Video Conferencing in House M.D. Episode
House uses his iSight camera to check in with his patient in Antarctica.
Mira Sorvino plays a woman stricken with a mysterious disease at the South Pole who communicates with House via Webcam.
After the Super Bowl, Fox showed a new episode of House, M.D. in which video conferencing played a starring role. Dr. House was called upon to diagnose a patient who worked at the South Pole. Their only form of communication was through a video conferencing link.
The misanthropic doctor who usually avoids personal contact with patients in his own hospital, ends up developing a fondness and intimacy with the attractive patient. He even brings his work home and checks in with her via his MacBook Pro.
It was great to see video conferencing technology featured so prominently in a prime time network TV show. Especially one shown immediately after what may have been the most-watched Super Bowl in history.
Even though the portrayal of the video technology took certain artistic license as Hollywood often does, it did demonstrate the potential life-saving applications as well as the ability for videophones to facilitate distant human relationships.
