House

[Samwise]

I always thought that if House ever got "fixed" -- even if it was realistically portrayed complete with relapses -- it would make him much less interesting. Zoinks, glad to be proven wrong. I lost track of the series since CutThroatBitch died, but I'm looking forward to this season.

If you missed last season, holy fuck, go back and watch it.

[Tarami]

She really is a one (two?) trick pony. The only thing that made her palatable to me is hooking up with Foreman. I still wouldn't miss her if she got the boot.

I'm glad they did that, it's like they got the two least likeable characters of the show out of the way!

[schild]

You don't like Foreman?

[Tarami]

Not really no, I find him terribly dull. He's also a sucker that doesn't want to be like House, but doesn't have the integrity to actually break the circle. I don't really find anything genuinely loveable in him. His best moments were in the twin episodes "Euphoria" when he becomes afflicted, and I mean that in a good way, not because he was terminally ill.

[Tarami]

There's something like a series having a too large budget. I don't know if it was because it was partially about video games, but that episode was AWFUL.

[Samwise]

The main plot back at the hospital was pretty boring, but I liked all the bits with House.

[Jeff Kelly]

The last two episodes showed how constricted House is by its premise. The asylum episode was the best episode of the last two or three seasons and in contrast the first hospital episode was one of the worst of the last two or three seasons.

They don't even know what to do with the rest of their cast except to make them feed cues to House. Hell they even paid the Actors of Cameron and Chase for two Seasons without giving them much screentime because they had no use for them.

Basically House being a Crime Procedural (with the illness of the week replacing the murder of the week) seriously hampers them. They have to focus more on the drama and less on the cases (so that each cast member has more to work with), lose most of the cast (crime procedurals don't have many cast members because they don't need them) or have to do something similar as CSI or Law and Order:CI and have A and B cases that they can alternate on between episodes or in episodes.

Right now they can't really decide whether they want to be a procedural (less drama) or a drama show (less illness of the week)

[Samwise]

They seem to have ditched 13 and Taub, so maybe they are indeed trying to trim the fat.

[Tarami]

I'm a late bird, but that was a good episode. Like, a really good one. Chase showed balls the size of Australia.

[schild]

What the fuck is Chase doing back already? I was hoping he'd flee the show.

[schild]

House has still got it.

[Signe]

And it seems to be rubbing off on Wilson.

[Jeff Kelly]

They should just ditch everybody except Chase, Wilson and Cuddy

[Signe]

I don't like Cuddy.  Her acting is meh and her hair looks like a shroud or something.  She's unpleasant to watch.

[NowhereMan]

I like that we're getting more Wilson though. I like the actor and the character I actually really like the character, he makes a fantastic contrast to House. All the, "Oh my God, House's patient just took an unexpected and life threatening turn!" Moments were also

[Xanthippe]

I don't like Cuddy.  Her acting is meh and her hair looks like a shroud or something.  She's unpleasant to watch.

I like to watch how tight they can make her clothes yet she can still walk.  I don't understand how she can move at all in them, but somehow she does.

[Signe]

I said almost exactly that a few weeks ago.  It must be painful.  Even her suit jackets are about three sizes too small.  I think they must do it to keep the men on the edge of their comfy chairs dreaming about what will pop out first. 

[NowhereMan]

I can honestly say I've never really noticed Cuddy's tight clothes. Well at least never when House isn't mentioning it. She's hardly unattractive but I'd never buy her as some sex kitten type character, she just isn't hot enough for me to really understand why they'd be constricting her breathing. Then again maybe she's just somehow really, really not my type and most other people notice. Or I'm secretly gay or something.

[schild]

I can honestly say I've never really noticed Cuddy's tight clothes. Well at least never when House isn't mentioning it. She's hardly unattractive but I'd never buy her as some sex kitten type character, she just isn't hot enough for me to really understand why they'd be constricting her breathing. Then again maybe she's just somehow really, really not my type and most other people notice. Or I'm secretly gay or something.

