House Season 4

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, House Season 4 is available on and right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 7,696 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Hugh Laurie — one of the stronger performances out there right now. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, House Season 4 earns its spot. House Season 4 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. In the Season 3 finale, the set-in-his-ways House was confronted with a series of major changes to his team — but any effects of this “house-cleaning," or the changes it may bring to House professionally or personally, remain to be seen... Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2007. The performances in House Season 4 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. This is the rare one where the reputation undersells the reality.

House Season 4 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Hugh Laurie is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.