necrooooooo because I wanted to bitch about the show
As someone who actually has autism, holy fuck does this show ever rub me the wrong way. I had no idea the House people were responsible for this, but it's fitting because the main character really is a ripoff of House with the ludicrous dial turned up a couple notches. The entire premise is completely fucking retarded. The dude really isn't even high functioning, they just fudge it by using savant syndrome to turn him into a goddamn borderline superhero. As severe as his OCD is he could *NEVER* cope with the stressful and constantly changing environment of a hospital, and honestly his crippling social impairment should have gotten him bounced out of med school.
Outside of the central premise of the show the writing is really good. Like his portrayal of autism when they aren't turning it into a superpower is really good, the hospital president's fumbling attempts to communicate and misconception that they have more of a rapport than they actually do, and the asshole attending surgeon's rather abrupt acceptance of him actually makes some sense when you consider that he has a fucking superpower most of the time.
Speaking of jumping the shark, one of the mid-season episode blurbs suggested that during a 2-parter he skips town with his neighbor. Which would be a 100% firing offense for anyone else, but I'm sure they'll affirmative autism their way through that as well.