Bedside Manners

House's personal relationships are all messed up, but everyone tolerates him because of his clinical expertise. Indeed, an ongoing theme through the seasons is his ability to read and manipulate his superiors, peers, and employees. His bedside manners are terrible. But his sarcasm, wit, and cunning personality are quite amusing. I'm not sure what I'd do if I met a person like House in real life. He seems so rational, driven, and intellectually curious and yet so indifferent, emotionless, and even malicious.