it's not HIS drug addiction that aged poorly, but how drug use is portrayed. sometimes it's fine but most of the time it's some sort of moral failing. sometimes foreman or chase are on the wrong side for blatantly dehumanizing their drug or alcohol abusing patients, but sometimes they aren't and drug abuse was the key to the case, and house gets to do an epic moral beatdown. sometimes he actually emphathizes through his own drug addiction. you can obviously tell this show has had a number of script writers.
how did his drug addiction age poorly?
Cause now everyone has an opioid addiction
it's not HIS drug addiction that aged poorly, but how drug use is portrayed. sometimes it's fine but most of the time it's some sort of moral failing. sometimes foreman or chase are on the wrong side for blatantly dehumanizing their drug or alcohol abusing patients, but sometimes they aren't and drug abuse was the key to the case, and house gets to do an epic moral beatdown. sometimes he actually emphathizes through his own drug addiction. you can obviously tell this show has had a number of script writers.