Season premiere. It's a gutsy move to change the setting of the show from a hospital to jail. You're taking a successful series out of its arena. The audience knew what to expect, now everything is alien. It's a move that doesn't quite work. The jail setting is too jarring. Yes, House still works his magic but now the setting is oppressive which doesn't fit this show. It's almost like an episode of OZ.
This series is on its last legs. I applaud the producers for changing things but this change is too drastic. The familiarity is broken. The patients aren't as interesting when they're convicts. The race against time to save a life isn't so dramatic when you're saving murderers, rapists and robbers.
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