 million. When you invest, you can be part of the business you put your money in, of course Vogler was checking numbers per department and wanted the best doctor (House) to talk about a medicine from his laboratory, it was always a business move.

[@danarsarkawt2694]

Ian Cuspinera it was not a donation, it was a bribe because he asked for a position. You don't invest in something in order to get a position in power. That's something a politician would do not an entrepreneur.

[@tieember9596]

He didn't make a donation, he bought a position as chairman

[@koiivene]

The man literally bought his way into everything

[@Daramouthe]

Thats money for you. Have enough and you can get into almost anything.

[@Plethorality]

stole.

[@jasonsumma1530]

sadly he way over spent to buy House's distaste since usually House gives that out for free

[@mannysmandatories5595]

"He SAVES one person a week". BECAUSE THE TV SHOW AIRED WEEKLY, you guys!!!

[@Kiara_Wrestler]

🤣🤣🤣

[@WadeWilson_]

0:08 That is in no way a reasonable request. yeah, lets just let this guy who has absolutely no medical training or qualifications and is only interested in making a profit, to dictate how we treat patients in a hospital and what departments are necessary or not

[@Deltarious]

Cuddy really should've just lead with the truth: "He's literally the best doctor at diagnosing tough cases, the kind that are the most heartbreaking, most meaningful and set the most presidents, he might even be the best at it in the world...but as is all too often with exceptional people they're also...exceptional...to work with. He's one of our most valuable assets- few if any other hospitals can provide the kind of service he can" It's not really very 'Cuddy' to be able to say something like that though, but I do wonder how he'd have reacted to it

[@trenchcoatjoe1891]

"I want to run this place like a business."-The last thing anyone should say in a hospital

[@wilsontheknight]

I want to run this hospital like a business. The American healthcare system, profits before care

[@iancuspinera1160]

Although American health business is one of the biggest ones, every healthcare system requires and demands profit.

[@djdjukic]

@@iancuspinera1160 Health IS profit.

[@iancuspinera1160]

@@djdjukic no, health IS the merchandise

[@djdjukic]

@@iancuspinera1160 How do you do, my fellow epic ancap XD XD XD

[@dextermorgan4093]

You do need some profit motive. Nobody is going to medschool if they cant become rich. At least nobody you want operating on your brain. But if you are cool with a 99.99 dollar brain operation special, call me. Bring a coupon, any coupon and I’ll do it for half price. Yea, I figured you wouldn’t go for that. You want the best, and the best get paid. What’s your life worth to you?

[@Tony29103]

I find it funny when cuddy says "who the hell am I talking to. Suddenly ethical lapse are a major concern." I don't believe I've ever seen House not do his damnest to save his patients. Yes he skirts the ethics, but don't ever say House doesn't care about saving lives and fixing his puzzles.

[@5wheels178]

isn't that kind of missing the point of what Cuddy is saying?

[@KrugerFS]

Rewatching House at the moment, half way through season 1, and dreading coming to this part of the story, it gets me so emotionally riled up, and I can't remember exactly what even happened just how I felt through it.

[@julianherrera7547]

7:42 never ceases to make me laugh! 😂

[@sandrijosifi1560]

In the end everything House said about Vogler was spot ON.

[@User-Kaathal]

He kind of reminds me of Dolores Umbridge.......

[@idkdude420]

Underrated comment.

[@ablackbunny3149]

"I believe he should know what we do with 100 million dollars." Replacing broken MRI machines that House just loves to break.

[@literallyjbob]

My mom watched house when I was an just a baby; now she’s passed this series on to me.

[@ALiteralCrow_]

Hey same

[@zanard33]

7:48 >House's antagonist is a filthy rich businessman >This plays What did Robert Shore mean by this?

[@Craig_N]

He forgot "I just want to be able to tell you how to spend it" at the end of his speech.

[@wilsonm.d6923]

The amount of tests House runs on a patient each week, I can't see how his department is a 'financial blackhole.' The patients must leave with massive bills.

[@jenniboo9441]

6:55 why would a nurse be going through a patients purse?? Thats a massive violation of privacy.

[@Wave33221]

I have finished the series a long the ago, but everytime watch a video like this i just cant help but remember how i like Hugh laurie as House its just so likeable for me. I Cant really explain it but there is just something in Hugh lauries as House that is so perfect and entertaining ❤️

[@captainkirrahe]

Maybe it's a result of me working in government, where it's common to see large sums of money in reports all the time, but $3 million a year for the specialized work House's department does actually sounds like a steal to me.

[@michaeljoesting4888]

He’s what’s wrong with the health care system. All he cares is an making his pockets bigger and could care less about helping people.

[@HaIsKuL]

$3 million a year for a patient a week is just under $60,000 for every life saver. Apparently his blank chaque runs out at that price.

[@jackbrady9738]

Nice maths bro

[@lets.get.intoit.]

The writing and acting in the House/Cuddy interaction from 5:28 is extraordinary

[@cassanderrr]

This didn’t even make sense. He’s the hospitals top doctor. He’d make more money just quitting and going private.

[@xerotolerant]

If money was House’s motivation then yeah. But house is more in the ‘do whatever I want all the time’ game.

[@cassanderrr]

@@xerotolerant Well he would have that with going private. He would have 100% complete control. And probably be able to open up his hospital as he's some super doctor that cures everyone.

[@xerotolerant]

@@cassanderrr lol the ‘do what you want all the time’ game is no fun unless somebody is trying to stop you. Then it is just lame

[@Profile__1]

2:38 I always love when we see House from a stranger's perspective. We always follow him since he's the protagonist, but moments like Vogler seeing House for the first time really puts into perspective just how weird he dresses and acts like. Just some scruffy dude with wrinkled clothing, wasting time in his office playing with a yo-yo, and he's supposed to be the literal BEST diagnostician at the hospital, perhaps the world.

[@bloodakoos]

"It's unethical" you see, house can say that because he has experience in the matter

[@yunanklaus1195]

Forcing House to follow the regulation?? LOL that won't ever work even in your dream

[@mycelia_ow]

Take away his Vicodin

[@jonathanbrown7250]

When Ben Franklin became the 1700s equivalent of a multi-millionaire, he at some point said "Hey I got enough" and dedicated himself to helping others the rest of his life. Which is the only reason we know who the hell Ben Franklin is. People like Vogler seem to be everywhere nowadays. He's got billions and that isn't enough. Nothing is enough. It's never time to help others. And when they're gone, they leave nothing but squabbling heirs.

[@KhanyoMjamba]

Totally dig how this channel is still going

[@jim394]

3:48 House- "He's using patients as guinea pigs" Pretty sure House did that on a daily basis lol

[@ray_3367]

7:46 A warm thanks to the many members of the Merchants Guild

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

Best TV serie ever❤

[@danielglassner9303]

Agreed

[@micahgoldson1253]

I actually think this guy is worse than Tritter. Tritter only wanted to take down House. Vogler wants to run the entire hospital into the ground.

[@swimfast724]

I absolutely love House and his music ❤ plus Hugh Laurie has the best voice ever 😍

[@deborahbarbour2241]

He gave $100,000,000 on the condition he be chairman. He bought them . . . a business decision, not a heart decision.

[@shobhitmahajan6049]

I love the scene when house was dreaming that vogler' got cancer 😂lol