I love watching TV shows, it's one of my favorite pastimes as a typical college girl. That said, I get really into my shows due to an almost obsessive nature I have ingrained in me. One of my favorite shows to watch (and re-watch) is House, which is in my opinion one of the greatest shows ever aired on television.

I was introduced to the show in high school thanks to Mrs. Baule's healthcare science class I took as an elective. Given back then I watched it out of order and only on days we either had a substitute teacher or as a reward for completing all our assignments come Friday I really found I liked the show but it wasn't until college that I finally saw it all the way through. Half a semester of freshman year later and I was Obsessed with a capital O.

So, I'd like to take a minute and thank this brilliant show:

Thank you Dr. House for teaching me that the truth is important, especially when it's hard

House likes to say "Everybody lies" and he's right. No one likes to admit he's right but he is. Going on that House also realizes the most important thing in life is truth because without truth so much of our lives wouldn't work. Lying only works for a while no matter how good you are at it and the truth will come out and haunt you if you keep avoiding it. The truth can hurt, but lies kill. And as House himself once said about death, "In case you missed that course in med school, death is untreatable." Sure he was being pretty literal here but the implicit meaning of this statement can be applied to things like relationships that die out over lies. Everybody lies, that's the truth, but it takes courage to tell the truth when it's easier to lie.

Thank you Dr. Wilson for not only making me fall in love but teaching me about true friendship

I often pick one character to get overly attached to and fall hoplessly for as I watch my shows and on House I chose Wilson, the only friend House seems to have as a constant support system for him. Wilson is, to me, a lot of what I value in a lot of my own friends: he gives solid advice and is fiercely loyal and tries to do the best for House especially when House can't see it himself. Wilson is the conscience of the two and often it is he who saves the day by either giving House an idea from an unlikely place but more often just in his constant presence in House's life. Through Wilson I learned that it is not the quantity of friends you have that truly matters but it's the quality. Even if you have just one friend who would go to the ends of the Earth for you and you'd return the favor then that is enough.

Thank you for teaching me all things are finite, except love

"Everybody Dies" is the title of the last episode in the series and throughout the series this theme of the finite nature of many things in our world is explored often. House once said, "Everybody dies: you, Amber, me. Everyone." And once again he's right. Life is finite, time itself is finite, most things are. But the only thing that isn't finite in the universe is love in all forms whether it be romantic or between friends or between parents and their kids.

So, thank you House for teaching me important lessons about life and love all while having me solve medical puzzles!