Perhaps Hugh Laurie wasn’t acting all that much while playing Dr. Gregory House ?

The 10-time Emmy-nominated British actor got a little bit tetchy after a social media user critiqued his show, the enduringly popular medical drama House .

In a viral tweet, freelance journalist Janet Murray opined that the Universal Television-produced House was all rather formulaic and repetitive, to wit, episodes would follow the pattern of: “Patient has mysterious illness. Hugh Laurie (House) gets diagnosis wrong. Patient nearly dies.”

Then: “Hugh Laurie gets diagnosis wrong again. Gets threatened with being fired. Patient nearly dies again.”

And finally: “Hugh Laurie has last minute leftfield idea. Gets diagnosis right. Doesn’t get fired.”

Murray concluded by scoffing, “Eight seasons of this?”

The tweet has been viewed over a million times, but to Murray’s surprise, Laurie replied, in typical Gregory House fashion, to defend his show. “Thanks for your critique, Janet.…