House T minus 1, "House's Head."
May. 12th, 2008 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bironic1. Written by five people. Oh, boy. I know writers/producers must have needed to glom on to episodes together when there were so few eps left after the strike, but honestly. Too many cooks.
2. Faceless people playing pool = cool.
3. Ivana Milicevic also = cool. (Ilsa from Chuck! Erika from that really, really, really bad TV version of Frankenstein with Thomas Kretschmann!)
4. So, Chase… is a hypnotist too.
4a. Ugh, I wish they would hold the camera still.
5. WTF Fred Durst.
6. I will not complain about how they are stealing stuff I didn't like from "No Reason." I will not complain about how they are stealing stuff I didn't like from "No Reason." I will not complain about …
7. Not sure what to make of Cuddy's striptease: Lisa Edelstein has an amazing body and presence, and excellent chemistry with HL, and yet I'm still bothered by the unequal focus on female bodies on this show.
8. Ivana in House's chair with a tourniquet: Oh, look, a necklace made of AMBER. That would explaineverything why she came up semi-randomly in the bar before and again in the MRI scene, and why next week's episode is called "Wilson's Heart." Except if she were the victim Wilson would have noticed she was missing.
9. OMG. OMG, this episode is so painful.
9a. At least we have a name for Thirteen. Well, half a name. Well, half a name that House threw into doubt when he said Cuddy didn't even know her name. (Meaning Cuddy didn't know her first name, or got her last name wrong?)
10. Huh. Scary flashback to the crash, FINALLY. Now why couldn't we have gotten that at the beginning, so we could've watched the whole episode knowing Amber was dying and had some actual dramatic tension as House struggled to remember? Also: Amber becomes even more like House, with a devastating injury to the right thigh. Also also: Cheap reveal, only letting us know now that Wilson hasn't spoken with Amber since the day before.
10a. Wilson and Cuddy performing CPR on House = just the way it should be. They've spent all these years supporting his craziness and trying to keep him alive, just like the bus reenactment. Tears in Wilson's eyes and desperation in Cuddy's kiss: perfect.
Not going to wade into all the other WTF tonight. Nope.
Blahhhhhhh. Best thing about tonight, other than the crash scene and faceless people? Next week's preview! Wilson crying! Wilson crying on Cuddy's shoulder! Wilson crying and holding his dying loved one! Wilson telling House he should put his life on the line for her (for him? I don't remember; it was so quick). House then doing it. Etc. That kind of melodrama I can get behind. House/Amber, on the other hand... Interesting in and of itself, interesting in an even stronger love triangle kind of way, but sheesh, can't Wilson have anything in his life that isn't entirely about House?
ETA: Other reviews: recrudescence
2. Faceless people playing pool = cool.
3. Ivana Milicevic also = cool. (Ilsa from Chuck! Erika from that really, really, really bad TV version of Frankenstein with Thomas Kretschmann!)
4. So, Chase… is a hypnotist too.
4a. Ugh, I wish they would hold the camera still.
5. WTF Fred Durst.
6. I will not complain about how they are stealing stuff I didn't like from "No Reason." I will not complain about how they are stealing stuff I didn't like from "No Reason." I will not complain about …
7. Not sure what to make of Cuddy's striptease: Lisa Edelstein has an amazing body and presence, and excellent chemistry with HL, and yet I'm still bothered by the unequal focus on female bodies on this show.
8. Ivana in House's chair with a tourniquet: Oh, look, a necklace made of AMBER. That would explain
9. OMG. OMG, this episode is so painful.
9a. At least we have a name for Thirteen. Well, half a name. Well, half a name that House threw into doubt when he said Cuddy didn't even know her name. (Meaning Cuddy didn't know her first name, or got her last name wrong?)
10. Huh. Scary flashback to the crash, FINALLY. Now why couldn't we have gotten that at the beginning, so we could've watched the whole episode knowing Amber was dying and had some actual dramatic tension as House struggled to remember? Also: Amber becomes even more like House, with a devastating injury to the right thigh. Also also: Cheap reveal, only letting us know now that Wilson hasn't spoken with Amber since the day before.
10a. Wilson and Cuddy performing CPR on House = just the way it should be. They've spent all these years supporting his craziness and trying to keep him alive, just like the bus reenactment. Tears in Wilson's eyes and desperation in Cuddy's kiss: perfect.
Not going to wade into all the other WTF tonight. Nope.
Blahhhhhhh. Best thing about tonight, other than the crash scene and faceless people? Next week's preview! Wilson crying! Wilson crying on Cuddy's shoulder! Wilson crying and holding his dying loved one! Wilson telling House he should put his life on the line for her (for him? I don't remember; it was so quick). House then doing it. Etc. That kind of melodrama I can get behind. House/Amber, on the other hand... Interesting in and of itself, interesting in an even stronger love triangle kind of way, but sheesh, can't Wilson have anything in his life that isn't entirely about House?
ETA: Other reviews: recrudescence
no subject
Date: May. 13th, 2008 03:22 am (UTC)But no, I didn't have problems with the inside-House's-mind device then, either. I like the flashback nature of the recovered memories and trying to piece together what happened. Of course, even liking this episode it's still up to next week to connect up several of the threads that weren't tied up tonight.