I've now watched one (part...I was quite drunk) episode of House, and yes, he was snarky, but he put his job on the line by covering for a patient to get her a transplant, which seems far too...selfless for what I've heard of the show.

My friend nearly killed me laughing last night though by telling me about the random side-cases where House solves problems that has everyone else stumped. Apparently there was one with a kid who kept sticking plastic army men up his nose cos the captain was stuck up there and he was trying to rescue it. Wheh????