House

[FatuousTwat]

Was tonight's episode new?

Anyway, it was good.

[Signe]

It was new and it was good.  He did things with his team.  Granted, they were bad things but it's House and that's what we want. 

[Tarami]

Not bad, I'm happy they didn't include any Wilson-angst in this episode. It was more similar to the S1-S2 episodes than any in a long time.

[Merusk]

Not bad, I'm happy they didn't include any Wilson-angst in this episode. It was more similar to the S1-S2 episodes than any in a long time.

It was to make-up for the hour-long Wilson Angst-Fest that will be next week's episode.

Fuck Wilson, the PI is much more interesting a foil for House.

[Ookii]

The PI is good but they definitely needs to kill off a few more characters and not introduce any new ones.

[Tarami]

The PI is good but they definitely needs to kill off a few more characters and not introduce any new ones.

Seconded. They could easily do away with Chase and Cameron, they're just taking up screen time and bloating the cast for no good reason - nothing is evolving from having them. Actually, kill off Foreman too, he has always been a rather pointless character in my opinion. House and ducklings damnit, all this middle-management does nothing for the show.

I think the plot arc with House's ex is the best one yet, it showed a different side of House. I found that the Tritter and Vogler ones were abysmal and only enhanced House's mean streak to the point where it was hurtful for the character development. Some series do frustration, despair and grave situations well (FOX, meet HBO), House (the series) doesn't. I'm starting to like the PI though, which is surprising to me.

[Tarami]

So. An hour of angst or not?

[Merusk]

So. An hour of angst or not?

Was a rerun from the beginning of last season, right after House hired the CIA chick. Patient had a big goiter ("bilateral infraction"?) on his face above his left eye.

[Tebonas]

Ha, thats a funny coincidence. That was the episiode shown on German TV yesterday. What are the chances.

[Tarami]

So. An hour of angst or not?

Was a rerun from the beginning of last season, right after House hired the CIA chick. Patient had a big goiter ("bilateral infraction"?) on his face above his left eye.

Boo!

[HaemishM]

I'm really digging the PI character. It's a bit of a stretch to keep him out there, but him being romantic competition for Cutty is very interesting. And he's just funny.

[Brogarn]

Count me in as another fan of the P.I. I also wish they'd move on from Wilson. Right now it's like the ex-girlfriend that still comes over for the occasional romp or whenever she needs something. The relationship is over. Let it go.

[Trippy]

LOL at next week's House

[Grand Design]

I also wish they'd move on from Wilson.

Wilson is Watson to House's Holmes.  He's the foil to House like no other character can be.  Everyone else is either too weak or too thin skinned to put up with him.  If they get rid of him, it will be a serious step away from the show's origins.


One hour to new House!   

[ashrik]

ha

Well that was interesting. After everything that it *could* have been, I feel that the baby story was anticlimactic.

I thought it was going to be another bullshit deflection, but apparently they're running with it.

[Slyfeind]

Wilson is Watson to House's Holmes.  He's the foil to House like no other character can be.  Everyone else is either too weak or too thin skinned to put up with him.  If they get rid of him, it will be a serious step away from the show's origins.

Yeah, I can't imagine one without the other. It's interesting. Hugh Laurie once mentioned that Wilson is the only character House doesn't feel threatened by.

[Grand Design]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo...

[ashrik]

Well I always thought the little House/PI challenge to get to Cuddy first sounded hollow. House, normally, would not stand a chance.

I guess someone at Fox thought "LOL LET'S CHANGE THAT"

[MerseyMal]

Only recently seen House for the first time and me and missus think its bloody good. Waiting for Seasons 1 to 4 box set to arrive now :)

Good to see another aussie soap star has found life after Neighbours too

[schild]

I liked the new episode.

[HaemishM]

As did I. The sexual tension between the two characters has been there from the beginning, I just wasn't sure they'd ever do anything with it. I'm not sure it was a good idea but I'm willing to go with them for a bit.

[Grand Design]

I liked it, but it did make me feel a little bit uneasy.  It seemed very out-of-character for both of them.  Its House, clearly the best written show on network TV, so I'll go for the ride.

[Ookii]

This episode was fantastic, who's still watching? 

[Grand Design]

I recorded it while I was out celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre.

That was, hands down, the best episode of House in a long time.  Still the best written show on television, on so many levels.

I'd go on a ramble, but its time for Dexter. 

[FatuousTwat]

I keep missing the new episodes, but I'm still watching the 3 episodes a night on whatever other channel that airs them... TNT?

[JWIV]

The wife and I still watch, though we're usually a day or two behind.  Glad to hear that it's a good one though.

[Signe]

We still watch.  I still like it a lot. 

[Tarami]

It has picked up the recent few episodes I think. Not seen the latest one yet, but you guys are giving me hope.

[ashrik]

They're playing a repeat on USA right now. It's the episode in which House gets shot by the husband of one of his old patients. The entire episode revolves around House taking this case while he's hallucinating as a result of an experimental treatment that Wilson and Cuddy put him on without his knowledge. All the while the husband is in a hospital bed next to House, deconstructing his character and his foibles and his flaws.

It's definitely one of my favorites.

[FatuousTwat]

I watched the same one... It's a gooden.

[Grand Design]

The guy who played Avon Barksdale on The Wire is in this one!

[FatuousTwat]

I'm not sure if I liked the episode tonight or not. Something felt off.

Too serious, not enough humor?

[Grand Design]

Yeah, it wasn't great.  Plus, they've already done 'gun-wielding guy runs into hospital.' 

Too serious, not enough humor?

Definitely. 

[Brogarn]

I didn't care for it. Almost jumped the shark, in my opinion. Leave the overly melodramatic hostage situations to ER which is thankfully in its death throes.

[Grand Design]

Amen.  I tried to watch ER once, many years ago, and it was the reason I ignored House as 'just another medical drama' until a co-worker insisted that I watch.  Last night lacked the humor, the tension, the blurring of reality and fantasy ... almost every aspect that makes House a superior show.  It was supposed to be a tense episode, and it never even approached that territory.


After last week's stellar episode, I'll forgive a misstep.  Anyway, I don't pretend that House isn't bad once in a while; even the first two seasons had their share of poor episodes.