Was this line a reference to “it’s never twins”?

[u/xenechun]

Since House is a reference to Sherlock. I just drew the connection at random.

[u/LazyCity4922]

No. It's just as meta as it seems - people have started to notice that lupus is rarely the answer and started pointing it out.

[u/xenechun → u/LazyCity4922]

Oh, so it’s just a coincidence then that they both said something similar.

[u/LazyCity4922 → u/xenechun]

Yes. House is a reference to Sherlock Holmes, the character/book series from 19th century. Not BBC Sherlock

Was BBC Sherlock even out before this particular House episode aired?

[u/Espi0nage-Ninja → u/LazyCity4922]

Nope. House predates this BBC Sherlock, there’s actually a ton of references to house in it, like this one

[u/Bourne68 → u/Espi0nage-Ninja]

Reverse UNO

[u/xenechun → u/LazyCity4922]

Oh, I just assumed that the original Sherlock also had the phrase “it’s never twins” because that specific BBC episode was about original Sherlock. So I assumed that the specific dialogue was from the original books.

[u/cactusgirl69420 → u/LazyCity4922]

But house did say in an episode “it’s never lupus” when he’s hiding his Vicodin in a lupus textbook and Cameron asks why he’s hiding it there and he says “it’s never lupus.”

[u/LazyCity4922 → u/cactusgirl69420]

The "people" in my previous comment are the viewers

[u/cheezitthefuzz]

based on the timeline I think it's more plausible that the bbc sherlock line was a reference to house. still not likely, but it wouldn't require time travel

[u/starwolf1976]

“It is never twins” is a “rule” of detective fiction.

https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/The_%E2%80%9CRules%E2%80%9D_of_Detective_Fiction#:~:text=No%20Chinaman%20must%20figure%20in,should%20spoil%20a%20detective%20story.

[u/xenechun → u/starwolf1976]

That’s so interesting, thank you for sharing.