Do you think that House is falling into the typical repetitive plot syndrome of sydnicated TV series?

If you have paid attention to House, the Fox tv show, The first season revolved around the medical cases and made little to no reference toward the perosnal lives of the personnel, the second season dabbled into the personal life of House, and how it effected him at work, and also dipped heavily into inter-office politics at the hospital. Vogler was the big bad adversary that House couldn't overcome, but with teamwork and his resignation, House avoided it. Now the clinical dept. head that is a cop is the huge obstacle for him and all the loose plot threads of the last season and #3 so far are coming together. But it still seems like theyre bringing back the same storyline in a new context. Or could it be that since Hugh Laurie only signed onto 3 seasons that this is how they intend to hammer out the end of the contract in the series? What do ya think?