I’ve thought this vaguely in the past, but watching the end of season three on DVD solidified it in my head.

TV’s Dr Gregory House is Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.

No wife/girlfriend; drug habit; musical; detective; slightly antisocial; bizarre techniques.

This can’t be accidental, surely. The writers didn’t have to make House musical, for instance.

What is it about dysfunctional people that make them so fascinating to watch or read about??