. I'm leaving that there. Somehow it pasted itself when I touched the screen to type.
Bimini, I do think that's Hill Street Blues. That's what popped into my head, anyway. Dr. House is an unpleasant man. I sometimes watched House. It usually was entertaining but a steady diet of it would be hard to take.
MLD, you've apologized up and down to your friend. There isn't much more you can reasonably do. I think Bimini laid out a great way to handle it. You may at some point need to let go. You don't deserve to have the abuse piled on you. Some people just seem to store the venom and can't let go but that's on them, not you.