"Peter B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:However the usual format is: Someone is admitted with weird symptons, they
then go downhill rapidly either of their own accord or with help from the
wrong treatment. Eventually House diagnoses some arcane illness,
administers
the correct treatment and off they all happily go. Except last week when
the
patients radiation poisoning was too far gone. Even House can't win 'em
all
Bit like Columbo then :-)
Same plot very time.
From Wikipedia
" In a typical murder mystery, the identity of the murderer is not revealed
until the climax of the story, and the hero uncovers clues pointing to the
killer. In most episodes of Columbo, the audience sees the crime unfold at
the beginning and knows exactly who did it. This allows the story to unfold
more from the criminal's point of view, rather than that of Columbo himself.
The real star of the story is the criminal, and the audience watches as he
(and sometimes she) frantically tries to cover his tracks, being hounded by
the persistent police lieutenant at every step, until the killer finally
slips up and Columbo catches him. Columbo's manners are such that, at first,
the killer feels safe and happily 'helps' Columbo with his investigation,
giving alternative explanations for loose ends, but eventually the killer
becomes irritated and finally nervous as he finds that Columbo isn't as
stupid as he seems."