copying story line

That is great news Jo. You are amassing those great grands pretty fast.

I just watched an episode of House that I taped last night and am irritated. The story line was one that I think was copied from a book Mark Saltzman wrote, Lying Awake. His book was about a young nun who had visions of God and would have severe headaches either before or after, I have forgotten which. Anyway it was proven that she had a brain tumor causing the symptoms and she had to decide if she wanted to be cured or not as she really believed she was talking to God. There was more to the story when you found out the young girls background. The House episode featured a 15 year old boy who talked to God and healed people. He also had tumors. It appeared that he healed a cancer patient. It turned out that he had herpes and his past played a part in the picture. The stories were so similar that I wondered if it is legal to do that. I liked the Saltzman book very much and I also liked the House episode but it still angered me. They were so similar. I wonder what others thoughts are on this type of thing?