I'm sure, somehow, I'll get flack for this (but I don't care).

The long and short of it is: Women get jealous.

[Ookii]

That was a goddamn awesome episode.

[Signe]

As much as some men are jealous over what other men have, probably.  I should think that a hospital administrator wouldn't want to be constantly rendered breathless and mostly useless considering all the running around she does, but I could be wrong.  I'm not jealous of anyone on TV, really, and I have a feeling that Xanthippe isn't, either.  I'm sure neither of us would mind being a wee tiny bit younger but that's just in general.  Cuddy's hair IS shroud-like and her clothes ARE unsuitable for her job and her acting IS meh.  I have noticed that the men on this forum are much more catty about how women look - what's it called when you lot do it?

You, my old son, are a notorious woman hater and exaggerator!  (just so you don't feel flack-less)

[Pennilenko]

As much as some men are jealous over what other men have, probably.  I should think that a hospital administrator wouldn't want to be constantly rendered breathless and mostly useless considering all the running around she does, but I could be wrong.  I'm not jealous of anyone on TV, really, and I have a feeling that Xanthippe isn't, either.  I'm sure neither of us would mind being a wee tiny bit younger but that's just in general.  Cuddy's hair IS shroud-like and her clothes ARE unsuitable for her job and her acting IS meh.  I have noticed that the men on this forum are much more catty about how women look - what's it called when you lot do it?

You, my old son, are a notorious woman hater and exaggerator!  (just so you don't feel flack-less)

My wife shares your opinion about Cuddy.

[tazelbain]

So you guys never worked with women who dress too sexy for their job?

[schild]

My wife shares your opinion about Cuddy.

So she's jealous?

[Signe]

You're inchin' for a pinchin'. 

[Ingmar]

So you guys never worked with women who dress too sexy for their job?

Receptionists and random clerks and such, yes, particularly marketing/sales types. Management? Not so much.

[Kageh]

Cuddy's hair IS shroud-like

The hair got a lot better than about halfway through season 5 though. Back then it was the pinnacle of shroud.

I actually like that there's actually something like character development in this last season. The last 2-3 seasons were very stagnant. And Wilson is finally getting some serious loving too (especially the "Wilson" episode and the one before), because he had degenerated to a point where he was getting an obligatory 1-2 minutes per episode just to try to talk sense into House (and we all know how useful that was).

[Samprimary]

i made this in like two minutes for a friend. the next day it was on the front page of reddit for, like, a whole day. today it's got like 3000 diggs and it's no. 1 for the last 12 hours.

i figure that means I should share it more.

[fuser]

i made this in like two minutes for a friend. the next day it was on the front page of reddit for, like, a whole day. today it's got like 3000 diggs and it's no. 1 for the last 12 hours.

i figure that means I should share it more.

Awesome man, loved the smiley end 

[Hoax]

The long and short of it is: Women get jealous.

QFT.

Her hair has been fucking awful at time though.  The Wilson episode was great, I'm a big pussy though it was hard to watch parts of it, felt so bad for him.

[Signe]

I laughed until my face leaked, Samprimary.   

[HaemishM]

Fantastic cartoon, Sam. It's funny how formulaic the procedural part of House got within like the 1st season - and yet it's still goddamned compelling. The characters keep me coming back, along with the actors doing it. And yes, that even goes for the House flunkies. The worst the show ever got was when they had that recurring cop character trying to get House jailed. And even that was better than other things on TV.

[Ookii]

I thought some might like this:

http://www.wimp.com/housecasting/

It's apparently Hugh Laurie's casting video.

[NowhereMan]

I've been really enjoying this series of House, the last episode was great. The writers have done a fantastic job of moving away from the formulaic stuff of the earlier series and focusing instead on the characters and drama. I'm impressed that they've actually managed that without ruining the whole thing.

[Merusk]

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